Anju Agility Show

last Sunday I took Jake and Max to the Anju Christmas Show.
I thought it would a good opportunity to run Max in a small show and especially as Leah allowed me to run him on medium heights. He still doesn't like full heights jumping.
Jake did quite well, in the first Agility run I forgot to send him into the tunnel again. Typical, my brain wasn't working....
He would have been clear, if I hadn't been such an idiot. Too early, my excuse anyway :)))
max was as usual so excited, that he was all over the place. He took a wrong jump in the Agility class and we were eliminated. But is contacts were really good and i was very proud of him.
In our second attempt Jake knocked a pole and max decided instead of going through the tunnel, he ran to the end to pick up his lead and tuck with it. When he came back he went the wrong way into the tunnel... Tough luck :))

In the jumping Jake was clear once. The other time he knocked a pole again.
Max was great in the jumping, but as the last jump was around a bend, just where the exit is, he waited at the gate to go, instead of completing the course. When I managed to get him back on the course he jumped the last jump the wrong way.
In his second attempt he was amazingly fast, till he passed by the exit gate again and the same happened again. Though this time he came back and jumped the last jump in the right direction. But I suppose we lost quite a lot of time through this and ended up with a course time of 24 seconds (even Jake was faster with 21) and I think the wining time was 16.58 or something like that. So we were far out.
But it was a nice show and a good experience.

I am looking forward to other events like this to get him used to work and not being so looney all the time.
I will try and enter him in "All sorts" classes next season to start with, to see if he can complete the course or head for the exit again ;-)

Max

Stubborn

Hi fans,

I went to another Agility lesson. Last time it was so wet that I didn't feel like doing much. Yesterday it was too cold.
I decided I don't want to work and even the nicest treats didn't work. I just turned my nose on them.
Then we moved indoors, well, that was different. I happily did all I was asked. Was actually fun. Then they had the strange idea to go outside again. STupid people, it was TOO cold!
So I thought I better stay at the gate and tell them I want to leave. Too bad they didn't give in to me and made me work again. HUMANS! What can you say???
Nevertheless I was lucky and could go home soon afterwards and curl up on MY sofa.

In the evening my mum asked to do the same things again we tried to do in the morning and guess what, I was happy to do them (I was very hungry by then, I have to admit)

This evening my mummy was mean and didn't let me go upstairs with her...
Oh well, I started singing a bit in the night, but gave up when nobody came to comfort me.... Silly people.

Lots of Love

Nina




Hi folks, (this is Max again)

well, I don't know what she is going on about. How can you not want to do anything? Silly sausage.

I went to classes yesterday and had loooooots of fun.
We did run around, jumping and in general all the things I like to do. My mum now wants to take me to a "sort of" Agility show at our club. I am already very excited and can't stop jumping up and down.
Nina doesn't know what she is missing out on. Well, she is a girl, what do you expect!

I am really looking forward to Sunday now.

Max

Rain

Yesterday I had another so called Agility lesson. Well, it was very wet. I didn't really feel like doing anything. I just wanted to go home to MY sofa.
But then my mum had these lovely treats, they smelled so good. So I decided to do a few things. But I stayed well away from the other scary woman who was there, I think my mum calls her Nancy.

Anyway, we came home soaking wet and I was quite tired again, but not as tired as last time :))

I slept for the rest of the day, except when it was dinner time. I love dinner time :)
I love my cuddles. I like to sit on my mum's lap, especially when the other dogs getting attention, then I just push in and move them away. And these silly boys just go then. Ha!




Hi, this is Max again. My mum bought a jumper for me. What does she think I am? Fortunately it was too small and she had to return it. I am not a girl am I? I can stand the cold.
My mum said it would be better for my body when we go to training days or shows and there is lots of standing around, to wear something. Pah, that's all I can say. When she makes me wear the jumper I just won't move. End of story!