I am really sorry, but I never seem to come around to update my blog on a regular basis.
Quite a few things happened. At the UKA show in Horsham, Patenden and Waverunners, Jake got a second place in Agility. Max did quite well, too, but had a few hang ups. On Sunday I actually had to put him back into a casual class again, as he had lost his confidence, again, but after that he was brilliant. he had some really good runs, I just should get my brain in gear.
Chadiga did run Jake in 2 classes, but he takes very much to leaving the ring to look for me. She ran Larkin in the casual jumping and got a clear round! Well done Chadiga :)
The show was end of April....
At the beginning of May I had entered the Shrewsbury show.
So we drove up there prepared for camping. The car was fully loaded, no inch of space left for anything.
We were very lucky with the weather. Saturday was wonderful sunny.
Jake was very good and got me 3 clear round, always too slow for placings though.
And to my utter surprise Max managed a clear round in a quite tricky Agility course. I was over the moon. With all the problem we had I didn't expect him to get a clear round. I was so happy, walking on cloud no 9....
On Sunday we had rain and I felt very tired and was basically rubbish. Never mind ;-)
We had planned to stay till Monday (bank holiday), but one of the dogs (I think) was nice enough to puncture one of the airbeds and as it was too late for a replacement we packed up and went home. I was so happy to sleep in my bed again :)
The next show was Tunbridge Wells. It was a glorious weekend weather wise... It was HOT!
Was a bit of a problem with dogs in the car, but I found a shady spot under a tree.
Jake was good again and managed 2 clear rounds. Not bad! One even turned into a placing, we managed a 16th place in the Agility class. Well done Jake.
In the jumping class the first obstacle was a tyre. All my hopes for Max vanished when I saw it, as he is scared of the tyre.
I talked to the judged, explained my problem and asked, if, in case he refuses, I can lean through the tyre to lure him.... She was very nice and said "whatever is best for your dog". To my utter surprise Max jumped through the tyre without any problems and went clear in the round. He was quite slow, which was basically my fault, but I was soooooo chuffed.
Now we are looking forward to Supadogs which will start next weekend and will end on Thursday.
I had 2 lovely training days with Toni Dawkins. She is brilliant in explaining things. Just too bad I am so terribly coordinated. Always said that my dogs need deserve better handlers ;-)
I worked with Max in the garden and tried snakes and pull throughs, as I am quite rubbish at them. I find it amazing how quickly he picks things up. He is such a clever boy.
If the weather stays dry I should practice this really every day just for a few minutes, plus some weaves to get used to some awkward weave entries....
That's for now, let's see if it takes me another 6 weeks before I have the next update :-O
Monday 19 May 2008
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