Bits and bobs

Not much going on at the moment.... We went to the C-Side show last Sunday. I didn't really feel like going, but then the night before I had weird dream about Agility. So I got up early and we all went in the end. I offered the boys to run Jake. Though I know it is not always easy to run him, as he can be a bit of an "arse".... You have to be firm with him.

Anyway, we had Starters Agility and Jumping (Grade 1-3) and Open Agility and Jumping (Grade 1-7)

Max managed a 15th place in the Agility, unfortunately I lost the plot in the jumping and we got eliminated. But he ran beautifully.
The Open classes were really difficult. In the Agility I forgot to tell Max there was a snake and he back jumped the wrong jump. In the Jumping he missed his weave entry, which was a rather difficult one...

Junus first ran Jake in the jumping class and did really well. Jake didn't even think of coming back to me.... Unfortunately Junus forgot the course and got eliminated :)))

Then Noah tried Jake in the Agility class. JAke was a real handful and didn't want to move at all for him. Noah was really disheartened and was close to crying....
So I went into the ring and helped a bit, for which we got eliminated of course. ;-)

But at least Noah got him around the course, sort of....

I was very grateful to the judge who let Noah get on with it. In the end she gave Noah a "Judges Special" rosette, as he didn't give up and carried on.

Yesterday I took some picture while I walked the dogs. I like this of Luke.....


Might put the others on here as well :)

November already

Looks like the year is coming to an end quickly. Where has it gone?
Last night we resumed training. I went through with the decision to not keep on training Jake and Robbie. One need to save money somewhere..... :(
So I just had Max and Luke to take. It was difficult for me to get back into training again. Somehow all the enthusiasm of the summer is gone. I hope it is just an autumn/ winter thing.
Both dogs did very well. Luke is very clever and picking things up so quickly. I am really impressed. Max is just his usual enthusiastic self... :)

Went to sheepdog training as well and Jake did very well. He was promoted to work out in the field and it was a joy to work with him. So different to doing Agility with him. Luke is still a bit of a nut case and very hard to stop.

I am hoping that one day he will get there, but maybe not...

Today the dogs seem to want to create havoc today. They love to keep me on my toes :-S

Might post some sheepdog training pictures later.....