Let's do the A frame....again

Saturday was a stunning day and we used the opportunity and went down to one of our clubs that we havent been training at for a while due to the grounds been waterlogged.....

We set up the A frame with a tunnel underneath and worked on discrimination. Brandi's A frame was good...not spectacular, we have some work to do with her speed on the down ramp and her release. But not once after recieving the "walk on" que did she even look at the tunnel...pleased with that as my dogs love the tunnel!! Brandi has realised staying 2o2o on the contact she gets rewarded and for a terrier, FOOD is the best thing in the world SO she wouldnt come off. We will be working a bit more on the release......

We then took the tunnel away and just worked on the A frame with the "pups" ( big, bouncy 14 month old pups ) I think referring to them as pups will just stick :)
I was pleased with Rush's A frame....he knows what to do and I am sure the speed will come once he is more confident.

Here is a video of Brandi and Rush's A frame

Weaves....

Rush is now on 6+6 and he is working them superbly. We are still having the odd missed entry but all in all I am very happy with where we are....

We will be working more on his striding soon

Here is Rush's weave progress

Wednesday training

Wednesday is puppy day, mind you they are no longer puppy's....

We started off with 1 jump and a facilitator and worked 3 different heights.

Next we worked on a slice-jump grid...very happy with how they handled it.

Here is a video of Rush doing the single jump and jump grid

Let's have FUN!!!

OK....so we dont only just train....we do have some fun.....
Beach trips, learning new tricks, swimming and just sitting in the garden chilling and enjoying my dogs company

This past weekend after running round 2 and 3 of NAL and training pups on course we headed off to the beach. The dogs had an alot of fun, chasing the ball and splashing in the waves. I am sure they wished they could do this everyday....the only downfall...they get bathed when we get home!

Here are some pics taken of the dogs at the beach on Saturday evening.....

I am busy teaching Rush a few tricks, perhaps one day we will put together a little routine

Here is a very short clip of him mastering the beg :)

On Sunday afternoon Rush had a swimming session at Millbrook Hydro and had an absolute ball, he just loves the water. And if the toy starts sinking, dont worry Rush will stick his head under the water to retrieve it. Thanks Amanda Young for the session :)

Here are 2 pics of him next to the pool after his session

Thanks Nadine for the lovely photos

Oops I did it again......

So..the last time I skipped a few months of blogging I vowed never to do that again...well I did.

Bloemfontein shows, Inter Provincial, Grahamstown shows, some local leagues have all come and gone..and I havent blogged about any of that. There is just too much to try and catch up, plus I have also been very bad with filming. But my excuse for that is my training partner who normally records also runs a small dog in the same grade, so it is difficult for us to film each other as we always run after each other, so I do have an excuse for that. I will try and find a solution for that....in the meantime some highlights of the last few months.

Brandi and I travelled to the Bloem shows in August ( yes I know that was a whole 3 months ago ). We had some lovely rounds, some ok rounds and we had some really bad rounds. But so we learn and that is the important thing for me. If you have bad rounds, that you take it home and learn from them.
We also ran in the EP B team for the inter provincial. We had 2 lovely rounds ( with faults ) but I was very happy with Brandi's attitude and new venue experience.

Here is a picture of Brandi with her team mates

Thanks Nadine Shortland for the photo

Here is a photo of Brandi at the end of the weekend with her Rosettes

Thanks Nadine Shortland for the photo

Next up was the Grahamstown shows. Rush was entered in the breed and did extremely well, so proud of my boy. He got 2 CC's, 2 BOB's, 2 Best puppy's and a 1st in the puppy group

Here is a photo of him after the show weekend



Thanks Nadine Shortland for the photo

In September Rush did his Canine Good Citizen test and passed all his tests first time. I am so proud of this boy, everything he attempts he does it with 100%.

Brandi also has now passed her CGC bronze after having to redo 1 test, proud of you my girl

Here is Rush and myself after the CGC test

Thanks Nadine Shortland for the photo



July champ show

 

Brandi and I after the Champ show, 2 Qualifications for the weekend

Thanks Nadine for the photo

July champ shows

Two weeks ago we had our July champ shows. The weather was good and I had some goals I had set myself. I wanted to get our last DJ qualification, which I knew if we worked as a team we could achieve it. It was our first round in grade 2 NC so I just wanted to have a nice round and have fun. I wasnt expecting too much in our contact round as I feel we still have work to do, so we going to proof. Our first round of the day, DJ and I felt it was a nice course, not too easy but one thing I thought was maybe a little "tricky" for the lower grade. A go round straight out of a tunnel. Well we are here to be tested, so as always we were going to give it our best shot. Brandi was certainly "on" and I had a feeling that this was it. She was off to a flying start, did the go round superbly and we were having a great round. I didnt give her the best line to the jump before the weaves and she did a little circle before doing the jump and flying into the weaves. As the scribe was on the course with the judge, no one could say if it was a clear round or not. I certainly thought it was.....well not to be. BUT we enjoyed every moment of that round and I was very happy with Brandi's attitude. Next up was a contact round. I found the course relative to the grade and nothing too tricky, approach to the dogwalk could have been better. Well certainly after that I know that we have plenty of work to do still. Brandi knows the 2o2o position but in my mind lacks confidence on the contacts. Her contacts were slow but the rest of the round was good. We have open shows coming up so I will be really working the contacts, we will eliminate but I want good contacts and willing to throw some rounds. And so our NC round was approaching. Feeling a bit of nerves with it been our first round in grade 2, walking the course it seemed do-able. I thought Brandi and I could do this. It was a tricky start but was a nice running course and if that is one thing Brandi can do, is run!! We had a superb round, she did everything expected of her and she was quick. We got a clear round, so our first qualification in grade 2. Oh boy was I chuffed. We had 1 more round to do, DJ. Walking the course there was a tricky section where there was not a big gap between 2 jumps that you had to go through to enter the weaves. It was queried and the jump was moved out about a meter. This meant the approach to the tunnel coming back wasa little harder. Again a nice running course, I thought well if we want a qualification now was our chance. We did it! Again a lovely round to end of the day. I was extremely happy with Brandi that day, she worked well and I couldnt have asked for better. I think I was in a very good frame of mind that day, it clearly paid off. Next up is a open show weekend before we hit the road to Bloemfontein.