Saturday training

On Saturday we went down to one of our clubs grounds and set up a exercise with weaves and the dogwalk.

Rush's weaves were good, he got all his entries but did pop out a few times at the last set so we will need to work on this. His dogwalk was great, I was happy with his speed and that he definately knows what is expected of him

Brandi had some lovely rounds and I am really looking forward to working with her this year.

Here is a video of Saturdays training

Tuesday training

On Tuesday we went to one of our training grounds where we haven't trained in months. It felt good being at a different venue. We concentrated on weaves in a bigger exercise.

Rush's weaves were not bad, few errors but pretty happy with how he went.

Brandi was great, few handling errors from my side but all in all happy with her attitude and how she went.

Here is the exercise we set up



                                       

Here is Brandi's video

Here is a snippet of Rush's training

Monday weaves

So all back to normal and getting back into training mode. Monday we put out the weaves and went back a step to get back into the swing of things.

Rush's weaves were not too bad considering he had just gone onto 12 before the holiday and we really didnt do much over the festive season.

Still work to do but happy with where he is at the moment

Here is his video from Mondays training

The new year

So the New year is apon us and we need to get back into training mode. My dogs and I have had a well deserved break, with a little bit of training still taking place.

We have kept up with our fitness and I am looking forward to the year ahead of us, competing with my dogs.

Our first "training" for the year started last week with a small exercise in the yard. We had 2 contacts, some jumps and weaves. Rush's contacts were better than what I had expected but he was a bit rusty with his weaves. So lots of training ahead of us.

Here is the exercise we did

12.12.12 - What a day!

Today was the day that we put up a little course for the youngsters with weaves in for the first time. I was hoping it would go better than what it did. We set up 2 courses and broke them up and did segments of them before putting the whole thing together.

SO some work to be done in the holidays.

here are the 2 courses we ran

And here is Rush's videos

Weaving Roxy

This week I attempted 12 poles with Roxy.....she managed all 12. She is not too happy with me on the left so we will stick on 6+6 for a while longer to make sure she is doing them more succesfully. I have also stepped up her training, so hoping to see her in the jumping ring next year

Here is a short clip of her weaves.

Rush loves weaving

So Mondays are our relaxed training days where we do some basic exercises. Last night we worked on weaves. We are now finally on 12 poles and Rush is loving it. He is so eager to do them, I am very happy with how we are progressing.

We have now started adding a jump and from this evening will work other obstacles to the weaves.

Here is Rush's video from last nights weave training, the one he entered too fast and skipped a pole, we had a few missed entries....but all still work in progress!!