Well wow what a weekend this has just proved to me I made the right choice over these last few weeks I feel loads better and it showed as we enjoyed every minute (okey maybe not the rain and Bellas barking round lol). We started of on Sat with a fabby agility round 5R as I was too slow off the start and she was way ahead of me before I knew it she just went past the weave entry and came back for me argh bad mummy really gutted as her time was 2 sec faster than 1st and it was and open combined 1-3!!!! ah well we've almost done it once we can again :) Next run was truly awful lol barking nutty came out I had to stop her part way round as she was just going mental so I tried something new when we came out the ring, NO BISCUITS!!!! and straight back to the car to chill. Well Im amazed as that was all it took (could also be the fish for dog bribery treats hihi) every run after that was calm and focused she just understood, I did feel very evil tho lol Much calmer run resulting in 5f in ABC agility, clear in ABC steeplechase and clear in ABC jumping coming 5th.
Sunday we just a dream really lol First run was ABC agility we had a pole down as I turned a bit quick, the course was perfect for us it had 7 front crosses :D we had a blast not many clears either so really pleased she got 4th :) . Next was ABC Jumping I tried for a start line wait and got it !!! she flew the course and was clear getting 4th place :) Next was power & speed but done the other way around really simple speed course again we got a start line wait and she worked the contacts really well and got the weaves in the power section and was clear :) She was just outside the placings which was really good for a 1-7. Then we had 3 runs at the same time everyone was going for jumping or steeplechase first so I took her in the open agility, she was very unlucky as just lost her footing knocking a pole but ran super we even finished the round off with a flying dog walk running contact :D. We then did the open jumping and another clear I think someone must have swapped or drugged her lol She again waited at the start, I could have pushed her for more speed but I think we need to keep working this calm focus first as its just ace she managed to get 5th. Then we finished off with the steeplechase (maybe not a good idea as breathing was hard for me lol) I got a nice lead out and managed to pull her off the tunnel trap we had a little barking but she was just telling me she was coming hihi she ran well but was quite wide on a couple of the turns so didn't think she stood a chance with it being 1-7 I was pleased with another clear so was really surprised she got 6th. I don't think Ive ever had such a good weekend for calmness and focus it really was like she was a different dog I'm so pleased for her as she really deserves to show off what she can do its such an amazing feeling when it all comes together :D Also Sal & Kandy won out of grade 1 woohoo which was fab and makes up for just missing out due to her bad leg so many times at Dog Vegas :D
Here Bells is showing off her collection :)
LOads of fun and rosies, doesn't get much better than that :D x
ReplyDeleteMost definatly not, fun is the name of the game Bells was having tons bless her :D
ReplyDeleteCrikey can't keep up with all these lovely rosies, you'll need to move house soon :)
ReplyDeleteReally well done, just goes to show you made the right move!! :) xxxx