BCC of GB

Yesterday turned out to be a really nice day. After we arrived and the show was like a mud bath it did brighten up.

Heidi was a very good girl yesterday, infact I think its got to be the first time she has done a show and not had any E's! She got 10 faults in every class, a pole and missed weave entry in 1, a refusal and came out of the weaves in another and 2 poles in the last class. She was a very good girl though and listened and worked well. I hope it continues!

The less said about Kody's agility runs the better I think, his jumping wasn't too bad though, a pole in the tricky bit at the start and I sent him over the wrong jump towards the end. I guess I wasn't expecting great things for the first show of the year.

We got to catch up faces that we haven't seen over the winter though and generally had a really good day. Heidi got to play with her Mali cousins Reno and Speedy too. So thats our first one down, many more to go :)

Nearly That Time Again!

This weekend will be the start of the Agility season for us, we are off to BCC of GB on Sunday. I think I'm looking forward to it, its the start of shows again so it means winter is over and summer is on its way, yay! (and it will give us something more exciting to blog about!)

We have worked hard over the winter, re training Heidi's weaves and working hard on her contacts which are now the best I think they have ever been. Kody is running much better now too with me, I just hope I don't confuse him too much in the ring. After this show we have a couple of weeks off until Easter to resolve any issues we may have.

Last weekend we went to Crufts to support the Mali's and to do some shopping for our dogs. They all got new collars, Heidi had a harmess and Cani-X belt (for me really) and we have been out running this week, (I still can't walk now, my legs hurt soo much!!!) but I'm sure it will get easier. We stocked up on wormer and frontline and Yumove for Brian too and they all got new covers for their beds. 

One massive well done goes to Jackie and Speedy who won their class, he really is a handsome boy and we are proud to be his godparents!!! :) 

Family Swimming

We have lots of swimming going on at the moment here. The dogs have been to hydro today, Heidi and Kody hadn't been for a month. Heidi worked really hard and Anne really pushed her. Brian absolutely loves his swimming and was his usual mental self. Kody seems to be getting more confident lately, Anne even commented today that he looked like he might actually be enjoying himself!

The dogs aren't the only ones swimming though, I am too. After I swam 5km last year for charity I was adamant I wasn't doing it again however I have been roped into an even bigger challenge...

...In less than 5 weeks time I will be taking part in a team sponsored swim, with our team swimming 140 miles in 12 hours to raise money for sport relief and as if thats not hard enough, the 12 hours are overnight! The distance is the same distance that David Walliams swam in the Thames last year.

We are looking for as many sponsors as we can so if you want to sponsor us you can do so online at:

http://my.sportrelief.com/sponsor/ancholmeleisurecentre140mileovernight12hourswim

Below is a video of Heidi training. She has been in season so hasn't been to club but we have been practicing things that Kody has been set up as he has been to both his and Heidi's club and workshop too. We are starting to work better together finally, lets just hope we can keep it up!

Happy Birthday Heidi!

We would like to wish our Princess Heidi a very Happy 4th Birthday - Lots of love Mummy, Daddy, Brian and Kody x x x x

Snow Bother

It began snowing here just before 6pm last night. It was very windy and the snow was actually coming down sideways, next thing we know, the electric went off. It's not unusual for us to have power cuts here so I left it 10 mins then phoned the power supplier to find out when it was going to be back on. When I phoned nobody else had reported it, only us and it was only us with none in our area. We would have to wait for an engineer, that would take 3-4 hours!

Obviously the heating had gone off too. I had got my mum and dad visiting so we all ended up sat on the sofa in a line, a blanket and dog each on our knees to keep warm and watched a film on my iPad which happened to be fully charged. Me and dad ventured to the barn to get the camping stove and gas so we could have a brew and that warmed us up.

After almost 3 hours the engineers arrived and discovered that the power cables had twisted over themselves in the wind and then cut off. They had to get up in their extendable bucket thing to the lines to unwrap them and then put in a new fuse in the electric pole. By this time the snow had been coming down for a while and was quite deep. Thankfully it all got sorted, not like us to have an adventure though :)

Today we took the doggies out to play in the snow, they all went a bit mad and got very excited. The River Ancholme which is outside our house is frozen. Mum and Dad decided to leave after lunch in the hope they would get home before dark, we did have to push my dads car a bit and then I went ahead of them in our 4x4 to the main road to make sure they got there ok.  I don't think we are due any more thankfully, just need to wait for this lot to melt now!