Saturday 6 August 2011

Scunthorpe Show

Today we have been to Scunthorpe show and only one word can describe it really, pants. (could think of others but not suitable to post here!) Not the dogs fault at all though. Megan had 2 lovely runs, both had a wait at the start which I was so pleased with, in 1 she had a pole and missed weave entry, in the other she chose the tunnel over the weaves (no surprises there).

Heidi only managed 2 runs out of 4 and both of them she didn't get past halfway before being removed from the ring for not listening. Poor Kody I just couldn't get it right with him at all in his runs, in the first one it went well until I blocked his view to the weaves so he took them from the wrong side and had to re do them. In the second class I didn't help him with his entry and so missed it and then developed weave issues where he just couldn't complete them so I just ran him to the finish. I walked the ABC qualifier and was convinced I would end up taking my eye out on the long jump pole as there wasn't much space to turn, when it came to run where I had been so concerned about it, it obviously went wrong and I nearly ended up over it instead of the dog! It went very downhill after that and Kody's weave issue continued as he came out after 6.

Then came the thunder, lightening and heavy rain so I decided as my heart wasn't in it we would come home. The sun was shining lovely here so I decided to do do some Dog Walk training with Megan. I had hoped to put her over the one in the practice ring at the show but as it rained we didn't bother. I am keen to practice it in as many locations as possible over the winter months. Anyway the video below is from today's training, it is still a work in progress but at least there are no massive leaps into space which is what we had before!!!



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