October Catch Up

Its been a quiet month really for us, the plan was to give Heidi and Kody a break fro all things Agility this month and apart from the RVA show (which was very wet and miserable) they have had a good rest. Heidi has been to the Chiropractor this week for a check, her neck and back were a bit out and her back was very tight, she throws herself about like a loony though so i'm not surprised. She should be feeling much better now.

Chaos has been continuing his training at his Thursday morning class and is doing well, had a bit of a silly week last week, wouldn't do the see saw but hopefully tomorrow he should be back to normal. We have only managed a couple of short sessions at home, the weather has just been terrible lately. Below is a video of him a couple of weeks ago, he is now on full height jumps and has taken to doing them pretty well.

Tonight should have been obedience for Chaos and Kody but I decided to give it a miss (too cold to venture out!) but I have finished putting together the dogs training plans for the winter, i'm looking forward to getting started in November and I have left us with about 6 weeks 'spare' as its likely the weather will stop our training at some point!

Time for Training

This week we have got back to doing some training. Kody and Chaos went back to their obedience club on Wednesday night, the break seems to have done them both some good, they were both much more relaxed than they have been in the past. Chaos still has issues walking on the floor though,  mostly when turning!

On Thursday morning Chaos went to his first agility class, its a small Grade 1-3 class ran by Lucy Osborne but it appealed to me as it is outside. I much prefer outdoor training. Chaos did very well, he did all the exercises although he struggled with the weaves a bit, something I had expected though as he has only ever done them here.

We have also got round to learning the last piece of equipment this week, the A-Frame. I had left it until last as I really couldn't decide if I wanted him to have a running A-Frame but I have decided to settle on a stop. He stops on the Dog Walk and See Saw and the first time he went over the A-Frame he stopped so it makes sense really to continue like that. So now we just need to do lots and lots of practice ready for next year!