Happy 1st Birthday Chaos!!!!

Happy 1st Birthday to Baby Chaos and all his brothers and sisters from the 'G' Litter x

Dog Vegas

We had a lovely few days away at Dog Vegas, We arrived to torrentail rain and hail stones, we have had very hot sunshine (I got burnt!) and back to rain again but it didnt spoil our week. 

Heidi has ran consistently better all week, she has had lots of runs where there was just 1 silly mistake (missing out a weave, running past a jump) all things that are not like her so I knew a clear round wasn't far away. She managed a 3rd in jumping on Saturday and yesterday we finally got a clear in agility. When I walked the course it was not a good course for her and there was no way I expected a clear round. As a result when we ran it she did a very wide turn so I was amazed to find she was in the lead by over 2 seconds. She stayed there until about 3 dogs from the end when a very neat collie ran it just that bit tighter than she did and went into the lead. I am so proud of her though, 2 clears at 1 show is unheard of!

Kody has been running well too, a lot less madness and he too only made the odd mistake. He did a lovely clear on sunday but was sadly out of the placings.

I judged on Monday, I had a whole mixture of classes. Some courses I was happy with, others didn't run as well as they looked on paper but I guess that's all part of the learning experience. 

Brian, Brenda and Chaos seemed to enjoy their holidays with lots of opportunity to be splashing around in the stream and getting wet. Everyone including me has slept soundly since we got back, think ill be in for a quiet day today!

Mali Training

We finally had a sunny day yesterday so I managed to do some training with the dogs. Kody did some jumping and weaves, Heidi worked on her A-Frame contact as we have had some issues with it lately and Chaos did some jumping sequences. He has had 3 short sessions this week (on the video) and has done so well. He seems to really like jumping but still isn't very keen on the tunnel (which surprises me, never had a mali that's not tunnel mad!). He is much more keen to work to now and so much more confident, I think it was the right decision not to do too much too soon with him.

Vegas and Nuts shows

Kody has been running well at the last couple of shows, I however have not been so good at remembering courses! Generally though he has only been making the odd mistake and did manage a 5th in Jumping, clever boy.

Heidi was back running this weekend and was back to her usual 'wild' self, jumping from the A-Frame from almost the top. She did have some nice bits though in between the moments of madness.

No agility for us this weekend, im working all weekend :( but then it will be time to pack for our few days away at Dog Vegas. Need to get the caravan cleaned and sorted first though, if it ever stops raining!