Today I took a day off revision (prob not one of my smartest moves) to take the dogs to UKA. Started the day by running Sammie Stevens Dylon (Dylon E Do Well (Rodneys dad)) as always he was a pleasure to run. Not sure why hes always such a pleasure though, he doesn't have a wait which is quite annoying however it doesn't seem to matter too much, cos he listens so well to other commands. I hate to say it, I mean I really hate to say it, however its like hes been ok or quite well trained.. weird! However we went clear in Champ Steeplchase and came 3rd, which I was quite happy with :) more impressed I kept him out of a tunnel I thought he would fly in.
I then did two classes with Phoebe, it was clear the heat was really affecting her, so I didnt run her in other two classes. In the evening it was the Royal Canin final, which Lee Gibson was judging (Phoebe had qualified for.) Once again he set another very good course. His courses are always so good because it is clear there has been so much thought gone into them, by having hard but fast options, then the slower but safer options. Hes also big on his obstacle discrimination rather than the million pull through option. I know hes a friend however he has to be one of the best judges in the country. Despite Lee being good, I wasn't so, could be due to the fact I hardly ever train her (naughty of me I know.)She missed weaves, then came out of them.. tut. Luckily I got a free t-shirt, which actually fit ish, well compared to everyone elses, was funny cos people were really struggling to get into them. Afew people prob shouldn't of bothered, wasn't a nice site... whoops :P!
Well of course I didnt just go to Newbury to run Phoebe, Rodney got to do two runs too. He did a lovely run in the Beginners Steeplechase, where he ran past the last jump, hes still so baby and not running as fast as I want, however I really cant complain it could be going alot worse. We then had Nursery agility, once again I took my own line so I could do the contacts twice, they were perfect :) Lets hope he can keep it up and do the same at Rugby :D!
Here is a video of Rodney today, I must thank Sammie for videoing and putting online for me so quick, I am very impressed. Especially after she went clear in same Steeplechase with Rodneys brother Mika and I was talking too much and missed the 1st 5 jumps on video... whoops! Not like me at all :P!
xoxo
Saturday 27 June 2009
Wednesday 24 June 2009
Exams Exams Exams
Not much to report at the moment training wise, I have soo many exams on (however all over in a week woohoo, well until re-takes lol) so hardly have any time to train. I did take it upon my self to have two mini breaks to train today though :P Like I said in my last post, my equipment is on my uni grounds, so when studying or in lectures I can pop out and do abit which is greatttt!
Today I did afew dog walks in the morning with Rod, they were excellent, 100%. Mainly worked on wrapping around end of dog walk into a tunnel, I haven't done any like this for a long while, so was very surprised how good he was. Then in the evening, did afew snakes and weave entries, again he was brilliant, did everything perfect, just came out of one set of weaves because I was testing him trying to make them more independent (with Rod going one way in the weaves and me running off the other.) Lee keeps going on about this to me, I just never get around to working on it, because it bores me, however I know hes right it is really important to have good independent weaves, so I WILL keep going at it. Didnt get chance to do anything with Phoebe :( She barks the whole train when training, so cant really run her at uni throughout the day because she would disturb everyone, whereas Rod is a good boy and is silent :)
Here are afew pics of Rodders and Phoebe today :)
hehe
xoxo
Today I did afew dog walks in the morning with Rod, they were excellent, 100%. Mainly worked on wrapping around end of dog walk into a tunnel, I haven't done any like this for a long while, so was very surprised how good he was. Then in the evening, did afew snakes and weave entries, again he was brilliant, did everything perfect, just came out of one set of weaves because I was testing him trying to make them more independent (with Rod going one way in the weaves and me running off the other.) Lee keeps going on about this to me, I just never get around to working on it, because it bores me, however I know hes right it is really important to have good independent weaves, so I WILL keep going at it. Didnt get chance to do anything with Phoebe :( She barks the whole train when training, so cant really run her at uni throughout the day because she would disturb everyone, whereas Rod is a good boy and is silent :)
Here are afew pics of Rodders and Phoebe today :)
hehe
xoxo
Monday 22 June 2009
Laura's Agility Blog
Here is abit of my life story, to bring everyone up-to-date :)...
Hello, my names Laura Chudleigh and I am 20 years old. Currently living in Maidstone, Kent. I am studying at The European School of Osteopathy. I live with my two dogs Phoebe and Rodney, and three other first year students.
I am very lucky that Lee Windeatt lives near me, so we train on my equipment which is located on the grounds of my uni. He is a brilliant handler and trainer, however I really must stop advertsing him, because otherwise he will soon be too busy teaching others to teach me (and I need as many lessons as I can get.)
I am hoping I can use this blog to keep a record of my training and shows, also to keep a check on rumours, I am always hearing new ones about who im supposed to be sleeping with or who im up to something with. 9 times out of 10, they are totally incorrect, most rumours are quite funny and I like them, one because I know they are not true and two, guess I like the attention lol... notice how I said 9 times ;)!!
As I am sure most know (or my friends which will read my blog will know) I am attempting running contacts with Rodney... scary! You may ask, why??? Why on earth try running contacts, Rodney is only my second dog, my first proper one (first border collie) and lets be honest for a moment, does anyone in the world have a good consistance running contacts WITH turns?? No, is the answer to that! So why try? Honestly im not sure. Charlotte Harding and I used to speak about them pretty much every day about 24 months ago, then when I got Rod I chickened out and said I couldnt do it. Then after I began training with Lee in Sep just gone, I started to get alot more confidence in training. We had began teaching Rod stop contacts on the A-frame like how Lee teaches his, however Rod really wasnt getting the whole stop thing too well, he also likes to stalk quite abit. Basically I was bored of the idea of stops, and the idea of running started to play on my mind. I think it was the 4th of Jan, I was at uni one morning, Dave Munnings and I had had a conversation about running poss being the way forward if someone could do them correctly. That afternoon I wrote up a method, and emailed it to Lee, he was of course unsure but said he would help and support me regarding them as much as possible. Without Lee's help there is no way I would of been able to do it!!! I also better take this moment to say I used alot of Silvia Trkmans ideas off her website. What I love about her website is the fact she tells everyone everything, she keeps nothing a secert, again wouldnt of been able to do my contacts without this website.
So as I am sure you can see, I am pleased with how they are going so far... if they work in the ring consistantly is another matter. I am hoping I will be able to be consistant enough in the ring like I am in training to maintain them though. Rodneys first show is Rugby in about 3 weeks time, I am really looking forward to it, will be his first big test! He has however done 3 days of UKA and got another day this Saturday, so fingers crossed he will be fine.
Here below is Rodney at his first UKA show, not that fast, but I am hoping he will speed up :) Thank you Lucy Clifton for videoing and putting online :)
Here below are my other training videos.
And more recently....
Thats all for now... anyone who made it all the way through that... I am very impressed :D!!
xoxo
Hello, my names Laura Chudleigh and I am 20 years old. Currently living in Maidstone, Kent. I am studying at The European School of Osteopathy. I live with my two dogs Phoebe and Rodney, and three other first year students.
I am very lucky that Lee Windeatt lives near me, so we train on my equipment which is located on the grounds of my uni. He is a brilliant handler and trainer, however I really must stop advertsing him, because otherwise he will soon be too busy teaching others to teach me (and I need as many lessons as I can get.)
I am hoping I can use this blog to keep a record of my training and shows, also to keep a check on rumours, I am always hearing new ones about who im supposed to be sleeping with or who im up to something with. 9 times out of 10, they are totally incorrect, most rumours are quite funny and I like them, one because I know they are not true and two, guess I like the attention lol... notice how I said 9 times ;)!!
As I am sure most know (or my friends which will read my blog will know) I am attempting running contacts with Rodney... scary! You may ask, why??? Why on earth try running contacts, Rodney is only my second dog, my first proper one (first border collie) and lets be honest for a moment, does anyone in the world have a good consistance running contacts WITH turns?? No, is the answer to that! So why try? Honestly im not sure. Charlotte Harding and I used to speak about them pretty much every day about 24 months ago, then when I got Rod I chickened out and said I couldnt do it. Then after I began training with Lee in Sep just gone, I started to get alot more confidence in training. We had began teaching Rod stop contacts on the A-frame like how Lee teaches his, however Rod really wasnt getting the whole stop thing too well, he also likes to stalk quite abit. Basically I was bored of the idea of stops, and the idea of running started to play on my mind. I think it was the 4th of Jan, I was at uni one morning, Dave Munnings and I had had a conversation about running poss being the way forward if someone could do them correctly. That afternoon I wrote up a method, and emailed it to Lee, he was of course unsure but said he would help and support me regarding them as much as possible. Without Lee's help there is no way I would of been able to do it!!! I also better take this moment to say I used alot of Silvia Trkmans ideas off her website. What I love about her website is the fact she tells everyone everything, she keeps nothing a secert, again wouldnt of been able to do my contacts without this website.
So as I am sure you can see, I am pleased with how they are going so far... if they work in the ring consistantly is another matter. I am hoping I will be able to be consistant enough in the ring like I am in training to maintain them though. Rodneys first show is Rugby in about 3 weeks time, I am really looking forward to it, will be his first big test! He has however done 3 days of UKA and got another day this Saturday, so fingers crossed he will be fine.
Here below is Rodney at his first UKA show, not that fast, but I am hoping he will speed up :) Thank you Lucy Clifton for videoing and putting online :)
Here below are my other training videos.
And more recently....
Thats all for now... anyone who made it all the way through that... I am very impressed :D!!
xoxo
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