Ok, so ive been a bit busy since my last post. After Hinckley weekend we then had Thames. I love Thames show! Thanks to Lucy being a member of Thames Club, we got camping right next to the rings :) Thanks to Andrew Dicker we also got elec hook up :).
Rodney did some nice ish runs however nothing good enough, nothing really worth speaking about. Think he was 7th in the Chum (needed to be top 3, due to two parts.) To be honest it was a rubbish run and how we even came 7th I have no idea. Lee (Windeatt) was 6th with Bold, his run was similar to mine.... not worthy of the top ten, however I guess everyone elses was worse, so hey ho. It was so long ago I cannot really remember what else happened.
Here is the only video of Rods of the weekend, Champ Jumping, Clear...
So onto this weekend just gone... hmm... Oh yes, Newton Heath, forgot there for a moment. I really enjoyed myself, was a lovely weekend. Rodney in the Champ did a nice clear in the agility round making him 5th, then in the jumping, it was a pretty hard course (so Champ should be) only getting 4 clears, Rodney had 5 faults and finished 8th. With two pretty good places, he ran 17th (4th from the end) in the final :). By the time the final had come around Rodneys concentrate had gone and we got faults at the very beginning. Nothing I can really do, a part from hope over time his concentrate levels improve. Next day we had a Cruft singles. Bare in mind Rodney already has 8 points so needs another 5/6/7. I liked the course, even though I felt it was a bit too fast for Ploddy. He did a ok run, however had 3 wide bits due to my bad handling grr, and then really measured the up of the dog walk (hes still a bit weird about it after falling off at Nottingham.) Even with all of this he was only 1.5 secs off Dawn and Freeway who won the class. Rodney finished 9th, giving us another 2 points. So still need another 3/4/5. Have 3 more chances to get them I believe. Think we all know cos I want them I will mess it up lol. Rod also had a 3rd in a Gr7 jumping then another couple of classes in an agility or something I think.
Phoebe surprisingly ran pretty well :). Managed a 3rd in a Gr7 jumping, then ran really well in her Olympia qualifier until I fell over on my face before the see-saw tut. I gave her to Lucy for the Champ, due to Lucy having no proper runs for the weekend (Pie went grade 7 at Thames woop, so shes just using her grade 6 runs up for the next couple of weeks.) Phoebe however had other ideas and wouldnt run for her. Think she did jump, dw, jump jump lol.
This week hasnt been the best. I woke up on Tuesday morning to find Phoebe had been very ill in the night. Got mum to watch her all day, she didnt improve at all. When I got home about 5.30pm, she was still very bad and looked very sorry for herself. I got her straight to the vets and they thought she may have a PIOMETRA, where they thought would have to do a hysterectomy. I was so scared and cried soooo much. I do not handle these things well. I took her back to the vets this morning and had to leave her there... still crying. They did blood tests and a scan this morning, still thought it was a PIOMETRA. I had signed saying I allowed the vet to continue and if a hysterectomy was required, so be it. When my vet had opened her up, he found out that it wasnt an infection to the Uterus, it was a sock which had got wrapped in her intestine. Sounds better, but its not. This is a more serious operation. I received a phone call half way through asking if I wanted to have her spayed while she was open, I agreed (been meaning to get her done for a while now anyway.) There is still a chance of complications however my vet said he is very happy with how everything went and all being good I should be able to collect her tomorrow :D. I have finally stopped crying now I am confident she should be fine. I think it is safe to say I may of cried solid for almost 24 hrs! This is a good reason not to have any more dogs, I have no idea how people have 8/9/10 etc cos they are bound to have problems more often than the average person with 1 or 2 dogs. I was so upset, I even went out without make-up on :O cos I knew it would just run off with me crying.
So as most people are aware it is the World Try Out's this weekend. I dont honestly believe Rodney will get through, however very good experience and worth a shot I guess. I did have a plan of everything I wanted to train this week in preparation, however due to Phoebe being ill, of course all that went out of the window. All being good with Phoebe I will still come to the show this weekend, of course Phoebe will stay at home with Mummy to rest. Will actually be good for Rodney not to be around, so she can rest properly. I am looking forward to this weekend. Also Nic Jones is judging the Try out, I think with her experience abroad she will set some very appropriate, challenging courses, which I am despite not getting to do any training, very much looking forward to :).
I must this weekend get more runs of video (got some more done this weekend, however are on Lucy's camera or on mine, however I can not find the cable to put videos onto PC.. granted I havent really looked further than around my PC chair :P.) Lucy's not here this weekend, so will have to try to get Lee to act as my groom... you know queing etc :P. Hopefully he will be better at videoing... getting himself lined up with the contacts correctly so they are clear on camera... Lucy is rubbish and can never be bothered to move from her chair by the side of the ring tut. So fingers crossed I should have some of both of our runs from the Try Outs for my blog posting next week :).
My next posting on here will hopefully be of me saying Phoebe is all clear and back on the mend.
Chow for now.
xoxo
Wednesday 23 June 2010
Sunday 6 June 2010
Hinckley
Last post, last week I think I had mentioned Rodney had fallen/ got blown off of the dog walk twice (one after another.) Didnt think too much about it after checking him over and walking and trotting him up on Monday. He looked totally fine. However when I next trained him which was on Wednesday with the Cook's, he started off fine, must of done about 8 dog walks (we were timing different ways around 3 jumps onto the dog walk to see which was the fastest.) Then all of a sudden I ran him at it and he wouldn't go up... was really strange. The only difference was before we were running him around a couple of jumps then doing the dog walk, where this time it was jump then dog walk, so he was looking at it before going up. We of course didn't continue, he could be tired or worried, who knows. Then next day, I went up my field and decided to do a couple to see what he was like. Of course double checked him all over to start with, he was fine. First one, he went up and off of it perfect. Went back around, he ran at it then just stopped. We ran at it again, once again he stopped. I decided to leave it, just encase he had gone up it had hurt due to an injury so he didn't want to continue. Phoned the chiropractor and got her booked for Friday evening. She came out Friday, not a sausage, couldn't find anything wrong with him.
So of course with nothing wrong with him and the dog walk I presume being all in his head, I ran him this weekend at Hinckley show. I had no idea if he was going to go up the dog walk or not. I got into the ring in the Champ Agility (first run of the weekend) since not doing a dog walk since Thursday when he wouldn't go up.... Brilliant. I decided to give him one shot, he either runs up it or he just does jumping runs for the weekend. I ran him at it confidently and he went straight up, not very fast and a little worried, but who cares he went up. He managed to do the rest of the run ok too and managed a clear, think he was 7th. Next up we had Cruft Singles Agility, again wasn't too sure if he was going to go up the dog walk, due to him going up both Weds and Thurs then bottling out after. I ran him at it confidently and again he went up, still a bit slow, but he went up. Due to me thinking about his dog walk, I really messed the rest of this run up. I mean really messed it up. We also had Champ Jumping, I was worried about the weave entry like most people for some reason, due to the tunnel facing the dogs as we are asking them to go into the weaves. Rod picked the weaves up perfect, didn't even look at the tunnel. Then straight after that, 2 jumps later, on prob the easiest part of the course, I somehow sent Rod around the back of a jump and got us E'd... what a muppet.
Phoebe also managed a clear in the Champ agility, E in the Crufts and then she ran straight into the tunnel instead of the weaves in the Champ jumping lol. On the Sunday, Phoebe was clear in the 1-7 jumping, then I forgot about her agility whoops.
Rodney on the Sunday, did a nice ish sort of run in the Chum (KC Olympia Qualifier) but got marked on his dog walk. His time would of put him 5th. Nice run in grade 7 agility, trained his see-saw (two on two off) even with that stop he came 6th. Then in the grade 7 jumping, he did a nice clear. Rodney was 1.5 secs behind the winner. Lee Windeatt pointed out the places I needed to improve upon to get a better time. So much to work on still *sigh.*
Ok so once again not one of my best weekends of results, but who cares.... always next week. Rodneys not injured after the dog walk the week before, hes now not scared to go up the dog walk and like I keep saying, lets face it, hes still only a pup really (2 and a half next month.)
This evening I have just got back from training with the Cooks, we worked on handling from behind.... I hate it, but has to be done :(.I have been teaching them how Lee does it and how I try to do it. They seem to be picking it up very well and can see the improvements in the turns of their dogs and how much time it saves them across the course. I love it when things actually work :D.
Once again no pictures or videos due to Lucy not being at the show :(. Luckily I have good news. Lucy will be at Thames this weekend, so will hopefully have some videos for next week... well if they are not all E's lol. Thames is about 20/30 mins from my house, I would love to propose all shows were at the Newbury showground, wow that would make my life easier.
xoxo
Ps. Forgot to say Linda Hutchinson and Kizzy did a fab run in the large Champ to win their first ticket, another young dog, think she is only 3 :) very impressive.
So of course with nothing wrong with him and the dog walk I presume being all in his head, I ran him this weekend at Hinckley show. I had no idea if he was going to go up the dog walk or not. I got into the ring in the Champ Agility (first run of the weekend) since not doing a dog walk since Thursday when he wouldn't go up.... Brilliant. I decided to give him one shot, he either runs up it or he just does jumping runs for the weekend. I ran him at it confidently and he went straight up, not very fast and a little worried, but who cares he went up. He managed to do the rest of the run ok too and managed a clear, think he was 7th. Next up we had Cruft Singles Agility, again wasn't too sure if he was going to go up the dog walk, due to him going up both Weds and Thurs then bottling out after. I ran him at it confidently and again he went up, still a bit slow, but he went up. Due to me thinking about his dog walk, I really messed the rest of this run up. I mean really messed it up. We also had Champ Jumping, I was worried about the weave entry like most people for some reason, due to the tunnel facing the dogs as we are asking them to go into the weaves. Rod picked the weaves up perfect, didn't even look at the tunnel. Then straight after that, 2 jumps later, on prob the easiest part of the course, I somehow sent Rod around the back of a jump and got us E'd... what a muppet.
Phoebe also managed a clear in the Champ agility, E in the Crufts and then she ran straight into the tunnel instead of the weaves in the Champ jumping lol. On the Sunday, Phoebe was clear in the 1-7 jumping, then I forgot about her agility whoops.
Rodney on the Sunday, did a nice ish sort of run in the Chum (KC Olympia Qualifier) but got marked on his dog walk. His time would of put him 5th. Nice run in grade 7 agility, trained his see-saw (two on two off) even with that stop he came 6th. Then in the grade 7 jumping, he did a nice clear. Rodney was 1.5 secs behind the winner. Lee Windeatt pointed out the places I needed to improve upon to get a better time. So much to work on still *sigh.*
Ok so once again not one of my best weekends of results, but who cares.... always next week. Rodneys not injured after the dog walk the week before, hes now not scared to go up the dog walk and like I keep saying, lets face it, hes still only a pup really (2 and a half next month.)
This evening I have just got back from training with the Cooks, we worked on handling from behind.... I hate it, but has to be done :(.I have been teaching them how Lee does it and how I try to do it. They seem to be picking it up very well and can see the improvements in the turns of their dogs and how much time it saves them across the course. I love it when things actually work :D.
Once again no pictures or videos due to Lucy not being at the show :(. Luckily I have good news. Lucy will be at Thames this weekend, so will hopefully have some videos for next week... well if they are not all E's lol. Thames is about 20/30 mins from my house, I would love to propose all shows were at the Newbury showground, wow that would make my life easier.
xoxo
Ps. Forgot to say Linda Hutchinson and Kizzy did a fab run in the large Champ to win their first ticket, another young dog, think she is only 3 :) very impressive.
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