Well I am only hmmm 2/3 weeks late with this post. My excuse is my internet, I for-whatever reason seem to live in the middle of no where and the internet is so painfully slow, it kills me! I can never get myself together enough to even be bothered to try to get on. The only way I really seem to keep in contact with the world is via facebook on my phone!
Back to the dogs though, so my last show was Norfolk. Seemed to do pretty good, Rodney won a combined 4/5 jumping and a grade 5 agility, then he had a 2nd in grade 5 jumping and another 2nd in 3-5 jumping. Phoebe, well im sure you can guess... er err! She did however have some almost rounds lol! Poor little Phoebe, as of today I started training her again, seeing how she will be in champ next year I thought id better, don't want to embarrass myself any more than I already do!
Since Norfolk, I have got very slack on the training front, been more interested in boys, out-going, make-up etc... tut tut! However that is over and I am finally back in the game ready to get back to training. So I said before I had a see-saw issue... I have of course done a bit of work on this. I am very lucky Rod learns very quick, so ive literally only done a bit and hes got the hang of it already.. I hope. Ive proofed it in two new venues and he has been perfect. So just need to get to afew more venues and get in the ring to see if its properly sorted.
Hopefully this Sunday Lucy and I will pop down to train with Lee, I am sure ive picked up some bad habits since I haven't trained with him for awhile now... :(! However he watches all my videos from shows then tells me what he thinks im doing wrong which always helps, so I can go away and work on it. Apart from hes mentioned a few times now that I waggle my finger if im picking Rod up from a tunnel, I actually cant stop myself from doing it ahhhhh!! Then next Thurs, I am travelling up north stopping and training with the Stokoes and Jennings for the day (another new venue for Rodders) then continuing EVEN further up north to SCOTLAND :0! To stay with Gary Lee for a couple of days, and doing the Broxburn show (Rods first grade 6, think I forgot to mention earlier, due to Rod winning the grade 5 agility at Norfolk, he is now grade 6.)For the rest of the year I have North Downs and Rugby (Kc shows) then think I have entered a UKA or two, plus Corton are having a limited show in a couple of weeks, so have got that too! My only issue really is, the fact ive got to work to pay for all of this :( its rubbish and as my friends know, I am still on the look out for a rich boyfriend who can fund me, so if anyone finds one pleaseeee send him my way, thank you :D!!
I was going to finish the blog with a few videos from Norfolk however, they have changed the format on youtube and I can not for the live of me figure out how to now put them onto my blog, think Ill have to speak to charlotte of Lucy! The videos are on Lucys youtube page though... lucykippie! (dont want the one where I tried to run pie lol)
xoxo
Wednesday, 21 October 2009
Monday, 5 October 2009
Five Rivers
Ok, so Five Rivers show was last weekend, I am a bit late updating this and can prob not remember most things anymore. Guess thats good, this maybe a shorter post for once.
So, lets get Phoebe out the way to start with, I remember last post saying how I was really happy with how she was running and how she is all of a sudden so much better, ok if im allowed to take that back.. its taken back. She was useless, or maybe I was useless.. one or the other, prob the latter. I dont think we got a clear round once again, not even in the H/S lol.. tut! I took her out of two runs for being an idiot, then in one run Lucy and I swear she was E'd, however she got an 8th.. who knows.
Rodney wasnt too bad, ok yes still need to work on waits and see-saws, but apart from that hes running well. Once again getting faster every show through confidence. It is still showing if I dont go into the ring 100% he will not run right, luckily I am getting better at this though. This weekend was slightly annoying, cos he ran well but I kept making silly mistakes, making him wide, hence why he had 3 clear rounds and only 3 2nds. However he was never far off the winner and I know if I hadnt made stupid handling mistakes he could of won all 3. I know I know, everyone can say that from time to time, if not all the time "If I hadnt of been E'd 3 times, I would of won!" But when im saying it I am once again refering to his speed across the course.
So here goes come videos, luckily Lucy Clifton came with me so she videoed a lot of my runs :-) Here is 4/5 graded agility, ok up until the see-saw, you can see he slightly flew the see-saw tut, then I messed the end up cos I hadnt walked the course. From this video you can see why I keep saying I MUST work on my see-saw...
Here is the other 4/5 graded agility which we came 2nd in. Jo Thorpe with her dog Kyp won it by 0.5. As you can see not our best run, but I guess its good to have them all on video so you can see what needs to be worked on... yes most of this round needs to be worked on actually...
Here is one of the jumpings Rod came 2nd in, think this is the one he was 0.6 behind in due to the end I messed up, then the other jumping he came 2nd in, he was 0.09 behind, naughty Lucy forgot to video! :P
Last video of the show, we have the H/S combined 1-7, I was so pleased with the speed Rod started with in this run. However I somehow get E'd or faults or something, I have no idea whats wrong with me. Paul (oldfield) told me I had to run inside the box due to the position of the box, I was like no no no, on the outside will be fine, however I did it all wrong and well basically Paul was right, think I must of been one of the only people to get E'd lol. There were some fantastic times in this course, Elaine with Davey did it in 13.23 :O!...
That was a bit of an over view of last weekend, due to not really remembering what happened. When I get chance and Lucy puts the videos from Norfolk on youtube, I will post a new blog :-).
Chow (think thats how you spell it) for now xoxo
So, lets get Phoebe out the way to start with, I remember last post saying how I was really happy with how she was running and how she is all of a sudden so much better, ok if im allowed to take that back.. its taken back. She was useless, or maybe I was useless.. one or the other, prob the latter. I dont think we got a clear round once again, not even in the H/S lol.. tut! I took her out of two runs for being an idiot, then in one run Lucy and I swear she was E'd, however she got an 8th.. who knows.
Rodney wasnt too bad, ok yes still need to work on waits and see-saws, but apart from that hes running well. Once again getting faster every show through confidence. It is still showing if I dont go into the ring 100% he will not run right, luckily I am getting better at this though. This weekend was slightly annoying, cos he ran well but I kept making silly mistakes, making him wide, hence why he had 3 clear rounds and only 3 2nds. However he was never far off the winner and I know if I hadnt made stupid handling mistakes he could of won all 3. I know I know, everyone can say that from time to time, if not all the time "If I hadnt of been E'd 3 times, I would of won!" But when im saying it I am once again refering to his speed across the course.
So here goes come videos, luckily Lucy Clifton came with me so she videoed a lot of my runs :-) Here is 4/5 graded agility, ok up until the see-saw, you can see he slightly flew the see-saw tut, then I messed the end up cos I hadnt walked the course. From this video you can see why I keep saying I MUST work on my see-saw...
Here is the other 4/5 graded agility which we came 2nd in. Jo Thorpe with her dog Kyp won it by 0.5. As you can see not our best run, but I guess its good to have them all on video so you can see what needs to be worked on... yes most of this round needs to be worked on actually...
Here is one of the jumpings Rod came 2nd in, think this is the one he was 0.6 behind in due to the end I messed up, then the other jumping he came 2nd in, he was 0.09 behind, naughty Lucy forgot to video! :P
Last video of the show, we have the H/S combined 1-7, I was so pleased with the speed Rod started with in this run. However I somehow get E'd or faults or something, I have no idea whats wrong with me. Paul (oldfield) told me I had to run inside the box due to the position of the box, I was like no no no, on the outside will be fine, however I did it all wrong and well basically Paul was right, think I must of been one of the only people to get E'd lol. There were some fantastic times in this course, Elaine with Davey did it in 13.23 :O!...
That was a bit of an over view of last weekend, due to not really remembering what happened. When I get chance and Lucy puts the videos from Norfolk on youtube, I will post a new blog :-).
Chow (think thats how you spell it) for now xoxo
Wednesday, 16 September 2009
Gillingham
Ok, so Gillingham, prob not my best show this year so far. I was basically CRAP! I knew the dogs were working too well at Northern Week and something would have to bring me back down to earth, Gillingham it was.
So Phoebe, can safely say as usual we didnt have a clear round lol, the closest we got was in one of the 6/7 agilitys, she did a nice run however stopped 4 off on her A-frame, so I corrected then continued with the run. In the Crufts Singles, there was none of the usual quick collies, im mainly speaking about Dizzy and Minx, so I thought ooooo I could actually win this (I also really liked the course for Phoebe) so I went into win, however ran out of breath and she did a wrong jump, ok slightly annoying, however shes really starting to run well, finally at almost 6 years old!
Rodney... Saturday, in the agility, it was 3-5, I thought wayhay ill win this easily... that was not the case and I should never think like that again!!! It was just a crap run, he was wide and slow, then cos I basically just wanted to get out of the ring cos I wasnt happy with the run, I sent Rod up the A-frame, not sure if I said anything and he actually missed... what is wrong with me? Why must I keep making these silly mistakes? I know with my contacts even if ive gone wrong, I must continue to work them, but I didnt. Of course after this run I was veryyy angry with myself for letting Rods down again. I didnt see the A-frame however I am presuming he jumped, which is not good enough. However like I keep getting told, since hes been out thats only his second A-frame he had done incorrectly, so I really shouldnt complain. In the jumping, he didnt listen to a steady before the weaves, then after the weaves there was another, and he really didnt listen, so I corrected and continued. A few people asked why I did this because I was still clear, however I really dont want to allow too many bad turns in the ring, you dont allow missed weaves or missed/ incorrect contacts, so why allow bad turns?
On the Sunday I came back to Gillingham with a lot better positive attitude. In the jumping with Rods I ran off too earlier on a turn and should of got 5R, then had another stupidly wide turn because I couldnt get there in time due to the last jump I had ran off on, basically it was a crap run, however I wanted to work the end, so Rod would come out of the ring happy and I could praise loads. Somehow he managed a 3rd lol, he hadnt got marked where we thought he should of had a 5R. In the agility, it was an ok run, apart from me being a bit crap, he did however fly his see-saw, I didnt correct cos I wasnt sure at the time. Again not much I can say, apart from I know this is my main weakness and trust me I will be working on it. The only problem at the moment is due to the fact we've really only just got back from Northern Week, im trying to give the dogs a bit of time off, where I really need to train, but well of course im not. After 5 fivers and Norfolk, dogs can have a bit of time off then I can get back training properly ready to come out fighting next year.
So I was pretty crap and didnt get any new videos of Rodney :( however Lucy Clifton and I are going to 5 fivers the following weekend, then Norfolk, so we are sure to get some there :).
Also Rod did actually run at quite a good speed on Sunday, so do I think hes going to be good and fast enough to do well in gr7... yes, yes I do. I think peoples opinions of him by this time next year will change, hes a good little dog we'll show you :)
xoxo
So Phoebe, can safely say as usual we didnt have a clear round lol, the closest we got was in one of the 6/7 agilitys, she did a nice run however stopped 4 off on her A-frame, so I corrected then continued with the run. In the Crufts Singles, there was none of the usual quick collies, im mainly speaking about Dizzy and Minx, so I thought ooooo I could actually win this (I also really liked the course for Phoebe) so I went into win, however ran out of breath and she did a wrong jump, ok slightly annoying, however shes really starting to run well, finally at almost 6 years old!
Rodney... Saturday, in the agility, it was 3-5, I thought wayhay ill win this easily... that was not the case and I should never think like that again!!! It was just a crap run, he was wide and slow, then cos I basically just wanted to get out of the ring cos I wasnt happy with the run, I sent Rod up the A-frame, not sure if I said anything and he actually missed... what is wrong with me? Why must I keep making these silly mistakes? I know with my contacts even if ive gone wrong, I must continue to work them, but I didnt. Of course after this run I was veryyy angry with myself for letting Rods down again. I didnt see the A-frame however I am presuming he jumped, which is not good enough. However like I keep getting told, since hes been out thats only his second A-frame he had done incorrectly, so I really shouldnt complain. In the jumping, he didnt listen to a steady before the weaves, then after the weaves there was another, and he really didnt listen, so I corrected and continued. A few people asked why I did this because I was still clear, however I really dont want to allow too many bad turns in the ring, you dont allow missed weaves or missed/ incorrect contacts, so why allow bad turns?
On the Sunday I came back to Gillingham with a lot better positive attitude. In the jumping with Rods I ran off too earlier on a turn and should of got 5R, then had another stupidly wide turn because I couldnt get there in time due to the last jump I had ran off on, basically it was a crap run, however I wanted to work the end, so Rod would come out of the ring happy and I could praise loads. Somehow he managed a 3rd lol, he hadnt got marked where we thought he should of had a 5R. In the agility, it was an ok run, apart from me being a bit crap, he did however fly his see-saw, I didnt correct cos I wasnt sure at the time. Again not much I can say, apart from I know this is my main weakness and trust me I will be working on it. The only problem at the moment is due to the fact we've really only just got back from Northern Week, im trying to give the dogs a bit of time off, where I really need to train, but well of course im not. After 5 fivers and Norfolk, dogs can have a bit of time off then I can get back training properly ready to come out fighting next year.
So I was pretty crap and didnt get any new videos of Rodney :( however Lucy Clifton and I are going to 5 fivers the following weekend, then Norfolk, so we are sure to get some there :).
Also Rod did actually run at quite a good speed on Sunday, so do I think hes going to be good and fast enough to do well in gr7... yes, yes I do. I think peoples opinions of him by this time next year will change, hes a good little dog we'll show you :)
xoxo
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