Tuesday 30 August 2011

A gust of August.

More like a blast actually.

SO much has happened, which explains the lack of updates.

Sniper had his first trial August 13-14 (I think). He was such an awesome baby dog. Outside and inside the ring. We had some minor errors, all my fault of coarse, but nothing we can not learn from. He did get his first Q in Gamblers though, with 74 points in the opening. He also ran two Jumpers, one where I changed my plan mid coarse causing a refusal. His other one I slipped and he ticked a bar and also had a refusal. Snooker was so pretty. Got 3 7`s and went into the closing but took a tunnel first in a jump tunnel jump combo, which was the last 4 points we needed. Darn. No video because my camera broke, which saddens me. Super, Super happy with him though.

He also some how magically measure at 21". Which I took as strange, so he ran 22" this trial, more then likely he will measure into 26" later, but I thought 22" would be fine for a first show.

Pictures!
 



I have also been really working on Snipers contacts. They are slowly coming along, but the lack of field time is not helping. They are much improved, and I can`t wait to get him back out to the field, even though it may be a while.

Moving on Saturday to start my college adventure with my two boys. So excited, but really nervous. Agility will be on the back burner, but I hope to do a few trials before the end of the year.


(Taken with Webcam since I have no camera)

Thursday 4 August 2011

Coming Along... Eventually.

Have put a lot of work into Sni's 2 on 2 off position since he was a wee dude. I decided he performance just was not what I wanted, so I decided to retrain it completely.

This time around what I would do differently is shape the wanted position (in front no matter my position and reaching out ahead) with drive and speed with indenpendance.

Started really slow and close to him, then gradually distance and position of me changed and he still worked to get to his position.

Here is video of Day 2: