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March 28th 2008 8:26 am
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Well Ben has only been training since Jan but his club had its spring show yesterday
Although all the dogs were much more advanced than him I thought I would take him along as a training exercise
I had a few secret goals for him
1. That he was calm enough to do his start line stay
2. Not to get eliminated
3. a clear round
4. possibly a rosette
and of course most importantly that he had a good time
As it was not full KC rules I opted to run him as a small dog as he is so young
So there were 4 rounds
Jumping, agility, cricular jumping and circular agility
What can I say - my fab little boy
The 1st 3 classes he got a clear round (1st 2 classes that got him 2 clear round rosettes) 1st 2 were a little slow - winners in less than 30s and we took 45s but the 3rd class he did in 25s - the winner was about 18s but we came about 5th!! out of 50 dogs!!!! (who had all had much more training than us)
4th class we had both been there for 4 hours and were tiered, he knocked a pole down and I ran him past 2 jumps - but we got back on course and didnt get eliminated - 3 faults but not bad
Then the little boy got a full pack of chicken and lots and lots of sleep
Not the best pic - I didnt even know that it was being taken but here is the 1st foto of Bens 1st jump in his 1st ever comp
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March 20th 2008 4:19 pm
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Well mum has been rubish at letting me update my diary
But as its my birthday today she is letting me
Agility has been going great - I can even weave
I dont get it right all the time but I undertand that you go in at one end and wiggle all the way to the end. Mum has been talking about doing something to help me find my enterance
Today in class we built up one thing at a time until we were doing (all in one go)
weaves, then tunnel turn to A-frame, 2 jumps in a line mum does front cross to next jump, another front cross to another jump then another front cross to the dog walk
How clever am I???
For my 1st birthday mum got me some jumps (but the lady didnt bring them yet) and a squeeky rubber newspaper - that I love
And she said that we will enter the compatition on sat - just a fun one but there will be 50 dogs all at a higher level than me
Fingers and paws crossed!!
February 18th 2008 2:28 pm
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Valentines day so I am a good pup
1st running the weave channel and over a jump
Mum noticed I wasnt really bothering with the ball so she stoped using it and I still ran on to the jump
Then we did some jumps with mum running. 4 jumps, she went to 2nd jump, said go and she started running towards last jump
I did all 4 no problem
Then we played with the tunnel - hehe fun
THen the A-frame
1st time I slipped comming down and then when I 'downed' I was slightly squint so mum moved me
Next time I was perfect, nice straight down and I stayed there till mum sent me over the jumps
Great fun, next week is my last of the introduction to agility 1, but the following week I get onto the 2nd course - another 6 weeks, wonder what they have in store for us
And in other training, I can walk backwards much better
We just found out that Clear run also do heelwork to music, but mum cannot afford the classes this year - see how the agility is going and mibby next year
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