K9 Sports!

Spend Sunday at K9 sports at Littleport, the aim was to concentrate on NFC's to work on Rommys waits and A frame and dogwalk stop position. First off was the beginners jumping which was going to be for wait practice. He did some lovely waits in there and definitely need to be really going to try and be strong with them at shows now, no springing even if he does fly off over the first jump. Being able to practise in the ring with them really did help with him though because he really did a lovely wait. 

 We haven't really done all that much with dog walks since Rommys been better what with retraining the A frame and everything. His stop position at the end has always been good at training but he just tends to forget at shows with all the major excitement so really wanted to work on that and make him get it. So we did the beginners agility NFC to do dog walks and a frames. We did 3 A frames the first one I'm pretty sure he missed (my eyes find it really hard keeping up with him) and then the two after he got, they were a bit high but his first few always are at training so I'm happy with that. Managed to get in a couple of dog walks as well, first one he did what he normally does and flew and then the second one was perfect! Great! Really happy with his mornings work there! 



After his morning of NFC's he had a nice long break to chill in the car. We were planning on doing Split pairs with Rhoda and Brodie but poor Toad had a really unlucky day and hurt his foot/leg and was lame. Hope you feel better soon Brodie! Lucky Rhoda managed to borrow an amazing little poodle called Tia who's nearly 13! You really wouldn't guess shes 13 because shes pretty speedy! I had a bit of a near clash of runs with pairs with a the novice steeplechase but I ended up lucky and managed to get into the ring first to have a go at our first Novice. I have to say Rommy was nothing but WILD. His rest in the car had clearly charged his batteries because our wait practice was out the window BAD Jenni! but there was no way he would ever have waited because he was just a complete nutcase, I don't think hes EVER gone that fast at a show before! Of course he got E'd but I really couldn't help but laugh at him because he was just a complete fruit cake. Maybe resting in the car for that long wasn't such a good idea? One thing that was a great idea was doing that Novice before the Pairs because he had got the crazy out of his system, luckily I was running second so I had a bit of time to get my breathe back. Rommy was running over Toy height as well so I knew it was going to be a challenge but he did a lovely Clear and so did Tia! GO TEAM! I am so happy with how he worked! We were running second and whenever we've tried to run him second before he was just too distracted with the other dog but he was just a star! He even got his weaves with a tunnel sitting right at the end which has always been tricky for him so I was just so happy! lol! Sorry I'm rambling. 

Haven't got any videos but I found some cute puppy piccys instead :D . 

Hello Sunshine!

Wasn't entirely sure we'd be seeing you this year but here you are. Unfortunately  Mr sunshine gave me some sunburn on the one day it actually cloudy?! :( Oh well i guess it'll go brown eventually. To be honest this is prob going to be a bit of a downer of a post but oh well, not entirely sure anyone even reads these things anyways lol. So had a completely rubbish week, a bit ironic considering the lovely weather but it always seems to do that. After the Rommys injury again last week, finally getting better and then the head of some pretty shit family news rears its head. All the rubbish things really do seems to come at once I guess, because the rest of the week has been pretty much of a downer since then. I mean not as rubbish as the weekends news but you know... just little things being continuously crappy. I really do try to stay positive but I can honestly say some times its A LOT easier than others.


I honestly am that crazy dog lady, Rommy really has saved the day(or should i say week) hes just such a little star, just a real clown. His face really does make me laugh. Even when hes insisted on finding something to roll in on nearly every walk this week with all the fresh horse poo around everywhere. 

Do not fear as he had a bath this afternoon with a very lovely smelling shampoo so hes not all nice and clean. More importantly his yeti feet have been banished and hes all neat again. Finally.

We also did some really quick weave entry practice in the garden yesterday and he really was a superstar, was getting entries all over the place, he did need some help in bits but he just worked so hard considering weaves are prob his least fave bit of equipment. didn't get any video because I couldn't be bothered after a VERY tricky afternoon of work, Instead just a quick clip from a very sunny Tuesday training. bloggers being rubbish so here's the link 


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWpcwhV1kMk




Not much to update on the Kizzy monster other than shes getting more adult hairy now and shes still a completely lunatic. Not long now till she can be spayed so at least then she can run wild  outside instead of trying to jump into the toilet. 

BANG!

So finally got round to starting to teach Rommy 'BANG!' today, after a lot of shouting about it he seems to have got the idea now. Might want to turn the speakers down a bit, trick training is a very noisy activity if your Rommy :) 

I hate cloth tunnels

So shuttleworth turned out to be pretty rubbish, I don't know what it is about that venue but Rommy always gets injured there which is a shame because its nice and close. Oh well, he's still got JDA there in May so maybe we can get through that one health. So anyways lets get back to what this is actually about, cloth tunnels. As you might know or guessed that that this time it was a cloth tunnel that messed mr Rommys back up again this time. My god he's so breakable! It was in one of his jumping runs, he broke his wait (naughty boy) and went down the line of jumps like a bat out of hell into the cloth tunnel. I'm pretty sure the thing wasn't pegged right and it was winding so the cloth was kind of folded over. So Rommy flew in there so bloody fast got himself all caught up in it and ended up twisting himself completely around, poor boy has no luck. He seemed to look alright after but if nothing else I know what hes like and I knew he had to have something messed up. So thanks to his physio Rommy we got to see her on Monday and back on his stretches and no agility for a week :(.

 So I'm odviously I'm really angry about cloth tunnels at the moment, and I'm really really wanting the things to be banned. There has been alot of story's and videos around of dogs getting hurt in tunnels and even a dog having to be pts from an accident in one. it really worries me what actually needs to happen before the kc see how potentially dangerous they are. Not even the entries to them just how dangerous they are on there own coming into them at speed. I mean I know to us this is a sport and there's always a risk in doing it because i know freak accidents do always happen, but I think a specific peice of equipment that is just hurting dogs so much is just ridiculous, and something definitely needs to be done. To me there's a risk in everything we do in life but doesn't mean I'd go jump off a cliff, yes I MIGHT be ok but the chances are I won't be. 

Sorry rant over now

Me again

Well this blogging thing is quite addictive isn't it? Hello me again. Went to training today and got lots of videos. Watching them back I think I've actually learnt a lot from from seeing what the hell I'm doing or more to the point what I'm not really doing. I need to stop saying 'Here!' as much when I'm not completely sure what else to say. I'm pretty sure his 'left' and 'right' will work if I can ever remember which is which at speed... not something I'm good at. Pretty sure its my Dyslexic brain catching up to me and I totally go blank. I also need to actually listen and do what I'm being told how to make something better. I mean I am listening... I really am but I'm actually not doing it, even though my brain thinks it is.... Maybe I need to pause and absorb it for 2 secs, I DUNNO. I really do need to get used to thinking better at speed because its really not that easy and Rommys not even mega fast. I'm really not sure who all those super fast collie people cope!  One other thing I learnt is that Rommy really is amazing for putting up with me and he really does try so hard even when I'm kinda not helping him lol. He makes improvements every week, his A frames are just getting better all the time, his waits in the last week getting a bit better after Bretford and hes also starting to get a bit tighter :). SO anyways heres a really long video from today... sorry its a bit long. 

 

Fetch!

Musings

Well this a non post post. So I'm really kind of sad I'm not at a show this weekend. The weather is all nice and sunny and I'm not making good enough use of it not being at a show lol. Which is stupid really because rommy clearly isn't really ready to be doing any agilitys at a show yet. Anyways weekend at home with some nice walks and lie ins, I must be going mad actually wanting to get up at the crack of dawn on the weekends. So I thought as we haven't got any actual agility to do I should do some homework and remind Mr Roomster exactly what the hell ketschker turns are. Turned out he didnt seem to have forgotten them as much as I thought. Fingers crossed we can try some out at training and maybe some shows this year. 

Speaking of shows, I have actually no idea what the hell to expect from mr man this year. I've got alot I'd like to try this year but he's an unpredictable fellow at the best of times at shows because he's so bloody wild and friendly. I think my main aim is to keep him fit and healthy, I really don't want to have to repeat the problems and the winter he just had. Poor lad. Next to keep him with me and then to have his aframe really consistant in the ring and training. Anything else happens along the way would just be extra. How he did at bretford is definitely already in the extras category. I'm still absolutely amazed by that. I mean what the hell little blog? 

Onto kizzle mcwizzle, she's such a wierd little cat. She's such a Maine coon in her head because she really does think she's a dog. She seems to have got a thing in the morning now where she will go and find one of her balls, carry it to you in her month and then she'll play fetch and drop in in front of you to throw it again. She's nuts! She even drops it better than rommy does lol. Definitely need to try doing some more tricks with her. Saw a youtube video of a cat doing agility and I'm Defintely feeling a new enthusiasm for getting her do some fun things. I mean she is a dog after all. She'd love agility lol. Oh she also fell in the bath the other day. So funny lol. 

Next show is foxypants is spring at shuttleworth, I'm very excited for that adventure. God knows what will happen but I'm sooooo excited for it anyways :D. Eep! Yep... I must be mad. :) 

They might be right!

So everyone kept on telling me that the 2nd year of shows is always a lot better than the first. To be quite honest I didn't believe them...

Yes its only like 3 shows in but thing are already seeming a lot better than last year and most things are getting better every show. Rommy is faster and a lot more focused and above all hes staying with me!! :D. This weekend we went off to the Bretford Easter show on Sunday. I didn't realize before hand but it that was the day the clocks changed so we lost an whole hours sleep :(. So being very sleepy we went off to the show anyways, the satnav was being a complete idiot but we finally got there and Rommy was utterly mad from the second he got out the car. Hes NEVER been that excited straight away before! I wasn't quite sure if it was a good thing or not. Whether it was going to be his complete insanity of uncontrollableness OR Im ready to work crazy... you can never really tell which one it is with Rommy until your trying to get around a course....

SO first up was the 'Egg 'gility' which was a steeplechase with the option of an Aframe (the faster route) or you could go around it with a set of jumps. As we've only been doing the A frame at full height for 3 sessions and always with stride regulators I wasn't quite sure it would be a good idea to do the A frame but in the end I thought we'd be a little be daring (lol) and give it a go. This is def my fave run because he only went and was a blooming star and did an amazing little A frame. Clever Romster! And he only went and got 1st! :O. Dolly spanner was also 2nd but unplaced :(. Thanks to Rhoda and Matthew for the videos! 

Next up was Combined 1-3 Jumping. One not do good thing from this weekend was that with every run Rommys waits just got worse. I just about managed to get to past the second jump on the first run, nearly to the second jump on the second run and barely past the first jump on the last. A bit too much enthusiasm. DEFINITELY going to be working on those! Hes normally so good aswell :/. Oh well can't have it all. Anyways back to the jumping, we managed to get another clear round and we got another 1st! 

After that last up we had graded 1-3 jumping, it was pretty much the same course backwards but without the weaves. We all had some very clever pups because Rommy got 1st AGAIN, Matthew and Brooke won in the small grade 3. They're first win! and Dolly spanner got an unplaced 3rd. They all had the clever brain juices running that day! :)

I actually CANNOT believe how well Rommy did, hes such a special boy but definitely not the easiest dog ever. So hes now got 2 grade 3 jumping wins... eeek! Tired face picture!

And just because she made us all laugh... Kizzy antics...

I had to dig her out.....