Agility Training

None of us really wanted to be at training last night, but equally we wanted some distraction. We left the contacts and just did some simple jumping courses instead. I ran Dylan with the new dogs as it does him good to go back to basics and boost his confidence. We definitely did that as he really enjoyed himself and ran nicely, although we both need to work on our timing and response to FC’s at tunnel exits. We also worked on weave entries for a while, which is something we always need to practise.

Kim and co. worked on the W-sequence from Nancy Gyes‘ Alphabet Drills, which went down well. Kim made some very uncharacteristic errors early on, messing up her weave entries and popping the last two weaves, but we finally got back in gear and she worked nicely towards the end. She’s skipping training next week as she has Otley at the weekend and I’ve always found she works better in competition if we miss training the week before. Dylan isn’t entered but he’ll probably be getting measured there (as if he needs measuring!), providing his KC registration comes back in time.

We’ve finally lawned the garden, and the dogs love it. Here is Dylan playing with his football, which has miraculously survived for over a month since we found it floating downstream. It does look a bit worse for wear!