It was yet another dramafull weekend!!!!
Swift Flight ran on Sunday - Ollie ran in start and was his husual reliable self. Merlin, thanks to Lyns' hard work didn't drop the ball once. Jake and Poppy on the other hand played "I can do more wrong runs than you" for most of the day!!!! When Jake got it right, Poppy did it wrong and vice-versa!!!!
They got their act together once in the entire day and got a time of 31 somthing and only came 5th because a team went NFC!!!!!
We kept being told by box judges to "put the ball in the other hole" which when you have an 8 year old dog with mild Hip Dysplasia that you have taught to turn properly so as not to aggravate his hips, is the last thing you want to do!!!
Anyway, Swifts ran on Monday..... Kes ran like a superstar, Loki and Ice need their heafds banging together as the light fiasco continued.... Ice was continually running up to the start line looking over his shoulder at Kes!!!! The one time he didn't, he got a light!!!!! He is being very inconsistant at the moment!!!
That said, we still managed to come 4th :-0 and got a new best ever time of 19.25!!!!!
I am now going to have to figure out how to do release training with the boys!!!!!
Our next show is Frimley at the end of June and I have to decide which dogs to run as Swift Flight is only 2nd reserve!!!!!
Saturday, 30 May 2009
Friday, 15 May 2009
Catch-up time!!
The tournament at FairView Farm on the May Bank Holiday was full of drama.
Swift Flight ran on the Sunday and Merlin decided to play drop the ball on the line, so on the two occasions in the mornig when Poppy ran properly, it didn't count!!! Rita had her starts down to the wire and Kes was flying. Grace ran her usual, very reliable and steady.
In the afternoon we found somthing that had Poppy riveted, so sorting out Merlin and Poppy had the team winning the last race of the day and coming 5th!!! So not a total disaster, and they now have a seed time.
On Monday it was The Swifts turn and once Kim and Nik got their changeovers sorted (for some reason both boys were being silly!!!) the dogs ran very well all day and got a time of 19.57 running Ollie, Loki, Ice and Lottie! Best ever time is 19.52, so we are getting there!!
Our next competition is the Mutts show at the end of May bank holiday, we have two teams in again, Ollie is going as start dog for Swift Flight this time and we have Jake running instead of Grace.... it will be interesting.
Swifts will be Kes, Loki, Ice and Lottie... this will be Ices first show racing with Kes - so anything could happen!!! He's good now in training, but the show atmosphere......
In training we are now working on Ollie running second to Kes. This will take a while as Ollie has gone first for so long!! I think this will be easier than trying to get Kes to do a changeover going out - she can take tight changes coming back.... we'll see.
The new dogs are coming on very nicely and are progressing well. Hopefully they will all compete when ready.
Swift Flight ran on the Sunday and Merlin decided to play drop the ball on the line, so on the two occasions in the mornig when Poppy ran properly, it didn't count!!! Rita had her starts down to the wire and Kes was flying. Grace ran her usual, very reliable and steady.
In the afternoon we found somthing that had Poppy riveted, so sorting out Merlin and Poppy had the team winning the last race of the day and coming 5th!!! So not a total disaster, and they now have a seed time.
On Monday it was The Swifts turn and once Kim and Nik got their changeovers sorted (for some reason both boys were being silly!!!) the dogs ran very well all day and got a time of 19.57 running Ollie, Loki, Ice and Lottie! Best ever time is 19.52, so we are getting there!!
Our next competition is the Mutts show at the end of May bank holiday, we have two teams in again, Ollie is going as start dog for Swift Flight this time and we have Jake running instead of Grace.... it will be interesting.
Swifts will be Kes, Loki, Ice and Lottie... this will be Ices first show racing with Kes - so anything could happen!!! He's good now in training, but the show atmosphere......
In training we are now working on Ollie running second to Kes. This will take a while as Ollie has gone first for so long!! I think this will be easier than trying to get Kes to do a changeover going out - she can take tight changes coming back.... we'll see.
The new dogs are coming on very nicely and are progressing well. Hopefully they will all compete when ready.
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