We’ve had three recent shows where on the whole we’ve not done very well!
Woodside Woes
We were entered in both days at Woodside, though we only ran one run on Saturday (a disaster) and we didn’t get a clear run over the whole weekend! But on the plus side, Jake did get 4/6 possible contacts. His dog walk and seesaw were vastly improved and the new commands (STOP – GO) seem much more reliable. Just a little matter of A-frame contacts.
SKC – wot a scorcher
Jake was keen to run, even in the heat (28 degrees Celsius, not what we’re used to). He was so hot he sank into a down at the start of his first run, though he then took off like a rocket.
I noticed several dogs wearing Ruffwear cooling coats & Jake now has one (in spite of sarky comments from a colleague who used to keep border collies in Zimbabwe).
On the plus side, Jake worked away from me really well & my signals (voice / arm/body) are getting more consistent. Jake’s contacts were varied – in one course he got all his contacts (though he fluffed a weave entry) but in another course he jumped on the dogwalk and hopped off the A-frame. So back to class to practice that.
Avon argh
We did 4 runs – unfortunately no clears, but we did get a 12th place rosette for a jumping class. The main achievement was that we perfected our new plan for keeping Jake chilled (well below threshold in Control Unleashed language) for the whole show.
