Ok, ok, so I missed Monday this week! Sorry Mand- happy now? LOL
Being self employed is fantastic- it means you get to take time off when you want... being self emplyed is pants as it means when you take the aforementioned time off, you have a TON of work to catch up on aswell! Not only are we keeping up to date with the Embroidery business but have also now begun Printing T Shirts and are adding more private agility lessons onto our diaries! Have a peek at http://www.sew-what-uk.com/ I think they are wicked!
Crufts! I LOVED it! Alright, so I have done Crufts before but the surface this year felt fantastic and the crowds and competitors were as great as ever! At first glance, the course looked awful on paper- horrid angles and all sorts of traps- aaargh! Upon walking it it had a much better flow and I was quite looking forward to it. My biggest concern was 2-5 as I ALWAYS lose Boo on these things as he tends to drift wide and not watch me- he didn't he was perfect! Ok so he didnt stop on his contacts quite how I planned but he really did run well- you can see in the vid he glances at me after the bottom of each contact, thats coz I thought he'd stop and as he hadnt was standing still and saying nothing!!! The standard in the teams was so high this year that nothing other than four clears was really enough to get through. We had 5 as a team so didnt quite make it but the dogs and handlers were great- well done guys! All in all Boo had a great day. He loves Crufts, Olympia etc so he came home grinning!Sunday we did a training session with Stuart Carter. I worked Hoax and although was pleased with her, it doesnt feel we are making the progression that I had hoped for. We seem to have stopped improving for a bit now. Oh well- hopefully it will get better again.
This week I am not training Boo at all as I want to concentrate on Hoaxey. She is supposed to have her first show at Chippenham on Sunday so am hoping to work her at our club on Wednesday then at MAD on Thursday. Maybe I will get some confidence back.
Anyway- enjoy the vids etc! There are more on http://uk.youtube.com/user/gemmahanekom
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Enjoyed your runs on the vid!Glad you enjoyed your Crufts. Didn't realise you had started a blog til now - hadn't twigged the scrolling thing at the top!! Now have link direct to this. Duh!
Oh and meant to add that Nellie 'wuffed' all through me watching it here on the sofa!!Who are those dogs in here with us??!
oh gem lost confidence, do i know how that feels, but you will be fine she is such a good girl. the crufts runs are great. i have told dad what you want to practice and i am sure he will accomodate you, i will also be there with skate this week. so we can get our confidence back together. big hugs and licks to the princess y xx
Great run with Boo in the team.
Hoax and you will be just great. We all have off nights at training. At the time it feels awful but you need those nights as part of your development together. Next time it'll be the opposite I bet!
Good luck at Chippenham.
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