Snowy Days

Well as difficult as it makes daily life the show is beautiful. I love walking the dogs through drfits and Ethans been enjoying it aswell.

The dogs are all well and fighting for the warm spots in the house.

Hoax is working really well in training. I dont have any delusions of grandeur for my dogs nowdays and am pleased with small amounts of progress. She seems to be picking her weaves up much better now getting some tricky entries and checking stride for the simple ones. I have also been working on her contacts which seem to be much improved so far. She can be a really good girl with jumping and will turn tight when my timing is good but we can struggle with some handly bits. I also noticed some situations in which she should be bouncing and isnt. It is usually on angled sections (slicing, curves or zigzags) so we will need to do some grids to help with that. Sadly in this weather I just dont have anywhere to do them, let alone any spare time!

Talking of time poor D isnt getting the time he should. Shaping helps as at least when I do train something  get the finished behaviour in a few sessions, we have finally got round to shaping a right turn LOL we are so far behind! I hope in the summer we can get more done in the garden. D is so sweet, a really cuddly man but definatly has a naughty streak in him too.

Boo is on rest at the moment. I have been a bit worried as he didnt feel right for his last month or so of competing and has had a few moments he looked lame. He went to the chiro who clicked him back but I still am not sure he is 100%. I rest my dogs every year anyway so he will have Dec/ Jan off and start back on grids in February sometime after another chiro check.

The puppies seem to be doing well passing Good Citizen tests and learning lot of new tricks. I must get off my butt and do more with D but I am so proud the babies are doing well. Keep the updates coming puppy owners! x