Cold outside

Well its cold outside and finding motivation to go outside and train has been hard.

Hoaxey has been working really well, some nice turns and contacts looking pretty good. Her weaves have improved so much now she rarely struggles with them. I was really frustrated that the one 'fun' show we did at MAD she missed a simple straight entry... grrr how annoying. We have some sessions over in Kent on Crufts carpet with the team soon so am looking forward to seeing how she goes on astroturf!

I have been finding it really hard to find the time to train D. I wanted to do much more with him but don't have the time, and honestly once Ethans gone to bed, on my rare free night, I dont have the energy. I have had lovely reports of how all his brothers are doing so am hoping that training with two (starting a pre agility on Saturday) of them will motivate me to do more training. The class will be working on foundations like flatwork, motivating recalls, etc which is perfect! D is still quite sensitive and some things can be hard work with him and I have to think a little bit more but shaping has been great to give him confidence. I have shaped everything so far and not lured yet... sure I will give in at some point though!