Ronny goes Grade 5

With pouring rain and a fast sprinting agility course I knew Ronny was in for a good chance, there were a few traps which caught alot of the dogs out and the judge was being mean and marking the up contacts too, im pleased to announce that Ronny was brilliant. He always seems to perform well in the rain and by the speed he flew around the course it definitely confirmed it today, his contacts were definitely running ones so i must now hold him on them in the next few competitions.

If that wasn't enough, Keisha also had an amazing agility round and finished 2nd behind Ronny, her A-Frame was awesome so I am over the moon with her. I don't mind her coming second to Ronny :)

Kody was then first in the jumping, he had his first clear round and it was such a brilliant achievement as it had weaves and a tyre in it and as some of you are aware he kept running under it but today he cracked it, in fact he got the tyre in all of his three classes. Keisha went next and did a lovely jumping round to finish 4th, I braved the right hand weaves and she did them, I was so pleased as we have been working hard on them and today it paid off. I cant believe I am writing this but next up was Ronny, lets just say his name Rocket Ronny really suits, I was never gonna keep up so I decided to stay quite central and work him from a distance so I could get to the end where the technical part was, he was such a good boy and really listened to me, another 1st place OH MY GOD !!!


The agility show was hosted at a steam festival today, between the runs I managed to take Zippy and Pudsey around the venue to see what was on, pictured above are some owls that Zippy brought my attention too, he was very confused by them and just kept looking at them, Pudsey was more fascinated by the shire horses that were situated next door.

So that's it, what a great day, tomorrow is flyball so hopefully the weather wont be as bad as today, I will update you tomorrow with the days events.

Flyball training

A great picture for all of you that are currently house training.


Great success tonight, flyball training went extremely well, I wasn't sure how Kody would be but he certainly hasn't forgotten one thing. On his first run down he knocked the last two jumps over (Slightly too excited) but turned on the box and ran straight back, he wasn't put off at all by it, in fact he just jumped over the fallen ones and carried on like nothing had happened.
Kody's and Ronny's cross overs were very tight, me and dad have decided where we will be letting the dogs go in the hope we get it right for sunday. We have decided to change tactics this weekend, I will be running Kody first dog as he needs the help, dad will be running Ronny second, Maisy will follow Ronny as normal and then Dylan will be last dog. Keisha will be running too but will swap with Kody so we have fresh legs for most of the day.

I forgot to mention that Speedy was at agility last night, he absolutely loved his dad (Ronny) and they played really nicely together. He has definitely grown since I last seen him, he is taller than Zippy now and has a lovely colour coat. It wont be long until all the mini Ronny's are up and running, they are nearly 7 months already !!!

Agility Training

We have had a really good training session tonight. Keisha was really keen and is really starting to get back to her best, those contacts were awesome and I really made a big fuss about them in the hope she will hold them on saturday. Keisha did some lovely complex jumping sequences and her right hand weaves are looking great.
Ronny was definitely on form tonight, really good weave entries from difficult angles and great jumping sequences. He also choose the dog walk over the TUNNEL for the first time ever (he was supposed to take the tunnel on this occasion) but I am still completely gob smacked by it. I'm on such a high tonight, I cant wait for the weekend now.

Tomorrow we are hoping to get some flyball training in ready for sunday, Emma our flyball team mate is judging for the first time on sunday in Division two, I know she is feeling nervous but I think she will be great, I will try and get a picture of her in action. Emma's second team Brickyard Boomerangs are also competing on sunday, im hoping I will be able to bribe them in video-ing our team so I can put it on the blog.

Zip Zip Zap

Do you know how hard it is to get a picture of Zippy, he never stays still so this one that has taken me about an hour to get is the best I can do, its just by chance the other three boys are in the background.


This weekend we have a mix of activities, agility on the saturday followed by flyball on the sunday at Arbury Hall in Nuneaton. It is going to be very interesting as we haven't run for sometime and im not sure Kody will fully remember what he is doing. Hopefully on thursday evening if the weather is good, we are planning half an hour of training. It's not a major concern as the regular four dogs Ronny, Masiy, Keisha and Dylan will be competing and to make it even easier this weekend is hosted outside which definitely suits our dogs.

Pictured left is Pudsey bear, he certainly lives up to his name, he really is such a teddy bear. Last weekend we were mobbed by lots of people wanting to stroke him, he never seems to get bored with all the fuss, im guessing Wendy's Bristle is equally as known as they always ask if they are litter brothers, which of course they are.

Finally, Congratulations to Amy and Maisy for qualifying for Crufts 2010 in the handling class and well done to Kathryn and Diesel for coming second, sounds like you both had a really good weekend.

Godmanchester Agility

I cant believe how nice the weather has been this weekend, admittedly it was a bit windy yesterday but today has been sunny all day. This weekend the dogs have run really well, Ronny had a clear in his jumping but the poor handling by myself allowed him to run wide on turns wasting valuable time. Keisha was in the same jumping class and I managed a much better run and we finished 5th. Keisha also had a lovely agility class yesterday but they only placed up to 4th and sadly she finished 5th.

Today she had the most fantastic run in her jumping class, the course was very technical and she just went wide on one turn, we were rewarded with 3rd place, the A-Frame contact came back to haunt us later in the day though, its so frustrating as she only ever seems to blow it in competition, I did put her back on it but I get the impression it never seems to register with her.

Ronny was unlucky in his agility class, the judge marked him on his up contact which I think is really harsh, he is such a big dog and to teach him to break his stride pattern to make sure he gets that contact is ridiculous, if not a bit dangerous, why cant judges just accept that it is their normal stride pattern and as long as they get the down contact then its a fair game.

Kody had a really good weekend, no clear rounds yet but definitely getting there, just got to work on his weaves and im sure it wont be far away.