Did some more work from the agility nerd page - working on "around the clock" sending to a jump... went very well, worked up to about 6 feet away, all the way round the dial... good girlie!

Today was a rest day - class was a bit stressful last night so I need to regroup a bit. Sophie has fixated on the treat pouch and shut down completely in class, so we need to work through fazing this out. Interestingly, she works HARD for her leather tug or treats hidden in hand/pocket or home, so this is definitely a site-specific issue. But we'll work through it..

Did a few reps of offside weaves and that was all.

Tonight is class, so we'll be taking it easy today - will be trying out Webb Anderson's exercise with two target plates, as well as a short bike ride for some fitness-building

This week's home practice is based on this site: http://agilitynerd.com/blog/agility/courses/steve/OneJumpDrills.html - working both on solidifying her startline stays and fast releases, as well as... well, pretty much everything on an agility course! Should be some fun work...

Did a bit of front cross work (figure 8's around 2 jumps) soph is loving this exercise and her leather tug toy. Can't believe how driven she is for this toy... we'll see how it works for class on tuesday as well.

Stays - at doors and in front of a jump - getting good focus forward rather than on me.... this week will be putting "mark" on cue as well.

Resurrecting this blog to chronicle and monitor our next training voyage

We're going to the Olympics! Well, not really.. but (gulp!) I've set a huge goal for myself - running Sophie in the steeplechase at this years' Nationals, at one of my all-time-favourite places in the world - Spruce Meadows.

So we have a few things to work on.. today is an indoor day, and we'll be doing a bit of work on stays and fast releases, as well as focus exercises. If it clears up and the yard dries a bit, we'll move outside for some one and two jump work, or maybe a bike ride for conditioning.

Its official!

http://www.k9cpe.com/qruns/Q11398.htm

Our first q is now official! And I'm still grinning like a fool.

We've been practicing jumpwork and extending and collecting this week, and Soph is doing so well - the one jump work has been invaluable. I need to start videoing practices...