If at first you don’t succeed….

Posted on August 14, 2009 by Susan

We headed down to Janie’s agility barn this morning for a little bit of practice.

Here’s Biggles in action at the tender age of 1 year with just one lesson and one practice session under his belt (keep watching to the end – he hangs in there and figures it out in the end!):

Biggles has been coming along to Beanie’s practice sessions since the age of three months. We let him play in tunnels and run over jumps laid on the ground. I think this has helped him to pick things up more quickly.

Here’s Beanie in action. She’s well and truly conquered her deamons when it comes to distance work!

Biggles’ First Time in the Advanced Class

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Susan

It was Biggles’ turn at obedience this week and his very first night in the advanced class. He did very well!

He still gets a little bit excited so we need to work hard at keeping him calm. But provided we do that he doesn’t take his little eyes off us! He’s so eager to please. His heel work was excellent – perhaps better than his big sister! His sit / down wait was good, but his attention wandered after a while. He didn’t get the idea of distance control at all – everytime I told him to do something he’d run over to me so he could do it beside me!

Unfortunately we couldn’t take many photos as one of the dogs didn’t like the flash.

Pampering the Athletes

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Susan

Beanie and Biggles were clearly inspired by their first flyball competition at the weekend – they were flying in last nights training session!

They’re both taking part in the flyball demo at “Paws in the Park” at Rouken Glen Park on Saturday 22nd August (hosted by Glasgow Dog Training Club). And they might be going down to Yorkshire at the end of the month to team up with a couple of dogs from another team to do their first full ‘starters’ competition!

As they worked so hard last night we decided to forego today’s evening walk in favour of a leisurely swimming session at Allers Farm Kennels. It was a good call. It gave them a chance to really chill out and rest their joints whilst stretching out and gently working their muscles in the pool.

And finally here’s the now obligatory “Biggles looks crazy when he’s shaking the water off” shot: