Dilly-dogs....

Next it was Dilly Dogs, I'd foolishly(willingly?) agreed to judge the jumping...I quite like judging there really, just means it's less time to spend with my own dogs... designed some courses to really get the dogs moving and extending, and it worked!! Seems like people really enjoyed the courses as it was a cold day, and it kept everyone moving, plus great help on the ring made things go really smoothly so thanks everyone for that!!


In the morning we had a tricky agility course...weaves out of tunnel, Jette got them and came 2nd, one of only 3 clears, but I wasn't happy with her run, she seemed very slow and un-Jetlike somehow, couldn't put a finger on it, she seemed OK really but just not her usual self, so pulled her from the jumping as she's been asleep for a while and not warmed up properly. Flynn managed a clear again, although I nearly came unstuck coming round to the tunnel 2nd time round....anyway well done matey boy, you got a clear!


Don't get me wrong, I was over the moon Jette came away with 2nd, we hardly ever pick up a place there, but Brenda also noticed Jette just wasn't happy. I'm thinking she is picking noise up from the pylons as she doesn't like Scunny either....maybe she can hear white noise we can't?...Something I'm looking into for a possibility anyway.


Was lovely again to meet up with people, Kylie had come with Finn her youngster who is so much like Flynn in attitude, they could have been separated at birth, excepting of course she's an ACD ha ha!! met Helen with her hounds too, not seen her at all since she left training, miss her chats... lovely day out despite the cold and wind, we've nothing much for a few weeks now so going to keep the dogs fit and do some walking (if it ever stops raining!) :-)

Helen with Belle came 2nd in the jumping, way to go!!!


Flynn and Jette's rosies, Jette is busy with bones and doesn't want her pic taken...

..doesn't time just fly?

Mum:
time seems to be just flying this year, no idea where it goes....we went to Hare N Hounds at Duncombe Park, lovely venue but sooooo cold and a bit drizzly/rainy in the night too, first time out in new tent. Sadly Jette was very norty indeed, ate all the NatureDiet (18 meals for her) and so couldn't run her at all, by the time we got to the venue, her tummy was soooooo fat she looked like a Thelwell dog, Ms Madam!! Her crowning glory was pooing it out in the tent during the night... euwwwwww!!

Anyway, nice to see friends as always and everyone seemed to be doing really well, Flynn managed his first ever clear round in anysize jumping, good man!! He practiced his bestest-bow-tie-wait in great style...good job someone makes me laugh lol!! And we got a lovely walk with Helen and spotted deer deep into the woods, worth going for that lovely walk!! Willow had a fab time, kept her nice and snug in her coat and she really enjoyed having new things to sniff and roll in :-) Borrowed a couple of great dog coats from Kirsty for PJs in the night and the dogs were kept nice and warm.

Getting home at last and a lovely hot bath, we were Lucy O training at Lees new venue, Jette's tummy had subsided back to her normal waistline by this time (of course it had!!) and she had a lovely time on her best behaviour for Auntie Lucy, lots of basic foundation work, which we need, so all good.

Flynn had his class at White Rose and he very nearly got a wiggle on in the weaves, how exciting!!! Brenda set a lovely exercise so we could do the channel weaves in context and boy the man did good!! Very pleased with him.

As we were on holiday I'd also booked a Dave Munnings session for both dogs and another Laura Chudleigh for Jette. At DM's it pelted hailstones down...and the heavens opened with a huge downpour...Flynn was undeterred and just carried on, his drive was lovely and he worked really very well, but Jette wasn't having any of it...all those rear crossed were just too much for her to bare, she looked so dejected just standing there, I gave her a kiss and a cuddle, ran her over a couple of jumps and called it a day....clearly she was voting this wasn't for us....

So when it came to Sunday, I was thinking should I take her to Laura C's? I was debating all sorts of excuses with myself not to go... puncture, family crisis, what!!! Then I thought, I'll be late as the traffic was bad, so I could just drive past, turn around and go home? Coward!! As we got there on time I thought, I don't have to book another...just go it'll be fine, but Jette loved it and so did I...what a change from the Friday with a session of very positive training? I'd really practised the startline wait...and it showed!! 100% improvement, just fab, well done Jette and well done me!!!
Well done Laura C for winning the Champ class at Scunny the day before too!!

Think I need beer now.... So then it was on to Lincoln, was just going on the Sunday for this one, with Helen and Belle but also met up with Sara and Tilly. What started out looking like a wash out (driving onto the venue looked like a war zone, would have taken pics but scared of getting stuck!) ended up with the sun shining and laughs all round plus a tour of Claire's lovely camper van, very jealous indeedy!!! Just me in a tent now lol!!? So Jette's jumping was manic, didn't want to weave mum, just jump, jump, tunnel, whether that was the course or not lol! Didn't run the agility thought it too slippy so just ran the other jumping which was lovely. Nowhere near fast enough to do anything but lovely run all the same. Well done Jette jumpie girlie :-) Flynn-bobs just clipped a pole again (for same reason will you not learn mum!!!) on his jumping run, fast and confident which is just what I'm wanting. We spent a lot of the day cheering Sara and Tilly on, nearly out of Grade 1 by 1sec......come on Sara it's your turn now!! Never mind next time, and Sara got a lovely trophy (wonder who designed that then!!) along with Mel who had a fab day with Spike. Had a really lovely day, thanks everyone :-) Flynn would say something but he's a bit kippered.....

..where does the time go!

Gosh just looked at the blog and where has the last month gone...I don't think we've done much but it's gone in a blur and it's April already!!

We made it to Hare N Hounds, lovely show as always (sunny this time!) but no bacon buttie this time for helping brrrrrr!! Could've done with that to warm the hands up lol! Jette was on form, clear in the Agility and the ABC, lovely lovely run, she couldn't have done it better, clever, clever girlie, makes her Starlight Trickledown AW(S) I'm just so proud of my jumpie-smilie-girlie :-)

Flynn had his first ever KC run only his 2nd ever show and he very nearly went clear in the anysize jumping if his numptie mum didn't squeak excitedly at the last jump and put him off...what a clever boy he is too.

Had a nice catch-up with Kirsty too with Top-of-the-Class Ms Clo!! then headed home to watch the agility at Crufts, wow what fab runs and Lou!! Saw you walking that course, well done girl, was cheering at the telly for you!! :-)

So Flynn is going into big class at White Rose, I think his conformation is a big hindrance now in his jumping, with his front legs so short in proportion, but, just to prove his mum wrong, he actually did the v-weaves at Dilly Dogs in the practice ring...just to show us he could, Helen watched, just so we knew we weren't dreaming ha ha. We didn't get to run in the jumping, was called home early, but Jette got 2 very fast spectacular 'e's in the agility, with contacts I might add, of course she got contacts!!!

I just laughed, what do you do?

Snow at Easter did someone say??????


Here's a clip of us having fun at hydro....