Jessicas Lesson

Well me and Lucy made it to Yvonnes today phew!! Although it was abit of a rush as i had 2 lots of dogs to walk before leaving at 10 plus my doggies to walk. Luckily Lucy came with me so we did 2 lots together which all the dogs seemed to love. Jessica adores Yvonne as soon as she walked down the drive Jess was barking away at her, she loves it there!!We did alot of work on weaves and had the guides on for Lucys dog but we also had ago with Jess which made a massive difference she was flying through so we are investing in some lol. We worked on me moving more to keep Jess going and her contacts. Compared i hanvn't much with her the past couple of weeks she was flying and really started to understand her go find contact so hopefully more effort will be put in this weekend and i'm even going to try it with Gemma lol that will be hillarious but worth a try. Next week Stig has his first lesson which im really looking forward too i hope hes been reading the Dawn Weaver book lol. I've just made the fatal mistke of having a quick cuddle with Gemma on the sofa which has just sent her loopy and trying to kiss me and before i knew it Stig was also trying to give me kisses although he soon got told by Gemma!!
All the dogs are booked in to have there backs done tommorow so hopefully that will all go well and no major problems, i just like to have them done before the season and before Jess goes to crufts. Ive got all my papework through for crufts so its all getting abit scary know and feeling abit real!!!

Cute boxer photos and Stig being naughty!!

Managed to get another photo of Stig althogh he is being naughty, he does this when the boxers tell him off and he trys to get away quickly lol. So just cute photos of the boxers, Diesel found a tennis ball so she had it all night well until she fell asleep and dropped it so Stig nicked it otherwise normally she sleeps with it in her mouth.

Trying to take photos of Stig!

Every time i pick the camera up to take a picture of Stig he always runs up to me hes obviously camera shy and i end up with pictures of his fur. So these are a few of the ones of been able to get not many im afraid. We were meant to be at a show yesterday but as Diesel was in season and jess's classes where all 4-7 i decided i could do with a day at home although that didn't happen either, after doing a few jobs at home i went over to Emmas for obedience and agility. I need to put alot more effort into Stig and plus Stig loves to lay down rather than sit lol as when we play in the field we always do downs so alot more sitting to be done. So me and Lucy stayed after my agility classes to do some obedience. Stig was loads better and his heal work was loads better especially for the sausages and after we'd done with that exercise he kept coming up to my side to have more sweeties. Ive also started teaching him the go touch command which is working fab with all the other dogs in my classes. Lots more work to be done.

Gundog leauge!!!

We went to the gundog show the other day and was shocked that Jessica came 6th in the grade 1 gundog leauge although she did get her points in medium lol, so she got a nice rosette. At the gundog show you get 2 attempts at the courses which is good. Jess ran past her weaves on her first course which was unlike her and she cut infront of me, i don't think she heard my command so i made sure i was much loader for the next time. I'm really pleased with how all the dogs worked as i was concentrating on getting them tighter and i definitely think they responded and i really think i should start trusting them more as some of the send aways they were doing i was rather shocked and pleased. Tomorrow Jessica has another lesson although she has been incredibly naughty this week so im just hoping thats shes got her naughty head away as i dont appreciate not being able to catch her in the field lol!!

Jessicas lesson

The other day i took Jess to Yvonne Croxford for a lesson with one of the girls that i train who is really keen. We worked on speeding Jess up on contacts and weaves. She has given me a few methods to go away with so lots of practising to be done. it was really useful listening to the help she was giving to Lucy, it also reminds me of a few things i have let lapse so it was really good, so good were going once every 2 weeks and plus i can take Stig so hopefully soon i can take him and invest in a private with him so hopefully we can start the right way from the beginning. Business seems to be picking up again after a quiet Januay not helping with the snow, today it has been snowing all day luckily not enough to seetle phew!! Gemma is thankfully out of season although i have noticed that her microchip has moved and the other day was right at the top of her head and thankfully has moved back down towards the back of her head, i know they move but i didn't think upwards. She has her injection next month so i shall see what the vet says about it.

Gemma is very naughty...

Well on Saturday I went to barking mad show leaving Ian with Gemma and Stig. Jess was fab and i think i may have found the key to winding her on the line althoug i no Jess and one minute you think you've found the key and the next its like shes sticking 2 fingers up lol! So only time will tell. On to Gemma, well we had another dog stopping with us on Saturday night Bauer who i walk with my lot 3 times a week. According to Ian they where fine all afternoon and then Ian left them whilst he went into the kitchen to switch his phone of charge came back in and they were up to it!!! The tart, Bauer has been castrated in the middle of December and i phoned my vets and they said she should be alright. So for the past 3 days shes been standing for Stig and not leaving him alone at all the poor little man lucikly hes not intrested probably as normally Gemma is ripping his head off hes rather confused. So fingers and toes crossed Gemma is not in pup although how will we know as she has phantoms ahhh!! Just praying that we can get through one season without having a phantom so i can have her spayed!!