Well yes, purely because i thought the other one about sunday was deserving of its own spot :)
So we are on tuesday, another week ready to rush past again no doubt!! This weekend im looking froward to SWAT show, James is Judging on Sunday , and i have no trade stand, so looking forward to just enjoying a show, although i will no doubt feel i need to help at certain times ;0)
Im hoping meg will be ok in time for the show as ive been working very hard on the fitness of the dogs these last few weeks as i feel they werent quite at optimum level for working which was why we havent been working so well lately, so have been putting lots of 1-1 walks in to help with that, plus to benefit me aswell as would love to be able to run them to their full potential, and feel i let them down by being overweight myself, so hoping to improve my fitness to benefit my guys too :)
Chase is back at training and is back working nicely at medium height, im particularly looking forward to the next few UKA shows as i get to run him in some nursery classes with his toy to help him become nice and focused in the ring.
Daizy.... i think she has been having a phantom, as she isnt quite herself at the moment, she has been taking herself off to bed with her 'suckie' ( fleece tuggy she likes to suck on and fall asleep) and not playing with loki and chase as much as normal, so i think maybe a little hormonal, so she came to the barn for the last 2 weeks and just had some play time with jumps and tunnels on very low height and made a nice fun time of it for her :) She is entered in only anysize at kc shows at the mometn, as i want her to build up her focus, as she is easily distracted, and will go under full height jumps if she is too busy watching what else is going on outside of the ring. So small and fun for now, and see how we get on at uka where she is standard height so can jump lower, she is one who would benefit from the 4th height if it were to be passed, as she is very much a border line girl!!
Loki has been having lots of fun so far, and is a sweetheart, she is so much more difficult to train than a collie though!! ;-)
This week we have pulled out the mary ray trick book, as i decided my dogs need to learn more!! so this week we have taught - round! and harry taught loki 'freeze'
Tuesday, 24 May 2011
you never know whats around the corner...
On sunday we had a nice big group walk 21 dogs, 2 kids harry & jordan, james, myself, karen, lolly, pat and teresa, later joined by debbie my step mum and her 6 month old puppy bailey.
We walked the estuary from exmouth, towards star cross ( google maps: 50.626851,-3.433664)
Bailey was spooked by a kite surfer, and bolted in the opposite direction! He got stuck in the mud a good way away and Debbie went to get him and ended up getting almost waist deep in estuary mud! closely followed by James! Ended up having to ring coastguard, but Bailey couldn't be seen, after being last seen chest deep in the sinking mud. ( here: 50.629355,-3.416798) we honestly were fearing the worst! The coast guard met me at mudbank lane ( the other side of the railway line but in clear view of where they were and closer than the car park) and spoke to debbie and james on the phone about a safe route out, before deciding to take their 4 x 4 to see if they could get them more safely. A local walking past in the meantime tried to help out by showing a safe route, to only go into his waist and have to get back out, thank you whoever you were, but you really shouldnt have tried anything silly!! :) Unfortunatley even the coastguards 4 x 4 they took out got stuck!
After james & debbie got to more solid ground, the search was finally on for bailey, Deb was obviously in panic mode by then, as was i, and i was with gary, debbies other half, using a friends binoculours and the long lens on the camera i had with me for the walk to look in the mud & sand to see if we could spot any sign of him, or of his body, but nothing!! the train passed twice, and it was being considered that maybe he had got out and ran farther away than where we were looking, and talk was of trying the dog warden etc, and lympstone further along to see if he had found his own way onto dry land...we were hoping for anything by this point!
Over an hour later and into the search, Debbie & james were out and safe, but very mucky...We could hear some shouts, and around the corner trots Bailey... ON the railway line!! so went from panic he had been sucked under the mud, to him being on the railway line!! the train wasnt due for about 15 minutes, but it was real panic in case he wasnt caught in time! 3 people including Gary debbies boyfriend managed to catch him after a good 10 mins, luckily before the train came!! Big thanks to all involved, only a few human scratches to show for it... Big sorry to the coastguard who got the truck stuck when they went to get James and Debbie out :-(
Usually when walking we avoid the muddy areas as ive always heard stories about how dangerous it can be, and we always stick to the sand, but when your dog's life is on the line you will try anything to save them, as debbie was doing, i wouldnt recommend anyone doing what they did, but know in my heart of hearts, i would have been doing the same if it were me in that position
A few photo's pre bailey's bunk! more on facebook :)
Thursday, 19 May 2011
Monday, 16 May 2011
WAO & Dreaming!
It makes a change doing nothing!!! Although we actually ended up being rather busy after all!
Saturday we stayed locally, mooched about on the 'marina'....it'll always be Exmouth Docks to me!! looked about and james dreamt about boats we cant afford :) then had a lovely big walk on the common with all the dogs. Early night then ready to leave at 6am to go see the World agility open show, which had countries from all over competing, we got to see England win the team gold yesterday which wasnt half nailbiting as that last dog went around!! Never know, maybe one day we'll be good enough to get there!!!!;-D
After this i decided we were doing some dreaming for myself....so i went to see a breeder i knew had a litter i liked the look of, and found my dream puppy that i cant have!!! :( but was lovely to meet sue and her lovely dogs :)
Thursday, 12 May 2011
Harrjak Guided Miss Isle aka Missie
The pictures show her at Kernow in the Olympia Qualifier, and the Video is at BAGS show last weekend :)
Monday, 9 May 2011
must be getting old!!!
Zig weaving
Meg
Meg
Meg
Terra
Daizy
This was taken by my brother steve - a fantasic pic i think!
I am knackered!
after an eventful weekend, we have to say good bye to our show tent :( its given us a good year of trade stands, but the wind at taunton racecourse was just too much for its little legs, and we left it looking and feeling sturdy on saturday night after setting up james' course for agility on sunday, to arrive sunday morning to find half of it bent and buckled and on its knee's :( !!!!! We managed to bend and twist things back into place enough to hold for the day, and anchored in in several more places, but didnt risk putting the side on else would have made it more kite like!
In general, Tail -spin had a good day :) dog run wise, i only had zig and meg entered and they only had 2 runs each, we had several faults in each run, and handler memory loss in zigs jumping but we had already missed the weave entry :) very hard running zig again after just running meg and training the young guys, but was nice :) i look forward to running her more again
Chase will be training more now he is back in action off lead, so can start doing some gentle bits that will help him with his learning :) He is so gangly and goofy, he is great fun to train and i love him to bits, he reminds me of Jak in so many great ways :) x
Dai & Terra are still working on jump style and full height jumping, they are coming on slowly, but im not having time to take all my bits to the park to do any at the moment, so they can only do once a week at the barn on club night after ive finished training
Friday, 6 May 2011
May already!
Crikey this year is flying by!!! This weekend sees us going to Blackdown show, a nice and local ish one for us at Taunton Racecourse in Somerset... James is judging, and me, well in my lack of wisdom, have agreed to have a trade stand! SO this week has been uber busy sorting stock, ordering new stock, and display panels, and all of it still needs pricing before sunday morning! I dont make like easy for myself do i!!
This week has been particularly pants, i feel ill, and crap in general, im still getting over my chest infection, i have been pretty down about jak, as im still coming to terms with the loss of him which i still find very hard :( and then to top it off i get a comment made about me that was uncalled for! I find it amazing that people feel the need to judge others like this, to make an assumption is one thing, but people must know by now there are two sides to every story, and what either side may or may not know could be the truth, only those directly involved will know the truth, and quite frankly for people who dont know me personally should not judge things about me, without asking me first. That is all it takes, ask, and i will do my best to answer, i will always be honest, but i wont directly or purposefully hurt someone.
Gossip is another world, i wont even get started on that one - again, if you have heard a rumour you would like to know about, just ask! most of the time its chinese whispers.
Just as an example, when i had terra as a puppy i was asked if i was going to breed from her, i said i was undecided as her dna test wasnt back, as he mum is a tested carrier for cea, i would need to know her status before doing so. well by the next show i went to, i had people asking why i was considering breeding when my puppy HAD CEA??? WTF??
Obviously she didnt HAVE CEA, but it was still bizarre the way my conversation with 2 people had changed peoples perception of me!! Obviously when i was asked, i put people straight, she was infact tested NORMAL!! lol, so the gossip factory was shut down just temporarily.
When you breed, like it or lump it, people talk about you line, and or dogs, and dogs you may have used etc, its part and parcel of it unfortunatley, but you take the rough with the smooth, not everyones opinions are the same, it would be boring if they were!
So remember next time you comment on someones dog, people may misinterpret whats been said and you could be running a 3 legged orange hyena....
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