He was also quite good at close direction control - getting him to come between jumps, rather than over them.
I suspect this says as much about the handler . Needless to say, Tegen sometimes just goes off to do the next thing she can see in the absence of proper direction from me
Mon 25th
Well a week in kennels hasn't done anything for the brat's obedience He's back to bunny chasing again. We managed half a round before he b*****ed off and then had to do the rest on the lead - missing out the tunnels as I was not going to let go of him. Interestingly after the first few goes he stopped looking round to see if he could see any bunnies and was clearly watching the course as the others were doing it, and wingeing for his turn.
We've got one more week outside, but to be honest I'm not sure if I'll take him as I now have a very sore pulled shoulder and a bad back (everyone get the violins out - poor Liz ).
He then starts on his KC Silver obedience classes - and he sure needs it . Also doing much more work on stops and recalls.
I'd like to take him to the indoor classes in the winter as that might mean he would be able to concentrate more on the equipment with less going on around him, but the problem there is that they are pretty full and I don't think there's room for him. However, I may see if I can take him alternate weeks with Sherry. _________________ Liz and the Brats
Thurs 28th
Well Sherry had a very good session today - despite the fact she hadn't been for the past fortnight, and I had a bad back thanks to Oz jerking around on the lead on Monday. Weather (for John's benefit) lovely - one of the best evenings we've had for training this year
We did a lot of work on tight control - figure of 8s, serpentines, etc - and she was really great. Also managed the weave pretty well. She must be ill _________________ Liz and the Brats
THat's two nice evenings, so you've moved from Scotland then have you _________________ My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am.
We had our "Final Fling of Summer" at agility last night, where the 3 groups - senior competition dogs (4-7s) who train Wednesdays, junior competition dogs (1-3s) who train Thursdays, and the Monday "absolute beginners" group all got together for a fun competition.
Bill came with me (under suffrance) as I had both Sherry and Ozzy there.
Sherry did 2 very good rounds, a perfect agility round - totally ruined by the fact she stopped for a wee half way round (automatic elimination), and a nice jumping round, though she went in the near end of the second tunnel, rather than the far end. But on the whole I was very pleased with her.
Oz was his normal horrible self. He started off well - tyre, dog walk, jump - then decided the bunnies at the top of the field were calling him, ignored my "right" command and shot off towards the top of the field.
What he didn't know was that Bill was hiding behind a tree, and came rushing out to stop him (he used to be a sprinter when he was younger, and can still get up a good turn of speed even for an OAP) bellowing "No Stop". Poor pupster didn't know what to do! He stopped, looked at Bill, looked at me, totally confused!
I managed to get him back under some sort of control and we did a couple more jumps, tunnel, jump and then quit while I was ahead.
We left the ring to the biggest round of applause of the night
Wish I could persuade Bill to come with me every week - it would make life an awful lot easier with the brat _________________ Liz and the Brats
Any tips for Freckles? we start at Broxburn on Tuesday _________________ Annie
Handle every situation like a dog, if you can't eat it or play with it, just pee on it and walk away
I persevered with Freddy for a year in pre-beginners cos he was not good but once we got 'it' he was up to competing level very fast. We had fun and a great group of people. _________________ Sue, Chase and the non-Brittany boys - Brice & Piper. Pets first and foremost.
I agree with Sue - it has to be fun! You need to bring your sense of humour with you, because your dog will do something unexpected (like madam peeing in the ring ) or you will muck it up for them by sending them the wrong way!
I'm having the same problems with getting Ozzy to concentrate I had with Sherry, but have started younger with him so might get him up to speed a bit quicker (it took best part of 3 years with her )
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. Needless to say, Tegen sometimes just goes off to do the next thing she can see in the absence of proper direction from me 
He's back to bunny chasing again. We managed half a round before he b*****ed off and then had to do the rest on the lead - missing out the tunnels as I was not going to let go of him. Interestingly after the first few goes he stopped looking round to see if he could see any bunnies and was clearly watching the course as the others were doing it, and wingeing for his turn.
. Also doing much more work on stops and recalls.
