February...

Well, what a busy time were having! Lots of training, playing and having fun. Winters nearing the end, which is sad as we didnt get any snow this side of the year, which we were all hoping for. Hey ho, guess 2010 can officially be known as the snow year now ;).

We didnt go to the 2nd flyball comp in the end, a few weekends back at flyball we had a rough experience. Indi started barking at the man holding him, no aggression just barking. Then all of a sudden 2 of the other trainers, women, came over shouting at him. Shouting? Thats clever, really going to boost his confidence. As of afterwards he was very nervous of going up to the box, and lost his speed entirely. Me, I was not a happy bunny. I was tempted to turn away from flyball and never look back. But, seeing as it is good for Indi, we shall still go. But, we are going to do it our way, and if we have another experience like that, its bubbye flyball. Some of the trainers are good there, but unfortunately, the ones that were good weren't there on this particular day. Poor Indi, he didnt deserve that.

On the up-side I took Kez back to flyball on that same day. She did AMAZING! Everyone said how happy she looked, how different she was ect. Then we tried flyball. She was fast, focused and confident. Maybe she'll be my next competition dog ;).

Obedience-wise, Kez is also doing stunning. She's turning into a real star! Even the trainer is amazed by her stunning heelwork. She's still gaining confidence, but is getting there. Ernie's obedience is doing well too, but it is a lot harder training a smaller dog. That said, his recalls, stays, presents, ect are perfect! His heelwork is better, still not as close and focused as I'd like, but still not as far away from my leg as he can physically get before it becomes not a heel.

So yeah, sports-wise, its going well! Indi did have a downturn dogs-wise a few weeks back where he slipped his halti (my fault) and charged, barking at a Lab. The Lab was none too impressed, nor was the owner at me running around trying to grab him. Yeah... that had me stumped. I was not a happy owner. But, since then, he has been a lot better. Were not gonna give up. Of course were not!

Next weekend though, we have an agility competition! Yes, an agility comp! First real one ever for me, and of course Indi. Were not going to do it competitively, just train it as hes never done it in a competition before and not fully trained on all the obstacles. Were going with my obedience trainer again, who will take her Japanese Spitz and possibly some other dogs too. That makes for a very interesting, and hopefully good, experience for Indi. It could go horrifically wrong, or go really well. Either way, were going to have as much fun as possible. I've always wanted to do an agility competition with Indi, and am over the moon I finally have the chance :).

So for now, just one photo of my crazy Indi playing in the sea. The sea was beautifully calm yesterday, so we took advantage and Indi had a good play :). Oh and it was taken by my phone, pretty impressed with how it came out!