Bullykat Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 I would like to thank the Owners of the Best Friends Retreat for providing the wonderful facilities again for this comp. Shame the weather was a little bit against us. I would like to congratulate the Croydon Rockets for hosting the comp and thank you for the lovely prizes. There was some really great racing and great fun had even if a little sodgy around the edges. Good on the teams from Albury from making the journey down and for the South Australia Guys and Gals for coming over and competing I really hope you all had a wonderful time and that the trip was enjoyable and thanks for the weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bordersrule Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 I have to agree Bullykat. What a great day!! A big thankyou to the owners of Best Friends for use of the amazing grounds and to Croydon for a well planned and exciting competition. Berwick had a great day, winning division 2 as well as being able to catch up with everyone and have a relaxing weekend away. Very big THANKYOU's !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullykat Posted October 1, 2007 Author Share Posted October 1, 2007 I have to agree Bullykat. What a great day!! A big thankyou to the owners of Best Friends for use of the amazing grounds and to Croydon for a well planned and exciting competition. Berwick had a great day, winning division 2 as well as being able to catch up with everyone and have a relaxing weekend away. Very big THANKYOU's !!!! Yeah.... its great to catch up with people in a more relaxed environment. We even had a Berwickian staying opposite us in Port Albert. We came first in Div 4 and I am very happy with Maggie as she can often be a bit full on. We have been doing some different things in training and I reckon its paid off. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bordersrule Posted October 2, 2007 Share Posted October 2, 2007 I think it was Stephanie with Jess staying opposite you guys. Congratulations coming first also. What type of things have you been doing with Maggie during training to get her solid? We had a success story also with Jade the labrador not getting carded. Every comp she gets yellow carded for crossing over. No harm done she just likes to play, but on Saturday she was such a good girl. It has been a long time since all our dogs have not put one foot wrong. It must have been the relaxed atmosphere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullykat Posted October 2, 2007 Author Share Posted October 2, 2007 Maggie is the same as Jade. I noticed with much delight and good natured ribbing that her HANDLER was actually running her and not the other half. Maggie likes to cross some times and do laps as you would probably already know. We have been working on distraction levels and not "playing" the game. Some times she crosses over before the last jump - especially if she thinks your going to try and grab her. I also have been doing some focus work with her and trying to get her attention on me whilst training is going on. Additionally I have been watching a little of Caesar Millan and working on the red zone theory where high drive dogs go from one (normal) to ten (in overdrive) in an instant. I work on changing the tempo and focus with her before she hits 10, by stepping in and using distraction (usually a ball). The other thing with maggie is she hates that wait. So I work more on movement and activity if there is a delay in racing. This also seems to have worked. I also play a game with her at the end of the runs... our special game with the ball so she wants to bring it to me for this. Maggie has no motivation for tug toys or food. She really only has one brain cell and its green and round.... I tell you we have TRIED it all.... I dont even want to think of the different things I have tried with maggie from pillows (yes pillows) to water pistols and a whole range of other things. I made some mistakes with Maggie in her early training days. I have learnt many lessons and now that we are working on Matilda - her daughter - we have changed alot of the things we did at the start. Additionally Matilda is bigger (so not a height dog) and she is much faster. So one day soon you may see a big brindle and white boof head like maggie doing flyball. Looking forward to seeing you all down at Frankston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoemonster Posted October 2, 2007 Share Posted October 2, 2007 Well done!!!! Will come to watch at Ballan, cant wait to see the girls run again! I say this all the time but god I love Best friends retreat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayreovi Posted October 3, 2007 Share Posted October 3, 2007 Good on Jade, Nicole would have been proud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullykat Posted October 3, 2007 Author Share Posted October 3, 2007 Well done!!!!Will come to watch at Ballan, cant wait to see the girls run again! I say this all the time but god I love Best friends retreat! Not sure what youre going to see in Ballan........ but maybe if you travel another 30mins up the road to Ballarat you will be able to watch some flyball..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoemonster Posted October 3, 2007 Share Posted October 3, 2007 oops I mean Ballam (park) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullykat Posted October 4, 2007 Author Share Posted October 4, 2007 oops I mean Ballam (park) ;) Was funny cause Ballan is about 31 kms on the melbourne side of Ballarat on the highway..... I thought there must have been a new team training here....lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoemonster Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 hehehe I'm making up new competition for you!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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