Training and building excitement

Well decided to have a go and try changing the look of my blog, quite chuffed with it, I'll try and understand a bit more about this HTML thingy and adjust it more , or maybe try a different template sometimes! The only problem is that it has changed some of the settings of the other template and I have lost my countdown clock, and I was quite chuffed with it.
I had a training day up at Browns training on Saturday with Nic Jones, it was mainly for puck that I did this. We arrived late (as usual) so he ran as soon as he entered the venue! now ,apart from the entertainment value in the crowd for this display he started all over the shop, he's not the type of dog to bark in the queue, or whilst watching others, but he makes up for it by barking at me around the course ( I , of course, cannot hear any of this , partially due to concentration, or as Marie call's it - oblivious-ness) any way he barked so much he patently couldn't hear any of the duff , barked commands I gave for his benefit! poles and debris littered his course! Once we worked our way into the day he actually started to do some very good jumping sequences- remember he is an Agility dog- and can't be doing with these courses that do not include contact points! As soon as the contacts came out he was a different dog and showed some promise for the forthcoming season- and last night up at FC training, Tom put out a full course ( I'dve prefered it to have been split up[ to train the contacts , but hey-ho beggars can't be choosers! ) - well puck was magnificent - when he gets it right he is the most pleasing dog I have to work he motors around the courses at breakneck speed with contacts I wish ruby could do as effectively! Saying that when it goes wrong ( frequently!) he is unforgiving to me!
Ruby came out for the end of both sessions and had good contacts ( please god she remembers them on Sunday) her jumping was great, but we've still got the right turn issue and a turning issue as she is going so fast she feels there is no need to turn tightly, well I think there is!
Amber ran /trained for the first time since Olympia , and the break did her good as she actually remembered things and worked her socks off- I was extremely pleased with her performance, she's only got one agility run at Crufts this year- the other is a jumping course for a change! It also starts at 8.30 on friday morning, but thats fine as she likes early morning runs, but there'll be no crowd at that time in the morning!
Other news this week, blossom , the sheltie, after pretending for 9 weeks at being pregnant isn't!! Cow-bag, boobies, milk etc- but no puppies! Marie started training the fat off her last night and my word the rest has done her good as she hadn't forgotten anything, and if anything was much better than she was previously- and got her weaves!
Madeleine!

Mo - the red and tan pup who is still available has been re-named by Madeleine and Marie- as the name they felt was too similar to words like go/no etc- so she is now called Molly, maybe this 'll be good luck in finding her a forever home in the near future- her ears are at last coming up!
I was in Lincolnshire yesterday (Note to self- don't do any shows there any more- far too far away!) I stayed overnight on Sunday as I had an appointment at the Pilgrim hospital in the morning, well as i'm usually cool and collected about impending competitions, I woke up in the middle of the night in a right fluster thinking about Crufts coming up! My heart was racing ten to the dozen! Cleared the pipes a bit I'll say! Geting excited now- Just hope my knee holds up to the rigours of the event, heard the surface was different again this year- hope it is not as slippery as in previous years.
Best of luck to My wife Marie and Beryl the smooth collie in the breed ring on Saturday, and to the Cavills and Tracy B , Suzie J,Hilary, Gill and lorraine D for the ickle dog eukanuba stuff, also to all my ABC competitors and to all who are in the Champs on the Sunday, especially Nige with zico (for the multi comps they are in!)and Mand and jag- only good luck though! as I'm committed and for once (since last July) I'm in competitive mode!
I won't be filming things this year though as it was a huge drain on my commitment and resources.