Only 5 weeks to go!

A few weeks ago it seemed I had loads of time to prepare Grace for her first show but they are galloping by quicker then ever!  After what seemed like a promising couple of sequences a couple of weeks ago, when Grace was really enthusiastic  we seemed to have gone off the boil a bit!  I know its been my fault as I forgot the golden rule with sighthounds which is - do not repeat things more then once!!  All you end up doing is getting a scornful look thrown at you which clearly says, 'I've already done it - what more do you want!'

But, I really am quite proud of what she's done the last two  weeks - she's mastered six weaves really quickly and has even done two sets of 6 weaves straight after a tunnel.  And she's touching the rubber target mat on the up contact of the dog walk nicely.  It has slowed her down slightly which I didn't really want, but it's hard to know what is best to do - a slower up contact but accurate, or a hit and miss up contact with more enthusiasm.  I'll just see how it goes as everything with Grace is a bit of the unknown.

We did try a little jumping sequence but it was straight after practicing the weaves and dog walk,  which was my fault again as it was far too exhausting for her all in one day!  We just gave up and played with a ball instead which was much more fun.

So - onwards and upwards and I must remember next week - less is more!