Hospital

Well, here we sit in the hospital. My father in law is having open heart surgery. We have been here since 10:00 Am and it is now 5:30PM. It's a long day for everyone. Hopefully things are going well for my father in law. He has a long recovery road ahead of him. Hopefully he'll feel like a new person.
I've been sitting here reading my clean run magazine which is good for me, because I usually do not get to read the whole mag.
I went to training class last night. Zedd was good. There was a dog behind him at the begining of one of his runs and he did well with that. There was also a pony on the other end of the training building and we played "the look at that" game and he didn't have any problems with coping. I love that game!!!! I'm still working on setting my training goals. Notice, it's almost the end of Jan. UGH!!!!
Leslie's new DVD came out today and when I get home I plan on ordering it.

agility class

I went to class last night with Zeddicus. It was a good class. Zedd did very well. I was a little intimidated at first with all the border collies that were there, but I got over it quick. Rosanne was great. We started the class with her talking about lead outs, and then we ran some courses. It was good. I really liked the lead out discussion. I need stuff like that. Some times I go through this space where I think I'm not taken serious as a handler because I choose to run and compete with border terriers. Even through border terriers may be an "off" breed for agility I still want to be competitive and achieve goals I've set for myself and my dogs. I love border terriers and it's a breed I really enjoy living with, and a breed that fits my personality and life style. There, I said my peace, border terriers it is. HEE HEE.
I was really happy with Zed last night. He ran better then I did through the sand. He hit his contacts very time. Wonderful!!! My goals for the next couple of months is to work on his contacts, front crosses and I would like to tighten up his turning. I would like to see him wrap the jumps. Wrapping the jumps is something I have no idea how to teach. If I teach Zed to wrap the jumps will this help with his turning? can he even structurally wrap jumps??? Something to ask people how are more experienced then me.
I ran on the treadmill tonight and then worked with Zedd on teaching him to hit this button that plays the song "Do you Love Me" too funny. Now I'm just sitting with Zedd on my lap blogging while Bunzella is nesting on the other couch. I'd like to do some matt work with Zedd and then go to bed. It felt like a long weird day at work!!!