Wilson's World

Wednesday, 16 March 2016

Crufts Holiday 2016!!!

Day One: March 7th 2016

We travelled for most of the day, but the dogs got a nice walk on the beach after the ferry, which they loved. We went to Trearrdur Bay, Wales.

Wilson exploring the rock pools.

Day 2: March 8th 2016

We explored the village of Rolleston-on-Dove, Staffordshire, where we were staying with the dogs, there was a brook running through the village, with lot's of ducks, and a woodland with a waterfall. Wilson loved watching the ducks!

Wilson looking gorgeous, with the village in the background.

Day 3: March 9th 2016

We went to Bushey, North London for a family party, I also got to walk my cousins dog, Ruby. As well as meet her kittens and cat.

Ruby

Day 4: March 9th 2016

First day of Crufts! It was great, We watched freestyle, agility, flyball, gundog display, breed judging & discover dogs. I also met up with my friend, and her poodle, Darcy.

Darcy

Day 5: March 10th 2016

Wilson went for a walk in the woodland with me, and we went to Crufts again. We watched lot's of agility, heelwork to music and did some shopping

Wilson with the little waterfall int he background

Ashleigh and Pudsey doing Agility.

Day 6: March 12th 2016

Zara's day at Crufts! She did very well and got VHC! I met another friend and her jack russel terrier, Smartie and I got to watch their brilliant run in the YKC Small ABC finals. Watched more agility & did more shopping.

Smartie

Some of the things I got at Crufts! Lot's of toys, a Cavalier T-shirt, and Treats!

Day 7, 8 & 9: March 13th & 14th 2016

We went to the tobogganing SnowDome, and before the ferry we went to Trearrdur Bay, Wales with the dogs again.

Trearrdur Bay, Wales

Video to follow in the next few weeks.

Now we're back I'm looking forward to more Agility and Obedience training with Holly and Wilson, resuming our Let's Play & Running Contacts training. Aswell minding Buddy the Cocker Spaniel x Poodle puppy in a few weeks time. His owners picked him up yesterday, and sent us this photo.

Buddy

smile emoticoand got to watch their brilliant run in the YKC Small ABC competition smile emoticoAnd watched more agility, more shopping & watching the bernese judging

smile emoticonI also met Leah Casey and her adorable poodle, Dar

Thursday, 3 March 2016

Happy 3rd Birthday Wilson!!!

Birthday video, puppy video, better photos and blog post will follow ☺

Tuesday, 1 March 2016

Crufts 2016!!!

I hope you like the new blog layout!

It's now only 2 day's 'til Wilson's 3rd Birthday. I've got him some toys, which I'll wrap up and give to him on his birthday. I'll also take some birthday photo's of him, which I'll share here. I meant to have his birthday video published, but I've not even begun editing (as the computer broke, and the new ones not working yet) , but I've filmed most of the clips, and I'll edit it as soon as I can. I should have a video made with a selection of clips of him as a puppy uploaded in time though. And, at some point I'll try and find lot's of photo's of him as a puppy, and growing up.

His agility training is going well, we're working on restrains, sequences, speed, weaves, running contacts, distance, independence & distractions. He's not quite ready for competitions yet, but almost ready for training rounds. I'm also working on obedience, his pivoting is almost there, his stays are getting longer, and his come's are great, I just need to work on distractions, and heeling. I decided to re-train his recall (he does get distracted, so recall wasn't the best) and his new recall is really getting there, we just need to proof it, everywhere!

Holly is doing fab with speed on agility, but she's a challenge to handle (so fast), so we need to work on distance, understanding & independence. However she's almost ready for competitions! Obedience does need work before we can consider competing.

There's an Agility show a few weeks after we get back from holiday, and I'm going to try and do a training round with both of them, and see how they get on.

Anyway, we're getting all ready for holiday now! I'm so looking forward to Crufts!!! I'm trying to make a list of everything I want to do, dogs to see at discover dogs, displays and competitions in the main arena, breeds and comps in the halls, meeting up with some friends, shopping ... with the highlight being watchings Zara being shown. Once we get back, I'll try and make a video of everything! Only 5 days to go, so I'm really excited!

And then in April, I'm going to be minding a puppy! His name is Buddy, he's a brown Cocker Spaniel X Poodle puppy, he'll be about 4 months old, I'm so excited!

Beth + Wilson

Sunday, 10 January 2016

Agility Training

As I said in my previous post, we're going to do a training round at a show in March (19th), so I'm working on training for that.

Wilson, Running Contacts, No lures, Longer Sequences, Channel Weaves, and Distractions.

Holly, Channel Weaves, Running Contacts, No-lures, Distractions, Paying attention.

Today our friend came round with her poodle x labrador, Rua so Zara (our puppy) and Rua could play together. I decided to take the opportunity to work with "dog-distractions" with Wilson, and to let him play with another dog (non of our dogs are a great play-mate for him) He had great fun running round with Rua & Zara, and I called him away to do a short sequence a few times. I was really impressed with him, and he didn't really need lures/treats in my hand.

I'm really pleased with how he's doing, and we're going to try and create potential distractions.

Holly is doing well, because she gets so focused on her ball, distractions aren't a big issue for her, although working with-out lures is harder for her than Wilson. I also need to work on her commitment.

Tomorrow I think I'll put some pots of treats around whilst we're training as an extra distraction.

Beth, Holly & Wilson Xxx

Friday, 8 January 2016

Training

Well, I've started filming for my next video; Wilson's 3rd Birthday video, which should be done by March 3rd. I need a new computer (this one is borrowed) before I can start editing, but hopefully I can get it sorted soon.

Agility training is going well, longer sequences and no-lures for Wilson, and Running Contacts is my main focus with Holly. Wilson also needs some work on weaving, we need to continue closing the channel, and I want to start RC with him too. I'm using a mix of toys and food, and we're also just playing for fun a lot.We're going to do a training round on the 19th of March.

Tricks we're mostly going with what we fancy at the time, footstall, nose targets, "kicking ball", paws in, jump into arms, and hoop.

We're going to Crufts 2016, Wilson, Amber & Zara will be coming for the holiday, and Zara will be competing! So I want to work a bit more on Obedince, general and competitive before we go. So heeling, (which is only pivoting at the minute), Loose-Leash walking (which he's pretty good at) and a bit more work on Recall.

Beth and Wilson Xx