Training

Thought it was about time I did a blog as Leah keeps moaning that she is bored during the day and no one is updating their blogs quick enough.



Have been putting in quite abit of extra training with Chip ready for Olympia. I have put up very big spread out courses up the field and have found, that given the space, Chip will put in lots of extra strides. I have been working on this by doing quite abit of grid work and almost telling him where I want a stride and how many strides, this I have done by moving the grid poles inches at a time, but still expecting him to stretch rather than put in an extra stride. So far so good.



As I have put most of my spare training time into Chip, it has meant I haven't done as much as i would have liked with Tigg. Tigg is now almost 14mths old. I been putting him over the odd full height jump and he is coping fine with those. Today I have been up the field as I really wanted to crack on with his weaves. I have been teaching him on the channel weaves and he is really getting the idea. Today I have managed to get the channel weaves fully closed, but still with sides on. I will try over the weekend to open them up slightly and start taking the sides off. I am pleased with his weave progress and his entries are very good. Tigg's first show should be WBSDS at end of April, so fingers x'd he'll be ready to compete.