Introducing Epic

Okay so this is my first entry......ooh a little scarey.....what to write :-)

Well I thought I would write about my journey in agility (and outside of agility) with my almost 4 year old border collie "Epic"

The name says it all really...LOL

Already I have encountered soooooooooooo many interesting things with her....she's a VERY unique dog, who has an amazing personality.....the kind you will never forget.

The first thing about Epic is that she doesn't want to get ANYTHING wrong. And if pushed a little to fast....well it all falls to poo!!

Her dogwalk performance is the perfect scenario...... I wanted fast and accurate and wanted it now......SORRY EPIC!!!! I look back now to her early training times and cringe!!! I ended up with a confused dog that did a 2.5 - 3sec d/walk :-( I decided to tweak that and ended up with a running d/walk for the next 18mths.

This year I had the amazing experience of going to America to do an agility Summer Camp with Ann Braue (who I met at the FCI Worlds 06), Karen Holik and Carrie Jones. It was here that my whole world of agility opened up.....and I'm forever grateful to them for their knowledge and insight.

Since being back my priorities have changed with everything to do with agility. For Epic's d/walk I'm now looking for a 2o2o criteria and this time I'm taking the time to "help" her understand. She's starting to get there.....and has even been timed at 1.9sec. This isn't a regular occurance at the moment in the ring but I believe in her and I'm happy to wait this time for her to "get it"