News in English!

Elvis always likes to have something in his mouth, here he has found some X-mas-tinsel...

Finally I will have some news in English as well! But still there will be some more info in the Swedish blog I think. But Welcome to read this one, enjoy!

The agility-hall
My neighbours have stopped their work with pigs on our farm, so now we have barns that are empty. We got an idea about redoing it to an indoor-hall for dog-training!! It's alot of work but finally our project is going!!

Here's the hall from the outside. Just beside the outdoor agility-field and with the same nice walking area around :o)

This will be cleaned, painted and very nice with the new carpet!

Thommy is struggeling with the concrete...

...and Anita is struggeling with throwing it away...

...and I'm hacking loose some old shit and dirt and sweeping the floor. Long time since I worked in the stable I could feel, aches in my muscles after...

The carpet
The carpet is ordered and it is a rubber-matting from USA. It's the first time it will be used here in Sweden and I think it will be super! It's very pupular in USA :o)

The rubber matting made of Zedlan TM

I got some smaller pieces of the carpet to have in the crates, it was very popular! Zaa used it immediately to relax on with a nice bone... ;o)

Here's some info I have read:
One of the first facilities to install our Comfort-King was Clean Run... After installing the product, they were amazed at the results.



* The superior slip resistance provided excellent traction for dogs for both jumping and turning, practcally eliminating the slipping and pad burns caused by other rubber surfaces.


* The product performed well with even the fastest and heaviest dogs.

 * The softness and resilience (extra bounce) of Comfort-King reduced landing impact on the dog´s bodies.

 * Dogs training full-time on Comfort-King performed equally well outdoors on grass. With other matting Clean Run tried , the dogs had to adjust their takeoff position the prevent themselves from sliding and had difficulty making the transition when competing outside on grass.



AND for the handlers, Comfort-King is ideal!!!!

 * The softness and resilience of the matting make running around the course much more comfortable.

* The benefits of traction and reduced stress on joints also applied to the handlers. "

It's a big project but it's also very exciting! Think when you don't have to care about rain, snow or darkness!!!

Training
I have been training some more than usual, very nice!! Me and my friend Åsa trained courses last week. Tried some things from Kees Stoel that will judge the Nordic Championship in Stockholm this week. Most of his courses are nice, you have to run alot! But in some of them I would have liked some more turns...

Today we will train again, this time an interesting course by Mia Laamanen... always a challage! She will also judge in Stockholm this weekend :o)

A few weeks ago I trained discrimination with Elvis and Ogin, and here's a video from the training!



Last sunday my friend Elin was here for some training. I helped her with her young BC Lix. She didn't really know how to go on with the contact-training with him, he didn't really understand and it was like he didn't really like it either. First I helped her to get more intensity with the target behaviour. Then we introduced the target after a flat DW and we got pretty far in the training in the end of our session! :o) Lix is a very nice and work-willing dog with alot of drive!

I introduced the target on the DW for Lix. He got a very intense and nice behavour... so good that in the end of the session he had made a nice mud-hole... ;o)

Ogin looked a bit depressed after Lix had made his DW so dirty...  He got happier after some training :o)

Take care and have fun with your training!