Major fail on the posting front :-P I've been doing bits and pieces, but posting is evidently another matter!

Solei is still Solei...I've now got him retrieving a dumbbell again indoors at home, but not yet in other environments or outdoors. Screwball :-P
I took him to a companion show with obedience last weekend - it was a very basic round (heel on lead, recall, stay) but I thought it would be just what he needed to build his confidence up and he was actually pretty good. Came 3rd, but I was pleased with his performance - definitely progress!

Elton is coming along nicely, he's maturing and thus getting better about holding his stays. His heelwork is coming along well, though halts are still weak - he's so enthusiastic he's not very good about stopping in time, sitting straight and close beside me! I love the fact the only problems I'm having with him are due to overenthusiasm :-) The other heeling problem is him swinging his bum out and occasionally working too forward - again, both overenthusiasm!

Although again his sits aren't always the straightest/closest, he also knows both a left and right finish, which he manages to look adorable whilst doing them XD

Recall is quite nice, he's getting better about consistantly coming in straight.

His attention still wanders, concentration needs to improve and although he's pretty good at home now he is terrible with distractions! I've only ever taken him to one obedience class, so I need to get him back there and do some work on that! I've hardly been to obedience over the last three months, so I really need to get Solei back there as well - I'm intending to start again in October, and then possibly alternate - take Solei one week, and Elton the next.

As far as showing goes, Elton is wonderful <3 He still needs to settle on the table - he's a real fidget, especially when they're "restraining" his head (though funnily enough fine with his teeth!) - but once he's settled (sometimes when the whole class is moved together he's a bit all over the place) he's so much better on the move now.

Yesterday we went to a championship show where Elton won both Junior Dog and Yearling Dog :-D So he is now just 2pts off his Junior Warrant!!