Gardner's Agility Dogs

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

World Championship Qualifier

I had entered Del nd Tom and Alan had entered Matty and Jude.

Tom was back to his wild self and this caused him to burn his pads on the rubber surface, which was probably not helped by the boiling hot surface of the carpark, and his feet blistered, so I had to with draw him from competition. I'm just hoping he will be ok to compete next weekend, as we are travelling to Norway for the Border Collie Classic Competitions.

Del was a a good boy, getting 3rd in the first jumping round. Unfortunately in the first agility round where we were drawn 1, he decided he wanted to do the dog walk, rather than come to me, so we got a big fat E, but this still left us in 6th place and all still to play for. In his 2nd jumping round I tried to send Del into the weave from a very difficult angle and he took the tunnel instead, so another E, so that was it game over but we still had another run to do. Del did a storming run in his 2nd agility round, showing everyone what he is capable of.

Matty enjoyed his day, but was only really there for the fun.

Jude as usual was a very good girl finishing with 4 x 2nd places and coming tied first place overall with Natasha and Dizzy on 15 points. So Jude will be representing GB again and the World Champs which are to be held in Finland, but only if we can come up with the money to send her, as it is going to cost £2000.

Weardale Show - 19th & 20Th July

We arrive at Weardale show on the Thursday evening, and were really glad we did as we had no problems with teh traffic on the Motorway, whereas if we had travelled on the Friday we would have been caught up in the congestion.

This is a lovely show with beautiful veiws. It has lots of qualifiers and Champ, but they manage to keep a very laid back atmosphere.

Tom came 3rd in the Large dogs Champ Final (He is such a good boy at the moment)
We ran 2nd and set the pace, it was a close contest between the first 3 dogs, Tom led the way until the 18th and 19th dogs ran.

Well done to Hannah and Maddy on winning the CC

Monday, July 14, 2008

A quick up date

I know I haven't been on here for a while, as I have been pretty busy. So here' a quick up date.

Del is now Grade 7 and has achieved his Gold Agility Warrant.
He competed in his first champ class at Rugby and did me proud. The courses were tough and he had 5 faults in the jumping and a silly 10 in the Agility, just missing out on making the final out of 91 top class Grade 7 dogs.

Tom has been amazing lately. He has qualified for Olympia in the Large Senior Dog Final
In the Rugby Champ he was a real star, got a double clear making the final, where we ended up running 13th. He did a stunning run, I don't think I have seen him run so fast, just rolling a pole before the see-saw, 5 obstacles from home, finishing in 5th place. It was a real if only, as his time was good enough.

Looking forward to Champ at Weardale next week. It's really exciting having two very competitive dogs.