HH Show UKA

Campbell had 4 runs today. We haven't had the best start to the year competition wise so im not expecting too much from him at the moment. Well he surprised me! first up we had Novice Snooker and he did a great round that went exactly how i had planned and we finished the whole course before the time was up with a score of 51 finishing 2nd. Then we had Novice Jumping which was a very very testing course that i didn't think we had a hope of getting round! Well i should have more faith as he worked amazingly and was one of only a few to even get round to finish 2nd. Im really pleased with this as there are some very good fast dogs in Novice at the moment.

He then had pairs with my friends boxer Abbie. I had to do the contacts part of the course and she did the tunnels part. They were both little stars going clear and we finished 1st. Last he had Novice Agility, by now i was really hot and tired and had walked the course hours before and stupidly sent him the wrong way!


Chico just had two runs, first up was Casual Jumping which was not and easy course but he tried hard and finished on 5 faults only getting distracted when they blew a whistle in the other ring. His Casual Agility was right at the end of the day so i dont think either of us were really up for it. He missed the weaves but did the rest quite nicely.

UKA Quad Paws

I decided only to come for the last two days not the whole week as Chico isn't ready for a week of shows yet and Campbell gets tired.

On Thursday Campbell had Novice Jumping and Novice Agility. He did two nice rounds but didn't get a place in either. Chico had Beginners Jumping and Beginners Steeplechase he was not up for either and spent most of the time sniffing and ignoring me. He really isn't enjoying his agility at the moment so i need to work on getting him to enjoy it again like he used too.

On Friday Campbell had Novice Gamblers which went ok but i managed to mess up right at the end so we didnt get a place! Then Novice Jumping and Agility, we had faults in both but he tried hard and it was very hot so i couldn't have asked for more.

I decided to run Chico in the Casual classes today so that he could just have a blast on a simple flowing course and hopefully do it from a running start so that he didnt switch off when i asked him to wait. He had Casual Jumping first which was a nice course with no weaves and he did a lovely fast round with no sniffing to finished 2nd. Casual Agility was the last class of the day so he was a bit switched off but i did a running start again and he did a nice round just running past the weaves to finsh 2nd.

Test Night

Well it was test night again tonight. I really enjoy these nights as it gives me a chance to see how both Campbell and Chico are progressing. First up i had jumping with Campbell. He did a lovely round and felt quite speedy to put us in 1st place. Chico was next up, he was quite tense and ended up having one refusal but did try hard. Campbell then had contacts, ive really been working on these this year and he is pretty solid now but could still find a bit more speed. He got them all perfectly to finish 3rd. Chico was a good boy too and got all his contacts as well although could have been faster and finished up 6th.

Eastbourne Agility Show

Three classes for each of them today. First up was Campbell in the grade 1 – 4 helterskelter. There was a tricky start and then the rest was flowing, he did a lovely round getting a nice entry into the weaves clear but didn’t make it into the placings. Chico was up next and also did a nice round but popped out of the weaves early which was annoying as he did the rest very nicely although very slowly for him so he obviously wasn’t relaxed. Next was Chico in the grade 1 & 2 jumping. He did a nice start but went back over the start instead of 5! He then missed the weaves completely and stoped to have a look at a dog outside the ring…. It just got worse after that so we ended up E’d. Campbell had the jumping next and did a nice round but slipped on the wet grass and had a pole down but got the weaves perfectly.

Campbell had grade 1 & 2 agility next and again did a lovely round although it did feel very slow. He ended up 14th so not too bad really. He stopped on all his contacts and I held him there for a second as he has been flying off them recently so I was pleased with him today. We seem to have got it together again after a bad patch and im trusting him to find the weaves entries by himself. If we carry on like this he should get some nice placings this year. Last up was Chico in the agility. I didn’t expect much after his jumping performance thankfully as it was a disaster. He really wasn’t paying attention and didn’t want to work with me today and spent most of the time with his nose on the floor sniffing of barking at me! He better try harder next time or ill pull him out of competition until we seem to be working well together again. Hopefully its just an off day and I did ring party all day so didn’t get to spend much time with them so that probably didn’t help.

Tunbridge Wells Agility Show

All my runs ended up being at the same time today so everything was a bit of a rush! First up Campbell had Grade 1 agility. He did a lovely round and got a lovely weave entry even though I was no where near to end up 14th. I really tried to stay calm and relaxed today and remember ive done loads of work on the weaves and I just need to trust my dog to find them and stay in. If i worry about it I only mess things up. Then I had to run and grab Chico who had Grade 1 Jumping. He did a great round with a few VERY wide turns but got his weaves perfectly to finish with one pole down. Then I had to run Campbell straight away in Grade 1 jumping. I was still out of breath and tried to over handle him and messed it up completely! Chico had Grade 1agility last and did a lovely round stopping nicely on his contacts and getting his weaves but unfortunately he fell off the dog walk so ended up E’d he would have been clear if it wasn’t for that.