Saturday 16 May 2009

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.

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