Power Paws had 1 team entered today in division 8 although we ran under the Dream Team Babes name as i am still planning on running Campbell with them for a while. We were on a declared time of 23.80 which i didn't think we would manage but couldn't declare slower as we needed to race on Sunday and anything slower would have put us on Saturday. Thankfully this actually turned out to be a good time for us as we managed a best time of 23.31 only 0.02 seconds off breaking out! I was very pleased with how the team ran as it was the first time out for Ben and Skye and Poppy ran out every leg at Maidstone which was her first show so i wasn't sure what she would do. Barney was really keen today and crosses so well with Poppy. It took us a while to sort Barneys starts out on the lights because although he is a fast dog the first 15 feet after release he is not consistent so was either very late or very early! Shelly did very well handling Poppy and did quite a few changes that made me flinch but she didn't get a light all day so really impressed me. Also we seem to have fixed Poppy's running out problem as she didn't even think about doing it today.
Ben was running for the first time and although he is slow he is reliable and easy to cross into. Lucy was handling him today and he doesn't run as well for her so was often 20 foot late on his changes but for a first show never having done starters i didn't think that was too bad. Skye got a few runs but has started ball dropping again so i had to pull her out of most of the races. Campbell ran last and has really gone up a gear and is starting to enjoy himself. He hasn't crossed into the other lane for quite a while so hopefully that problem is fixed. We had a couple of dropped balls but much better than the last few shows. He actually managed a 5.19 second run and averaged 5.4 so he is improving! We ended up 5th.
Cai was running with Dream Team Supreme as normal we ended up seeded in division 2 which made a nice change from div 1. He was on top form, i really think the effort i have made to get him fit is paying off. His best time was 3.95 from what i could see but i didn't get most of his times this weekend. We finished in 2nd on a best time of 17.78 which i know we can improve on.
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