16.98!!! woohoo we did it!!! What a weekend. The dogs just felt ready (well apart from Tess who has never been to a flyball tournament let alone competed in one) They were all on top form which is lucky as looking at the video afterwards our changes were horrendous! Who knows what we can run if we actually manage to tighten up our changes.... british record next? ha ha ha. All the dogs were turning nicely on the box though so we dont need much work there.
We finished 2nd which really didnt matter as i still had goose bumps from earlier. The racing was so exciting and it really felt like all the teams were pushing themselves to their limit.
Sunday 5 September 2010
Saturday 4 September 2010
Crufts 2011 Qualifier
The Dream Team haven't managed to make it to any of the other qualifiers this year as they were either too far away (Scotland!) or on the weekend of our own shows so this was really our last chance to qualify. We made the journey up to Prestbury Park again which is where we qualified last year. We left a heavily pregnant Michelle back at home running the Dream Team Tournament and thankfully she managed not to go into labour. Prestbury park is a lovely show and part of me would have liked to stay for the weekend and do the agility too. Maybe next year.
For the first time ever we had a lucky draw and got an easy team in the first round and only had to win two races to qualify. We coasted in the first round with 20 foot late changes winning 3 - 0. The second round didn't really push us much either and we won that 3 - 0 too qualifying for Crufts 2011!! We then raced Sheffield for 1st & 2nd place and again won 3 - 0 to finish 1st. I had really wanted to qualify for Crufts again and would have been gutted if we hadn't managed it so I'm glad the pressure is now off and we can relax till March next year. The dogs really feel like a team now. Cant wait for tomorrow as i can feel best ever time coming. Sub 17 seconds? maybe.
For the first time ever we had a lucky draw and got an easy team in the first round and only had to win two races to qualify. We coasted in the first round with 20 foot late changes winning 3 - 0. The second round didn't really push us much either and we won that 3 - 0 too qualifying for Crufts 2011!! We then raced Sheffield for 1st & 2nd place and again won 3 - 0 to finish 1st. I had really wanted to qualify for Crufts again and would have been gutted if we hadn't managed it so I'm glad the pressure is now off and we can relax till March next year. The dogs really feel like a team now. Cant wait for tomorrow as i can feel best ever time coming. Sub 17 seconds? maybe.
Dream Team Tournament
Saturday
Just Chico running today with the Dream Team Maddogz. After his promising start at the Champs i was looking forward to running him... hmmm.... shouldn't have bothered! he was so naughty. He refused to run in the red lane and kept stopping and cowering like someone was about to hit him and sniffing the floor. it turned out a fox had pooed in the ring the night before and he was scared of the smell! He ran ok in the blue lane though. Annoyingly we took a second off our seed time but lost quite a few races due to Chico being a wally and ended up 5th out of 7. I'm really not sure if i should keep racing him as i don't know if he is enjoying himself or not, hes such an odd dog.
Just Chico running today with the Dream Team Maddogz. After his promising start at the Champs i was looking forward to running him... hmmm.... shouldn't have bothered! he was so naughty. He refused to run in the red lane and kept stopping and cowering like someone was about to hit him and sniffing the floor. it turned out a fox had pooed in the ring the night before and he was scared of the smell! He ran ok in the blue lane though. Annoyingly we took a second off our seed time but lost quite a few races due to Chico being a wally and ended up 5th out of 7. I'm really not sure if i should keep racing him as i don't know if he is enjoying himself or not, hes such an odd dog.
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