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.

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