Test Night

Well it was test night again at Eastbourne agility club. Im one of those sad people that actually really enjoys them and looks forward to them for the other 9 weeks of training! I really like to see how my dogs are doing and how they compare to the other dogsin the club as many of them are a higher grade than us. Also i like to compare them to each other. I know Chico is faster over the jumps but slower everywhere else where as Campbell can turn very very tight. Also Cai got to do his first test night as he has been training at eastbourne for about 6 weeks now. First up was the jumping.

I ran Campbell first in the jumping and he did a lovely fast round but i stupidly called him on a turn and he had a pole. I then did his agility which was a perfect Campbell course but between the two of us we totally messed it up and ended up E'd many times! Next up was Chico in the jumping he worked lovely, i really think the break has done him some good to finish 3rd. He did a cracking round in the agility to finish clear but the scribe forgot to write his time so they assumed he had been E'd during marking and he didnt get a place. I was gutted as he has been working much better than he has for a long time. Later on i ran him again just to get a time but the round wasnt so good although we only ended up 1 second beihind Cai's time.

I ran Cai last in the jumping and he was great, very fast and bounced most of the jumps although his turns were wide at times. He didnt worry too much about the other dogs and stayed with me. Unfortunatly he had one pole down on a turn or would probably have won. Finally he had agility and he was lovely to run. A bit mad and felt almost out of control but held it together to go clear but with lots of time wasted on turns. I was very surprised and pleased to find he had won! His first test night and he gets a first. Well done Cai :-)