Another friendly and well organised show! It was held at Horsham Rugby club which was a perfect venue with flat, well mown grass and bar that opened at lunch time! The show opened at 8am with the judging starting at 8.30am and were were all done by 12.30pm!
Our classes were all combined - G1-4 Agility, G1-3 Agility and G1-3 Jumping, each with around 50 dogs entered.
I was really pleased with our Agility runs - Pepper stopped on all of her contacts and I held her in position for a couple of seconds before releasing her. The courses were really nice - not too easy but very fair. I'm starting to feel more confident in trusting Pepper and no longer choose the easiest way to handle a tricky section. We tackled several rear crosses today and Pepper did all of them brilliantly - I would definitely have avoided them 3 months ago! We managed to go clear in both runs and were 6th in the C1-4 Agility and 3rd in C1-3 Agility
The Jumping was a different story! The course was not that easy - I had a plan A, B and C but still wasn't sure that any of these would work! We set off and sailed throught the first hard bit using plan A which worked beautifully - into the weaves and for some unknown reason she popped out half way through and barked at me! I have no idea why and my friends who was watching said that I didn't do anything to have caused it! Second attempt and she completed them without a problem, onto the next hard bit which again was no problem, and then on to the end. Even the judge commented that it was a shame as she had done the rest of it so well! So 5 faults, but I'm happy that we negotiated the hard bits without a problem.
The sun shone all day so I used it as an opportunity to try out the canopy to shelter the car. I'm sure that all of the people parked near me had a good laugh while I tried to erect it, but now I've done it once I'm sure that it will get easier, and it definitely provides good shelter.
Definitely a show to enter for next year!
Our classes were all combined - G1-4 Agility, G1-3 Agility and G1-3 Jumping, each with around 50 dogs entered.
I was really pleased with our Agility runs - Pepper stopped on all of her contacts and I held her in position for a couple of seconds before releasing her. The courses were really nice - not too easy but very fair. I'm starting to feel more confident in trusting Pepper and no longer choose the easiest way to handle a tricky section. We tackled several rear crosses today and Pepper did all of them brilliantly - I would definitely have avoided them 3 months ago! We managed to go clear in both runs and were 6th in the C1-4 Agility and 3rd in C1-3 Agility
The Jumping was a different story! The course was not that easy - I had a plan A, B and C but still wasn't sure that any of these would work! We set off and sailed throught the first hard bit using plan A which worked beautifully - into the weaves and for some unknown reason she popped out half way through and barked at me! I have no idea why and my friends who was watching said that I didn't do anything to have caused it! Second attempt and she completed them without a problem, onto the next hard bit which again was no problem, and then on to the end. Even the judge commented that it was a shame as she had done the rest of it so well! So 5 faults, but I'm happy that we negotiated the hard bits without a problem.
The sun shone all day so I used it as an opportunity to try out the canopy to shelter the car. I'm sure that all of the people parked near me had a good laugh while I tried to erect it, but now I've done it once I'm sure that it will get easier, and it definitely provides good shelter.
Definitely a show to enter for next year!
Pepper with her two rosettes - 6th for C1-4 Agility and 3rd for C1-3 Agility
My car with the Guardsman tailgate guard, Titan waterproof boot liner, and canopy to provide shade from the sun and shelter should it rain!
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