Dog Vegas

It was one of those shows were nothing seemed to go right. The ground was good and the layout fab, but I didn't really enjoy it. I walked Rugers first course G1-3 Agility and it was really good, the judge pitched it just right, not too difficult but not just straight up and down, we could have done well on this. Ruger leapt off the dogwalk contact so I asked the judge and put him back on for an E!!! He ran the rest of it nicely got his A frame contacts and the weaves 2nd time round but I did try distance handling. Rugers best run was 5 faults for weaves in jumping. Zara for some reason got 15 faults for contacts in agility, first time for ages she has been faulted on contacts, she even missed the up contact on the A frame :( so with a pole down too that was 20f, she's not done that for a long time! We had no clears at all probably our worst performance for a long time. Both dogs did some really good work but it was just a strange day. Deb was shocked she had 15 faults in jumping and came 2nd, 10 seconds faster than the dog that won!!!! Need more training, but the exciting news is we have a new indoor venue so we can train all winter :) :)

Love this picture of Ruger taken by Action Packed Photography, although I do need to get him to hit the floor rather than the air when he exits the see saw!