Godmanchester Agility

I cant believe how nice the weather has been this weekend, admittedly it was a bit windy yesterday but today has been sunny all day. This weekend the dogs have run really well, Ronny had a clear in his jumping but the poor handling by myself allowed him to run wide on turns wasting valuable time. Keisha was in the same jumping class and I managed a much better run and we finished 5th. Keisha also had a lovely agility class yesterday but they only placed up to 4th and sadly she finished 5th.

Today she had the most fantastic run in her jumping class, the course was very technical and she just went wide on one turn, we were rewarded with 3rd place, the A-Frame contact came back to haunt us later in the day though, its so frustrating as she only ever seems to blow it in competition, I did put her back on it but I get the impression it never seems to register with her.

Ronny was unlucky in his agility class, the judge marked him on his up contact which I think is really harsh, he is such a big dog and to teach him to break his stride pattern to make sure he gets that contact is ridiculous, if not a bit dangerous, why cant judges just accept that it is their normal stride pattern and as long as they get the down contact then its a fair game.

Kody had a really good weekend, no clear rounds yet but definitely getting there, just got to work on his weaves and im sure it wont be far away.