Golden Valley Agility Show

Keisha
This weekend we were in Worcestershire at the Golden Valley show. The weather was fantastic and Nige and me both got sun burnt. On Saturday Nige and me did pairs with Ronny and Keisha, unfortunately it didn't go so well, I ran first with rocket Ronny who ended up getting eliminated as he took the wrong jump, Nige and Keisha were no better who also ended up getting eliminated on exactly the same jump, Keisha did give him some stick as Nige kept getting lost on the course, she barked at him the whole way round saying "Stupid daddy" !!!!

The day did get better though, Keisha had her first top ten placing in the ABC agility Grade 1-7, she was laying 3rd for most of the class but unfortunately got knocked down to 5th by two dogs who ran near the end of the class. Never mind though, what a fantastic run, she looked like she had Ronny's rocket legs stuck on!

Today we started off with the team event, Nige ran Keisha, I ran Ronny and our other friends made up the team with their dogs Snoop and Dre. It started off well with Snoop getting a clear, Ronny ran second who unfortunately got eliminated as he took the wrong jump, Keisha went third ran by Nige who got their first ever clear together and Dre ran last who unfortunately had poles, although we didn't win we had bags of fun and the dogs thought it was brilliant.

Ronny went on to get a clear in his jumping, he did lots of spinning near the end of the course and lost loads of time, he was placed 29th in the class, from 1st to 29th place it was split by only 3 seconds, what could he have done if he didn't do all that spinning !

Keisha then ended the day with a fantastic clear in her agility placing 19th, she is really coming on now and her speed has dramatically improved, she will soon be challenging her big brother!

Ronny

Market Harbour Flyball Feb 2008

I was searching through my email and came across this flyball clip. It was when the Leamington Royals and Leamington Hurricanes were racing at Market Harbour back in February this year.

Ronny runs the third leg on this occasion. Watch for the lead he makes on the opposite team. Don't blink or you will miss him !!!!!

Sorry about the quality but it was recorded on a mobile phone and then downloaded onto the computer.



Keisha runs the second leg in her team on this occasion. She is not as fast as Ronny, well not yet anyway!



Brickyard Bandits will run their first competition in July at Rotherham, hopefully we will be able to get a helpful person to film the dogs so I can put it on the blog.

Watch this space ......

Thames Agility Show

Picture's are of Keisha in action
This weekend must have been the hottest yet, a lovely sunny setting overlooking 13 rings, I think this is the biggest show we have attended this year. It had it all, championship ring, Olympia qualifier, crufts qualifier and also pedigree pairs. All the big guns were in attendance and we were in for a hard show. Ronny didn't manage a clear this weekend having a single pole down in each class, he was brilliant though, really listening and of course running like Linford Cristie. Keisha had a brilliant weekend, she ran a lovely round in her jumping and got a clear and today she ran a fantastic Grade 3-5 agility round and placed 21st, brilliant achievement against some top quality dogs.

After a hard weekend of racing we all deserved an ice cream, unfortunately we didn't get chance to take a pic of Ronny and Keisha with their ice cream as they had eaten it so quick, Kody on the other hand savoured his and licked every last bit.

Kenilworth Castle walk

The weather is not brilliant today so I thought a nice long walk at the castle would cheer us all up. The dogs loved running through the long wet grass, Keisha and Kody always go tearing off across the field to try and find the biggest puddles, Ronny finds the nearest thing he can carry, usually it's a stick!














During the walk we were met by some cows, Kody thought they were great, couldn't understand why they didn't want to play toy!



We stopped off at the brook so the dogs could have a quick play, good opportunity to wash some of the mud off them.

Hopefully the weather will brighten up for the weekend, we are going to Newbury for the Thames agility show. Ronny is doing pairs with Kiah (Bonvivant Noisette) owned by Grace, Keisha is pairing up with Snoop a Collie who used to run for the Leamington Royals flyball team. Mind if the weather stays grim then you never know, Ronny and Keisha might do well again !!!!!

Hinckley Agility Show

This weekend's agility show was hosted by our own club, the weather was great, I even got a little bit sun burn on my neck on Saturday. The show started off well with both Ronny and Keisha getting a clear in there jumping, unfortunately neither of them got placed. Then all the classes after that were a disaster, Ronny kept knocking poles and Keisha was just as bad, it was only on the last class of the day Keisha managed a clear in her agility, it wasn't fast mind, we got a bit tangled up after the A-Frame but we managed to save it.
Never mind we had a brilliant show and the atmosphere was great.