This weekend we are competing in both flyball and agility.
Saturday we are going to Rotherham to compete in flyball with our new team 'Brickyard Bandits', it will be the first time Ronny and Keisha will run together, hopefully we will be able to video it so we can put a clip on the blog. We are seeded 5th out of 6th place in our division so its not going to be the easiest.
Sunday we are then off to Rugby for agility, it's a local show so at least we haven't got to travel too far. Lets hope the weather will be good for us!

Tuffley Agility Show

With the dogs being in such good form at the moment I was hoping this weekend would be a success, Ronny didn't win out but he managed a good run in his jumping class leaving him lying joint 5th with another dog at the end of the class, a run off was to decide the placing of 5th and 6th. Ronny managed a faster time than the other dog but unfortunately he had two poles down and the other dog went clear which left us finishing 6th.
Keisha had a good weekend, she had a nice clear in her agility on the saturday and she finished 19th in her jumping today, she wasn't running as fast as she has been, but I think that's because the weather was so poor and she was being careful.
So all in all a good weekend, shame about the weather !

Midland Counties Agility

Well, you know I said last week it would take us a long time to have another good weekend like that,
I lied..........

Over this weekend Ronny had 3 x 1st places, Keisha had 3 x 3rd places and 2 x 6th places, as you can probably guess im beaming from ear to ear and I am extremely proud and honoured to have such brilliant doggies!!!

Ronny won his jumping on the Saturday with a terrific run, it was tunnel terrors so Ronny was in heaven as that is his favourite piece of equipment.
Keisha had 3 out of 4 clears on Saturday, her jumping and tunnel terrors classes she placed 6th, then she ran a perfect round in her helter skelter jumping to place 3rd.

Sunday Keisha opened the day with an amazing run in her jumping, her turns are really starting to get tight and her general speed is just getting better and better. Ronny then added with a brilliant clear in his jumping round which focused on weaves, I think the course included doing them 5 times, Ronny did the weaves so quick he snapped one of the poles during the last set, mind he went that quick he won the class by just under 10 seconds!
Keisha then claimed her last 3rd place in her agility with a fantastic run, her A-Frame could have been quicker so I guess we will be working on that in training this week.
Ronny then finished the day with a fantastic win in his jumping class, his speed is awesome, thankfully he will run on and leave me behind otherwise I would just slow him down.

Six brilliant trophies to add to our cabinet, its starting to look like a proper trophy cabinet now!!!

EMDAC Agility Show

This show was hosted by EMDAC, it was not an open show so no winning out this time, it included the normal agility rounds but with the added attractions of dash and splash, clever dogs, frisbee challenge and a pay on the day agility class.

It was a superb venue but the weather on the Saturday was horrible, rain all day, Sunday was no better with gail force winds.

That's it, it's confirmed our dogs like the bad weather!!!!!

4 x 1st places, 2 x 3rd, 1 x 5th and if that wasn't enough 1 x 1st in Dash and splash, 1 x 1st in water retrieve, 1 x 2nd in water retrieve, 1 x 6th in water retrieve.

The dogs were just fantastic this weekend, on Saturday Ronny opened the show with an amazing run, winning his agility round and beating the next dog by three seconds, Keisha put in a brilliant performance in her agility with the best weaves ive seen her do so far, and placed 5th, the day was then topped off by Ronny winning his jumping class, it was a fantastic smooth run and he was listening like a hawk!

We then headed down to the Dash and Splash pool so the dogs could have a play and a relax. We entered Ronny in the water retrieve, a timed event of a minute to see how many toys they could retrieve out of the pool, Ronny managed 11, which placed him 2nd!

Nige and me sat in our caravan last night reviewing our day, what a fantastic day. Nige's last words before bed were "I bet we won't beat that tomorrow" !!!

Keisha started off with her jumping class today, what a fantastic little dog she has become, every time I run her she just gets better and better, she just wants to please so much and she thoroughly deserved her 3rd place! Ronny then did his jumping round with an awesome run, he just powers through his weaves as if they don't exist, hardly leaves any room for error over the jumps and constantly runs like Linford Cristie, 1st place. Keisha's other jumping class was the last one of the day, she showed no sign of tiredness and ran her round perfectly to claim another 3rd place.

Nige then ran Ronny in the pay on the day class, it was a brilliant run by both of them, Ronny really listened and Nige, who is a new handler, ran the course really well, would you believe me if i told you they got 1st place.

Well that was it, down to the dash and splash pool to relax after a hard day's work. We entered baby Kody and Nige in the water retrieve, Kody's tail didn't stop wagging and he managed to retrieve 5 toys which put him in 6th place, Ronny was also entered with me, we scored 12 toys which gave us first position. Dash and splash, which is Ronny's favourite, was the last event we entered today, I filmed Ronny's winning performance which is just below, for a big dog he can turn very quickly.

I think it will be a long time until we can match this weekends performance.

News Update !

Ronny's hip scores are back 4:0 = 4 which is fantastic news

Ronny is being mated to Bonvivant Habibi (Chamonix) pictured left.













Bonvivant Habibi can be seen on both the breeders and owners blogs, Bonvivant Belgians and Witherbark Belgians, which can be accessed via my links.

Chamonix is due in season at the end of the month/beginning of July.

Taking bookings for the above litter, please contact myself or Jan Ralph at the Bonvivant Belgian Kennels for details.