Update !! just a bit behind :0)

Is about time that my blog was updated I feel :0)

Wellingborough, was a nice small show, well run and very friendly, with some great classes for Todd and Jess, but with an exercise area the size of a postage stamp, and I was due to have camped but did not, for which I was grateful for as I always feel very sorry for the dogs who do not compete if they cannot have a good run a couple of times a day.

Todd came 8th in the open tunnel vision class, I have never done one of these classes before and it was really good fun, I think they should do more of them, and his next two classes I made silly errors, Jess did a really nice training run in her agility but did not get anywhere.

Rugby, is one of my favourite summer shows, I love being able to sit and watch the champs and the weather always seems to be good, and even though on the way to the show I drove through torrents of rain with hail stones, and then set the caravan up in it, by the morning the rain had subsided and the rest of the weekend weather was lovely.

Todd had a brilliant weekend, he had a lovely clear in his medium KC qualifier and then won the medium jumping, the same class that Andy and Kizzie won in the small, which was really nice, and we called it our double obay sweep :0), here are his two runs courtesy of Dennis, which I am very grateful for, I really must get my act together and start videoing runs again !! He also came 2nd in his agility on the Sunday. Jess also had a really good weekend getting a 4th and a 5th in her two jumping classes.

While Bernadette and Dennis were in Germany at the EOs I minded Jordan for them, bless her little heart she came into my house and she just fitted in ! like she had always been here, Todd and her had lots of playtime which she really enjoyed, I think he wore her out ! here is a picture of them together.

On the the Thursday after Rugby, I went over to spend some time with Nancy as Andy had gone to the EOs and she had just lost her beloved Abbey, we went for a really long walk and here is a picture of the dogs including Jordan all together no mean feet to get them all staying either !! just a shame that Tikka had to block out Jordan !!

The following weekend I was due to go to weardale, but decided to stay at home and have a chilled out weekend, which I am really relieved that I did because just for a change my van is back in the garage !!!!!!!!!! this time the turbo has blown up, I don't think that I have ever had such a rubbish vehicle in my life....and tbh I cant wait to get rid of it !! but the amount of things that have gone wrong now and been fixed perhaps it will now go on forever, but who knows !! I have hired a new vw Caddy and its brilliant.

On the Tuesday I had a trip into hospital for a GI as I have been having really bad tummy problems for a while, they thought I had gall bladder disease or an ulcer, but I have this instead, which is much better than having to have my gall bladder removed, just lots of antibiotics for a while, just would love to know where it came from ???. I also received some gorgeous flowers from Nancy and Andy which really cheered me up.

Delilah our new kitten is now fitting into our house so well she is absolutely adorable and very naughty, Tinkerbell and her are now beginning to be friends which is lovely, here are some shots of her in the safe courtyard bit of my garden, and also of Tinkerbell, the one with Tinkerbell trying to leap on Chopstix really makes me chuckle

Moving onto Agility club show, lovely show but HOW hot !! I know we should not moan about the weather but was too hot for me that's for sure. Todd however did not seem to mind the heat he ran really well and came 2nd in his 1 - 3 jumping, and I am so pleased as the trophies are gorgeous, the rest of his runs over the weekend were really good, he had a couple of poles down as I gave him his turn too early, and in one of his runs he was steaming along and my hat fell off which I momentarily stopped to catch it, don't ask me why just automatic reaction I suppose, but Todd stopped and I got a refusal, bahhhh never mind perhaps it will teach me not to run in one :0) Jess managed her 1st clear in the KC this weekend of the year and we came 28th ha ha ha way to slow !!!!!!!!!!! must try harder next year !!!! any way we have Burridge this weekend and I am just hoping that once again my van will be fixed so that I can tow my caravan there or we will be in a tent (yikes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Lastly I had to post his brilliant picture that Dennis took of Todd this weekend, thank you its fantastic :0), I see what you mean about Dennis getting brilliant shots of other dogs :0))))

Good luck to all my friends at the EO

Good luck to all the team but special good luck to Bernadette Lisa Leah and Helen xxxxxxx

Go The Girls !

Lisa's and Chi's Royal Canin run 1st :0)

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I have posted this for Lisa.

The weekend

Chris had qualified for the Royal Canin finals on Saturday night, and had a judging appointment on Saturday for the UKA show, he thought long and hard wether to do it, but felt that it would make him think about something else for a while, so I scrimed on Saturday for him and he judged at the show, at the end of the show they ran the final, and compared to last year in the P....ing rain, the weather was glorious, Shaun Hunt judged the final, the course was just right some handling and a good course to watch. Chris did a lovely clear round and ended up 3rd, Lisa did a lovely clear round and won the medium, I did video Lisa and Chi on my phone, durrr wish I had thought to video chris too, but it only dawned on me after he ran that I could have videoed him too never mind, I will upload the video of Lisa's run in the next couple of days.

I ran both Jess and Todd at the uka show, Jess did a lovely training run in the agility and Todd had a run by in Chris's class, and I did a training run in his agility, his A frame was really good, I love the UKA shows especially for a young dog, its so good to be able to train in the ring :0)

Sunday was St. Edwards show, and I had 4 runs with Jess and 3 runs with Todd, Corrie is still not running at the moment as she cut her foot at Hinckley and it has only just healed it was not particularly deep but right on the edge of her paw and she kept catching it and making it bleed.

Jess ran brilliantly all day, she came 8th in the 6 - 7 jumping and 5th in the 5 - 6 jumping, in the kc qualifier, she was doing a lovely run, but I gave her a wrong turn command, and for a change she actually did as I asked and ended up back jumping a jump, really I was over the moon with her as she would usually go the way she wanted to go. Then in the grade 6 agility her see saw was a bit over zelous and she flew it, this is her worst contact, as I think some one who will at this time be nameless posted a picture of her on their blog doing exactly that !

mmmmm and Todd had 3 runs, what can I say, I think that I was maybe a little greedy !! he won 2 classes and came 2nd in the other one, unfortunately I don't have any of them on video, but he ran his heart out, he is really enjoying it and I just get such a buzz from running him too, he gives his all every time I have run him, he is strutting down to the ring in his harness, which I now think he has associated with going to run, as the second it goes on him he tells everyone where he is going, it makes me laugh not sure that everyone else finds it that funny but hey there you go life's tough eh :0)
Todd just looking toooooooo cute for words :0)

and this is what Delila thought of Jessie's rossette !!

On the way home from the show, we went for a lovely walk at our local woods and we ended getting home at about 9 oclock very tired but very happy.

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This has infact been a really tough week, Chris lost his Dad Fred on Tuesday night, he passed away in his sleep, just six months after his dear Mum passed away............ pretty tough for Chris and his family. Sleep well dear Fred and I do hope that you and Edna are backtogether again.

Todd at Bretons

What a weekend

This was Todds first KC outing this weekend, and I was really excited and scared, I had done a fair amount of training in the last couple of weeks, as he had not done very much at all for the last 6 weeks because of a nasty nail bed infection.

Thursday I went to granmas, to do a couple of easy courses, which made me feel a lot better, as he was a very good boy, and she gave me lots of confidence.

Saturday was Watford and we had grade 1 - 3 jumping 1st, which went really well but I pushed him past the weave entrance and then had a run by, but I came out of there feeling on top of the world, as he did a lovely wait and was completely focused on me and ran just like he does in training, then we had 1 - 3 agility, which was a lovely course, it was just such a long stretch on the way back, I pulled him past a jump, but the rest of it was lovely, but by the time I came over the finish line a couple of friends were chuckling at the colour of my rather red face, I ran really fast !! but no way fast enough (note to self must get fitter :0)) Lian very kindly taped both my 1st runs for me, which you can watch here as I have a lovely new sony handycam, but cannot upload them into the movie maker on my computer......... anyone with any ideas would be gratefully received. The last class I had that day was the mini mixi pairs and Todd did a lovely clear round in this. I came back from the show so proud of my boy, he really worked his little socks off for me and the mistakes made were mine.

Sunday was Bretons, and my first run with Todd was 1-3 jumping, he did a lovely run in this but I gave him a command too early and he knocked a pole and missed his weave entrance, but once again I was over the moon with the way he is working. Jess had a lovely run in her agility, it was grade 6 - 7 combined and she came 7th , I just love running her, she is so happy.

Next came 3 - 7 agility which was as it should be a harder course, I walked it and really did not think that Todd would get his weave entrance as it was quite hard, and the weaves were the last thing that I taught Todd and really are not quite up to scratch yet, but I cant believe this, he went clear and we came 2nd, if I am picky with myself, I know that I pulled him off the aframe a bit too quickly but I was so excited and I am just so proud of him, he is such fun to work and I love him to bits. The last class I did with him was mini mixi pairs again with Andy but this time I did not go clear !!! I pulled him off a jump and stood still out of a cloth tunnel which he stopped, but Andy did a lovely clear round I will post the video of his run at Breton, later today.

This weekend also, I collected our lovely new addition to our family, her name is Delilah and she is one of the gorgeous kittens that Leah hand reared, she is officially Megs cat and she will be adored, here are some pictures of her, she is just so funny and cute, and Meg just loves her. I am not sure that Tinkerbell is as impressed though!! here she is playing and at Bretons in her little pink harness.