I was really looking forward to today's show as last weekend at Adam's Agility Show was not pleasant and although we had had some good bits nothing that strung together to make a clear. Why is Grade 6 so hard? Well today the courses were hard & when I get a planning package/app thing, I will map out the two combined grade 6-7 runs in jumping & agility. All I wanted was a clear round each time. My plan was set, carefully thought out to achieve the clear and where possible in the fastest time. Not a foot wrong did I put. I even had the confidence on one run to change my plan after watching other people nearly trip over their dogs. Dylan was a star and followed my ever command (well body movement anyway). It resulted in me winning the first jumping run which was combined with grade 7 dogs too (about 10 of us altogether). My second run was a graded 5-7 jumping which was comparatively easy, but a fast flowy course with 2 twiddles ... I ran and Dylan did as asked. First in grade 6. Third course was a very tricky combine grade 6-7 agility with two A frames and no dog walk. I was fantastically happy to complete the course clear and elated to discover I was 1.2sec off the grade 7 winner with a couple of other clears as well, so I would have been second! The fourth run was the grade 1-7 agility course, which was well worth waiting for. Jump and dog walk followed by a nice flowing course. Running start and I held back to see if Dylan would find his position on the dog walk ... brilliant he did, lots of praise and then on our way. I thought I had lost valuable seconds with the dog walk, but in fact we won the grade 6 and was only 1 sec away from the grade 7 winner.
Dylan is a star :-)
Dylan is a star :-)
 This is the grade 6/7 jumping course designed and judged by Chloe Machon. We ran it in 23.699 secs and won first place with a second to spare! |  This is the grade 6/7 agility course designed and judged by Mike Sallard. We ran it in 36.552s with a clear round, second to the winner who completed it in 35.365s and was grade 7 |
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