Not going to bore you with a show by show account so this is just a summary of the last month or so...
Scandal’s
done some really, really awesome rounds and I’m soooo proud of her!
Some ‘nearlies’ and ‘if onlys’ as well as ‘brain (mine) just needs to
work faster’. Her runs tend to be either clears or Es, and the Es are
completely down to pilot error (mainly the ‘brain needs to work faster’
reason). Such an amazing dog to work, she is trying so hard and I love
every minute of running her.
Honey’s
been Little Miss Consistent – 5 champs, 2 CCs, 3 resCCs. We are getting
there, and I am still determined that one day I will work out what to
do to get her to run in the ring like she does in training...
Ricky’s
looking fabulous and seems to be loving life – he still manages our 8
mile walks and does the odd piece of agility equipment (still as
enthusiastic as ever). Tia is also her usual happy bouncy smiley self,
although she does seem to think she’s moved into the neighbours house,
and invites herself in (much to the bemusement of their 2 dogs) whenever
she fancies.
Jed’s amazing,
when he wants to be. He’s a very exhuberant boy and gives 100% for
everything (even if it really doesn’t require it, like jumping a 15”
jump on set point – really doesn’t require soaring off into the distance
with such joy). He loves life, loves free running, lovesss Scandal (not
reciprocated), loves training, loves biking/canix. He just has such a
zest for life. We recently went on a gridwork day with Gemma and I was
really pleased that Jed managed to concentrate for 2 hours, work offlead
and pretty much ignore the other dogs. Very slow progress but we are
getting there. I’m hoping to do a couple of non-KC shows this year, then
aim to bring him out properly next Spring. Out on our walk last week
and a lady’s 2 GSDs kept running up to us and wouldn’t leave us alone,
in the end I let Jed say hi, and then they had the best game he’s ever
had while he’s been with us, they played and played, ran round loads,
and completely wore Jed out (a near impossible feat). Jed was Mr HAPPY!
Hopefully we will keep making these small steps in the right direction.
Haven’t
got many shows for the rest of the year... Am very much enjoying just
doing ‘normal’ things on our weekends. Scandal spends most of it herding
the chickens, a job which she takes very seriously.
