Hi everyone at home. Thanks for your comments.
Saturday, our first agility competition in Australia.
All agility reports start with the weather. “INVERCARGILL”. Its been raining for two days now and is rained all day again. So much for the drought!
The club provided us with a gazebo, which was great until it blew away. We migrated to the club rooms which has a veranda the size of our house. Peter was out there helping set up a course, the fool. By the time the dogwalk had been moved he was soaked to the skin!
That’s the weather report. Back to the reason we are here, agility.
The first event was masters snooker, and Karen and Tana were on first. They had a lovely run, gaining the maximum points, just a little slow, due to having to do the weave twice. Jenna and Lyn were great. Max points and slightly faster than Tana to WIN the event. Lyn now loves snooker.
Next was Novice Snooker, which Lyn and Josie are in. While the Aussies were trying to gain a “Q” Lyn went out there for max points, and got them! Another win to the “Schnitzels”. Lyn really loves Snooker now.
Next event was Masters Gamblers and our best effort game from Deb and Ace, who ended up 2nd. The rest were really good accumulating points, but all failed a easy gamble which was disappointing.
After a break for lunch and a prize giving, but not in the rain, the afternoon trial started with Open Agility. This has a distance challenge in it, and for this event is was a hard one. Our dogs handled the course challenge really well, C was 2nd, Josie was fifth and Ace was also clear.
Masters Agility was a really tough course which Karen and Tana were nailing, until the last three jumps when Karen lost her mind and went the wrong way.
Open jumping, was really open and called for a sprint. Our best result here was Pete and C in 5th.
The dogwalk does not have slats on it! Also the seesaw is heavier than ours. They dogs are getting a little confused between the two, so we are seeing our dogs crouch at the top of the dogwalk up ramp trying to lower the ramp!
The prize giving was held under the veranda to close the day and we went back to the motel to dry of and get warm. Yes it was cold even for us Kiwis.
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Hi guys. It is great to hear news of what you are up to and the trials, tribulations and shopping expeditions!!! Go the shopping (oops I mean agility). Congrats on placings and clear rounds. So Lyn will be creating lots of snooker courses now. Take care and we look forward to reading all the updates.
Congrats on those placings. Great results given the differences in equipment etc. How many dogs are in each class?
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