Hare N Hounds - Richmond

Well today we went to our first KC show and despite being rather nervous I felt we did pretty well. The main challenge with Bella is to keep her focused while in the queue as she really doesn't like being up close and personal (tbh neither do I!!!) the first jumping run we where 22 so it was good as not too many people where waiting and she dealt with it pretty well, unfortunatly we knocked a pole then took the wrong course so got a big E hihi The agility run we where 157 which was more of a challenge as being an indoor venue there wasn't must room near the ring and there where a lot of dogs waiting, luckily Sally went to queue for us so we could have a bit of room. The run went very well we did get 5F for knocking the last section of the long jump over which we need to work on at training as we have never set it so big but we got all the contacts woopie and didn't knock a pole which is a bonus and she felt to be flowing nicely so we now know what we need to work on :)

Frolicking in the snow

Bella enjoys playing with her new ball!!

Henry like to tell the world how much fun the snow is :)

Deliquent Dogz

Well its been a while since we competed but managed to squeeze in DD before Xmas, Bella's still running with the same enthusiasm as before I felt she was better queuing altho we still need to have plenty of space and a toy to focus on. We managed to have 2 runs at both agility and jumping today, our first agility run Bella blasted and knocked 4 poles down I need to try and work on her so that knocking one doesn't mean them all. The next run we had 5 faults on dog walk contacts we know this is a problem area but due to the weather it makes it difficult training them. Then next was the jumping round where she truly flew managing a 3rd place in a stonking 20.31 sec I think thats the fastest run shes ever completed and she loved it. I tried something different in the 2nd run and messed it up but took onboard some of the tips from the judge which seemed to help as the first run she turned back at me out of the tunnel so I gave commands while she was still in which worked so she has room to be quicker :D We then went to play some games in the warehouse which we both found a little stressful being in such close proximity to other dogs despite a couple of scufflys she did well but we left before the end as the excitement just got a little too much for us both. All in all a very enjoyable day out and considering the distance between shows Im really pleased with how Bella performed. Roll on the new year and our first KC and inside show should be fun!!

Hudson Way

We went for a little walk along the Hudson Way today as the weather was beautiful, started off from Beverley end and walked about half hour then came back, having the lovely Henry with us means we can't quite get as far as the other two would like but they still enjoyed it. When going under the railway bridge Hen found the echo very strange twisting his head every which way so hes not completely deaf hihi