Myerscough is always a noisy venue, but this show seemed to be even more noisy than usual. Amber only had one run - Combined 6&7 Agility (she should have had a Combined 6&7 Jumping as well, but when they moved the class to make it run over the just completed Grade 1 course (!!!) I pulled out and went home. It was just a circular course with no skills required so obviously the fastest handler and dog was going to win regardless of whether they could actually do agility or not. She worked well in the Agility but slid off the dog walk sideways just before the contact - so no place for her.
Bryn was in 'nice' mode - no real exertion just nice steady work. That was okay and got us 10th in the Grade 3 Agility, but just a little more speed and less niceness might have had him considerbly higher, on a course that apparently got a lot of eliminations.
Can't say I really enjoyed the show. There was a lot of hanging around, the tannoy system is poor resulting in some people missing their runs, and some bad advice was given by the show management to the judges eg don't let handlers walk the course between Parts 1&2, contrary to KC rules, and wrong advice about how many jumps a course had to have. Add to this that they only give Clear Round rosettes to Grade 1 & 2 Agility, not to other classes, and that Small & Medium dogs only have 2 classes while Large dogs have 3, and there was an undercurrent of displeasure about. Add to this, for me, the fiasco of the Grade 6&7 Jumping...... it has left me seriously considering whether to enter any more of their shows. I guess it will depend upon the classes being offered for my dogs.
