Monday, May 31, 2010

The First Red One

I took in Delinquent Dogz on the way home from my parents in the Midlands, not intending to compete at all...well, perhaps just give Corkscrew his annual airing.....but I was in time for the Level 2/3 Jumping (KC Grades 4 to 7) as well so decided to put Bryn in too....and he won!! So, his first First!! I've made it clear to him that I now expect many more to follow........
Corker had a good time, but kept tripping over the low poles in his class...bless him!

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Happy Birthday!

Just want to say a massive Happy Birthday to my wonderful Mum who celebrated her 90th birthday on Tuesday 18th May - as did her identical twin sister. My Dad, at 91, helped her to celebrate in style!
Update: yesterday the family went to Nuthurst Grange for lunch - with a bit of trepidation all round, as that is where Dad fell last year, resulting in all his hospitalisation etc since. But he was insistent that we should go back, so we did - and had a wonderful lunch, with free birthday drinks from the hotel, an excellent meal, the perfect table in the big bay window with views over the hills and fields beyond, and wonderful service. What a lovely day - and a lovely 90th birthday celebration!

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Shattered!

Shattered just about describes me after 4 days away in the beautiful new camper - absolutely no glitches at all and really comfortable!!
The three dogs and I travelled in comfort and style on Friday afternoon to Hare 'n Hounds Agility Show at Redcar - by the beach. Saturday was cold - a bitter wind off the North Sea - so I was glad to be doing some scoreboarding inside the marquee. We had some challenging courses (actually, that was the theme for the whole show!) which were really interesting for Bryn and me...so much more fun than some of the 'dumbed down' courses we have had earlier this year. We came so near to clears, but I just couldn't trust him enough - bad handler!! That 'so near/so far' continued on Sunday, but on Monday (calling-in in the sun this time) we managed an 8th in a Combined 4 to 7 Jumping, and a 10th in the Combined 4 to 7 Agility - good boy Bryn!! Tuesday - a hot, sunny day - brought two more Clears, one in a fast Combined 1 to 4 Agility, and the other in an even faster Graded 4 to 7 Jumping (rosettes stopped just before Bryn's time!) I loved the plethora of fast, flowing but challenging courses (only one judge felt the need to put in endless pullthroughs - boring!)
Of course, Amber and Corker had their personal time too, with plenty of short outings and cuddle sessions, but we didn't get to the beach as we had planned sadly.
So, all in all, a hard working, hard playing, very promising start to my proper outdoor season! And the camper was wonderful.......

Friday, May 14, 2010

Home at last...

Well, my new camper is at home - many thanks to Paul at Richard Baldwin Motorhomes in Halifax, who pulled out all the stops to make it possible, even coming into work on his day off to ensure that the handover was smooth.
Just looking forward now to the first trip away - like a kid at Christmas!!