Amy and I had discussed the posibility of a quiet Crufts in 2012, where we could just go as spectators and enjoy the show, however our dogs seem to have other ideas! Newark YKC activity weekend is always a bit of fun and the last chance to have a good catch up with old friends before the winter sets in. Amy had decided to enter Rupert into Dogstable this time as Summer has won it at Crufts for the last 2 years, and he didn't dissapoint, although not quite as sharp as Summer he had a lovely clear and has qualified.
Amy took Maisy into the handling training on Saturday morning and she was a complete Nutter, Barking and leaping about all over the place, so the handling class in the afternoon was going to be very interesting indeed! but she seemd to calm down a lot and get on with the job in hand, a couple of over the top moments made sure Amy had to prove her handling ability, especially when Maisy decided the motorised wheelchair might need chasing! but they won the class meaning Amy can now take any dog in the ring at Crufts.
Then the obedience, both Summer and Rupert were entered into Graduate all stays were at 10am and then we had been told it would be about 20 minutes before Graduate would start, so decided to wait in the hall, unfortunately the wait was considerably longer than that and Rupert was getting rather bored, eventually they called her into the ring and he seemed to spring back to life, putting in a brilliant round with just a little blip when the steward nearly sent them into the wall! but Amy came out really pleased with him so it didn't matter if he was placed or not, Summer was to run right at the end, she was getting a bit spooked by the wind blowing and the echoing of the indoor venue so Amy decided to train her round and was really pleased with a fantastic recall and retrieve. then the scores where in and to our suprise Rupert had won so another qualifier for Crufts.
What clever puppies.. I've just sent Amy's agility book off the the YKC to see if she will qualify for the senior agility with Summer and I still have my Semi finals in 10 DAYS so it could be an extremely busy 4 days.
