Normality Restored

A second day at the dog show and for the second day we’re done by lunch. That is some achievement considering MD had three individuals runs plus a team run while Doggo had one run in the Vets. I also had to coordinate our four teams in the team competition.

It’s better stuff from MD today. He put in a good first agility run but still managed to magic five faults from somewhere as he managed to squeeze between the jump in front of him and my leg even though the gap was less than six inches.

He is clear in his jumping though, so we get a rosette for that. It wasn’t fast but 17^th out of 198 isn’t too bad. His team run was shocker however but no worse than anyone else's, on a day when all four dogs in our A Team got eliminated.

Some normality is restored though and Doggo is back on the clear rounds.

Although it would have been nice to have supported our smaller dogs in their teams, I’ve really had enough of the heat and head home. At least these half days at the show are enabling me to watch the Tour live in the afternoons, although bringing the dogs back with me does disrupt L's attempts to chill in the garden somewhat.

(Sunday 14^th July)

Grass Sniffing

A typical day with MD at the dog show I help set up, sort of, but isn’t ours, that’s next weekend. For starters, not a very good team run - 15 faults but the rest of the team racked up about the same. Then an excellent first individual run but one pole down... then a terrible jumping course - another 15 faults but the judge was generous.

Then in the afternoon, two good runs but in one we missed a contact and in the other we missed a jump. Oh well. One day.

Doggo does his usual perfect clear in Veterans, perhaps I should make MD watch the old hand at work. What I would have given to have a dog like Doggo but with MD’s speed and enthusiasm. Although it must take some high level of skill to go from, grass sniffing to clear round and back to grass sniffing seamlessly as Doggo can.

I hadn’t volunteered to help out at all today but somehow a lead got placed in my hand first thing and that was the end of that. Which meant I ended up having two lunches, the one I had brought with me and the free one that is supplied to helpers.

Back home later, L and I head into town and desperately try and stay away from the Old Peculiar in the Peacock. We eat in Broadway and then have a few super strong ones in Brewdog before we succumb to the OP. The Brewdog place has some sort of odd attraction that I can't quite put my finger on and it’s good to see they’re not serving the beer as cold as they were. Now if they could just stop serving it under pressure we’d be sorted.

(Saturday 21st July)