Wyre Agility

Mission accomplished!

I love Wyre. For whatever reason, this show just sings for me every year, and we have such a good time. I am fully prepared for next year to be a complete disappointment, but up until now, big thumbs up for Wyre.

In contrast to last week, Dylan and Jet were in the same two agility classes, with only seperate jumping classes to give me something to do. Jet ran first in the C3-5 Agility (P2), and had such a lovely run until I made a really stupid handler error at 15 and caused her to drop the pole.

Since Dylan wasn’t on for ages, Jet and I scootled off to her G1-3 Jumping. Bit of an odd course as it was just jumps, no weaves/tyres/long jumps! Since I had made myself paranoid about poles I handled it very safe, and to be honest I thought it was a fairly ‘meh’ clear. Jet was lovely and smooth but only working at maybe 70%, so it was a bit of a surprise when we came 4th!

Dylan then came out and ran in the C3-5 Agility (P2). I remembered all my notes from yesterday and really concentrated on making him happy, and the cheerleading seemed to help. He was a little cautious over the first half but picked up beautifully after the dogwalk and finished really well. I then had a minor panic and sat chewing my fingernails for two hours because there weren’t many clears and I really didn’t want to win, but Dylan judged it perfectly and came 2nd. I’ve told him he can do that again!

G4-5 Jumping was a lovely open course (I spent all morning watching this ring and thinking how much the Medium 6-7 would have suited Kim!), tricky for the handlers but not for the dogs. Again, I remembered all my notes from yesterday and Dylan really picked up from his first agility run. He had a drivey run with big smooth jumping, just a little wide on the turns but I wasn’t asking him to turn tight as I wanted to keep that ground speed and just let him roll a little. But he came 1st, which is his first Grade 5 win! I’ve told him he can do that again too.

Of course, I got a bit overexcited by that and totally hashed up the G3-5 Agility with both dogs, different mistakes but on the same section. Oops! Must keep concentrating next time!