Nantwich/Larden Green

Lovely venue, lovely hosts. Would go again, two thumbs up.

Dylan and Mollie both ran in the second team. Dyl has been dropped down to this team for several reasons, mainly because we have several injured or recovering-from-injury dogs who we have had to pull completely, or put into teams where they can be pulled as often or as little as they need to be. Dylan is also happier, because he can run anchor and change into a dog he is comfortable with. It made a real, noticable difference this weekend. Running over 9″ was a little bit hit-and-miss, Dyl hasn’t trained over this height so he was overjumping for most of the day and his boxwork was alternatively great or very very wide. Still, he clocked steady 4.7-4.8s and he should be faster than that for the Champs, which is good. Mollie ran great, as ever, and we won that division.

Kim’s team struggled, we won only one race and our times weren’t great. Much to work on there, I think. Kim’s splits averaged around 5.5s all day, which is reasonable. She is a 10.5yr old 12″ height dog running every leg, which ticks every excuse in the book for slow times.

Champs next time!