Agility,  Dylan

Dig It Dogs UKA

Well, we were supposed to be flyballing at Osmaston but with the rain came cancellation, and in time to make other plans. Emma and I had always been eyeing up the UKA show at Sandbach in Cheshire, but flyball got priority for the weekend. With the cancellation we all headed over to Dig It instead and paid on the day to enter. As it turned out, we all had a great day in gorgeous sunshine, the ground was perfect and I got chance to train Dylan on rubber contacts. Couldn’t have asked for more!

After failing in my mission to train Dylan as much as I wanted last year at UKA, I was absolutely determined this time to be good and do so. I trained his Senior Agility and Snakes & Ladders runs, despite the really lovely course for the agility! He was looking much more confident and driving nicely on the dogwalk so I’m feeling a little more optimistic about Dog Vegas now.

I missed walking his Jumping class and so promptly got E’d, the jumps weren’t quite where I thought they should be! The Jumping ring was a bit small for Dylan, and the sloping ground made him more cautious than usual. Still, he went clear in both Steeplechase runs, coming 1st in one and 2nd in the other, so that’s another 10 Q points for promotion.

Next UKA show is in September, and I’ve heard there are a few on at Derby too over the winter.