Wilton (Northern Week)

Heh hum, some shows you like and some shows you don’t. I don’t think I’ll be bothering with Wilton again. It’s too far away, the venue is rough, the show feels tiny and slightly “homemade” despite the 6 rings. There’s something about KC shows (not just Wilton) that just feels slightly archaic to me these days; seeing a row of people writing out the results from ticket piles, the scribes sitting by the ring rope in their own camping chairs with a clipboard, not being able to review results, and a break for an hour at lunch. In its favour, the people there were just lovely, very chatty and friendly, and didn’t see a smidge of harsh handling on dogs or people.

Kim had two rubbish runs, neither of us were switched on properly but she worked some sections nicely so not a total loss.

Dylan was measured, finally, and had his second measurement signed off so he’s a Large from now on and forever. He only competed in his Jumping run however as the Agility was before lunchtime and that’s when he was measured. He went clear but we didn’t stay for the rest of the class, I haven’t a clue if he got anything. Dylan was in total fairyhead mode and was drifting along but the standard of the class was pretty low, it really surprised me. I guess I’m used to BAA shows, and all but 1 or 2 of the dogs I saw run in Dylan’s classes would have been lucky to place in the top 20 of Introductory, let alone win a class. I’m not sure if this is the standard of Grade 1/2 dogs everywhere?

Kim got a big fat 0 AW points so she still has 4 to go, and Dylan got 1 so he has just 199 to go until he becomes Play It By Ear AW(B).

Really just tired now, glad we’re having the weekend off!