...so it felt more than a bit peculiar...

...off we went up to Hare N Hounds, 

....not to run, but to help Brenda with her CSJ/RAS Medium ABC final. Well it felt really odd, didn't have to get up at silly o'clock, meandered up the A1 at a very civilised 10am to get there before lunch, sun was shining, lovely blue skies all round.

Final was very exciting indeed, wow some fab runs, I was queue person, everyone had to run in drawn order, so just ticked them off my list and wished them good luck!! Won by Amanda Hampson with Rogue (again!!)

So it all went very smoothly, go fab choccies from Brenda for helping, said hi to a few people I'd not seen in a while, Flynn was very gentlemanlike with Ms Pickle lol! She really is very pretty....and clever too from the results she's getting!! Well dones also to everyone really, great sets of results everywhere!! Claire and Helen were having an awesome weekend plus all from training were doing well too.

Must say my dogs looked very confused indeed...Jette was pulling to get to the rings, but she got her pigs ear just for being lovely. It's Lune this weekend, but realistically think it's over now for us, do we do the last one run.....?

So that was it, off we went home....nice leisurely drive back in time for evening walkies...
love 'em, perfect end to a lovely day.

So now it's over to Flynn, we may be some time ha ha, but he did do a whole jumping session with no knocked poles, so we might be back, maybe not next year....

Keep having fun everyone while we're away, want to hear how you're all doing, 
wish you all good luck! :-)

made the decision this morning...

.....finally after months of deliberation,

I am going to retire Jette, I was hoping to maybe squeeze an extra year into her jumping but I've been wondering about her eyesight for a while now, she's not seeing full height jump poles, so think it's wise retire her now. Happy days girlie, enjoy your runs in veterans, gosh who's going to tell her!!!

I'll miss running her, she's my crazy labbie girlie.....

Aw poorly toothy girlie!!

Well it had to be done, Ms Jette needed her tooth sorting, she was really good and didn't eat the locum vet either :-)

Took a couple of days to come round though, showing her age bless (aren't we all!!) Still all mended now.

So just been training away, lovely really, went over to DigIt and judged the jumping on the Sunday, which went well I think, well no-one complained ha ha. Day before Jette got 4th in the Novice Steeplechase at UKA but she seems really off shows at the moment whereas at training she is on stonking form.... so decided to just keep her training, it doesn't matter, whatever she's happy with.

Flynn had his first big boy Steeplechase, poles everywhere but he handled lovely and got his startline wait so not all bad :-) Good boy Flynn!!

As always it's lovely to see people and catch up, was a sunny weekend too so lots of smilie faces!! House is on the market now so mega-stress all round....eeeeeeek!! All these viewings and even worse, all this flippin' cleaning, more than a girl can take!!

Next weekend we've got Hare N Hounds, wonder if we'll actually get there this time....

Been over to Langsett res walking, had the place to ourselves, just lovely....

big birthday bumps for the boy!!!

Ha ha, that time of year again, the boy makes 3 years old!!! Happy Birthday mate, you're a joy to have in the house, always make me laugh and still have the wriggliest bum going :-)

We tried to go to Weardale,

I knew we shouldn't have bothered even trying...just driving home from the shops on the Friday, some dosey plonker ran into the back of my car and jammed the lock on the tailgate....so off I went to try and get it fixed in time, sadly not to be but we did get there in time for Sunday and Helen and Belle had such a weekend, won into 4 in style!!!!! Wow so many places and rosies it's hard to imagine her van carrying them all back home lol!!!

Jette had some good runs, clear in the jumping, one off a place in the agility so all good :-) Training was proofed in the other jumping when I said 'go' and she did, straight over a cloth tunnel...sideways on ha ha!! Well she did exactly what I asked ha ha, she really enjoyed herself, super giddy :-) Sadly no classes for Flynn but seeing as it's his birthday week, he's been spoiled rotten anyway....

Jette had Lucy training last night and was a proper giddy kipper....just spotted she's got a broken tooth though so have rung the vet....think the root might have to come out, not manky or urgent or anything so will see what he says next week....hope it can wait till I'm off work in a couple of weeks time, always like to be home when they have an op.

Hare N Hounds next...wonder if Jette's tooth will hold out....

Flynn!!...pleeeeeeese don't do that again.....!!

Jette:

Well we've done loads, where do we start!! Let's start with the big boy's watery adventures.... we often go walking up the Sands at Holmfirth, I get to play with my toy and raid the floor of fish n chips and Willow gets an 'ickle wander round the playing fields, the Big Boy always finishes his walk with a dip in the river, so all was normal until the other week.  

Mum was frantic!!! 

Flynn was going under the water it had rained so hard, poor lad was trying to swim up-current and the water was just going over his head and pushing him under.... luckily mum had his toy and ran downstream to a water pipe crossing the river, called him downstream and managed to get in the river and grab him as he was washed past...
don't think he quite realised what happened lol!!!! All very scary indeed!!!

Me and mum (very wet now!!) wandered back up the river with the camera, soooo much water coming down, we were supposed to be running at Otley but mum had said no because of the rain but didn't realise there was this much!!

Flynn got my Lucy training slot (boohoo!!) cos I had my back massaged by a lovely chiro lady called Christine, so have been resting up for a bit, feels lovely now!! Willow got hers done as well and she looks fab for an old 'un!! Amazing the difference it makes...... luvvvvverly :-)

So then we were supposed to be going on the Dawn Weaver weekend at DigIt but mum's friend passed away so she went to York to say goodbye....so sad :( when it came to the Sunday though we went to the show and had a lovely day in memory of Lindsay who always said 'time we had some fun!!!' so we did.... I got to do jumpies and won the steeplechase with unplaced 2nds in agility and jumping to Gill's 1st place....
oh OK then seeing as it's you then ha ha!!

Flynn did some very nice stuff, poles everywhere as usual but even I thought he ran them well and we all got a good day out and we all got pig's ears lol!! :-) 

Loved Jen Lewis's courses, just what we needed!!

Pleeeeese someone turn the rain tap off for the next show in a couple of weeks time even I'm glad we're not camping, crikey it's starting again....hope everyone at Lune manages to have a good time, mum's waiting to hear how you've all done :-)

At least the furries made it safely to the other side....

...which is more than the big boy Flynn did...

....wet April?...meet wetter May :-)

...pitter patter....pitter patter....deluge and sun :-)

Mud:10 Sun:2 Car noises:1

Flynn:
we went across the Pennines to Sandbach on Saturday so I could practice my big boy stuff in the ring at UKA, mum was worried there would be weaves...and there were, I've not sussed them yet and I was very giddy indeed in the ring ha ha!! Clipped 4 poles (first time running standard height) and a runby in weaves, but got round and got lovely big red rosie for 1st place (there was only me in it but don't tell anyone lol!) It was actually quite a sunny day for a change, but the venue had been moved cos the ground was waterlogged...at least it wasn't canceled though :-)


Mum was knackered helping on ring all day so we came home in the afternoon for something to eat and drink... we were going to go back next day for more but my tomboy mate Jette had done 2 lovely jumping runs for mum and Willow was getting stiff and wanted to come out to play, so we came back for walkies (which I really don't see the point of!!!) Jette might be in Steeplechase Novice now but who knows (or understands UKA rules and points)!!! I had lovely time watching over Willow and Jette (my chicks) while mum was away on the ring, don't worry mum they are fine with me!!
Gill had some lovely runs with Ruger, he's going to be fab.... and Rosie was lovely for Sue, as always :-)
....I'm listening mum honest.... tee hee!!

The weekend before we'd been over to Dovestones and I was a complete hero and helped rescued some lambs from a mad beagle who was chasing them up and down those hills, we helped the ranger get them back with their mums...but best was the lone sheep who came to collect them in the midst of all the racey-chasing, and took them back to their bleating mums...the beagle was long gone by this time as someone had body-dived him to the floor to stop him....norty Archie, bet you're in big-beagle-bother matey!!!

We've not got anything for absolutely weeks now...mum says we can practice those sticky-uppy-things....

Here's Mr Flynn going jumpies courtesy photos2remember

Dilly-dogs....

Next it was Dilly Dogs, I'd foolishly(willingly?) agreed to judge the jumping...I quite like judging there really, just means it's less time to spend with my own dogs... designed some courses to really get the dogs moving and extending, and it worked!! Seems like people really enjoyed the courses as it was a cold day, and it kept everyone moving, plus great help on the ring made things go really smoothly so thanks everyone for that!!


In the morning we had a tricky agility course...weaves out of tunnel, Jette got them and came 2nd, one of only 3 clears, but I wasn't happy with her run, she seemed very slow and un-Jetlike somehow, couldn't put a finger on it, she seemed OK really but just not her usual self, so pulled her from the jumping as she's been asleep for a while and not warmed up properly. Flynn managed a clear again, although I nearly came unstuck coming round to the tunnel 2nd time round....anyway well done matey boy, you got a clear!


Don't get me wrong, I was over the moon Jette came away with 2nd, we hardly ever pick up a place there, but Brenda also noticed Jette just wasn't happy. I'm thinking she is picking noise up from the pylons as she doesn't like Scunny either....maybe she can hear white noise we can't?...Something I'm looking into for a possibility anyway.


Was lovely again to meet up with people, Kylie had come with Finn her youngster who is so much like Flynn in attitude, they could have been separated at birth, excepting of course she's an ACD ha ha!! met Helen with her hounds too, not seen her at all since she left training, miss her chats... lovely day out despite the cold and wind, we've nothing much for a few weeks now so going to keep the dogs fit and do some walking (if it ever stops raining!) :-)

Helen with Belle came 2nd in the jumping, way to go!!!


Flynn and Jette's rosies, Jette is busy with bones and doesn't want her pic taken...