...seaside agility and the show no-one wanted to go to....

Jette:
"I could tell it was holiday time, all the camping stuff came out and the car was packed up and off we went, for miles and miles, when we were a few miles off mum said, it's OK nearly there, and I could tell it was sooooo exciting!! Willow told me she could see the sea over Morecambe Bay so I knew it would be fish 'n chips on the beach, which it was, and I got bits lol!!

Setting up the camping was a bit tough for mum, the wind and rain never stopped and the tent nearly blew away, but eventually our house and garden were built. Kirsty arrived in the worst of it and mum never heard her come...sorry Kirsty mum says....she was going to help you :(

First run of the day (once Willow had stopped being so giddy being at the seaside,honestly those old 'uns!!) was a lovely big open jumping course by Nigel Long, mum likes his jumping courses, and I just whizzed round, whizz, whizz, whizz!!! And we won it getting one of those lovely West Lakes trophies, mum was ever-so-proud of me :-) After that of course it didn't matter and both of us made a few mistakes, picked up a couple of other places too but on faults, one mine, one mum's (she knocked a jump over, na-na-ne-na-na!!!)

We got some lovely walks on the beach but Wills got beaten up by a boxer on the beach and mum was a bit worried for her as she was being sick, so she packed us all up and headed home to make Wills comfy in her own bed. After a couple of days she was back to her old self, maybe she swallowed some seawater and sand when she was rolled over.

Next it was the show no-one else wanted to go to, we camped with Helen,Belle and Skip, again the weather was awful to set up but got better as the weekend went on. I got a lovely jumping 2nd and another 2nd but insisted contacts were for wimps and only managed one in each course. Mum and the judges laughed when she jumped up and down and called me a numptie lol for missing my weave entrance so, to prove them both wrong, I did it perfect second time around ha ha!!!!

Flynn got to play with Belle who was a star for Helen and got sooo many places with Skip too, I can't remember them all, bloomin' loads!! Wills was much better this weekend and really loved sitting round the rings watching and telling them they were all doing it wrong lol!!! It was our last camping trip of the year although we're moving houses a lot this winter so we can pretend we're camping there too.

It was a lovely show, we did special boxed pairs with Skip and got 6th!!! Roll on next year's camping but please can we get a tent that doesn't leak next time?"

How lovely was the show no-one wanted to go to :-)

...summer days and evening pimms :)

Mum:
Well it's been a while, summer days are whizzing past and before you know it, it's August and Autumn is already waiting in the wings...
We all went and camped at Weardale champ show, lovely venue, great people and company, Jette did her 'try and knobble mum' impression all weekend, so came home with a bitten arm and a split lip for getting in her way on a course....gosh she takes no prisoners lol!! Lovely show but a bit geared up for the upper grades I thought and, despite a lovely evening with Pimms and friends, it might not be on my list for next year, very little for Flynn to come out to play on...
Flynn's had lots of playmates over the weekends, little Clover and Miss Belle have really enjoyed running round with him, although he has to learn to be extra gentle with pups :-)

Next we had Scunny, the weather had turned and the Summer rain poured down, managed to dry up for the afternoon, we managed an unbitten 2nd in the Jumping but Jette was still too giddy so the rest of the runs were spent trying to regain a little control...!! We did get some lovely cake with friends though, lots of friendly faces there so really enjoyed it...mmmmmmm yumscious!

...onwards to Hare N Hounds and BINGO! (despite being a very muddy agility-fest) I managed to get Jette to go on the contacts quite calmly and we came home with not one but 2 x Agility 4ths and a Jumping 3rd so well pleased!!!! I messed up in the other jumping run, not being able to run over to the other side of the tunnel so norty mum for that one!!! Really good show, helped out on the rings and people were lovely despite being so muddy, just gotta love HnH :-)

Flynn's training is really coming on, I just love working with him now, we seem to be more of a team and he is showing he wants to work and learn clever boy Flynn >3

...West Lakes is next this weekend, one of my fav shows, Willow and Flynn on the beach and Fish N Chips with Jette sat out on the front, Kirsty is bringing Plum Wine and I've got Crabbies and Pear Cider yippeeee! o :)

Most of all I'm really pleased friends and dogs are doing soooo well this year, Claire and Bella have gone whizzing up to Grade 4!!!! Go the gundogs!!! Helen and Belle are a win waiting to happen and Tim is doing some nice ginger bits for Kirsty :-) Good news Spike will be Ok to return from injury, Mel was really worried he'd be out for good.
Time is precious with our dogs, enjoy it every day while we can xxxx