I'm embarrassed to say that Muddy actually won the Novice Agility. He was perhaps slightly better than earlier in the week with his ring-stress issue. He started off from the line with something like his training speed in both agility and jumping, and although he slowed down and went away with the fairies again in both rounds, there was minimal walking and a bit more kind of running, in a half-arsed kind of way.
He didn't qualify in either ring- in jumping he ran (or moseyed) past the tunnel to have a sniff at the sheep or the crowd or both, and in agility he went clear until the the penultimate obstacle, the dogwalk, where he practically stopped for a picnic on the down ramp, but got an unexpected burst of energy just at the bottom, which surprised him so much he leapt off the contact. Oddly everyone else got at least one fault (in fact I think only 2 dogs avoided DQ) and somehow we were the fastest (probably least slow is more accurate in Mud's case).
Anyway I did take some pics today, but my stupid camera decided to autofocus on something behind my target in almost every shot, so they are all slightly blurry.
Emmy the GSP (Morunda MGM Grand ADX JD CD) with Lisa P:
Jess UD ADM JDM, the very naughty dog...usually our state's top agility dog, as Jill's commentary reminded people, invariably just before Jess flipped Kriszty her furry middle finger and showed that even good girls can be bad sometimes (we love you Jess :)).
Brooklyn the Aussie (Ch Tuscamada Designer Made CDX AD JDX) with Deb Hyde:
Maggie Hankinson and flying black lab Blackboy Black Magic UD ADM JDM ET
Anne True and George AD JDX GD ET on the dogwalk:
"Do you think the judge spotted that?":
The Hosutons' Sonny (aka OCh Brynbank Magic Sunday UD ADM JDM):
Sandi Gee and toller Scooter (Ptolomy Choc Chip CDX ADX JD ):
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