We've just spent two very enjoyable Agility-filled weekends at Scunnie and then at the KC Festival but Kiros's runs have been quite out of character.He obviously loves running at Winterton so was well up for his runs at Scunnie.
No faulted Dog Walk ups but a very bad missed A-frame down contact on Saturday and again on Sunday (strange happening no 1. He honestly hasn't missed an A-frame contact in competition or training since 2005).
He then went onto run clear in Graded 6-7 Jumping on Sunday and got 10th place (strange happening no 2. Our last jumping placing was 5th in Grade 5 Jumping at Newton Heath - June 2007).
Needless to say I practice contacts at training last Tuesday! I tried really hard to push him to miss the A-frame contact but try as I might I couldn't.
So onto the KC Festival. All but one of my Agility courses lent themselves to stopping on the contacts so that's how I handled them. Strange happening no. 3 - Kiros really seemed to loose confidence, possibly because of this, and even almost stopped on a couple of the courses. Even though we had a couple of Agility clears over the weekend he was to slow to be placed.
His jumping rounds, however, were a different story. He really enjoyed them, helped by some fast open courses, and came away with another placing in Grade 6 jumping (strange happening no.4!) - 29th out of 307 so within 10%.
Reno had a great time socialising and being admired by all. He played with his brother, Speedy, and met some friends of Jo's who recognised him as a "Ronny Pup" straight away!
I'm really looking forward to the weekend coming - Agility Nuts. A good chance to catch up with old friends and I'm Judging Agility on Saturday so I hope everyone enjoys the courses.
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