Ipswich Trial

Hannah qualified in her Jumping Dog Excellent Trial at Ipswich. The photo shows Hannah clearing the Spread Hurdle during her qualifying run. We are on our holidays in Queensland and went to the Ipswich trials while we were here. The first runs were not very good, we were both in holiday mode and did not do well. As the day went on we got back to work, Hannah almost passed in the morning trial, just one mistake, and I did well in my runs, but no passes for me.
Keith's cousin came to watch us in the morning, and we are going to see Kathy's sister today, then moving on to Rockhampton for trials next week end. Hopefully we will get time to do some training before then.

Hannah's Birthday

Hannah was Three Years Old today. We have been celebrating all day. We started with a long walk round the caravan park at Cobar and posed for photos on the lawn near the front. Then we went back to the van for Bonios and Scooby Snacks. KnK packed up the van and we went on our way to Bourke where we had another walk and stopped outside the Back o' Bourke sign. Kathy took us to see a suspicious fish in the gardens there. We approached it with a lot of caution, but it turned out to be made from beer cans, the head was the top and bottom of the can, while the body scales were made from the sides of the can opened out. It would seem that some humans have too much time on their hands.
After that we continued on our journey and stopped for lunch miles from anywhere, with this sign that said we were on the border between Nowhere and Nowhere Else, but we had a walk there and more Bonios and Scooby Snacks..
By the end of the day we were in Moree and set up camp in the showgrounds. Lots of space for us and we had another walk before our dinner and now we are settling down for the night.

Broken Hill Trials

Great time at the Broken Hill Trials, The photo shows us with Bobby UD, he got his third UD pass yesterday. He must have been celebrating too much last night because he did not quite make it today.
There were a lot of passes today with stays being a bit of a downer for the CCD, but the good news is most of the dogs got a pass over the weekend.
We had a training session after the trials so Hannah could practice her weaving and jumping, then we had a Strategic Pairs training session that was a bit of a laugh at first but we got it right in the end.
Moving on tomorrow, should be at the back of Burke by sunset.

Coolabah Tree

We found a Coolabah tree in Broken Hill, so we waited in its shade to see if a Jolly Swagman turned up, or possibly a jumbuck, but not even a Trouper came to move us on. We were disappointed.
We are in Broken Hill for the trials, KnK are judging so we can not compete, but I was a stand in dog for the groups when Bobby the Kelpie got his UD title.
Hannah got into KnK's supply of mints and Barley Sugar lollies while they were in the shops. She was not too good for the next couple of hours until they all came back up again. Keith was not happy, he had to clean it up. Hannah seems OK now, just needs lots of water.
Another trial here tomorrow and then we move on to Queensland and some warmer weather.

State Championship

We were at the 2 Day State Championship Trials on the weekend, but we did not become State Champions. We had some good runs, Hannah got 5th place and a qualification in Gambler Novice, and I qualified in Snooker Excellent but well down the field.
We both got zero course faults but had time faults in our elimination runs for Agility, the photo shows Hanna breaking the beam to stop the clock after her run.
I got into the finals because Keith was judging and I could not run in that elimination round. I missed the weaving poles (Grey poles, hard to see) then missed a colour on the dog walk, but had a pretty good run. By the time the Jumping final came round I was ready for a nap and did not go very well. Fur dad Rio did well getting a 2nd and 3rd in Agility and Jumping, and Uncle Murphy and Fur Mum Jaffa winning the Strategic Pairs Masters class. (Notice I did not mention our performance in Strategic pairs.)
After the trials we had a quiet evening with Maggie and Minty, then slept like puppies all night.