Portland Trials

The photo shows Tiffany doing the weaving poles on her way to her qualification, 3rd place overall and 1st place in the 400 height class in Masters Agility at Portland.  Kathy was judging on the first morning so I had a rest while Keith and Tiffany went trialling. Tiffany nearly made it a double masters day when she missed a qualification in Jumping by 1 second, mainly because she was a bit slow starting the run. In the afternoon I was in Rally Advanced and Excellent and got a pass in both. Tiffany went in with Kathy but when she saw Keith judging in the next ring she wanted to get to him and made a mess of the run. The next day we were both in Rally and we both passed Rally Advanced and Excellent to get closer to our RAE title. I went in agility and jumping with Kathy too, but I missed a jump in Excellent then made a mess of the Jumping Masters. We have been camping on the grounds here so we had really comfortable place to stay while we waited for our turn in the ring. Going home tomorrow with our qualification cards and sashes to add to our collection.

Warnambool Trials

The photo shows me coming over the top of the Scramble at Warrnambool dog trials. There were lots of trials last weekend, too many for us as we got slower and slower as the trials went on.
On my first run I knocked a bar only 2 jumps from the end, Keith thought we had passed but we didn't. I got several clear runs, but was over time, and I got several runs under time with only 1 or 2 faults so no qualifications.
Hannah had a similar story. When she did the weaving poles properly she messed up on another obstacle, and when she got the rest right she missed a pole. Her runs in Masters were very encouraging as she is still very new this class, but no qualifications either.
We had lots of walks at the Caravan Park. KnK were surprised we remembered the way along the beach front walk but it was easy for us. We remember when we have a good time!