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| Christine & Marc W-Ws and Zev and Mister Big |
The European Open - Agility - Taszar, Hungary
What a trip - epic coach journey and then the heat and sunshine, hot, hot and hot running in 30 degrees.
The courses were fabulous, tough, clever and unforgiving. For me they felt gladiatorial in a very good way, and even though I got Zev e'd they were e's that I did not feel ashamed of. As our performance has improved, so has Europe and it is catch up all over again.
Marc and Mister Big made the final and how my heart soars watching this tiny poodle run. I also luv the expression from the judges, indicating their thoughts of technical performance, empathy and sympathy depending how the course is run, it is really excellent and sporting. The jumps and poles were Smart-99 and they are so clever in design and demand that the dog jumps very cleanly, adding an additional technical skill factor, making the agility even more exciting. so many things to enjoy and reminded why agility as a sport is so darn great. Someone made this real nice video as a celebration :)
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| Marc and Mister Big in Action - EO 2014 |
The winners fantastic performances from both the handlers and dogs. The courses were inspiring to watch and they are so exhilarating to run. Course design and judging is a tough role, and lucky for agility sport, there are people with such a talent for this.
There is no doubt we all miss Nuts like mad, at times we are all a little lost. The focus on this event has helped deal with this as much as one can. Returning home without out him to greet us, toughsville :(
There is randomness of thoughts and focus for me, developing and improving our training for both parts of the partnership. Striving for dreams and goals, making them real and pushing for more.
The new management team for Agility Team GB, are really bringing the sport performance aspects and a strong foundation has been set to build upon.
Now to prepare for the FCI Agility World Championships only 6 weeks away.....
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