Zev's 1st CC - Weardale - July 2012 :-)

Wow a dream came true on Saturday, for me with my irrepressible Zev. We won our first Challenge Certificate. These are the two qualifying runs.

And what a day I was so overwhelmed I could not quite believe it, we have been so close so nearly there. But Saturday the 21st July 2012 was our day and we did it. This is the final winning round.

In the qualifying rounds we came 2nd in the Jumping and 3rd in the Agility. Qualifying for pole position, and in the final round we came first. Just so so fabulous, I keep watching the videos and think how lucky am I to have Zev, my wild and irrepressible OBay Sheltie and for a dream to come true.

Agility folk were so great in congratulations, the fantastic support from friends on this journey to achieving this goal. I just wanted to run round the ring yelling we did it. I cried into Nutsey's neck good and proper, and the relief of being able to tell him that me and Zev had done it. The elation, the excitement and the wonderment - it is just one of the bestest feelings.

Weardale - Zev is de Man

Well, what can I say. This is Zev's 5th final this year. I was 'bummed' at Rugby we qualified for the final, and just as I was about to walk the champ final course someone queried my placement. Needless to say, I trust and rely the score people so I suggested that they speak to the judge. This then made me worried, should I be in the final or not? It turned out my placement was correct, however I lost valuable course walking time checking my results and it ruined the fun of the final for me and usually I luv being in a champ final.  However as always onwards and forward, I chucked this years Rugby into the memory dung heap and looked forward to Weardale and what a day it was with Zev.  We were 4th in both the agility and jumping qualifying rounds.Heres the Jumping round:-

Heres the qualifing agility round -

In the final we came 3rd. I was so thrilled, that is the thing with Zev whether we run good and clean or not, he runs his heart out for me. And that really does give me such a buzz. And actually there are so many aspects of our performance that I was pleased with, from pull-thrus (not his favourite), working ahead, dealing with changes in contact surfaces (rubber whilst brilliant, has affected Zev's style which is scoot and go considerably - major retraining having to happen.) We are evolving as a partnership for sure. This is the final round -

My thanks to Weardale for such a great show, scenery, location and people. And you could check your scores easily and quickley, which is fab and very helpful. Plus the black, pink and white equipments looked really smart. Just what agility should be - enjoyed :-)