Nice show, and the one run by the club I train at. Did the Friday, Saturday and Sunday, running Ben and Spike and helping at most other times.
Friday: Quite busy on the helping front because the cadets didn't arrive until the weekend. Ben was fine after not training due to some sort of claw problem which affects claws in turn, they basically fall apart and are painful. Anyway the latest one had just about healed so he could run. A bit mad as you might expect with no training for a couple of months. Spike ran nicely as he often does, the shoulder problem is a long distant memory and he is doing well for a 9 year old that has not gone to veterans yet.
Saturday: Team took ages to get organised. I'll either have to coordinate better with my team next year or not enter, it just takes too much time when we should be helping. Hard to coordinate though because the teams kept changing! Nikki came to watch and it was nice spend some time with her. Our dog walker, James, also came. He loves the dogs and was interested to see the show and see what they can do. He was also looking at the photo company and working out how their business model works.
Sunday: A bit wet. Ben was out of action, no obvious worsening of any of the claws and not sure which limb was bothering him, so definitely no running (he's fine again now, and might even be able to train soon). Spike ran well. Unfortunately the only clear round I got was with Spike, but run on someone else's ticket (I wrote down the class number not the running order, and no-one noticed.) The timing failed(!) so I got another run, but was not concentrating really and let Spike go in two of the heffalump traps. It's a pleasure to run him and no point going up to G7, so a good run is enough for me ATM. Did a lot more helping with only one dog to run, there were just 2 of us and the judge for a bit on ring 2!
Ben has a hibbiscrub wash for his claws and zinc in case of deficiencies, I hope its not the autoimmune thing that some other kelpies are getting. Spike is still great to run, and possibly getting better with the work we are doing with the club, especially in tightening turns. He ran under a couple of round the backs, which I'll have to watch; maybe a consequence of the tighter turns?
Friday: Quite busy on the helping front because the cadets didn't arrive until the weekend. Ben was fine after not training due to some sort of claw problem which affects claws in turn, they basically fall apart and are painful. Anyway the latest one had just about healed so he could run. A bit mad as you might expect with no training for a couple of months. Spike ran nicely as he often does, the shoulder problem is a long distant memory and he is doing well for a 9 year old that has not gone to veterans yet.
Saturday: Team took ages to get organised. I'll either have to coordinate better with my team next year or not enter, it just takes too much time when we should be helping. Hard to coordinate though because the teams kept changing! Nikki came to watch and it was nice spend some time with her. Our dog walker, James, also came. He loves the dogs and was interested to see the show and see what they can do. He was also looking at the photo company and working out how their business model works.
Sunday: A bit wet. Ben was out of action, no obvious worsening of any of the claws and not sure which limb was bothering him, so definitely no running (he's fine again now, and might even be able to train soon). Spike ran well. Unfortunately the only clear round I got was with Spike, but run on someone else's ticket (I wrote down the class number not the running order, and no-one noticed.) The timing failed(!) so I got another run, but was not concentrating really and let Spike go in two of the heffalump traps. It's a pleasure to run him and no point going up to G7, so a good run is enough for me ATM. Did a lot more helping with only one dog to run, there were just 2 of us and the judge for a bit on ring 2!
Ben has a hibbiscrub wash for his claws and zinc in case of deficiencies, I hope its not the autoimmune thing that some other kelpies are getting. Spike is still great to run, and possibly getting better with the work we are doing with the club, especially in tightening turns. He ran under a couple of round the backs, which I'll have to watch; maybe a consequence of the tighter turns?
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