agility AND rain

This is Saturn's first trophy

he won a 3rd in Grade 3 Jumping at Vyne

After we had the hottest April month ever, now the weather is going to change! We heard from the weather forecast saying bank holiday Monday is going to be wet and miserable, WHAT? Not when I need to go to a dog show!! Well, it is a typical English weather, all bank holidays are going to rain, rain, rain ...

Well, we have all sort at Vyne ...

• It was dry when we left home, the rain started when we got on M4, by the time we got to Newbury Showground, it was all wet and windy and COLD!!
• First thing for us was the Grade 1-7 Agility, due to the wet wet wet condition, almost every other dog fell off the Dog Walk. Sing was one of the victim! Saturn was doing fine on the contacts but we got E'd because the silly boy didn't want to weave!!
• After a couple of hours, the rain and wind still going strong when the Grade 3 Agility course was up for walking. Sing didn't freak after the fall, he walked up the Dog Walk but freeze at the bottom and looked blank. I then realised he was very unwell, so he has the rest of the day while I concentrate on Saturn. The big boy was doing well until he refused the A Frame! Hey, what's going on here? I was very disappointed as he was in a nice speed and weave beautifully.
• The last thing, Grade 3 Jumping wasn't on until nearly 3pm. I have plenty of time to watch the Champ Classes, I was amazed by all the Champ dogs and enjoyng myself in a bit of rain and a bit of sunshine.
• Luckily the sky brighten up in the afternoon but the ground was still wet. I saw a few people fell over in the Large Champ Class. The strong wind didn't help either, the jump wings kept falling over while the dogs were running in the ring, I fell sorry for the Champ handlers especially a lady handler, she started her BC with a nice speed and went through the first tricky bit (many got caught in that tunnel entrance!), all the way round and up the Dog Walk, when the dog came off the Dog Walk, he needed to do a sharp left to jump over a jump and go into a very difficult weave entry but the jump between the Dog Walk and the weave was blown by the wind and the wing fell inward, the judge told the handler to go ahead but the handler refused and I thought it was a big shamed that she never was given a chance to rerun as the jump was a dangerous object and she was right not to do the jump. If the wing fell outward, I think she might jump over it.
• The highlight of the day for me was Saturn won his first ever torphy in Grade 3 Jumping. This dog is going strength by strength!