First KC Show of the year

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Well, we had our first Kennel Club show last weekend. KC are not our favourite shows, because they are quite tough and I tend to get quite nervous, but we enjoy ourselves and that is what matters.

Helter Skelter g1-7 combined
This was a combined class, meaning we were competing against dogs that were grade 7, Merlin is only a grade 1 so I didn't expect a high placing, but I knew he would love the course, so entered for fun. Out of 96 dogs entered only 32 went clear, and Merlin came 29th, which I was thrilled with.

Jumping g1-4 combined
Merlin's nemesis, the weave poles, raised their ugly head in this run. He popped out and earned 5 faults, otherwise a really nice run.

Agility 1-4 combined
What can I say? Merlin spotted the judge was wearing a hat and had to go investigate, then did the wrong jump and we were E'd:biggrin2:

One thing that has become clear over the last few shows is that Merlin is always trying to look for my dad who comes ringside and films me. In fact, both errors in jumping and agility, I suspect were caused by Merlin looking for my dad (he seems to come out of the weaves in jumping when he sees dad filming). So, dad is banished from being ringside to see if that helps. This will probably mean fewer videos unless I can nab friends to hold the camera, but hopefully Merlin will be less distracted.

Also working on improving our weaves accuracy at home:wink2:

Anyway, here's the vid, enjoy:pop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj0TaNR27pk&feature=youtu.be
 
Merlin looks happy and you guys are doing well. I guess you will have to start wearing a hat and ask friends to wear hats too so that hats are just something Merlin takes for granted. Poor Dad...banished! :lol:

Trini
 
Oh Merlin and his hat issues:rolleyes2:

Actually, I think he might have thought the judge was my dad, because he has a similar hat.:lol:
 
well, at least Merlin came back to you and didn't stand in front of the judge and bark at him:winkgrin:
that will be Destin's mo:pop
 
Lovely runs, excellent improvement since last time I watched your team!
I can certainly sympathize as my oldest Che is his daddy dog...:rolleyes2: talk about gratitude
 
Thank you, yes, we have been working hard and I have especially concentrated on my handling skills. We do good, unless he goes to find dad:cool:
 
Goodness that was a noisy venue!! Hard for anyone to concentrate properly under those condition!
Very well done on the first show of the season, lots to be positive about there I think, especially the HS round. You both seem a lot more confident :biggrin2:

I used to have a similar problem with Revel in obedience, if there was anyone we knew standing by the ring or anyone with a sheltie nearby he had to check them out :rolleyes2:
 
It was very noisy Julia, and this was Merlin's first time at this venue, so I think he was a little flustered by all the noise. Though, there would have been a time he would have just shut down, so that is a good improvement.

I am currently retraining his weaves to make them more consistent, hopefully by the winter they will be much better:wink2:
 
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