Monday, 19 October 2015

Our Competitive Weekend And Ethel's First Run

What a weekend we've had! A brilliant one, in my opinion!

So much occurred, I've had to sum the entire weekend up in one collage!


At Dog Vegas, I was thrilled at how confident and happy Earl was whilst running. I don't think I've ever seen him as happy in the competitive ring before! He seemed to take the whole atmosphere in his stride. You could tell that he was loving every single second! On top of this, he came 3rd in Combined 5-7 Agility, and went clear again with a lovely pace in the Combined 1-7 Helter Skelter. He also came 2nd in the Grade 5 Agility, and 2nd again in the Grade 5 Jumping! Some lovely, interesting and challenging courses there, too! Good man!


At Agility Nuts the following day, he performed just as amazing! He came 6th in the Agility, 7th in Power and Speed, and also went clear in the Up N Under class and the Jumping class, which were incredibly easy courses for us all. Once again, a brilliant competition!


On top of this, Ethel ran her first ever run in a competitive environment at this show! She was amazing! Despite coming out of the entrance of the tunnel again, due to me rear crossing her into it (she isn't used to me doing this), she ran beautifully! She's a pleasure to run, with a thunderous pace!


Ethel sporting her competition collar and lead!

I am incredibly pleased with how both dogs ran this weekend, and I can't wait to compete with Ethel more in the future! She's one speedy dog, and loves running around and jumping! Well done doggies on another successful and fun weekend!


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43 comments:

  1. Yay, brilliant, well done guys! I now away a chance to get on our computer to watch the video!

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    1. Thank you! I'm super pleased with both of them! I hope you enjoy Ethel's video!

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  2. Way to Go Ethel, look at all of those ribbons!

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    1. Thank you! And yes, we have loads! We've even began a new board!

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  3. Congratulations to you, Earl and Ethel!

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    1. Thank you! I'm really happy with how they performed!

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  4. Yay! Huge congratulations for all your wins with Earl! And Ethel's amazing! Well done all of you!

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    1. Thank you! Ethel did so well for her first run!

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  5. We knew you two would be a huge hit!

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    1. Thank you so much! They always seem to succeed in competition!

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  6. Look at ALL those rosettes!!!!! WooHoo and Yay, well done!
    Loves and licky kisses
    Princess Leah xxx

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    1. We've even had to start a brand new rosette board! And thank you!

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  7. Congratulations! Great job!!

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  8. Yay! Congratulations! That sounded like an amazing weekend!

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    1. Thank you! Yes, we had an amazing weekend!

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  9. Your dogs are so talented! Congratulations! And I'm sure Ethel will soon be catching up to Earl's ribbon stash!

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    1. Thank you so much! I'm sure she will in no time!

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  10. Congratulations to you both!

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  11. Mom says the video was super fun to watch. Earl certainly was successful. We look forward to hearing how Ethel does in the future. XOCK, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Jo

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    1. I'm glad she liked Ethel's video! I'm super happy with both dogs, and can't wait to run Ethel more!

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  12. Congratulations! Well done! Rita was very intrigued by the barking on the video!

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    1. Thank you! Ah, hehehe! Competitors are so exciting for the dogs!

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  13. Yay!! Awesome Earl and Ethel. It sounds like they really love competing and I know I've said it before but it is so nice to have this bonding experience with them!!

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    1. Thank you! They ADORE competing! And I agree; I love all aspects!

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    1. Thank you so much! And yes, she's a little pocket rocket!

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  15. You guys rock! Go Ethel
    Lily & Edward

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    1. Thank you! Ethel's showing so much agility potential!

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  16. Congrats Earl! Congrats Ethel! You are the dream team together with your mom WOOHOO!

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    1. Both of them did AMAZING! I'm so happy with them! Thank you!

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  17. Well Done! Do you have Competitions all year round? In Ireland there won't be any show's till the spring!!! How old is Ethel? :-) :-)

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    1. Thanks guys! And yes, we have competitions all year round! And Ethel is 16 months old, running in the Nursery classes for younger dogs for now.

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    2. That's Great! We have to wait for ages til we can do any Agility Shows! Ethel's doing very well - especially as shes quite young, Wilson and I will probably only be starting doing training rounds in the Spring and he's is 2.5 Years, but we only started seriously training a few months ago, so I think he's doing pretty well :-p Good Luck for your next Comp :-)

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  18. THAT is totally awesome! I used to love running Delilah in agility (just for fun of course!) Way to go to you, Earl and Ethel.

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