A To Z Challenge - U Is For Ups

Just like in life itself, you will experience many ups and downs in dog training and competition. Sometimes, your training session will go completely and utterly pear shaped, while other times, your dog will be focussed, enthusiastic and performing fantastically. And sometimes, you will drive home with a collection of Eliminations and faults, while other times, your will come away with a bag full of wins, rosettes and trophies. Life is about balance, and you can only experience the ups if you deal with and move on from the downs.

And at the recent Lincoln Agility Enthusiasts Agility competition, we experienced many ups!

We had a brilliant weekend! Ethel gave some absolutely outstanding performances once again, winning the Combined 1-4 Jumping by 3 seconds out of around 50 dogs on Saturday, and coming 6th out of around 90 dogs in the Combined 4-7 Jumping on Sunday! She was beyond brilliant once again!

And, regardless of not being completely on form, Earl managed a pretty decent 14th out of around 100 dogs in the Combined 4-7 Agility Qualifier on Saturday! We did, however, have a couple of downs during and following some of his runs, as I simply did not feel as though he was performing as well as I know he could. I do, however, know that down days are all part and parcel of life for everyone, including dogs.

I am really proud of my dogs once again, especially Ethel; she is doing so incredibly well, especially for such a young dog! Once again, we had a really good weekend with many of ups!

We are joining the Blogging From A To Z April Challenge 2016!

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