Back in the game!

I headed off to Royackers with the girls today. Kessie had another successful day of meeting some more people and dogs, she was well behaved while she was in her crate. It's hard to put her on the ground at any point because all she wants to do is eat dirt and rocks!

Tink's day started off with a Team run... probably not the run to do first! Our team member (who's name was also Kestrel) had a very nice, clean run, but Tink had a couple of refusals and an off course at the end of her run, when she decided 9 obstacles just wasn't enough.

Her second run was Standard, I did a very long lead out (which she held her stay very nicely) and when I released her over the first obstacle (which was a tire) she crashed right into it, she ran too me so, after making she she was fine, we went back to the beginning to make sure she was still ok with a tire. She very eagerly went through it and we continued on our way. We had an off course on a tunnel (which was the reason why I lead out so far in the first place). The rest of the run went very well, so I was happy with it.

The third run was Steeplechase, Tinky ran it very well coming away with a Q, and a first place of 21 dogs! She's halfway to her Steeplechase title. The last run of the day was Master Gamble. And Tinky got another Q with 90 points giving her a second place. She needs one more for her Master Gamble title. It ended up being a great day... giving me some hope for a good showing at the upcoming Regionals! ;)