Me!

Me!
This is a picture of me in the snow!

Saturday 14 May 2011

My first Crufts Qualifier!

Last weekend, my owner and I travelled to an event. First, when we arrived we checked out where we were going. We were going to do a Crufts Qualifier! I am trying out to take part in the Dogstable course. My owner had to dress up as a superhero, so dressed up as Batman! My owner then had to go and walk the course- jump, both handler and dog weave through cones, tunnel, jump, jump, trick (I did balancing on my back legs!), heel, gate, plank, recall, superhero move, jump, weave and then finally a jump to finish the course. Once, my owner had walked the course, it was time to queue up and wait for our name to be called. Then, it was our turn, our names were called out and my owner let me off the lead. I was very nervous and I wanted my whole family with me so I...ran off! My owner called and chased after me and then  she slipped over and fell into a puddle. She was soaked! It was very funny but I also felt quite bad so I stopped running and we started the course. "3,2,1...GO!" And we were off! I went straight over the jump but I had a few problems going through the weaves as I was slightly distracted by the people watching! Then, I ran through the tunnel and jump over the two jumps. It was then my trick and I did it brilliantly! Then, it was heel. I am not normally very good at heel. I do try very hard, but I like going off on sniffer trails. However, my owner said I did it very well but we were too slow and we got whistled off. We didn't qualify but it was my first time and a very good experience.