Flash and snow

Since Friday we have snow again and Flash is loving it.

Show report

And here is Flash's glowing show report! The only reason he got distracted at the end of the round was because a collie started yelping and yapping right by the entrance of the ring.

I am so proud of my boy! What a star he is.

3rd. VERA MARNEY and MY FLASH OF LIGHTNING
LURCHER Dog

I really enjoyed Flash’s work, and Vera handles extremely well and works him at a smart pace. This was definitely an if-only round, because if he hadn’t lost that little bit of attention on the last stretch of heel free, things might have been very different. He’s more than capable of winning this class, so I wish you all the best for next year.

YAY - Finally placed: Flash came 3rd in Beginners!

I can't believe it, but we have finally achieved our goal of being placed in an obedience show. We went to Northwest Kent Limit show today. It was a group of over 30 dogs. Flash worked very well, he got distracted a couple of times (windows and a dog yelping), but did a lovely round! And we came 3rd! In fact, the two top ones had a run off, so we actually had the second best result! How chuffed am I and I am so proud of Flash! He's amazing. There are not many salukis with an obedience rosette.

My Graduation Week-end

Yesterday, I had my BSc (Canine Behaviour and Training) Graduation at Beverly Minster. Karen, David and I drove up there in two cars as we took all our dogs with us! I thought it was going to be quite stressful, but in actual fact, the boys were all so good and well behaved, it was no problem at all!

Here's a picture of all the boys ready to go in the Travelodge room.

Agility on Sunday

On Sunday, 23rd October, I took Flash to agility again and he didn't have the slightest problems with the jumps. That made me really happy as it means no further investigations are necessary at the moment.

Not happy with jumps today

Flash and I went agility training today and Flash wasn't keen on doing the jumps. He refused several! I'll see how next Sunday goes, but it looks like he might need further investigation into his hindlegs/back/hips... I did feel over the last couple of weeks that he was hopping more again! I am sure there is something going on there.

Chiswick House Gardens Dog Show Demo

Flash, Jesse and I were very excited to be part of the Capable Canines display team at Chiswick House Gardens Dog Show on Sunday.

Flash did his agility so nicely, I am so pleased! 100% concentration each and every time, he never ran off, he enjoyed himself. And he did extremely well in the knock outs too.

Jesse did a rally-o demo which he naturally did very well being a competitive obedience dog. It was actually very enjoyable for me too.

Then Jesse and I did our heelwork to music routine to "Like a Prayer" by Madonna. We had been practicing in the park and at home, but I was very nervous never having done anything like it before. But surprisingly it went very well, the crowd seemed to like it and the feedback was good!
It would be nice to set up a heelwork to music group at WTDT... we'll see.

Here's some pictures of Flash taken by Matt Bishop.