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 I'm not
a wealthy person who can afford to have a spare field standing about full of
expensive agility equipment. Far from it. I worked hard to find
a little bit of rough land about the size of the average small garden where
I could practice agility. It was so rough that no-one in their right
mind would want to use it. I did. (You can draw your own conclusions
from that). Over a period of twenty three years I've toiled and dug and
moved huge boulders. I've cleared rocks, nettles, brambles the lot. I've made
trips to the dump with old wire netting, bedsteads, broken glass and endless household
rubbish. At first I grew veg, and then I discovered agility. My little plot is
now home to six jumps, a mini dogwalk, a six pole weave, a tyre jump and a flexible
tunnel I've made all of the equipment myself for next to nothing. "The
plot" is too small to use everything at the same time but it serves its purpose.Most early mornings will find us "down the plot". Jamie and Sasha love their early morning exercise but we have to play quietly while our little Cornish village sleeps. Pictured above is me with Jamie and our first ever clear round rosette.  Jamie is a flat coated retriever cross. He's inclined to be lazy with
a tendency to fat and if he could read he'd say "Look who's talking".
He was a rescue dog and was so aggressive I didn't dare take him to a show
for a long time. I was scared he'd bite the judge. Those
days are behind us now. He's had many years of
competition and now enjoys taking part in veterans classes and any size.
He has a board full of rosettes and a medal and a couple of trophies.
He's still going well and gets lovely clear rounds most of the time.
Sasha's our gorgeous border collie girlie who came to live with us at the
beginning of June this year (2007). She loves agility and it's hard to
keep her focused when she's around other dogs. She's still very much a
learner but if you saw her in training on her own and without any
distractions you'd think she'd been training for much longer than she has.
At two years old she has a lot to learn but I think she'll do well in spite
of her handler. I can't believe how lucky we were to find her.
She was advertised for rehoming in local paper in Plymouth. Luckily
the ad went onto the internet and I saw it. |
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| Jamie and Sasha enjoy a moorland walk | Jamie with his best friends Lizzie Saville (labrador terrier cross) and Phoebe Seymour (whippet spaniel cross) |
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