May 2008

Snoop at Packington Agility Show

With the season well and truely up and running, Snoop attended Dordale, Beacon, Leamington, Packington and Hinckley agility shows and won a 7th, a 8th, a 10th, a 19th and five clear rounds. Snoop has been on top form getting faster each week, if only the wet weather would just go away. Only a couple of weeks to go and Dre starts competing, fingers crossed he will be as successful as Snoop.

April 2008

Snoop at WBSDS Agility Show

Well with Crufts over, the Agility Season is just starting, let's hope it isn't a repeat of last year!(lots of rain) Snoop attended a BFA competition at portway and the Leamington royals came 1st with a team time of 19.14 seconds. Snoop also attended Wallingford and WBSDS agility shows winning two 7ths, a 10th, a 13th and a 15th. Snoop also gained enough points to achieve the Agility Warrant Gold status, enabling him to use AWG after his name, this is the highest agility warrant award available currently. It is amazing he has achieved it in 18 months of competing - what a snooperstar

March 2008

Snoop at Spring at Shuttleworth Agility Show
Snoop at Crufts
Dre at Crufts

Oh my god Crufts is here and I am so nervous. Snoop is doing Agility on the Thursday, Dre is doing Breed on the Saturday. Well I couldn't have asked the boys to work any harder than they did. Snoop got 3rd in the Starters Agility Cup, loving every minute of it, Dre was 6th in his breed class out of 18 dogs mind you.

Snoop also attended Dog Vegas and Spring at shuttleworth Agility shows, winning a 4th, a 8th, a 30th and two clear rounds. Dog Vegas would have been more successful if it hadn't been for the weather - gales, rain and even 6 inches of snow!!!

February 2008

Mainly this month Snoop has been on a keep fit program to get him ready for Crufts, this included attending two BFA competitions, one at Market Harborough where Leamington royals came 1st with a team time of 19.92 seconds, the other was at Newark where the Leamington Royals came 2nd with a team time of 19.64 seconds. Snoop Also attended Gundog and Newton Heath Agility Shows winning a 1st (in a grade 1-7 class), a 4th and a 7th. looks like Snoop is going to be ready for Crufts.
Dre has also been busy training, which is coming along very well, have booked him in for his first agility competition at Golden Valley agility Show in June (not long to go now but so much still to do)

November / December 2007

Snoop entered a few competitions over the winter period to keep him jumping fit and ready for Crufts in March. We entered Newton Heath, Wyre and 'Cool agility' agility shows, these being Snoops first shows as a Grade 3 dog. This meant that the courses would be difficult and technical, and could be a challenge to us. This didn't stop Snoop giving it his all and won a 4th, a 5th and four clear rounds. Snoop is such a good boy.

Dre Also starts his training now, showing lots of promise but just a lack in concentration, but then he is still a young dog.

Dre resting and then making friends with my neice - ahh

October 2007

October is usually when the season is coming to an end, but with the bad weather earlier on in the year, one show was re-scheduled to now. This was Caerphilly agility show. Snoop was on top form at this show and won a 1st, a 3rd and a clear round. This was Snoop's second 1st in Grade 2 but this 1st place was in agility and thus made Snoop now a grade 3 dog. This also meant that when Dre is ready to compete he will start in Grade 3. Snoop also attended a BFA competition at Portway, winning another 1st place and the team achieved their fastest time to their record of 19.07 seconds. It was a tough days racing but all the team pulled together. Snoop also gained enough points for his Flyball Dog Graduate award.

Snoop's 1st place trophy from Caerphilly Show

September 2007

Snoop at Paws in the Park doing BFA

September was also a busy month for Snoop attending Letchworth, Bromsgrove, Paws in the Park and Lincoln agility shows. Snoop was such a clever boy and won again a number of rosettes - a 1st, a 2nd, a 3rd, two 4ths, two 5th, a 6th, two 7ths, a 14th, a 22nd and two clear rounds. Snoop's 1st place was his first jumping win at grade 2, we have been so close all year and it felt great to achieve it. At Paws in the Park Snoop also competed in BFA coming 1st with the Leamington Royals with a team time of 19.46 seconds.