Our last competition of the year

Hi! It's Cinnamon.

Last Saturday we went to Cambridge for our last agility & obedience competition of the year.

The venue is one hour and a half away from home and entries were to be taken from 7:15am. So, we got up very early when it was still dark outside and left home before 6am.

Leaving home at dawn

Many people were camping at the site

This time Mint entered Novice, Intermediate, and Jumpers C, and I entered Starters, Novice, and Jumpers C. Detailed report of each run of ours may be boring for some, so here I report the result only for agility.

Having a rest after having two runs each

Mint went clear in all of his three runs, even in his very first Intermediate. Well done, Mint!

Mint was flat out after finishing all his runs

I missed a clear round in Novice, as I entered the weaves from the wrong (left) side. But, yay, I got a 2nd place in Starters (Mini & Micro combined) and WON Jumpers C (Mini & Micro combined)! It was my first win after my very first win in Elementary B at the same venue in the same competition last year!

Me won the Jumpers C!

Well, as I said at the beginning of this post, this event was an agility & obedience competition, and Mint entered Special Beginners. This class consists of five components, on-lead heelwork, off-lead heelwork, recall, sit stay, and down stay. Mint did very well in the first three components that each dog does separately, but he broke his sit stay by standing up and sitting again, which lead to a big point reduction. But, he still managed to get a 2nd place.

Mint got a 2md place in Special Beginners in Obedience

Overall, Mum looked really happy with how we did, which makes us happy too! It was also good that we finished off the year with good results.

Now we will have a long break from training with instructors, but I am sure Mum will do some training at home occasionally. I hope both Mint and I will do even better next year!