Scramblers Show Day 1 - October 18

I told Gus before we left for the weekend that all I wanted for my birthday was a Q. Unfortunately I was not to receive my bday present. He did however have two pretty good runs on Saturday. The first run was a Gamblers run. He scored 19 points (18 were required in the opening to Q) and he completed the Gamble beautifully. The only reason he didn't Q was because he knocked the two jump bars in the gamble. Otherwise it was a perfect run. We attempted the DW a few times but Gus kept bailing before the contact. I was really pleased with his efforts even though we did not qualify.

As for his Snooker run he again did ok. We only scored 4 points but that was mostly my fault. He did NOT knock any jump bars! See diagram for visual assistance with this description. We took the red jump first on the lower left hand corner of the picture. He kept the bar up and we then attempted the teeter. Unfortunately Gus had a fly off on the teeter so we got no points for this one. Next we did the red jump on the lower right side of the course. He again kept the bar up! We then took the number 2 jump successfully but I was out of position and he head right up the obvious next obstacle, the AFrame. We were promptly whistled off then. I was pretty happy he Gussie's performance and not so ok with mine. I knew immediately what I should have done to keep him off of the AF but I was so amazed by his success with the jumps that I was caught flat footed and was watching him instead of moving! Bad Mommy!!

As for Flex, this was his first full blown trial weekend. On Saturday I spent a lot of time helping in the rings and at the scorer's table so he was alone in his kennel most of the day. I took him out for walks and to visit people (like Auntie Karen and Aunite Jane) but overall he struggled with having to sit quietly all day. He spent some time at the scorer's table with me and for the most part did not spend all his time barking his head off at the other competitors but he did a few times. He is doing better with men so I am pretty happy with that.