Category Archives: Agility shows

Another fairly local show for us – only 50 minutes drive over the bridges on a misty Saturday morning. It was a small, relaxed and very well organised show, with only three rings which ran like clockwork for grades 1-2, … Continue reading →

On the morning of our first agility show this year, Jake and I took our dawn stroll in a winter wonderland. Well, it was frosty. We had to scrape the windscreen. Still, it was only a short drive to the … Continue reading →

Running orders were in our favour at the Woodside December show. We didn’t need to arrive to walk our first course until 9.30 am – an unheard-of lie-in for an agility show, particularly as the venue was only half an … Continue reading →

An hour’s drive west on the motorway and we’re at the Ingliston Equestrian Centre, by far the swankiest agility venue we’ve ever been to. None of that freezing our backsides off in a grassy field. No, here we had three … Continue reading →

Jake was given a rosette for his most recent success. But I know what he really wanted was this empty egg box he nicked from the recycling. So I have included both in the glory picture. It was a great … Continue reading →

Scottish Beardie ShowNon-dog-nerds (what are you doing here??) – beardie is short for bearded collie, we weren’t at a folk festival. We spent the 2nd day of our Aberdeenshire holiday at the Sunday of the Bearded Collie Club (Scottish Branch) … Continue reading →

We only went to the Sunday of the East Lothian show. Any initial smugness about having a lie-in because it’s just down the road was forgotten when we pulled onto the city bypass and saw the electronic boards saying ROAD … Continue reading →

Maybe it was the faboulous steak in the Buccleuch Arms the night before. Maybe it was having a day out / restful evening instead of a gruelling day at work / frenzied preparation / early start. In any case, we … Continue reading →