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This is one of the most beautiful competitions I have ever seen: inside the Sanem Castle, two agility fields, four judges, and 350 dogs.

The courses were harder than usual, and very few people succeeded. Kaïa was disqualified three times, and we did five faults (!) on the second agility… We finished third place with that.

Picture by Val Wagner

Kaïa, flying at Sanem Castle by Val Wagner
Kaïa, flying at Sanem Castle by Val Wagner

Last weekend, we were at Boulzicourt. Lots of rain makes the agility field muddy and slippy.

On Saturday, I was a bit afraid but it was not too bad: the soil was still solid below the mud. I decided to run with Kaïa we took two first places!

On Sunday, the mud was deeper and I decided NOT to run with Kaïa. Instead, we took the beautiful Why Not and enjoyed the nearby rivers 🙂

Canis is a big agility competition in Belgium: 600 dogs compete over the weekend. It was the first time we participated.

Not everything went well this time. Jumping on Saturday was not fun but doable with Kaïa. We still failed because I was a bit too ambitious.
We started the Sunday with a complicated agility course. I just decided to stop: Kaïa and I were building up frustrations. Agility is supposed to be fun, and I had none.

Agility at Dampremy

Agility in the morning!

Disqualified, twice, but she did a good job. The jumping is my fault: she slipped in the yellow tunnel, and I was afraid she might be hurt. That made me lose my focus.

At the agility, she missed a door inside the slalom and I didn’t react in time… She also likes to steal the A-frame, but I was ready for it.