Rugby & World Try Outs

Brief summary:-
Weather not too bad (that's the English in me coming out - where would we be with out our weather to comment on eh?)
Company excellent! :)
Prizes galour! well almost, on Sat we gained 2nd in Champ agility, made it to the finals but unfortunately had 5 faults :( . Sunday qualified for Crufts Team with The ESSC (English Shetland Sheepdog Club) Tri Stars. I ran in pole position and Chi did a lovely run, perfect in every way, next up was Karen Bugler with Ace, then Amy Bennett with Taz, smoothly rounding our performance off was Bernadette & Zen. Hurrah! we were in the lead. Then it was nail biting stuff - we had 5 faults, the next team had already qualified and the last team to run had some really good members. They too had 5 faults so it was all down to timing, there was only 3 seconds in it, but we won (as I've already said :))





On to the Try outs. 1st day - series of 'technical' maneuver exercises, timed contacts and a jumping run. Today 3 runs - jumping, agility and final agility run in reverse order. Unfortunately we had faults in the first 3 runs :( then went on to win the final run of the day. It was this along with our pre qualifying points for the reserve ticket at Thames that gave us enough points to be chosen as reserve for the GB World Championship team - WOOT!

There was no videoing today - far too much concentration needed for the events. There maybe photo's and videos from both events posted here and defo on the OBay site.

Gratz to the Obay Shelties for having 5 dogs on teams at the World Champs. Just goes to show wot good stuff those Shelties are made of :). I'm sure our sponsor BURNS will be pleased as well

Burns - The best!

Today we had comformation that Burns will sponsor Chi for a year providing us with food and treats on a monthly basis - very pleasing. From now on you will see me wearing promotional clothing. Chi's photo, taken by Tony at the Jersey agility Festival earlier this year is currently on Burn's web site under 'dog'. He will soon have his own little section under sponsorship as well. Check it out at:

http://www.burns-pet-nutrition.co.uk/

I have already been feeding Chi on Burns having taken good advice from the breeder! :) and am very pleased with the results - his coat feels soft and silky, his weight is very constant and he is performing as he should be - brilliantly!

Rugby this weekend, Champ class on the Sat, Team on Sunday - we are running for the ESSC (English Shetland Sheepdog Club)and then the try outs for the GB world team Mon & Tues. With the way we are perfoming at the moment i am really looking forward to this weekend.

Stud

It's official Chi is a stud! Here's a copy of the Kennel club cert we received in the post this morning along with a letter congratulating us on our recent success at Thames - very pleasing :)

UKA Royal Canin Finals

And what a final it was. Chi came a very respectable 2nd, 4 tenths of a second behind his litter sister Zen making it an Obay Sheltie sweep - HOORAY!
Chi is certainly producing the results this season and that's just the way it should be :) Watch out world here we come........

Gratz to Hex & Indy for achieving the same in the Toy class - see the Obay blog for more news on that spectacular Obay Sheltie sweep.

Video & pic's to follow - plse view on Obay blog, link on right hand side of this page

Mid-season Myotherapy

Wot? i hear you cry.... Well although i have been trained to massage my dogs i like to get them 'tweaked' and assessed for 'areas to ease' by Julia Robertson from Galen Therapy. The treatments Julia gave Billy (The Noble Billy Ottaman) where definitely influential in his outstanding performance at crufts in 2004 & 2006. Naturally i want Chi to benefit, it makes him feel good and because every 100th of a second counts at the level he performs.
Here's a pic of Chi during his full assessment and treatment from Julia - no it's not a bad pic of him blinking he is actually gooey eyed because he is enjoying it so much!




Link to Galen Therapy web site on right hand side of page where you can find out more about learning how to enhance your dogs performance.

BTW: Myo = muscle, so myotherapy is muscle thearpy perfect for any athlete :)

Champ Finals at Thames

WOOT! WOOT! WOOT!

Breaking news........ Today we made it into the Championship Finals and gained the reserve ticket! Needless to say I am thrilled :) My aim was to get into the finals today to get some experience under our belts and we ended up running last having achieved two 3rd places in the qualifiers - the only team to gain 2 clear rounds. What an achievement.

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Here we are receiving our prize from judge Gwyn Roberts.
NB Winners wear red!

Hinckley

Well what a day today has been. We gained 2 respectable 3rds (1 in Jumping & 1 in agility) and a stonking 1st in the Champ agility class - WOOT!

Thanks to Obay film crew & productions we are now able to bring you the highlights of the day with amusing commentary from Granma Obay :)

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Here's Chi looking very pleased with himself especially as he is top of the PACE leader board :)







GRATZ! to sister Zen for winning the Champ ticket and securing a place at Crufts next year.

GRATZ! to half sister Hex for going Advanced now you can join in the Champ classes.