As a judge, it is always wonderful to see everyone passing your test and so I was delighted this was the case at the L2 today. Sometimes you can put out a scented article thinking ‘that will be a test’ and every dog finds it within seconds, and then put out another scent which is not meant to be a particular challenge but proves difficult. And so it was with our wall search today, when the article was placed in the middle of a pair of double doors. Teams happily searched the hinges (where they all found one article) but only a few actually looked in the middle of the doors, with 2 calling it correctly. Regardless, all teams took home a pass certificate, with Pamela & Theodore and Marney & Bodkin gaining a well deserved 100%. Bravo, all of you. Also, thank you all for being considerate to the neighbours, respecting their poorly dog and keeping barking to a minimum – much appreciated. Especial thanks of course to Pippa, the ever efficient and ever happy scribe. It was a fun day and again, it was lovely to hand everyone a hard-earned certificate and have everyone in the photo!

Zoe Heritage – Judge