Thank you very much, Hannah, for inviting me to judge your Level 5 trial and thanks too to Katy for scribing and to you both for being so organised and efficient.
Thank you all for coming, it was a real pleasure to see you working your dogs.
We started outside across the front of the clubhouse. Environmentally, this was a busy area and you all coped well. There were 4 scented articles to find and there was a good spread of success across these finds. 5 teams earned their bonus points with Elissa & Dexter and Debra & Buddy completing with impressive times.
The first interior search included a corridor, changing room and shower room with 3 hides. 3 teams cleared this area and all teams worked well, coping with doorways and corners, particularly Debra & Buddy and Andrew & Honey.
The second interior search was one side of the clubhouse including 2 alcoves. There were 5 finds and the teams coped well. 4 teams found them all, Andrew & Honey, Lynn & Pod, Elissa & Dexter and Christie & Oggie.
Congratulations to everyone who took part, I was very impressed with your handling skills and the relationships you have with your dogs.
The top 5 were very close – Huge well done to Debra and Buddy, Lynn and Pod, Andrew and Honey, Chrissie and Oggie on their places , also to the qualifiers, Elissa and Dexter and Denise and Oddbod