Week 2 of the Royal saw our most successful run of the show (after a Snooker effort that doesn't bear mention)
Novice Gamblers was our last 'roll of the dice' for this year's show. Whilst we have had 2 passes in Gamblers before, they have not been the smoothest of runs. So the plan this time was to pick a course and stick to it no matter what happened - I get very confused if I decide to go back and fix obstacles so there would be none of that! As it happens Selby had a fantastic run that didn't require any changes of plan. She got 3 out of 3 contacts (not brilliantly but compared to jumping off miles above the colour the way she has been lately they were great) and even threw in a few jumps of her own to get some extra points! I only planned up until I had completed the weaves a 2nd time thinking that then I would be near the gamble for the closing. Turns out 45 seconds is a really long time!!!! we had plenty of time to do some extra bits whilst we waited for the whistle to go. There was a heart stopping moment as Selby ran towards me after the tunnel in the gamble but thankfully I was expecting that this might happen and had planned to spin her around to get her over the last jump if needed. Yay she went clear and got her Novice Gamblers Title - her 3rd title for the year!!
As games are not played often there are a lot of much more experienced dogs in Novice still so we had to wait to find out if she had placed. Turns out there were 7 qualifiers with my little puppy topping them all!!! What a great way to end our 1st Royal Show.
