Supadog 2014

SUPADOG 2014

Thankfully the weather was kind to us yet again as we held our annual Supadog competition on Sunday 7th September.

Competitors were welcomed with bacon rolls, which had to be cooked by Charlie Wilson, because Instructor Les couldn’t get the BBQ to go, even though it was the ‘easy light’ bags of charcoal!!

Some of the old timers had retired, citing old age, tidying the garage and bowls games as excuses! There were lots of new contenders, however, for the much coveted title of Supadog, not to mention the trophy that they get to keep for a year.

There were 3 sections that the team of competitors had to move round, with 4 games within each. Competitors were marked in each section and had a joker to play when they so chose, doubling their points. Games had elements of obedience, searching and agility.

After around 2 hours of hard competing, the results were finally totted up (this took longer than it should as none of the Instructors can add, never mind take away!!). Results were as follows:-

Handler & Dog Points (after handicap)

Adam & Shadow       93
Becky & Eddie          92
Katrina & Bobby       90
Denise & Mabel        82
Jon & Mr Jones        78
Lynsey & Lottie       73
Judith & Crixus        69
Chloe & Ella            65
Liz & Hendrix         60
Michael & Monty    56
Sam & Diesal          55
Claire & Poppy       54
Jo & Carli               53
Sue & Cadbury       47
Wendy & Thor       42
Denise & Holly      41
Liz & Nellie           35

Adam and Shadow were worthy winners, as they showed a consistent high standard across all of the games, although Becky and Katrina were hot on his tail! Adam was also the youngest handler on the day, so he should be incredibly proud of himself and his pooch!

Lynsey with Lottie, Jo with Carli and Judith with Crixus also received spot prizes for particularly good performances in individual exercises.

Whilst everyone cannot win a prize, we as Instructors feel incredibly proud as we look around the field and see all these dogs, some of which came to us as nutty puppies or bonkers adolescents, working with and for their owners, in a field with loads of other dogs and everyone is focussed on the job in hand!

To steal words from customer Chris Saunders, “each and every one of you owns a Supadog” and you should never forget how far your dog has progressed and they are a testament to how hard you have worked to get them to this point.

Supadog 2015 can’t come round quick enough!