Agility Austria: Ben's final exam for A2

This weekend our friends Metka and Roland invited us to agility competition in Austria. There were 2 agility runs and no jumping - perfect for those who want to move to a higher class, A2 or A3. Not really that important for Ben, because I am keeping him in A1 until next season, but still, I prefer running agility than jumping because it is very important for him to get used to all new equipment + I find it more interesting. And so on Friday morning we headed towards another agility weekend. We stopped at our friend's place, Maja with her BC Phoebe, and in the afternoon we went together to St. Margarethen. It still felt like running in Slovenia, since like half of the competitors in A1 small and some others as well came from Slovenia :)

The first agility run was very good, but again one very ugly enormous turn. He already headed towards A-frame or tunnel, not sure, but I managed to call him back without refusal. He still has that moments, when he just wants to run his own course, with me following him :) Maybe he is just dissatisfied with my handling and he thinks it would be a better idea to switch the roles - Ben handling, Nina jumping over bars :D Other than that it looked pretty good, PERFECT contacts, eventhough there was a tire after the dogwalk and we didn't train tire at all. Funny, we had to run the same course again, because they didn't have our time, something went wrong. So we had another clean run, but without the first enormous turn (it was easy since Ben and I knew the course already :)). This is how Ben won agility run and passed his final exam for A2!!!!! :D

Our second agility run was great too, right until the very end, where I was just a little too slow and Ben jumped over the wrong bar. That would mean another 1st place for Ben, but well, we were eliminated in the end of the course, I have to start running faster.

We spent the night and Saturday in Prekmurje with Maja&Phoebe and Metka, Roland&their parsons. So we really had a great time, they are all so very positive and good people (and doggies) to have around! :)