GSPA Working Test Little Dalby

What a great day at the GSPA Working Test at Little Dalby with Gary and Ian and Jayne, sadly Gail couldn't enter. The weather was kind to us, hot but with a welcome breeze and plenty of shade. The water was sufficiently challenging for a novice test - slippy entry, plenty of weeds and lillies to swim through and a step up to get back onto the bank. Great hunting too with each dog having separate ground to work and changing wind direction.
Thrilled to say that Coco scored a respectable 80/100 on the day and although she wasn't in in the cards she was joint 6th. She scored 20/20 on her seen retrieve which we thought was relatively straight forward but saw a number of dogs fail, including Winnie who preempted Gary's command and ran in. That said Coco fluffed an easy blind retrieve which I had to handle her onto which goes to show that you never can tell... What do they say about dogs being great levellers!?!
Winnie had a good day on the water, hunting and a 19/20 on her blind but threw it away on the seen retrieve which was frustrating for Gary as she did the whole exercise without fault other than waiting for the okay from the judge to go... All it took was Gary to straighten his back and shoulders and she took it as a sign to get out - just goes to show how quick dogs are to read our body language.
Ian and Louie had another good outing scoring a fabulous 77/100. They completed all four tests well, just dropping an odd mark here and there but with no major errors. Considering that Louie is the first gundog that Ian has trained and worked we are delighted with their steady progress and feel that it is only a matter of time before all their hard work really starts to pay off.
Above all, we all had a really enjoyable day amongst good friends, watching our dogs do what they were bred to do, in beautiful sunshine, on wonderful grounds.