Darcy and I started off obedience training from Puppy Pre-School at a different club, and I remember finishing a class having struggled with the whole concept of stand when Darcy was about 6 months old. We walked past a more advanced class and remember seeing the higher level dogs working and thinking “wow – we’ll never get to that level!”

12 months later, with a bit of work and consistency, we’ve got to there and beyond! Darcy got her CCD obedience title at 16 months and we’re working towards entering Novice Obedience at the end of the year.

However, our real passion is agility – we started in the foundation class at WDTS and have progressed through to the advanced class when Darcy was old enough. She’s very easy to train as she’s so motivated, but because Darcy is so incredibly quick she’s not always the easiest dog to handle. Lucky for me she forgives my handling mistakes and she’s taught me a lot about handling a quick dog on an agility course!

Darcy and I made our Agility Trial debut in Novice Jumping back in mid-June and we achieved our third pass in Novice Jumping at Croydon at the start of September, giving Darcy her Novice Jumping (JD) title.