We are not competing for selection this year, for many reasons. The main one is that we want a litter from Nia this year, and if for some reason it doesn’t work out, we’ll have a plan B by the end of the year. Anyway, I’m not a fan of a dog running at the World Championships at such a young age with so little experience. Nova is in great shape, but the uncertainty around my legs without added pressure is stressful enough on its own, so everything this year has clearly tipped the scales to the side of not competing. Nevertheless, we will be competing in the Open and the goals we set for the first weekend have been met to the maximum.
Nia: 2X 1st place, 1X7th place, 3X dis. She was perfectly focused and kept the dragon in herself in check, she worked incredibly well all weekend! Behind the disqualifications were a misunderstanding due to lack of routine, a late cross, and a wall t in the way of the handler. Videos of all the runs can be seen here.
Nova: 4 clear runs (one 2nd place, and all of them in the top 5 Hungarians), and 2 with a single fault. He was a pleasure to run with, he compensated my physical deficiencies very well all the time, those 2 mistakes were also the result of handling errors. His runs can be seen here.
