30th November 2024 Show
30th November 2024
Meet the Judges
Meet Gemma:
"I've been competing at agility for around 10 years.
I currently compete at grade 7 with 2 toy poodles Angus and Rayne. We have recently been selected for Team England and I will be taking them both out to the Netherlands in May next year to compete at The World Agility Open.
I have a small agility club in Melton Mowbray called Agility Allstarz, I offer group lessons and 1:1s for all levels of handlers.
I recently became a Kennel Club Judge, I particularly prefer to design fast flowing courses with nice safe dog lines 😊"
Meet Anneka:
"Hi I’m Anneka and I’ve been doing agility for 5yrs with my little rescue dachshund Snoopy.
Agility hasn’t always been easy for us and we never thought when we started out that we would be in the ring at competitions or achieving what we have in our training.
Due to Snoopy’s anxiety getting in rings was very difficult and he was bolting and feeling scared in front of other dogs. Over time building one item at a time in the ring, we have been able to make it out to bigger shows and also managed clear confident runs which means the world to us.
We have also been lucky enough to train with a mixture of amazing trainers along our journey, pushing us well beyond our dreams and now smashing 5-7 courses with harder skills.
Our bond has definitely flourished and a big part of that is down to doing agility. This little dog has shown me that any dog can have a go at agility and it’s about the fun together and rosettes are a bonus.
I was also lucky enough to teach beginners agility for a year and it is so amazing to see them now starting to enter the competition world. All I ever wanted was to show people how much fun agility can be and what a cool partnership it can help form.
I look forward to setting some cool courses at the next show and seeing everyone working towards their own goals, even if it’s staying in the ring or not doing zoomies, trust me we have all been there 🤩"