2012

After a winter of rural pursuits, Fickle started the year well, winning two classes at the NWA open show.   We then went to Belgium where she was measured (under 47cms) for her FCI racing/coursing licence and together with her brother ran a spectacular trial at Vien. 
Back home, she won the Special Yearling class at NCWC Ch show and the following week was the
second highest scoring whippet at the BSFA lure coursing.

Back through the tunnel in May to get an "excellent" at a French FCI CACIB show before her first run the following weekend at an international championship lure coursing event in Belgium where to my joy, she won the bitch CACIL - the first step to being an international lure coursing champion.  Now she needs to get another show "excellent" and after a year and a day, win another CACIL in a different country - which could be a step too far.

photos above and right Tinne van Hooydonck

This intense interest in all around her can make Fickle quite a challenge to show. The slightest rustle from the ringside demands immediate investigation and her interest in all the other dogs makes her oblivious to any attempt by her handler to gain her attention. However, in spite of some less than fluent performances, she did well in her first season, being in the cards at all but one championship show she attended, including Crufts 2011.  Later that year, she made the trip to the World Show where she gained an excellent and in Germany, the same weekend, two more as well as a placing.