It's really weird how agility has changed since the height changes, for some reason when the fences were bigger it was an advantage to have a collie that was just above the lowest minimum heights for standards, now the fences have dropped it seems that the ones that do well are the huge leggy collies. I don't think collies should be allowed in medium because I've seen ones that used to be competitive at the old standard height but have since measured into medium so it's hardly surprising those dogs have gone on to become advanced within about 6 months.
I don't know what to do with Elsie, she is seriously quick but I know she's in medium because she's within breed standard height, it might sound wrong but as I've only ever had one dog to run and it's a long way to go for even the nearest show, to go there knowing I won't get more than low placed clear rounds against collies and poodles is what's putting me off competing her
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It's been a strange pattern since I've been competing with Sammy. He's a standard sized dog and was very accurate at first but didn't really get more than a clear round, I learnt some techniques to get him going faster and with the new speed he lost the accuracy, eventually we got both together and he won 2 starters classes by 5 and 7 secs which is a huge gap considering class sizes were about 120. We won into novice (grade 3) just as the heights came down and we've not been competitive since.