Chimera seems to have completely recovered from the disc injury he sustained 3 weeks ago. He had his regular appointment with his chiropractor yesterday. I asked her whether I should retire him from agility, and she said yes. He might be fine for a long time but he's likely to keep getting hurt, and we know that when he does, he hides it until it's extreme.
After years of training, waiting until he was mature and confident before trialing, and finally competing with qualifying runs nearly every single time... we're out with just our novice jumpers and standard titles.
Obviously life with my dog is about more than competing, but we both love agility and I am sad at how things have turned out.
We'll continue with low key sports and tricks training. I'm thinking about doing nose work more seriously (we just dabble here and there).
