As the owner of a mischievous bearded collie, reporter Charlotte Austen-Hardy has always been in awe of dog owners who can do agility with their dogs.
Mandy-Sue Sarti, 46, of Stonebridge Hill, Colne Engaine, competes regularly with her dogs and even qualified with her eight-year-old Patterdale Terrier, Izzy for the Kennel Club Olympia Agility Finals, which is held in London as part of the Olympia International Horse Show
Charlotte took her dog Tommy to Stonebridge Dog Agility in Colne Engaine, to meet Mandy-Sue and have a go.
See this week's Halstead Gazette to find out how they got on.
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