The crowd rapidly dwindles away to a sea of bright table umbrellas. It always rains during the shoot. Mark wanders in and sits himself down out of the rain. We set up the agility course in the birdcage. That's where they run over hurdles and ramps and through tunnels and slaloms.
Agility is a bit like an equestrian course, so the setting was quite appropriate.
At seven o'clock that night the competitors get the calls they are waiting for telling them who's in the semi-finals the next day. Peter de Wit says the dog owners love competing in Tux Wonder Dogs. It's nothing like what we do normally. That takes the competitive element out of it and people are here just to have fun. The next day during the semi-finals and finals the weather takes another turn.