Zest (Born in 2015) is Nicola’s more experienced competing dog, she is also Nicola’s greatest challenge to date. Zest is complex dog who threw more than her fair share of challenges at Nicola who became a better trainer in the process. She had great success in her first year competing moving from Grade 3 up to Grade 6 whilst also Qualifying for the Olympia Novice Stakes Final and winning the Camddwr Cup Final less than six months after beginning competing in agility classes. In her second year she once again Qualified to run at Olympia and was selected to become a development dog for team GB.

Zest went on the compete at the Agilty Stakes, formerly Olympia, every year of her career coming runner up in 2019.  Zest has competed at Crufts for several consecutive years  and has represented England at Crufts in the international class. She was also selected for Team GB and the England Team for international competitions on several occasions. In 2022 following Covid Nicola and Zest qualified for every event they were eligible for at Crufts and went on to win the Crufts Championship event, she tried to top this in 2023 by winning the Crufts singles final! Zest continues to love her agility and is continuing to learn new skills and working on her strength and conditioning as she matures.