This blog is going to be about the dogs, so if it's not one of your interests you are most probably going to get bored reading this stuff.
To get our year started Major and I did our debut in Novice Obedience 2nd of January. To be exact it was not official but a correction match, and I should add that Major and I have only done obedience in "public" only when we did 3 x Rally O Novice last summer and then once at Spirit Ridge K9 training center just before Christmas (Jim let us kindly to do a drop-in class with Major).
Heel in leash and off-leash went very well, Major was following with nice contact both runs and only with the first one he needed to be reminded once to keep his eye contact, sits were prefect which I am so proud of since I had problems with Nova in them.
Figure 8 went well and also stand on examination perfectly both times.
Recall first time he laid down before the call, other time it was perfect ; VERY fast and sits straight and close to me in front. Finish could have been a bit better, but still ok.
Our problem really was that in long sit, he laid down in both runs just when I was walking back. He seemed to get pressured by me of some reason. Long down was perfect both times.
So I'm hoping to fix our little problem with laying down in long sit before our first REAL trials which is going to be in 2 weeks. I just think it's going to be such a great opportunity since the trial is in the same facility, that it would be such a shame to miss it by waiting for trials later during the year somewhere else. To me he seems to be quite ready for trials anyway so, ready or not here we come Novice A!
What made me real proud of Major was that this was his 5th "training session" in public and he did such an awesome job! He was not affected by the place or distractions at all and worked just as home. He is such a happy boy working with me, and with the words of one viewer and fellow competitor " one can tell that He just LOVES you!", makes me think about my old boy Zorro who almost made my mom cry watching us do obedience because love for pleasing was so great in his beautiful performance.
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