I was drawn first with Dora in Beginners. The break had obviously done her good as she worked very well. She was pleased to be back in the ring and bounced along happily. She only lost 4 marks, 1.5 HOL, 2 HF. .5 Recall and none for her Retrieve.
Next I took Saffy into the ring. I decided I would start off competing and if she lost concentration would turn it into a training round. this is the first time I have tried to actually compete with saffy apart from in companion shows. Saffy worked brilliantly. Even ignoring the little bichon in the next ring. Her heelwork was beautiful both on and off lead. We need a little more work on her left turns but they were still pretty good. In the end we lost 5.5 marks. 2 HOl, 3 HF .5 Retrieve and full marks for her recall. I was so pleased with her.
Unfortunately to get a place we also had to do stays and Saffy has never actually been in the stay ring at a show and I have not spent as much time as I should training stays with all the otehr things we do, but I decided to take her in the ring ans see what happened. She lasted for 30 seconds in each stay then came to me to see why I was just standing there and to see if there was any food in the offing. thankfully Dora stayed where she was even though Saffy moved.
In the end Dora was placed Fifth. Saffy would have been sixth if she had done the stays. Not bad in a class of over 40 dogs. I think I must do a bit more training.
The Picture shows hanging about on the settee. She often stands like this. She is a very strange dog sometimes!
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