Vito's 2nd Obedience Trial!
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Saturday, October 23, 2010
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Today Vito has his 2nd attempt at Novice B!
Heel on leash/figure 8- 1pt off
What a great dog! Very attentive and really working hard on heel position. A little bit of a lag, and a peek at the judge, after the first about turn but catches up quickly.
I remembered to go the left on the figure 8, unlike with Lance, and I think this helped. He still lagged a tiny bit on the outside turn but I tried to remember to drive though it and Vito started to pick up the pace
Stand for Exam- 0pts off
Big head turn towards the judge but no feet moved!
Heel Free- 4.5pts lost
Some lagging at the first left turn, and another look at the judge. Much tighter about turn but I felt some nuzzling on my hand as Vito checked to see if I was holding any treats :) The last about turn Vito got distracted by a wall and went off to sniff but quickly caught himself before I had to say anything. Actually quite a few dogs got lost in that corner today. And I cost us 3pts during this as I forgot to let my left hand swing enough. When I get nervous I tend to stiffen up and heel with a straight left hand. I think it also makes me feel safer about my dog's heel position, as sort of a target. The judge rightfully hit us for it and it's a good reminder for me to pay more attention.
Recall- .5pts off
Less bouncy this time :) He still steps up my foot but I dont think the judge caught it. She did get the crooked front though.
Overall
I am so excited by his performance! Vito scored a 197, but I got that knocked to a 194. Everything from his debut last month was much better. Vito didn't get ahead of me on the fast time and had tighter turns. He did steal a few glances at the judge so I think I need to practice with a "judge" following us. Tomorrow I will try to relax and move my arms and hopefully get our 3rd leg!
Congratulations! Sounds like Vito did a great job. I didn't know that your arm needs to swing- then again, I've never read the AKC regs.
Nice work :)
(I have a terrible time leaving comments here sometimes - I often post them but they don't come through - I'm thinking good thoughts for Luke kitty too!!)
Thanks for continuing to try Andrea! No comments are showing up in the spam filter blogger has so I don't know where they would disappear to.
Luke seems to be doing fine now. Very happy about the wet food and being extra annoying to the dogs :)
He looks really great, he's got such a great attitude. Good luck for tomorow.
Congratulations!! I'm so impatient to start trialing in obedience - to feel like I'm getting somewhere - but I don't just want to qualify; I want to get good scores, so I'm waiting.
I love how you played with him / praised him in between exercises. I know you're allowed to, but it seems like people either forget or just don't do it.
And, as usual, I love your song choice! Whenever I see you've uploaded a new video, I get almost as excited to hear the song as I am to see the dogs.
Brilliant! His focus is sooooo impressive. Great work.
Amy- It's hard to wait to start trialing. A lot of people I train with wait until they know they can go straight to utility, getting awesome scores along the way.
I was never that hardcore but I had a list of criteria that I even blogged about earlier this year, but ultimately I threw it out the window and just decided to go and have fun.
WOW! That is amazing! I would love for my puppy to do that well someday. Great work!