I love going to doggy events. What I don't like is paying trial entry fees for a trial only to learn that I shouldn't have entered quite yet, because I still have some things to work on. This is where matches come in handy.
Matches are a place where for a little more than what it would normally cost me to enter one dog in one event, I can enter all three of my guys in two events each. Then I can evaluate their performance under ring conditions without the ring expense.
Recently, all of my guys tried their paws at Rally and formal Obedience with mixed results. I came away with some much needed information, which will help to guide my training for the next few weeks.
Ranger, for the first time in his life, had to be more than just a pretty boy in the ring. He qualified in Pre-novice obedience and had a respectable qualification of 80 points in Rally Novice B.
Ceilidh and Sue placed third and fourth , respectively, in Rally Excellent. Both NQ'd in Open obedience. Despite the NQ's I was really happy with them. Ceilidh was much more relaxed in the obedience ring than I have seen her in a long time and overall did very well. Sue looked pretty good and other than and expected muff on the broad jump and lying down on the long sit, she did everything that I asked of her and maybe a little more.
Show Quality Female Puppy in BC
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Plus at matches you get to spend less time being nervous about a Q and more time hanging out with friends!
Going to matches is a great idea! I've only been to one, because I wanted to get some practice in the ring seeing as it was my first show dog and first time handling. It's so chill, and makes you more comfortable when you get to the real thing.
I see TCEP http://trackingclub.angelfire.com/ is having a tracking match on the 12th. It's time to start getting out on the tracks again. Maybe I'll take the crew and see how we are doing in that arena.
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