Sunday, August 30, 2009

Rally Training for Sporting Dogs!!







We got up early this Saturday to head out to Eastover, SC so that we could do some Rally training with some other sporting dogs. Two pointers (Sport and Pine), two Weimerianers (Denning and Dixie), an Irish Setter (Jackson) and me!! (I just went to socialize and tag along, but Uncle Jackson definitely did some hardcore training :) After everyone practiced, we had the opportunity to survey the property boundaries, through the trees, across streams, up hills and everywhere in between!
We ended up with a swim at the little pond at the end of the trail, and I got to practice my swimming skills again. Ms. Beth is still concerned that I don't swim very efficiently.... I splash a lot and haven't learned to just level out and propel myself forward with my legs underwater!! I tell her I just need more practice :)
She also needs to get me a retreiving dummy. I am soooo excited about retreiving, I am much more inclined to go swimming if I'm actually retreiving something..... especially if I have to beat another dog to get there first! (I am just a wee bit competitive :)
All in all, it was a GREAT day and I'm so glad that I got to tag along and train with the sporting dogs!! They are such great fun :)

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