Well, I had an exciting weekend with Ms. Beth and Uncle Jackson! On Saturday morning we traveled up to Simpsonville, SC for the Dog Obedience Club of Greenville Rally & Obedience Trial. Ms. Beth entered me into a Rally Novice Class. She wasn't sure if I would stay focused the whole time in the ring because there would be no hot dog treat rewards like there are in practice. She was especially worried because I was sooooooooo distracted while we were outside. She kept telling me to focus, but there were so many things to see and smell out there.... it was really hard for me to focus!! And it was such a beautiful day, and the birds were singing, and there were people and dogs everywhere....
Anyway, she was a little bit nervous, I could tell, so I thought that I might better focus a little bit more. I don't know why she was so worried.
When it was our turn in the ring we started off together and she used her happy voice and so I knew everything would be fine. We had to do one exercise over because I sat down instead of laying down, but Ms. Beth said that it wasn't a big deal. She gave me lots and lots of lovies when we got out of the ring. I was so glad to make her happy!!!
Ms. Beth was talking with our friends who have a Gordon Setter, Corey, and she was so excited that they had earned a score of 95 out of 100! Pretty awesome! But I'm just as awesome as Corey, because we earned the same score! Ms. Beth was surprised, but I wasn't. She asked for me to focus in the ring and I did, so of course we did well!!
And then we got to be back in the ring and get a pretty green qualifying ribbon and a squeaky doggie toy that looks like a dog bone!! I call it my Rally Bone and it is my ALL Time favorite toy right now!!!
So, now I have earned my first qualifying score for a Rally Novice title. I have to earn 2 more qualifying scores and then I will have an RN after my registered name.
I think this Rally stuff is going to be pretty cool!! I'll keep you posted on my progress. Until then, happy training with your people :)
