Sharon has already heard my tale of woe....but here it goes........
My last subject posted here was about my girl's High in Trial a few weeks ago. After that trial, she needed a mere 1 more leg to finish her CD title which I had hoped to accomplish this past weekend.
This past weekend was a large 4 day outdoor trial here in Calgary. I understand there were 1100 dogs at the show (mainly conformation). We had 24 Novice A dogs.
The obedience rings were adjacent to the conformation rings and directly across from a row of busy trade booths. The weather was hot, .when it wasn't raining LOL!
There was a correction match on the Thursday night which I dilgently attended. My girl was good. She lagged a bit on an about turn by the ring gate but I popped her up and she came right back to me and worked well for the rest of the round.
I arrived Saturday morning confident that even if her round wasn't as pretty as her round for the HIT a few weeks ago, she'd at least get the last leg.
She was a bit off on her warm-up, looking around at all the hubub........but I finally got her up and playing with me and focusing on me before we went into the ring.
Her first exercise, Heel on Leash, was a bit haphazard due to the noise and commotion around us (including a bag of dog biscuits being emptied into a big tin right as we did an about turn) but she did a credible job with a 34 score (out of 40 points).
Her Stand for Exam was solid and she really played up well with me after that exercise.
On to the Heel Free........ she boinged into her READY position beside me.......those big beautiful brown eyes focused on me, exuding attention and readiness. The Judge said "Are you ready?". I replied "READY".
The Judge said "Forward", I said "TROT" and my lovely wee boxer girl tucked her little ass underneath her and scooted around the ring in the most gleeful Fruit Loop!
The Judge said HALT and I said "YOU get READY" and she leaped into position beside me and finished her exercise nicely.
The Judge said "Too bad. Once she got her head together it was a nice round but I can't qualify you".
Sigh.
So...........Sunday was a new day and I thought she would be fine.......she just needed to "settle in" a bit.
However, evidently she thought that if the Fruit Loop on her heel free was such a crowd pleaser on Saturday then an extended long play version of it on Sunday would bring the house down.........
I pulled her on Monday.
While the Alberta Boxer Club sponsored a booster for obedience complete with a lovely big trophy, ribbons and other prizes, there were only 2 boxers in the entire trial! I was very sorry to see that.
However, a wonderful boxer girl in Novice B qualified on the Saturday and got the trophy.
My last subject posted here was about my girl's High in Trial a few weeks ago. After that trial, she needed a mere 1 more leg to finish her CD title which I had hoped to accomplish this past weekend.
This past weekend was a large 4 day outdoor trial here in Calgary. I understand there were 1100 dogs at the show (mainly conformation). We had 24 Novice A dogs.
The obedience rings were adjacent to the conformation rings and directly across from a row of busy trade booths. The weather was hot, .when it wasn't raining LOL!
There was a correction match on the Thursday night which I dilgently attended. My girl was good. She lagged a bit on an about turn by the ring gate but I popped her up and she came right back to me and worked well for the rest of the round.
I arrived Saturday morning confident that even if her round wasn't as pretty as her round for the HIT a few weeks ago, she'd at least get the last leg.
She was a bit off on her warm-up, looking around at all the hubub........but I finally got her up and playing with me and focusing on me before we went into the ring.
Her first exercise, Heel on Leash, was a bit haphazard due to the noise and commotion around us (including a bag of dog biscuits being emptied into a big tin right as we did an about turn) but she did a credible job with a 34 score (out of 40 points).
Her Stand for Exam was solid and she really played up well with me after that exercise.
On to the Heel Free........ she boinged into her READY position beside me.......those big beautiful brown eyes focused on me, exuding attention and readiness. The Judge said "Are you ready?". I replied "READY".
The Judge said "Forward", I said "TROT" and my lovely wee boxer girl tucked her little ass underneath her and scooted around the ring in the most gleeful Fruit Loop!
The Judge said HALT and I said "YOU get READY" and she leaped into position beside me and finished her exercise nicely.
The Judge said "Too bad. Once she got her head together it was a nice round but I can't qualify you".
Sigh.
So...........Sunday was a new day and I thought she would be fine.......she just needed to "settle in" a bit.
However, evidently she thought that if the Fruit Loop on her heel free was such a crowd pleaser on Saturday then an extended long play version of it on Sunday would bring the house down.........
I pulled her on Monday.
While the Alberta Boxer Club sponsored a booster for obedience complete with a lovely big trophy, ribbons and other prizes, there were only 2 boxers in the entire trial! I was very sorry to see that.
However, a wonderful boxer girl in Novice B qualified on the Saturday and got the trophy.