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I am so excited, I finished Arwen's CD last night. We did it in three shows, and took first at each show. True, last night was a specialty, and there was only 1 Novice A dog, but she qualified with a 186 -- handling errors -- left my hand up AGAIN in the recall and had my right hand up on stomach instead of the left, oops, did not know THAT made a difference, now I do. But Arwen was perfect. Now she is retired. She is seven and I do not want to start jumping her now. Also she abhors that dumbell thing. So, other than maybe a TDI with her, she is done.
I am just as excited about Tori's RN. Tori is the pup that I got back from my brothers, who is a bit fearful of people. She is doing better and better though. We got a leg in May at the specialty in North Ridgeville, three dogs, we took second. Then in Madison, we were chucked out of the ring for being unmanageable. (I think it was because I dropped the leash twice though as she was not nearly as wacky as other dogs I have seen go through, but why argue, the judge was going to NQ her and he had a schedule to keep.) The next day, we qualified and got our second leg. She pulled me around a bit, but it was not "a consistantly tight lead" according to the judge. I was pleased with how Tori managed herself in the ring with the judge -- not being weenie at all. So I went home and entered Tori in this specialty hoping to get a third leg. Tori did good last night. We got a 92 and took third place out of four dogs. I was way happy because Tori relaxed and even appeared to be having fun in the ring. Maybe it was because I whispered in her ear that if she qualified, she wouldn't have to do any more dog shows, only her CGC.
Arwen is done. I plan to keep Tori in classes until we get a CGC on her or she dies. That will force me to get her out around other people at least once a week (save when she is in heat).
I am just as excited about Tori's RN. Tori is the pup that I got back from my brothers, who is a bit fearful of people. She is doing better and better though. We got a leg in May at the specialty in North Ridgeville, three dogs, we took second. Then in Madison, we were chucked out of the ring for being unmanageable. (I think it was because I dropped the leash twice though as she was not nearly as wacky as other dogs I have seen go through, but why argue, the judge was going to NQ her and he had a schedule to keep.) The next day, we qualified and got our second leg. She pulled me around a bit, but it was not "a consistantly tight lead" according to the judge. I was pleased with how Tori managed herself in the ring with the judge -- not being weenie at all. So I went home and entered Tori in this specialty hoping to get a third leg. Tori did good last night. We got a 92 and took third place out of four dogs. I was way happy because Tori relaxed and even appeared to be having fun in the ring. Maybe it was because I whispered in her ear that if she qualified, she wouldn't have to do any more dog shows, only her CGC.
Arwen is done. I plan to keep Tori in classes until we get a CGC on her or she dies. That will force me to get her out around other people at least once a week (save when she is in heat).
