What were we thinking, indeed!

Five dogs, 14 events, 2 days, 2 handlers.  When I went to check us in on Friday, my opening comment to the table steward was “Jones, table for 7.”

Friday was interesting… horrible weather with periods of pouring rain and some good winds that threatened to take out the canopies at ringside.  But the dogs liked it!  Saga got her last leg on her CD with a 192, Dax and Zappa both got qualifying scores in Rally, and Harley and Lexi both qualified in Rally Advanced.  Harley ticked the first board on the broad jump in open (NQ) and Lexi did it beautifully, but didn’t sit in the front position.  The judge decided to wait her out to see if she’d sit, which of course she wasn’t going to do at that point, so when nothing happened, Lexi offered a behavior — touch!  Unfortunately, she chose to “touch” the end of the broad jump with both feet — hard.  So that was that.

Saturday didn’t go nearly as well for the dogs, although the sun was out for a while and it actually got hot for part of the time.  No Q s for Dax and Zappa, Lexi walked over the broad jump, and Harley nicked it again.  I also blew the drop on recall because I didn’t react to the judges’ signal — total handler bungle.  Lexi and Harley q’d in Rally advanced, and Lexi finished her RA, and Saga actually did very nice work on Saturday, but the judge was REALLY tough and she got a 182.

And the worst part was that nobody (especially bad was the rally judge on Sat) would give us time to warm up — both Zappa and Dax went straight from the car into the ring and back into the car.  Not what I had in mind for ring experience!

So next year we’re just going to volunteer to run it instead of enter.  HUH???!!!!

Is there some point to this exercise? -photo by Ingrid http://www.psychtkennel.com