09/07/2025
We entered our first AKC obedience / rally trial today 😮💨😮💨😮💨
Despite making a few rookie handler mistakes in novice obedience we had a great qualifying run in the on and off leash portions. My proudest moment was seeing Basha recall into a perfectly straight front (and not defaulting to heel from thousands of retrieves) and hold a PERFECT STAND FOR EXAM without smiling, wiggling or moving her feet…just a cute little tail wag at the judge. In the group sit exercise two wasps were swarming the grass near her tail / feet which was just enough for her to decide that she was over sitting and slumped into a down stay which awarded us a NQ. We were SO CLOSE!! Next time!
That being said, we somehow managed to pull off a perfect score of 100 in Rally! I incorrectly entered Novice B class and got third place - had I entered Novice A we would have placed first. So proud of her!
Basha passed her canine good citizen test, trick novice and intermediate today.
Thank you and for being the best dog sport trial gal pals! Ribbons are cool and all, but training and trialing with good friends is ✨
