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Saturday was a great day for our family at an AKC dog show in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Louie competed for the first time in Advanced Rally Obedience and earned his first leg toward his RA title. Katie also competed in Advanced Rally and qualified for the third time, so she now has her Rally Obedience Advanced title. Hooray for Katie! Now she is officially retired from the competition world. She is going to focus on her draft and therapy work since those are the activities she loves the best.
It was so thrilling to get to take both Newfs into the ring to receive their ribbons on Saturday. Even though I don't look excited in this picture I promise I was
Now Louie has been in the Rally Obedience Ring five times and all five times he qualified. Sunday he earned his second leg toward his RA/Rally Advanced title. It was a tough run because someone was playing with their dog and a toy right on the other side of the gate. Louie was very interested, but when I told him to leave it he got back on track. Also, the jump was immediately after a right turn which didn't give him a lot of room. I was worried, but Louie sailed over the jump. Gary built us some awesome jumps at home on Saturday after seeing Louie struggle a bit in the ring that morning. We practiced Saturday night and first thing Sunday morning. I think that made a huge difference for Louie.
There are videos on our blog at the link in my signature.
It was so thrilling to get to take both Newfs into the ring to receive their ribbons on Saturday. Even though I don't look excited in this picture I promise I was
Now Louie has been in the Rally Obedience Ring five times and all five times he qualified. Sunday he earned his second leg toward his RA/Rally Advanced title. It was a tough run because someone was playing with their dog and a toy right on the other side of the gate. Louie was very interested, but when I told him to leave it he got back on track. Also, the jump was immediately after a right turn which didn't give him a lot of room. I was worried, but Louie sailed over the jump. Gary built us some awesome jumps at home on Saturday after seeing Louie struggle a bit in the ring that morning. We practiced Saturday night and first thing Sunday morning. I think that made a huge difference for Louie.
There are videos on our blog at the link in my signature.
