Wyatt did well in Novice B but failed to come on the novice recall. I clapped loudly and he came. I do not want to get in the habit of issuing a second command. My volume was loud but not overly so. He did both stays so that was great. His heeling was OK but not his best.
I did not expect anything going into Open. I thought I would go noncompetative. Why not. That's why you see me correcting his first automatic sit. I guess the judge just marked us down for a double command. I was very happy when he did his drop on recall! I did use a very loud voice. I think it scares him a bit but it does seem (tentatively) that I have to use this very loud command to get him off his spot and to also put my body into it. I was very happy with both retrieves and the broad jump too. He somehow made it through both sits and downs. I wonder if it helped that the judge was correcting dogs.
Patriot had some hard spots. His heeling was great! But I needed to go out with him and/or issue multiple commands on both retrieves. I also needed to jump with him on the broad jump and he did not drop on the drop on recall.
Anyway, a fun day and the 191.5 and first really was a thrill. Gives me hope for a CDX though it take a while.
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