Trying it again!

I have a goal for the year, and I thought Id dust off the old Blog and see if I can use it to help me reach it.
My goal is to take Quinn into the ring and earn his P-CD.
AKC has a new titling class thats Preferred Novice.  Its standard Novice, but the sit (or down) stay is similar to the sit-stay in Beginning Novice.  In other words, no group sit and down!  Yay.
For Quinn thats the only way Ill be comfortable getting a CD on him.  He knows the exercises, but hes frightened of other dogs and Ive worked very hard with him quite a bit.  There was a time when I couldnt even take him to a trial. Since then hes earned his RE and BN, so hes improved immensely, but I know I wouldnt feel confident of his behavior in a group of dogs.

So today, I practiced the sit-stay, he did fine, but we were in my dining room, not much of a challenge. My sister brought me a pizza for supper (we shared) and I had her help me practice the Moving Stand.  The first time, he did the stand and held the exam, which is tough because he loves Alicia and wants nothing more than to jump on her and give her kisses.  When I called him to heel, he came to heel, but didnt sit.  Oops, we need to work on that. The second time, I broke it up and did the stand and exam.  Then rewarded him, reset the stand and called him to heel, he did much better.

Tomorrow, I want to practice a full Novice routine, well see how that goes!

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