Razzle had his first evaluation on competitive obedience; well what can I say we failed dismally.
He had zippo zero focus for at least 20 of our 30 minute evaluation. Our heeling was quite abysmal even from the doting parents point of view. I was truly embarrassed cause I thought we had the down stay pat, perfect! Well we were perfectly awfull on the down stay....
Magic aced his CD level skills and most of his CDX we still have problems on Drop on Recall - but unlike Razzle he got better the more we took the baby steps on drop on Recall. Ilona refresehed my memory of the three step protocol on training for this. On the glummer note, she has noticed Magic's injury; and we can't do any jumping for a bit, and I have to moderate even his heels to sit. So I am to go back for Laser treatment and treadmill work' and then we see.
I think we are both feeling our way here for the big boy. He just adores working, but we need to make it safe and healthy for him. I cry everytime now I work with him, I have to hold him back so much.