Hey, I have a dog!

I had an absolute blast going to the Topeka shows this weekend. I miss showing terribly and find myself living vicarously through my showing friends. Kathy dominated going HIT and H/C all weekend with her two remarkable dogs. It was thrilling to watch some of my friends in runoffs for various placements. The weekend was topped off by a gal who got a 199 in Open A...an extreme rarity. Great gal and a lovely dog. She wound up doing a runoff for HIT with Kathy. Her lack of ring experience led to a bobble but watch out for this team in the future.
I brought Moto along on Sunday and as with the sho n go last weekend he was a poopy performer. I'm going to have to backchain even more to reinforce lagging and being slow is NOT an option, while being motivational at the same time. Kathy reminded me of some games I can use while holding him accountable for his end of the leash as well. I was not terribly pleased with what I was getting, and after all the awards we were all packing up our cars to go home. I went back to the building to use the restroom and empty rings were just beckoning me. Everything was done with and everyone was gone except for the janiters cleaning up. I asked permission to enter the ring, the gal shrugged and said go for it. I don't know what made such a difference but Moto was back! He pranced, he held his position, he did his lovely attention and his recall was to die for. We did it short & quick and he got a nice big jackpot reward and we called it a day.
It could be he just needs more exposure to busy situations. That's an easy remedy.
Shopping centers, here we come!