Thursday, April 1, 2010

You know you're Obedience obsessed when....

...you dream about training fronts. We had a great Rally weekend and I plan to continue the Rally/Wildcard classes until I feel Moto is ready for the"big ring". But his fronts aren't consistent. Of all the little things we need to tweak this is the one that has mystified me the entire life of this blog. The front in the picture is pretty good but could be .5 deductable. It's not perfect.
This weekend I saw Kathy helping one of her students with her lovely terrier. Kathy had taught us a little trick about fronts at Obedience Camp that really keeps the dog thinking where front is. I'd forgotten about this until she worked it with her student. Back home I tried it with Moto and could see his wheels turning...Where should I be, gosh, I have to work at this! It was great and can be a lot of fun too.
I thought about this trick so much I dreamed about it last night. It wasn't as much fun as a dream I had when I began showing Shiloh, where I dreamt we got a 200. I was sooooo happy in that dream I was actually mad I woke up from it! It hasn't come true during his career but it's something I will aways work towards. Meantime, the Correct Front dream is something more tangible. One dream at a time, please!

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