Front and Finish

Our next Obedience trial is coming up quickly. Pinch is entered in Wildcard Novice which is a good thing. Moto is in Wildcard Open for the first trial, and if all goes well he will debut in Open B at the second trial. There are two trials on Saturday.
Honestly, I don't know how I became so successful with Shiloh. And Blitz could have been amazing. But Moto and Pinch.....boy, training holes, and lots of them.
As I've always said it won't be fair to put a lot of work into Moto for several reasons. The biggest one is with him it's better to train smart than train long. He doesn't have the mental endurance for it. He IS capable of great accuracy, but you never know when he's going to feel up to putting in the effort.
Pinch could train every minute of every day. He is a blast to train and show. I learned from this past weekend I've not trained some of the basic building blocks enough: where "heel" is, and that danged front. Doodling, and lots of it, are in Pinch's future. And front games. He's not committed to finding front, nor is he committed to finding heel. I've got myself an out of the box thinker who does stuff none of my other dogs has done in the ring. He's not naughty by any means, he's just not making correct choices, and that's because I haven't shown him EXACTLY what those choices are.
Our goals for this next trial: Moto - be able to perform all the Open exercises with a good attitude.
Pinch: do a good front on the recall. Stay with Mom on the fast, off-leash. Be up and happy.
Me: remain the FUN mom who makes showing fun for both boys.
After next weekend, then focus on herding, and a possible AHBA trial in June.
Yup, Spring is here!