Well, I finally got around to writing a post. It hasn't been that I have not been training with Joey. I have been training alot. I just haven't had the time to blog about it. Now that I am settled into my school schedule I hope to post more regularly. I have entered Joey in USDAA agility trial on the second weekend of February. I'm actually not sure our entry made it in time, (we sent it kind of late), but we are assuming we did make it in and practicing hard. USDAA is a little different than AKC. To start with their Novice class has twelve poles, so we are practicing that. I also entered Joey for a standard run but am kind of regretting that now. He is not afraid of the seesaw any more but we haven't done a dogwalk for some time. I want to head over to our training club and practice the dogwalk and the seesaw.
Obedience is doing pretty well. His stand in motion is coming along, and he is finally starting to stop right away. I'm also doing the go out regularly and he loves running out to the ring gate. His articles are finally starting to click and though we are still only doing three articles, I don't need to tie them down anymore. Finally, his broad jump and drop on recall are good now, so he is ready for the open class. I am entering him in a trial the beginning of March, where I will finish his novice title and get a Rally Excellent leg. And I hope to compete in the open class in April.
I haven't done a whole lot of tracking because the ground is still freezing cold, and it makes it hard to lay a track, pus it isn't to fair to make Joey down for an article.
Joey, a.k.a "Hutsok's Snow Storm CGC RA BH,BN" is a Maltese, born October 23rd 2009. Joey competes in Rally and Agility, and we are practicing in Tracking and Obedience. This blog is an account of the training, progress,and everyday adventures of Joey's life.
