A Great Weekend at the Park!

Now you may recall that in June I earned 

my first qualifying score in Rally Novice. 

I have to admit that being my very first time at a trial

 I was very nervous

 but I managed to get a qualifying score

(at least 70 out of 100 pts for Rally - a green ribbon is awarded for qualifying) 

and third place

This last weekend Mom & I went to a beautiful park in Idaho Falls, ID to see if I could get two more qualifies and complete my Rally Novice Title

In Rally we have to go through a course of numbered stations with signs. Each sign tells us what we need to do.  Things like fast, slow, stop - sit  - mom walks around me, 360° turns left or right, that sort of thing. The novice level is done on leash and Mom can talk to me all she wants while we go through the course. I was still a little distracted but I did well enough for 2nd place on Friday!

Saturday was even better despite the fact that Mom had a complete brain fart and cost us 3 points on the very first station!  If you do a station incorrectly you lose 10 pts, but you have one chance to redo for only a 3 pt deduction. At least she redeemed herself by realizing we had done the station wrong and we did a redo.

There were 8 dogs entered in Rally Novice on Saturday 

and I earned FIRST PLACE! 

AND finished my Rally Novice Title!

The turquoise rosette is for finishing a title

On Sunday we were entered in a different class

Beginner Novice Obedience

Obedience is more formal than Rally and other than give basic commands (heel, stay, etc) Mom can't talk to me during an exercise - just in between. 

Our training instructer was watching 

and she said she could see me figure out that

Hey - Mom is not talking to me - I better pay attention

Here we are getting ready to do a figure eight 

around the two peeps

I did a pawfect Sit for Exam 

and then came the hardest exercise

the Sit Stay

Hey Mom! that judge lady is standing behind me!

 I had to stay sitting in the middle while Mom left me and walked all the way around the perimeter of the ring

I hardly moved a muscle much to Mom's delight

(just my head to keep an eye on mom) 

And then the last exercise

The Recall

Mom called me

And I ran so fast

(just like Angel Greta!)

that I had to jump on Mom to stop myself!

And then I sat in front of her pawfectly!

YAY!!!!

My first qualifying score in 

Beginner Novice Obedience

191 pts. out of 200 for second place!

And that is how I earned all these ribbons

and Mom is so proud of me!

They are all real pretty 

but I really like this blue one

We are the PugRanch Kids

Bailey, Hazel & Mabel