Brag: Pearl gets two UD legs, Bella gets her RE

shallhb · 07-24-2006, 09:59 PM

Hi folks,
This weekend at the Truckee Meadows DTC trial, Pearl got two UD legs. I can't tell you how excited I was, especially by that first leg. The second day was a cliff-hanger, but we got out of there with a qualifying score.

Bella, my two year old, finished her RE title--can't say it was her best performance, but she's made it through the Rally series, and she's only two. Now, to start trainiing her in obedience, where I can't chat her up all the way through the course. This will be a challenge. She sure loves Rally, though--some days I'm tempted to bag obedience and go for the RAE

Betsy Iole · 07-24-2006, 10:04 PM

Congratulations!!! I understand how thrilling those utility legs are! Interesting comment about chatting Bella up for rally--that's one reason I'm laying off on the Rally until Caper has more obedience experience--I don't want the constant yakking to become a crutch.

shallhb · 07-24-2006, 10:55 PM

Interesting thought about Rally actually making obedience harder because of the dog learning to expect constant encouragement. The issue has kind of bugged me throughout Bella's Rally career. I've justified moving her on and up by my thinking that it'll be many moons before her s attention span matches her attitude and athletic abiltiy , so I have lots of time to work on attention without the chatting before we hit traditional OB. We'll see....
Sharon Hall

Belinda · 07-25-2006, 10:31 AM

Congratulations!! I'm impressed!! A word about the Rally chatter. I had just gotten out of the Rally ring with Stryker and had to run over to the Novice ring (literally). As I was still in the chatter mode I accidently said something to him during the figure 8. I don't know how many points were deducted (as I forgot to look at my score sheet) or even if I was disqualified (I wasn't). I look at Rally not as an introduction to Obedience, but as icing on the obedience cake. Way to go Sharon and grrrls!! Belinda.

07-24-2006, 09:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
shallhb Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: San Francisco, Ca Posts: 1,348	Brag: Pearl gets two UD legs, Bella gets her RE Hi folks, This weekend at the Truckee Meadows DTC trial, Pearl got two UD legs. I can't tell you how excited I was, especially by that first leg. The second day was a cliff-hanger, but we got out of there with a qualifying score. Bella, my two year old, finished her RE title--can't say it was her best performance, but she's made it through the Rally series, and she's only two. Now, to start trainiing her in obedience, where I can't chat her up all the way through the course. This will be a challenge. She sure loves Rally, though--some days I'm tempted to bag obedience and go for the RAE __________________ Sharon Hall Grace (puppy in training) Bella, UD, VER, TD, RE, CGC Pearl,UD, TDX, RE, CGC (Waiting at the Bridge) Samantha, Theodore, CGC, Louella, Zeke and Arty, Bassets All; (All Waiting at the Bridge)

07-24-2006, 10:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
Betsy Iole Senior Member Join Date: Dec 1969 Posts: 4,901	Congratulations!!! I understand how thrilling those utility legs are! Interesting comment about chatting Bella up for rally--that's one reason I'm laying off on the Rally until Caper has more obedience experience--I don't want the constant yakking to become a crutch. __________________ Betsy, Mom to CH Bugle Bay's Sin City Caper UD RE TD BHCA-VC CH Bugle Bay's Sin City Cuppa Joe TD CH Bugle Bay's AllUCanEat Buffet CDX RN TDX NA CGC BHCA-VCX, 1996-2008 "Bugsie" UDX NA NAJ CGC, 1991-2006

07-24-2006, 10:55 PM	#3 (permalink)
shallhb Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: San Francisco, Ca Posts: 1,348	Interesting thought about Rally actually making obedience harder because of the dog learning to expect constant encouragement. The issue has kind of bugged me throughout Bella's Rally career. I've justified moving her on and up by my thinking that it'll be many moons before her s attention span matches her attitude and athletic abiltiy , so I have lots of time to work on attention without the chatting before we hit traditional OB. We'll see.... Sharon Hall __________________ Sharon Hall Grace (puppy in training) Bella, UD, VER, TD, RE, CGC Pearl,UD, TDX, RE, CGC (Waiting at the Bridge) Samantha, Theodore, CGC, Louella, Zeke and Arty, Bassets All; (All Waiting at the Bridge)

07-25-2006, 10:31 AM	#4 (permalink)
Belinda Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Hampton Bays, Long Island, NY Posts: 162	Congratulations!! I'm impressed!! A word about the Rally chatter. I had just gotten out of the Rally ring with Stryker and had to run over to the Novice ring (literally). As I was still in the chatter mode I accidently said something to him during the figure 8. I don't know how many points were deducted (as I forgot to look at my score sheet) or even if I was disqualified (I wasn't). I look at Rally not as an introduction to Obedience, but as icing on the obedience cake. Way to go Sharon and grrrls!! Belinda. __________________ "Dogs are not our whole lives, but they make our lives whole." Roger Caras "Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read." Groucho Marx Lazy Daze of Stony Brook CD (AT Setauket's Nice-n-Daffy CD (AT Winston CGC, TDI (Labrador Retriever, AT Good Ground's Whoa Nellie CDX, CGC, TDI (AT Good Ground's Cowgrrrl Blues CD, RN, CGC, BHCA MHH, AHBA RCH, TDI, Delta Society Pet Partner Labslanding Let Freedom Ring CGC, TDI (Labrador Retriever in training) Branscombe's No Place Like Home (Basset Hound in training)

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