It's A Berner-ful Life: Maggie In Rally Class

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Saturday, March 13, 2010

Maggie In Rally Class

The other night was the last night of our latest session of Rally Obedience. Amanda set up a tough Novice course and we had a mock trial. I was super happy with Maggie - she was upbeat with no signs of stress.

She has been doing so well in class and is finally happy doing obedience again. I would love to take her back in the ring again. She only needs one more leg for her Rally Advanced title and 2 more legs for her CD, but I am worried that if I take her in the "real ring" she will shut down again. I worked hard to get her happy to do obedience again and would hate to ruin all that work. I will try to do a few more fun matches at new places and see how it goes and decide from there.

4 comments:

AnonymousMarch 13, 2010 at 9:09 PM
Maggie looked real good! I liked the way she maintained eye contact with you throughout the exercise. Go Girl!
Rick
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PedroMarch 15, 2010 at 7:56 AM
Wow Maggie! You are one smart dawg!!

Pedro
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ShelleyMarch 18, 2010 at 5:11 PM
Maggie is so sharp! Sticks close to you - maintains eye contact - such a smart girl!!
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GeeRomeMarch 19, 2010 at 8:43 AM
Lovely work!! She looks so happy and works beautifully.
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