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So I got to see Los Almos, and their mountains on the wrong side, confusing the crap out of me.
Buko and I went to trial for MR 1. It was more for me than him, and we did better than I thought in some areas, and whoa! thats bad, in other areas.
We started off with Buko jumping on the scorers table. Good times. Then, He was sure that this manequin was a decoy as we were going to the start of the heeling ex. So I was fighting to keep some control during the heel, not my best exersize for sure. It didn't go too badly.
Then there was the absence, (long down) This is where I got suprised, as he is really good at this. Well, apparently not when it counts.
Now by this time, Buko is full of joy, and not really paying attention. He is starting to look around for a decoy, and that is bad. real bad.
I managed to scrape through the food refusal, but he was considering eating the food, I just managed to get there in time before he screwed me yet again.
Next was the send away, and it was quite a bit away from the food refusal. Buko is getting less under control as I go along. I am full of joy at this point. Somehow, we managed to get this one right. Somehow.
Then the retrieve, and Buko is starting to wander towards where the decoys had been working, and generally showing his ass. We get to the retrieve, and I throw the little straw wreath, he goes and thinks about picking it up, picks it up, and brings it about 2 feet away, and starts to rip it apart. This is new. :roll:
On the change of position, he is sure that the Deputy judge behind me is going to allow him to bite. He does the positions, but moves forward on the first one. He was sure the guy was going to hit me, and he could get a bite.
Now we come to the really good part. Defense of handler. Lets just say, the dog decided that he would just hang out with the decoy, and wait for me to come back. 0 points, and failure.
The face attack went pretty good, the flee attack he went to the upper body, and came off with the gunfire. interesting. He looked around, and then ran back to me. (my fault here, he has never seen gunfire on the bite before)
So, he was either really good, or really bad, with no in between really. It was fun either way.
It was very nice to see everyone, and meet new people. My friend Brad Hardin went and got his BH on his dog Casper. He got a real nice medal, and a little picture frame thingy that said endeavor working dog club. Of course, he made fun of me most of the drive home.
Buko and I went to trial for MR 1. It was more for me than him, and we did better than I thought in some areas, and whoa! thats bad, in other areas.
We started off with Buko jumping on the scorers table. Good times. Then, He was sure that this manequin was a decoy as we were going to the start of the heeling ex. So I was fighting to keep some control during the heel, not my best exersize for sure. It didn't go too badly.
Then there was the absence, (long down) This is where I got suprised, as he is really good at this. Well, apparently not when it counts.
Now by this time, Buko is full of joy, and not really paying attention. He is starting to look around for a decoy, and that is bad. real bad.
I managed to scrape through the food refusal, but he was considering eating the food, I just managed to get there in time before he screwed me yet again.
Next was the send away, and it was quite a bit away from the food refusal. Buko is getting less under control as I go along. I am full of joy at this point. Somehow, we managed to get this one right. Somehow.
Then the retrieve, and Buko is starting to wander towards where the decoys had been working, and generally showing his ass. We get to the retrieve, and I throw the little straw wreath, he goes and thinks about picking it up, picks it up, and brings it about 2 feet away, and starts to rip it apart. This is new. :roll:
On the change of position, he is sure that the Deputy judge behind me is going to allow him to bite. He does the positions, but moves forward on the first one. He was sure the guy was going to hit me, and he could get a bite.
Now we come to the really good part. Defense of handler. Lets just say, the dog decided that he would just hang out with the decoy, and wait for me to come back. 0 points, and failure.
The face attack went pretty good, the flee attack he went to the upper body, and came off with the gunfire. interesting. He looked around, and then ran back to me. (my fault here, he has never seen gunfire on the bite before)
So, he was either really good, or really bad, with no in between really. It was fun either way.
It was very nice to see everyone, and meet new people. My friend Brad Hardin went and got his BH on his dog Casper. He got a real nice medal, and a little picture frame thingy that said endeavor working dog club. Of course, he made fun of me most of the drive home.
