Obedience Trial

So, last Sunday it was time for me and Visa to participate in an obedience trial, our first this year. My original aim was to participate in class 3 with my other labrador, Tutan, but as I didn't find her prepared enough for that class, I chose to start in class 1 with Visa instead. And Visa wasn't too unhappy about my decision, rather the contrary. She loves obedience trials, sometimes she gets even a little bit too happy...

The circumstances weren't optional, the ground was very wet and muddy and lots of dogs didn't want to lie down while their owner was walking. Visa too had problems with that, but I must say that I am to blaim for our low points here. I got a complete blackout, used the wrong intonation and the wrong tune so she got very confused and I had to use two commands. I realized it as soon as the word came out of my mouth, but then it was too late. So very unnecessary!

Anyway, thanks to my wonderful 4-legged companion, we got a score of 169.5 (of maximum 200), which means a 1st prize and we were also placed 7 out of 25 competitors. So overall I'm very pleased. She scored a maximum 10 in lying still, teeth checking, recall, fetching and jumping.

One more first prize to go in class 1 and then we have the title LP1. I think we'll go for that, but I also hope that we can compete in class 2 before it's time for her to go on maternity leave. :)