by Leslie H » October 15th, 2008, 9:41 pm
Sorry, I think the high point is that both Soleil and Bodacious earned their CGC's.
I was not prepared for the wp track to be as difficult as it was, even though I'd been forewarned. I didn't ask for the judge to use a lighter increment (if you're the lightest dog in the class, you can ask for a lighter increment once, if you think that's all your dog will get). So, Soleil pulled 530#, then 730#, and had slowed down a bit already. I thought the judge would drop only 100# the next time, but he went w/200#. Soleil tried to get it, found it tough, and started jumping and barking. I had her try again twice more, because I just couldn't believe she couldn't get it, so I totally reinforced this bad habit I've been trying to minimize. I'm not very happy w/myself. She got 2nd place, because no one was really prepared for the track to be that tough.