BH Trial August 2024 *PASS*

We made it! We aim for progress not perfection and considering it was about 12 months of training with Steve and Bec to get to this point with a non-traditional breed I’m so happy with how we did. Sunny’s performance at the trial mirrored exactly where she’s at with training, I couldn’t have asked any more of her.
Plenty of things to work on though ;)
We added the prong collar a week out from trial date to help with consistency in heel. This wasn’t going to be a quick fix before the trial but it gave me some confidence going in.
Judges critique included needing faster turns, more focus in the heeling pattern and in the group, points off for sniffing the ground and some lagging here and there, fast slow transitions could be better (some sitting in slow pace). I also made a mistake in the long down setup.
Positives +
We had the long down first which can put us at a slight disadvantage (ideal to get the dog pumped off field then go in ready to do the pattern first) however Sunny maintained the long down and stayed still. And we were subsequently able to complete the pattern after (a big deal for us as I was still using rewards in different sections of the pattern when training at home.)
The overall picture was fairly consistent. And down with recall was nice and fast 👍 The traffic test went well with no issues.
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