Poor Jessie had a bad weekend at our local trial. He was nervous the first day but did fine -- just missed the moving stand (walked in towards me more then a dog's length). But then on Sunday, as we walked into the building this huge Dog De Berogu (or however you spell it), attacked him. Then, unfortunately, was in the ring sharing the gating at the same time he was doing utility. Despite this, and his obvious discomfort, he did an ok performance, but obviously not qualifing. I was just pleased he did hop the fence and finish the fight, which I was sure was on his mind. After the round, I got him a massage (they had someone right at the show) which put him in a very happy, relaxed state and he then forgot about the other dog. I guess I should have done that BEFORE I went in the ring, but who would have guessed that dog would be showing at the exact same time as me!!!
It's so hard not to get discourged. He got his CD in three tries, his CDX in four tries. It's hard to imagine how it's taking so long to get the UD. I'm starting to think I put him in the ring too soon -- although he does have the one leg. Sigh.
Posted by enoj
at 12:01 AM EDT
