Very exciting.
Charlie got his SPD title this morning, which means his registered name is now Charlie J.D. G.D. S.P.D.
Ain't he a fancy smancy boy.
We had two lovely runs with Mia the great dane and her owner- not the fastest pairs runs, but lovely all the same- and we had an absolute blast. Mia also got her SPD title after our first run, so it was a double bonus. I feel a bit special, Charlie and I helping two handlers and their dogs get their final qualies for their novice strategic pairs titles, haha :P
While we didn't have 2o2o, Charlie did seem to be listening because I called touch and he slowed, did funny little strides, and hit both his dog walk contacts running for each run. So I'm stoked he seems to be slowly getting the gist.
I am a bit worried, though, because I think he stressing which is why he gets so wound up. It's hard to describe, and I have a splitting headache, but basically he tries to pull away from the ring up until he knows we're going in, and then he pulls me in and tries to do everything all at once.
So I'm thinking it's part stress, part excitement, part... I don't know. I still haven't quite figured out what makes him tick and what I need to do to make trials a less messy experience for us. I'm so pleased with him today, but there's something going on with his mind when we're trialing and I want to fix it.
Just don't know quite what it is and what to do about it yet.
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