None here.
I did toy with the idea of competing in Rally with Grace (who is 11) but unfortunately the CCC has a rule that only one non registered (purebred) dog can be registered on the associate registered in a person's lifetime. Seeing that they are the only organisation that hold Rally and Obedience, that would effectively allow me to own no more non-pedigreed dogs (therefore no rescue dogs.) So I decided to just dabble in it for fun, no competition. I'm pretty sure our state is the only state with that rule.
Abby - well, Abby is better suited as a dog to just have fun with. She is nervy and reactive. Fun to train in the right conditions, but I'd be asking too much of her to compete or even attend certain classes. The right trainer would probably do fine with her, but for me... I prefer to keep her within her comfort zone and have some fun.
Edit - actually, Abby should've earned a dock-diving title for her efforts this weekend. We are house-sitting for a friend and we were down at the dam. Little miss is a bit dubious of large bodies of water (fine with the surf) and I truly wasn't expecting her to catch sight of a whistler, sprint the fifty or so metres down the bank and launch herself into the water. I already had my shoes off ready to dive in (yeah, neurotic owner, but you do hear stories of dogs drowing!) by the time I figured that she was actually having a great old time. Really wish I had have got that on video!!
I did toy with the idea of competing in Rally with Grace (who is 11) but unfortunately the CCC has a rule that only one non registered (purebred) dog can be registered on the associate registered in a person's lifetime. Seeing that they are the only organisation that hold Rally and Obedience, that would effectively allow me to own no more non-pedigreed dogs (therefore no rescue dogs.) So I decided to just dabble in it for fun, no competition. I'm pretty sure our state is the only state with that rule.
Abby - well, Abby is better suited as a dog to just have fun with. She is nervy and reactive. Fun to train in the right conditions, but I'd be asking too much of her to compete or even attend certain classes. The right trainer would probably do fine with her, but for me... I prefer to keep her within her comfort zone and have some fun.
Edit - actually, Abby should've earned a dock-diving title for her efforts this weekend. We are house-sitting for a friend and we were down at the dam. Little miss is a bit dubious of large bodies of water (fine with the surf) and I truly wasn't expecting her to catch sight of a whistler, sprint the fifty or so metres down the bank and launch herself into the water. I already had my shoes off ready to dive in (yeah, neurotic owner, but you do hear stories of dogs drowing!) by the time I figured that she was actually having a great old time. Really wish I had have got that on video!!