Today's match, inside at the First Dog Training Club of Northern New Jersey where we've been attending classes, could have gone much, much worse. Sealy did better than I had any reason to expect (given the modest amount of practicing we did) but she didn't achieve anywhere near her potential. We had two entries: for the first one I decided to do the stand and off-lead heeling on lead, and formally (no talking to her), and then for the second to do the stand and off-lead heeling off-lead.
I need to work with her on attention (especially when I'm not talking to her, encouraging her), fronts, and the automatic sit. In the long down for the first entry the dog next to her got up, came over, stood over her, and finally nuzzled her side, at which point she broke. In the long-down for the second entry, the same dog did the same thing, but this time Sealy didn't break. Yay Sealy!
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