On May 2, Sealy went to her second match. This was an outdoor event, and also sponsored by the First Dog Training Dog of Northern New Jersey, where we've been attending classes.
It was a hot, hot day (about 90) but fortunately there were kiddie wading pools - and a garden hose - to cool down the dogs. (I'd wet her down, and she'd be dry in about twenty minutes.)
I did two entries again at this match, with similar results as the last time, which was indoors, not outdoors.
Probably the most amusing thing happened in the first entry during the long down: Sealy became absorbed in something - presumably a bug in the ground - and first stretched and then crawled out of her long down to keep track of it. My fault, of course! I was remiss, and hadn't worked her outside - a textbook example of how all kinds of proofing is so important. (In the long sit she became absorbed in a - yikes - slow moving bumblebee, but didn't break...).
I'm planning to trial her late July - mid August. It's early - my work is cut out for me! - but after late June I'll have time to train, and it will be good for me to be working towards a goal.
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