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- East Sussex
Molly and I are at a two-day Rally competition at Haxey (in North Lincolnshire). Today we scored 195 in Level 2 which is known as an 'excellent' score and means we now have our Rally L2 Excellent title (we had 2 previous L2 excellent scores form 2019 - you need three under different judges). It wasn't good enough to win a rosette -we were 7th - and actually I do think the judge was quite generous. The winners were truly outstanding. In Level 3 we only managed 184 which is known as a qualifying score (you need 6 qualifying scores to go up a level), but again I was quite surprised to achieve that. Molly just wasn't into it today - I think she was tired and feeling the heat (though she had the energy to instigate tuggy on our walk!) It was cloudy but humid, and the rings were outside with grass that seemed to have some attractive smells!
I enjoyed the day despite lack of competition success. The Rally crowd are very friendly and supportive and they all seem to adopt reward-based training methods. The setting was lovely - right out in the country with a private wood where you could walk your dog off-lead, and space to park in the shade of trees.
Tomorrow I am going to try to do my L3 class first (they are running at the same time and you select a place in the running order based on first come, first served). I am allowed to do L2 as I have already entered but I might skip it - I'll see how Molly is feeling.
I enjoyed the day despite lack of competition success. The Rally crowd are very friendly and supportive and they all seem to adopt reward-based training methods. The setting was lovely - right out in the country with a private wood where you could walk your dog off-lead, and space to park in the shade of trees.
Tomorrow I am going to try to do my L3 class first (they are running at the same time and you select a place in the running order based on first come, first served). I am allowed to do L2 as I have already entered but I might skip it - I'll see how Molly is feeling.
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