THE TEST...take 2

We went through a mock test on Thursday night with which Indi sailed through...no problems whatsoever so I thought all will be well on Sunday...

Hmmmm...all started well, we did the heelwork both on and off lead. We did the recall, all went with no problems. It then came to the sit stay and the down stay. These are timed exercises, 1 minute for the sit, 2 minutes for the down. Unfortunately Indi broke the sit just over halfway - something she doesn't normally do. I thought, OK, she can still pass because we'd got enough marks from the other aspects of the test. Just the down stay now. Settled her down and then 30 seconds in she decided to get up and have a look around...failed! Never mind, we gave it our best but she just didn't want to do it on the day...little bu**er!!

It looks like we'll be back in the repeat beginners class again for the next 13 weeks. Still, that may not be a bad thing, I'd like to get her better at doing the things in that class anyway so if/when she does pass, she is able to go into the Intermediate class with confidence. Chief will also be starting the training as well this term, so I'll have Chief on a Wednesday and Indi on a Thursday - the way its going I'll have Chief passed before Indi!