#alice peterson is a very nice and pleasant judge

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AKC Trial Day 1 - Open B

Armband 135

Main hopes for this trial:

Have correct footwork for halts so hopefully Aayla sits.

No auto finishes during signals or drop on recall

Aayla was a happy girl and enthusiastic about working today. We had a few hiccups that cost us points but nothing major.

Retrieve over High

She ticked the jump on the way out (-1) and then was slow to respond to my finish cue (-1). When she did finish it was pretty crooked (-1)

Drop on Recall

Anticipated heeling and moved her front feet and almost got up when I left her side. Not too sure how this scored. Maybe -1/2? If it got marked. Her front looked very straight and her finish was pretty good. Not sure where those points came from but was overall happy with this whole exercise. It's been a while since she hasn't at least thought about an autofinish.

Command Discrimination

This is an easy exercise for us! Happy it's still just as strong.

Figure 8 and Heeling

This overall felt very nice. My only guess for the -1/2 is that she bumped me on the left turn for the figure 8. My footwork was smoother and she got all of her sits!

Retrieve on Flat

Aayla sent out nice, grabbed the dumbbell, paused, dropped it, sniffed the ground, grabbed it and ran back to me with it. A lot of dogs were struggling sniffing in the spot. I wonder if it had some urine smell, aayla does not like retrieving an object next to any pee smells. Glad she still did it.

Broad Jump

She did fantastic! Close to cutting the corner but a nice straight front and finish. (Those fronts are hard since the dog is turning into it)

Stand Stay get your Leash

She even did her nice pop up stand for this. I know she is a happy girl when she does that!