Total humiliation
A mangy cur masquerading as Tristan failed his BH this weekend. Oh, the humiliation of it all!
Tristan was an absolute 100% total stinker. He wasn't just bad - he was spectacularly and hilariously awful. Schutzhund obedience? What's that? Never heard of it and wouldn't want to do it.
Our routine was a complete disaster from start to finish. Tristan didn't even try for a semblence of heeling. He wandered about at my side and in front weaving about and sniffing the ground. The minute we started the off lead heeling in a group Tristan took off to play with some orange traffic cones. On the long down he immediately broke it and moseyed over to me. The ONLY thing Tristan did correctly was the down out of motion.
At this rate we will never get our BH. Last time, on our first attempt, Tristan did very well and it was my fault. This time it was Tristan's fault. Actually it is my fault, of course, since I'm Tristan's handler and he totally blew me off.
So what happened? I'm still trying to figure it out. Tristan clearly knew that I couldn't correct him during the BH and so apparently decided he didn't have to have any part of it. The weird thing is that he's been doing the routine really well for the last several weeks. Friday he was perfect and I had a huge rush of emotion thinking how in tune we were. Hubris.
Tristan was an absolute 100% total stinker. He wasn't just bad - he was spectacularly and hilariously awful. Schutzhund obedience? What's that? Never heard of it and wouldn't want to do it.
Our routine was a complete disaster from start to finish. Tristan didn't even try for a semblence of heeling. He wandered about at my side and in front weaving about and sniffing the ground. The minute we started the off lead heeling in a group Tristan took off to play with some orange traffic cones. On the long down he immediately broke it and moseyed over to me. The ONLY thing Tristan did correctly was the down out of motion.
At this rate we will never get our BH. Last time, on our first attempt, Tristan did very well and it was my fault. This time it was Tristan's fault. Actually it is my fault, of course, since I'm Tristan's handler and he totally blew me off.
So what happened? I'm still trying to figure it out. Tristan clearly knew that I couldn't correct him during the BH and so apparently decided he didn't have to have any part of it. The weird thing is that he's been doing the routine really well for the last several weeks. Friday he was perfect and I had a huge rush of emotion thinking how in tune we were. Hubris.
posted by fpa at 10:13 PM
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