Success

At the tender age of 12 months and 1 day, Simone won her first rosette at an obedience show.
She came 2nd in the Novice class. She was beaten by  ½ a point and a far more experienced dog.
All the dogs in that class were older and more experienced than her, so I'm very proud of her.
It was only the second show at which she had completed all the exercises, ringwork and stays.

Her competition training will now go 'on hold' for a while.

She will be given a little time to 'mature' before we continue, plus, I don't much like winter shows,..
I'm way to old to brave the elements anymore, and don't like cold, wet, dark winter days.
So we will spend the winter 'playing' around with 'distance control',' sendaways' and 'scent'.
I prefer it if my dogs think that these, much harder things, are seen as a 'good game' to play, so will take my time and make them fun.

Simone is also of an age where she needs her hips and elbows xraying, so I will be booking her in for these in the very near future. Keep your fingers crossed that they turn out ok. There is no logical reason why they shouldn't, Simone is bred from 6 generations of xrayed dogs, but you never know, nature does strange things sometimes.