We got it done. It was not pretty at all, but the lovely Freya is now…
URO2 Sciroco’s Freya vom Viersen, RL1 (AOE), CGC, TT!
She was a totally different dog today than she was yesterday. I sincerely hope that this version of Freya does not show up at too many future trials, as she was distracted and unfocused, and it took a good deal of effort (and silent prayer) to get her back at my side to focus on the task at hand.
But the main thing is that she did come back and our team did get through it. The main thing today was to qualify and earn that last leg, and that we did, though with a low score.
I hope that all Freya sees is my very real delight at accomplishing this with her. Working off-leash felt like a big leap of faith to me, and maybe I made it a bigger obstacle in my mind than it needs to be. We still have a lot of things to work on improving, and some new things to learn before we can advance to the next level. But now I definitely feel that we will get through that next level, too!
(NaBloPoMo | March ’10: 14 of 31)
Sheesh, her name almost takes up two lines now 🙂
Freya challenges Chunky to see who can get to have the longest name 🙂