'Hi Cathy,
Last week was my 84th and today is Louie's 10th. Last week we were in a Master's Gamblers and there were 23 dogs in the class. The main gamble looked fairly simple -- over the dog walk through a tunnell and over a jump, but out of the 23 dogs only two Q'd. I was proud of Louie. He came over the dog walk paused on the contact as I asked him, I said "right", he looked right I said tunnell, he turned right through the tunnell and over the jump. You could hear the cheers in downtown Kelowna. There was only one other dog who got it. Louie knows his right from his left and it gives him a real advantage. Everyone wants to know how th train left and right commands. Takes a lot of time but it is worth it.
At one of the training sessions the trainers husband took a video of Louie. It was a gamble. If you picture a U shaped tunnell with a jump on one side and the chute on the other side. He had to go over the jump, past the first tunnell opening into the second one, turn right, skip the tunnell openings and go into the chute. I am going to send you a copy of the video. He is such a good dog and we have lots of fun.
I am downsizing and moving into Riverbend Seniors' Community. Louie will get to do pet visitations to the part of the complex where the people are less able. It will be a new adventure for us. '
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