*ok, Breath kaite!*

[iceyshiver21]

ok....Annie's has a dog show tommorow and we have been training SOOO hard all year. I'm sooooo nervous because this year she has to do everything off leash! :eek: She's a novice and that's alot to cover for a two year old doggie and only two years of training.

Just so everyone knows heres the 4-H levels of dog obedience-

Beg. A
Beg. B
Graduate Beg.
Novice
Graduate Novice
Pre-Open
Open
and then there's four dog team, utility, and brace.

Well since I went through Beginer A and Beg B, with odie, I couldn't take Annie in those classes, so when Annie was 6 months old she went against Graduate Beg. dogs, who had about three years of training and got CHAMPION!! So now I'm hoping we can do that again. :D :D :D Wish us luck!!

[magcpen]

Good luck! :)

[tatsxxx11]

Wow, that's quite impressive!! You two have put in a lot of work! Annie sounds like a very smart girl!:) I have a feeling she's going to do great!! Good luck to you both! Make sure you keep us updated!:) GO ANNIE!!:)

[pitc9]

Best of luck!!!:)

[Foam]

Wow! What a good trainer. What kind of dog is she?
Good Luck, Annie!!
:D:D:D:D:D

[iceyshiver21]

Annie is a Basset/ Newfoundland mix. Quite a mix for alil pup. :D Thanks everyone..

[micki76]

Best of luck to you both! What fun!
GO ANNIE!! GO ANNIE!! GO ANNIE!!:D :D

[KYS]

I'm rooting for you as one of your biggest fans.
Your hard work has already paid off,
and you and Annie are already winners,
just by having enough confidence to enter/compete.

You go girl!!! can't wait till tomarrow.:)

[Dogz]

GOOD LUCK ANNIE!!!
We wish the best of luck to you girl! You sure sound like a smart girl, so show 'em what you got!
:D :D :D

[lovemyshiba]

Good luck Katie--I know you've done a lot of work with her, I'm sure you and Annie will be wonderful!!!!

Good luck Annie:D :D

[cloverfdx]

GOODLUCK for the show/comp/trial, sure you will both do just fine :D

:eek: you guys have alot of different classes to what we have here.we have.

Encouragement, which is all heel on lead, stand free, sit stay 1 min, down stay 3 min. stand for examination. once you get one pass in that class you go onto novice (clover and i are doing novice at the moment)

Novice: heel pattern on lead then off lead, recall, same stays as encouragement, stand free,stand for examination. you need three passes in novice with atleast 2 different judges to get the CD title (companion dog)

Open: heel pattern off lead, retrieve dumbell on flat and directed jumping,drop on recall, and out of sight stays ~shudders~ we will never get through open as clover HATES the dumbell. three passes with atleat two different judges (CDX title)

then the higest level is Utility: all hand signals no voice for a part of it, seek back(find a scented object in the ring), go out to the box (dog is sent out to a box) (4 peices of dowel laid on the ground in the form of a box) the dog must turn around in the box and sit. directed jumping. all of the fun stuff that clove and i will never get to do because of her phobia of the dumbell :(

well i hope everything goes well for you and once again GOODLUCK :D

oh and have you got any photos of Annie ;) im sure everyone would love to see them.

[iceyshiver21]

Me and ANNIE!! WE ROCK!!
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid72/pb6efbd9777191182c9c95a269037769e/fb80b28e.jpg
Figure 8 Excersise
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid72/pef2916132031d2e7060e6a3caa72437c/fb80b1d4.jpg
Good Girl ANNIE!! Doin' those long sits!
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid72/p8c4d8dcc26ed586156bd590a17e02b47/fb80b077.jpg
AND THOSE LONG DOWNS!! :D
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid72/p11d999b6b7ddb545d1bd38d1fdee8871/fb80b038.jpg
This is Amanda my neighbor and her daushound Teddy
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid72/p6c720b084c05c742c7cc161d01fba4dc/fb80af8a.jpg
My brother and Annie's Brother Niffer
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid72/p6a815184e5353cf3253b645330c602c6/fb80b431.jpg
And Steph the one who made it all possible single handedly.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid72/p36e97a1f2f486aad7ca51d1c9ba745d4/fb80af3f.jpg
Here's the rest of them!
http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4289508997&congratulation_page=Y

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Oh hey almost forgot!! I got Reserve Champion and a Blue in Novice Obediance!!

[KYS]

I am so proud of you and Annie. YOu both did GREAT!!!
(Than of course I new you both would!) :D

[Cookiebaker]

Wow! That's super! Good girl, Annie!! Congratulations!!