We did Novice Obedience, two runs, and it went pretty well. There was a lot of dogs and people, so very high on the distraction index. His healing was ok the first run through. On the second, his attention was much better and he did very well on the about turns. Same with the Figure 8, second time through was much better. He's not ready for stand for exam, so we did sit. As he's a typical Lab puppy, he goes into full body wiggle when someone approaches, so we need a LOT of work on this. He does do a very good stand stay though, so at least that part is good!
Since he is not ready for off leash healing, we did the 2nd healing pattern on leash, and it was good both times.
Recall had me a bit worried with all that was going on. He did a great job on the first run, just very slightly crooked on the front, finish was excellent. Got a very good comment on this from the "judge" who was amazing that Brooks is only 9 months old. ON the second run, a dog in the ring next to us let out a very loud bark just as Brooks was almost to me, he immediately froze and turned to see what was going on. I gave him a quick "here" and he came, but sat very crooked trying to see what the barking was all about. The "judge" had us do the exercise again, and he did well with it.
Overall I'd call today a moderate success. It was a location that he had never been to, and many, many distractions he had never encountered. We had a few good compliments from others who were working and watching around the rings.
I did enter him at a show in NJ at the end of April in Beginner Novice, my only real concern is the sit for exam, but we'll work on that between now and then!