Originally Posted by
barry581
Actually the judge and I were laughing, and quite a few spectators were giggling. I wasn't mad at all, I even told the judge that I still had a great day out with my dog. What's really funny is we still had the recall exercise, which started from that same spot, which now had no tape to mark it. When the trial was over one of the stewards came over to me and asked if he could have Brooks help him pull up the rest of the tape around the ring. We had a good laugh on that one!
It's like his kryptonite. At one of our obedience classes I've been putting a competitors number card next to him when we do stays. The first time I did, before I made it across the ring, Brooks was chomping away on it. I'm like "seriously"...... and of course everyone got a good laugh out of it.
I've been working on recalls and heeling with random items laying about, guess we'll be do it with stays now!
I can tell you this, I learned a lot training Bruce. I've applied much of what I learned to training Brooks. I'm keeping a notebook on all the mistakes I've made now with Brooks, along with all the good things, so if/when I ever get another puppy, it will be a whole different ball game.
I will say that Brooks being so high drive has really pushed me to up my training game. I can honestly say that there are times I'm amazed when something really clicks for him, and me. I've had a LOT of ah-ha moments training Brooks.