Chloe returned to the Obedience ring this weekend!
After her injury and all the rehab, it was SO wonderful having her back in the Obedience ring for the All-Star Performance Dog Association tournament. She showed in two matches, and 3 rounds spread over 3 days so about as physically taxing as could be and her leg/foot held up great.
I had her in Open, which despite having her CDX, she is relatively inexperienced in (had only shown 6 times over 2 years, all with the A order) and she did wonderfully. Her only major hiccup was in one round they did an order where the Drop on Recall was first, which confused her a bit, and she stopped and stared at me but didn't drop, which cost her 30 points (I may have given the signal too fast given her confusion, so have to accept part of the blame). Had she dropped, she would have won the entire tournament as without that her scores were excellent - she had a 195.5 the first round with a no sit (handler error - I didn't cue it right so that cost her 3 points - she only lost 1.5 on everything else so would have had a 198.5); what would have been a 198 had she dropped, and an actual 198 on the last round when we finally put it all together.
I could care less about the woulda, coulda, shoulda aspect of it - I am just beyond thrilled that a) she was showing again and b) she showed herself capable of such high scores despite being VERY rusty and out of practice.
Now I really need to get showing again and start matching her in Utility - am excited to get her back out on the show circuit to see what she can do!