Bruce's first rally trial
Well, Bruce and I did our first Rally trial, and I'm happy to say leg 1 is done. Bruce did great, he lost no points. Now for me, I lost 20 points. I messed up the call to front and finish left and proceed. I told Bruce to sit, which he did, which was also wrong. 10 points lost. The next sign was 1 step halt, 2 steps halt, 3 steps halt. Bruce nailed it. Me, I couldn't count to 3. Took 1 step, then 2 steps, then 2 steps. 10 more points lost. Had I not screwed up, we would have been either first or second, based on time difference as there was one other 100 point score. The judge even felt bad about it. She said for a first effort for we did really well. I was just sorry I let Bruce down. Overall, I'll still call it a success.
Even with the disappointment I really enjoyed it, and Bruce did too. I'll get signed up for a few more shows close to us, and we will hopefully get a few titles this year. I did have several people come up and rave about what a good looking boy Bruce is. I also met a lady who is part a hunt test training group which is fairly close by, and I'm going to start working on that training too.
Also, I think my man card may be revoked, as I was the only male competitor there. Yes, just me. I think there were maybe 4 guys total at the event.