When we got home from tracking, I had an email saying Gimme had passed her Novice RallyFrEe Skills title (R-FE/NS) with a nice score of 141 (out of 150). This is title number 65, just saying...
Gimme got eleven 10 point scores (out of 15). One of those was the Bow I worried so much about. The behaviors she got 10 points on were: Sit Stand, Down Stand, Prop Weave, Front Cross: Handler, Circle Around Counter-Clockwise, Clockwise Spin, Counter-Clockwise Spin, Thru to Left Heel, Thru to Right Heel, Figure-8 Thru 2x and Bow.
She lost 6 points on her 270 Left and 270 Right - which was totally my fault because I knew better and could have made a bigger circle. If you watch the sample videos on the RFE website, for the dog on the outside (how we did it), they are making the circle diameter about 1.5 to 3 feet. I absolutely made the 270 into a pivot. In the sample videos, for dog on the inside, they are making the diameter about 5-6' for dogs Gimme's size.
From the RFE website - sample video: 270 Left For some reason it won't let me copy the link for 270 Right, but if you watch the 270 Left, it's right above it on the playlist.
The other 3 points she lost were for "sniffing" my hand. On the Front Cross: Dog it was really obvious and we lost 2 points. For the Circle Around Clockwise the sniff was quicker so we only lost 1 point. I either need to train her better, or I could hold my hand higher so she can't sniff it. I laughed about the judge calling it a "sniff"... I know Gimme and would call it a reminder bump. I.E. an "I am here and you owe me treats" bump.
The judges comments were very nice. Do watch our Novice Skills Test video.
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