LOL Please don’t tell me. He was only 3 months old there. First day was play, play and play in the show ring. Second day he actually went through the paces pretty well. I can see what you mean. The big girls are 3 1/2 and they look really good and mature in the show ring.
It used to be we would have to hide because they were always searching for us. However, Keeley pulled one in one of the shows. Peggy one of our handlers had not yet picked up the lead. As she started to, Keeley saw Rosey on the other side of the ring and decided she wanted to be next to her. Peggy picked up the lead and as she did; Keeley took off and the lead got caught in Peggy’s shoe. Down went Peggy(she is alright)but got right back up and galloped with Keeley to Rosey. Not exactly the gate you want them in; but it got her noticed. They were about to award the blue to Rosey; but the judge saw Keeley rounding the corner and loved her big chest. So you never know. LOL
I love it. Ruby is going to be great. I can see her now. Wait until she has the crowd to play too. LOL Rosey loves the crowd. She just shouts look at me; look at me? Keeley could care less if she ever entered the ring. It’s like I have smiled and stood pretty for the judge; can we leave? LOL
Shelley sounds like a doll. She knows exactly who she is.
When Shelley was in one of her first agility trials, my hubby was videotaping her run from the side of the ring.
She was on the very top of the dog walk, that's this thing, it's about 5 feet off the ground:
. . . and she saw hubby filming. She LEAPED from the top of the dog walk, ran to the ring fence, jumped OUT of the ring, and ran up to him, "Daddy! Daddy! Hi! HI!" Oh, well, she got a DQ on that one . . . .
But she is the biggest ham that ever was -- she LOVES a crowd and she just grins from ear to ear at applause. I took her to a horse show one time and during the lunch break I just ran her over the hunter course. Most of the folks there had never seen an agility dog work, and they were amazed and applauded. Shelley got so excited she 'orbited' (running in circles while sitting down and cranking her tail like a corkscrew - it's a Lab thing, you have to be there!)
Miss Ruby is more of a challenger -- "Here I am! Am I not lovely? Of course I am - and you'd better agree! Enthusiastically!"
