von Moeller Hof Dobermans

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I am so honored that Andrea wanted to put Arras up on her website.  I truly appreciate it!

I entered Quinna this past weekend at the Fayetteveille NC schutzhund club trial for her BH.  It was a last minute decision, and she had never been to that field before, so I sort of wondered if I was making a good decision.  Our heeling had been going through some modifications over the past month and I wasn’t sure it was solid yet.  I had a lesson with Debbie Zappia the 3rd week in November, and that really helped clear up some things for me/us, and I know that helped immensely.  Our heeling on leash wasn’t looking too good until we got to the change of pace.  Quinna really likes to do the slow heeling - not sure why, but I guess we do it a lot - and and as soon as I went to slow, she totally became one with me, and we were a true team!  Here’s a clip of our off-leash heeling:

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Really, she did as well as she absolutely could have, knowing what her capabilities are at this time.  I am THRILLED with her.  I lay in bed the next morning, still feeling the high from a nice performance, and I said to my husband, ‘ya know, there really is a high associated with showing.  Please remind me of this the next time I am feeling horrible about a trial performance.  This high really does occur sometimes!’

The weather was very cold and wet.  The field was essentially under water.   Most of the dogs didn’t want to sit or down, but I managed to time my commands with the high spots on the field.  She wasn’t really too into the down in motion, but she did it. 

Now onto the SchH I!  )))