My Novice Champion

We had a great weekend trialing in NADAC this weekend.  Zoe finished the last of her novice legs and is now an open-level dog!!  When we didn't Q this weekend, most of the runs looked really good.  We had some trouble with the dog walk/tunnel discrimination and getting distracted.  But better handling can solve those problems easily.  The great thing about Zoe is that she is a really attentive and honest dog.  She listens well and rarely takes an off course.  The main issue is keeping her motivated and she is definitely coming along.  We got one out of the two chances courses this weekend.  In the one we didn't get, I lost Zoe part way when she got distracted.  But once I got her back, she did the rest of the distance challenge perfectly.  She actually has pretty good distance - when she is motivated.  Last night I worked with her a bit in the back yard and she did great jumping and weaving at a distance, but I had a good toy to motivate her with.  I really think she's got potential to do well in future chances courses - I just have to keep making things fun for her.