Obedience training/competition

Mona and I began training classes in May or June 1999 with Kathy Lang, at her business Family Dog Training Center. Kathy Lang won the Training Instructor of the Year award from WSOTC for three years running until they abandoned the prize because nobody else won it. I love training with her. She is someone I truly admire on many levels. I have dropped out of the activities because I am looking for employment and cannot afford the hobby, but my heart swells with pride when I read the following show report:

Cheryl & Blaze -- Rally Nov B -- second leg, third place with a score of 98

Kathy & Flame -- Rally Nov B -- another bonus leg, first place with 100 score & fastest time out of 3 100 scores

Kathy & Tory -- Rally Nov B -- another bonus leg with a score of 97

Kathy & Flame -- Regular Obedience Novice B -- brain lapse heeling off leash, required a second command to get back into position, score of 189-1/2 and 3rd place

Kathy & Flame, with Cheryl handling on stays -- Veterans Novice -- 1st place score of 191 (I'm sure Cheryl will have a humorous view of handling stays; Flame gave her many dirty looks but did do the stays for her!)

Kathy & Keeper -- Veterans Novice -- 2nd place score of 163 -- must have been Alzheimers, but she didn't come on the first recall command. However, she was relaxed and happy and did everything else quite well!

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Keeper is the Belgian sheepdog that was the demo dog when I first started with Mona. I love those old bitches. She just has a special place in my heart.

Anyway, if you are able to attend training classes at Family dog, I highly recommend it. Theirs is the training philosophy I subscribe to and use.