Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Day 23: HRC Help?

Today Rob and I headed out to the club to enjoy the beautiful whether and get away from LC who is ruling the roost with her big belly at the moment. I have come to grips with the fact that with only a few days until we take a crack at a our first Seasoned test, I have to be honest about where we are. I have realized in the past few weeks that our water handling just isn't there yet. Sure I can put on a whistle clinic and get him through it, but its more of an etch a sketch than anything else.

That being said, today I tried something new. Fred got off of his line while swimming across the pond. It wasn't awful, but he probably drifted two or three yards left while swimming across (i think he fixated on a stump that he saw). Instead of trying to get him to take delicate angle backs, I let him go. When he got four paws on the ground I gave him an over to the blind then called him in. I have posted the video below; but my question for all of you HRC gurus out there is whether or not this would constitute a failure at the Seasoned level?

If it would, I'll plan on hacking him through, but if not; I'll take my chances once he gets to land. Let me know, because I'm clueless on this one!!

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