Disappointing and defensive.

I learned something new this weekend, that I’d never really felt before. There is a time when a “bad” dog becomes good and is simply waiting for the handler to catch up skill wise. Whimzy, for a while, was a little out of control, had some odd mistakes, bowed out, and did things that I didn’t cue. That simply isn’t the case anymore. I really felt that she was watching my every cue, coming around every turn looking for me. Unfortunately for Whimzy, the handler was not in the same mode. I still don’t feel like I can trust Whimzy to just run her course. I still feel like I should be running defensively.  Whimzy proved this weekend she can handle it, even when higher than a kite. The only faults we had today, I caused one bar in each run. The second to last jump of each course too. I was really disappointed in myself more than anything.

Interestingly enough Kenzie and I were very in sync. Placed 2^nd in jumpers Saturday by .04 seconds, and WON standard today, while holding contacts B-) Good dog. I think by running Kenzie I’ll really start to understand how I should be running Whimzy. They are so similar. I just need to trust Whimzy like I do Kenzie.