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Me, who can't tell right from left, took Mia in for her last leg. She had gone in with a friend last fall and breezed right through for two legs. I went to a couple of classes and tried to learn to read the signs? We scored an eighty seven which totally surprised me. After I came out and found out we qualified, I decided it was really fun!

Youngstown All Breed had the trial and so I decided for the fun of it to enter her for her CD on Sat. and Sun. There are no matches anymore so you don't know what will happen in a ring. Mia blew me away and scored an 82 and got her first leg! Today she did all the exercises and came time for the sits and downs (I thought we were home free?). I'll swear it was 58 seconds into the sit exercise and Mia looked at me and just got up and started walking toward me! Oh man, I was soooo bummed but very happy about the weekend..

Gosh it had been EIGHT years since I had been in obedience ring!