First Mini with Paulena
Riot got to attend a mini session with Paulena Hope tonight. He was on fire tonight — probably the most drive-y I’ve seen him. We did four courses over the two hours and he really did well on all of them.
This is the first time Riot had seen the viaduct and he didn’t miss a beat.
Our first course started out with a big loop that started with the tunnel to a couple of jumps, then the viaduct, and then the weave poles. He did miss that weave pole entrance but that was the only one he missed all night. He had so much speed built up from the loop, I was pretty sure we’d miss that entrance.
The courses weren’t easy and for being the youngest dog in the session, I think he did really well. Paulena really liked him. She was very impressed with his speed and drive.
I did get two barks from him on the second course. One as he was entering the weaves and another as we were leaving the dog walk. He was quiet on the remainder of the courses, but I find the barking fascinating. I’ve never had a dog that has barked on course.
By the fourth course things were starting to become unhinged for the both of us. I think both our brains were a little fried at that point, but we still had some nice moments.
