Kat/Riley 9/30: FC Week 4 and RC Lesson 10 Exams

 We were able to get all our FC Exams completed in the AM- many thanks to ‘Stranger’ Mike for his help with the ‘Sit for Exam’ Exam! ☺️

I have been so impressed with Riley with this obedience work. I remember when she was a puppy, watching Jessi, Mary, Trina, and Roxanne work her, and she has grown and matured so much since then. 

I was sure our retrieve exams would be a piece of cake- and boy was I mistaken! I had my boys and husband play catch while we did the Lesson 10 Pop Quiz, and between the boys and the baseballs, she had met her kryptonite. 

I am disappointed to admit that my handling started to fray after a few EC’s and about 5 takes for the pop quiz. 🫣 But I think we made it. 

The chair test was its own ordeal. For some reason I could not get Riley to pick up the dumbbell off the top of Graydon’s knees. I meant to crop the first attempt out of this video but I forgot, so you get to see all the challenges from the get-go.

At the end, I decided to finish with the one retrieve she struggled with, and there was a woman walking with a stroller, and I completely lost her. AND I didn’t EC her to complete the retrieve, I just gave up and started over. 🫣🫣 Whoops. 

So, I’m not sure these are passes- I am going to move forward after my work training today unless I hear otherwise, though.