Just wanted to share with you my successful day at an agility show.  Some of you who have given me advice over the years will know that this is a great achievement for Meg and I. If it will give some hope and encouragement to folks struggling with their dogs then I hope this post will do some good.   From having a dog who barked and lunged while queueing and then got so excited she wouldn't wait at the start - making most of my rounds were a failure before I started.  I have now started to get clear rounds rather than eliminations.  We have had 3 clear rounds today - getting 5th, 4th and finally 3rd place.  She barked a little when she got close enough to see the other dogs jumping but calmed down as soon as I told her.  She did a wait at the beginning but when the judge clapped and shouted well done at the end Meg went haring off to him thinking that he was going to make a fuss of her. :-)  Taking her into the exercise field I thought she would run about with the other dogs - but no!  After saying hello to our old puppy class trainer she came back and played with her tuggy and didn't leave my side.   All in all a very satisfactory day.  And to think how close I came to getting rid of her - just a year ago!

What lovely news!  I'm so pleased for both of you that things are working out right.

It's so nice when things finally come together.

well done,you and meg!I bet youre ecstatic and quite rightly so!

Awwww.
Isn't wonderful when things just start falling in to place.
However credit does belong to you, so pat on the back for persistance and enough love to keep you going.

Karen :)

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Thanks all! 

It sounds like you have come such a long way, well done for putting the work in, I bet these placings mean so much to you.

Well done,you must be thrilled!

Huge congratulations :-) I haven't yet had the courage to enter a show other than the one run by our own club and only open to it's members. You have really come a long, long way with Meg and are now reaping the rewards :-)

Brilliant news, absolutely fabulous :-) :-)