Here at American Spaniel Club’s winter specialty in Philadelphia, I’ve been having a great time watching dogs and catching up with people I usually only get to see once a year.

Good Rally Excellent and Advanced courses – not such a hot Novice Rally course, which didn’t use the ring space efficiently. Finally got the three steps & sits sign in Advanced … howEVER Princess M. had gone directly back in time to her stand-still, look-pretty behaviors from 2007, her very first outing in a Spaniel Club performance event.

I haven’t had to pick her up off a course in months, but yesterday we left the course after sign 8 (or was it 9?) No sense reinforcing the no-sit behavior that I don’t want to continue.

Pictures from the front later…