I sort of forgot to post and say that in a moment of madness, I started taking Mollie to Rally classes. My original plan was to take Rio, but I’m still waiting for her to come into season (as well as now worrying in case she had a silent heat or something to confuse me) and I didn’t really want to have to miss four classes of the six week class. Classes in a hall aren’t Dylan’s kind of thing and Kim hates heelwork, so Mollie was the final choice.
We have our third class tomorrow and it’s going really well. Mol is really enjoying her trips out and she’s actually good at it! Her heelwork is nice, and we need to work a bit on changing positions (Sit-Down-Stand) as she’s got old creaky bones and it takes her a while to shift.
I have to admit I didn’t expect Rally to be something I particularly liked. I just thought it would be nice for Mollie, and I definitely thought it would be a bit boring and maybe a bit little-old-ladies with Border Collies they can’t control, sort of thing. I’m still not sure about the ladies and their wild Border Collies, I haven’t come across any just yet but nobody has been able to promise me they aren’t lurking, but I can say it’s not boring. The exercises have been fun to teach and it has been really nice to start as a newbie again in something. And Mollie is having a lovely time!
I’m crazy enough to be entering Mollie in a trial in February anyway, and I’m even contemplating entering Dylan as well.