| MOM SHOWS OFF Part 3 |
| When Mom said, �Ready,� I knew just what to do and took off at heel position even though she refrained from saying, �Heel.� The New Alpha was perceptive enough to know that we were going to do our heel pattern without being told. Mom was terrific and gave me thumpings on my butt between exercises. She had overcome her nervousness and had become very obedient. We were wonderful until we went back into the ring for the long sit. I started out in the correct position, sitting straight and upright. Somewhere along the way, though, I lost my concentration. The bees were buzzing, the breeze was rustling, and a helicopter was wop-wop-wopping overhead. I shifted my front feet. Mom gave me the Evil Eye and took half a step forward. I looked at the ring Alpha to see if this were legal. This was a fun match, after all, and the Evil Eye is NOT FUN. The Evil Eye, however, seemed legal, so I had second thoughts about going down. I didn�t want Mom to hiss at me and call attention to my lapse of the same. I straightened up and sat. And sat. And sat. Finally, I got to lie down and spent my half an hour on the Down-Stay looking over my shoulder catching the breeze in my mouth. I was hot and panted into the wind to cool off. And for once, Mom didn�t tell me to watch; I could tell she knew I was trying to keep cool. After that exercise, we left the ring and I got another lunch and a half. I trotted off very pleased with Mom�s performance and her math. I had two whole lunches and Mom had lots of points on her obedience card. I can't wait for our next show! Obediently yours, Sailor, the sub-nervous graduate |
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