First off, we had our last dog trial before I move to Missouri. It was in Fishersville, VA, about an hour and a half drive. Beamer actually did decently in the car! He is usually pretty anxious and pants the entire time. I do have a crate in there (he loves his crate) but eventually even with that he did it. This time, I left the crate unzipped in the front and that seemed to help a lot! Hopefully he will continue to do well like that in the car.
I entered him both days in Novice A Obedience and Rally Advanced A. We only needed one more leg for our Companion Dog (CD) title and two more legs for our Rally Advanced (RA) title. Saturday he was wonderful, even though his 'sitter' appeared to be broken in obedience. But we still managed to get a Q! Not the best performance with a 179, but we earned 4th place and our title! We also got our second Q for our RA title with a score of 77 and first place. He did not jump, which is something that we had been working on, which was a bit disappointing, but he did great otherwise. He didn't even look at the food bowls with treats in them!
Sunday, Novice A was a disaster! What can I expect from my goofy 2 year old boy? His off-leash heeling was basically non-existent, which earned us a NQ. Not that it mattered, since we got our title the day before. His sitter was once again broken... not sure what his problem was! We even practiced it beforehand. We also would have NQ'd anyway because he layed down on the long sit... goofball. Oh well. The good news is that we earned our RA title that day with a score of 85! AND Beamer boy jumped that day!!! I was very proud! He actually was a bit too excited to jump since he kept going over to it and staring at me 'can I jump yet?' Goofy boy...
All in all, it was a great weekend, since we accomplished what I had hoped to do. He is now Crescent's Getting Lucky in the Burg CD RA CGC. More than I had ever hoped to accomplish with my first dog. 2 years ago I had no idea about anything in the dog performance world.
In other news, I now have less than a month to go working at my vet's office. I am so fed up working there, I can hardly stand it. It is mostly our office manager, and I'm not the only one fed up with her. Yesterday, she gave me crap about something that wasn't even my fault. Let me start by saying last year, I planned on going to Comic-Con in August, so I took off about a week's time in July. I had no idea I'd actually be leaving before that this year, but I am. I also took off the Saturday before it for a concert. So, that left one day I did not ask off for in between, a monday. I also, about 3 months ago, CLEARLY wrote on the calendar that my last day will be July 12th (a Friday). And what does she do? She schedules me for Monday the 15th, the one day I did not ask off in between. I didn't even think I'd need to since I wrote my last day would be the 12th of July. All my co-workers clearly saw this marked on there, too!
So, here she is just getting angry at me for a mistake she made! It's not MY fault that YOU cannot read the schedule correctly. So don't get angry with me for it. I'm sorry you are short staffed that day, but I told you 3 months ago when my last day would be.
Also, before, she told me that I could get all the vacation days I did not use after my last day, but apparently that is not the case anymore and I really don't understand why.
Which brings me to another point that I am now on my week of vacation!! I am so so excited and happy to be out of there for the week. I'm leaving tomorrow to go see two of my wonderful wives that I haven't seen since winter break. I am SO SO excited to see them since it will be winter break before I get to see them again. I miss them both to bits. So far I know we are going to go see Monster's U and going to Busch Gardens!
Finally, yesterday Comic-con tickets went back on sale (the resale) and I was really nervous about it since I worked the whole day. Luckily, they were at 1:00 so I was able to be on my lunch at that time and with one of my best friends helping, I managed to get tickets for ALL 4 DAYS!!!! I am SO excited for this since I FINALLY know I am actually going! I need to still book my flight but my hotel is all taken care of! This is basically a gift to myself right before I start vet school since I'll be home for only a few days after I get back and then I have to move. BUT THAT DOESN'T MATTER I'M GOING TO COMIC CON!!!!
Ok, last thing, I promise! Today is also someone's birthday who is special to me! So I just want to wish her a wonderful birthday and I wish I could be there with her to celebrate!! Have a great day!
To finish off, enjoy some pictures of Beamer boy with his ribbons!
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