Our new contact equipment

Well, one of the biggest disappointments with Devon’s injury is that it meant we couldn’t attend the 2008 Golden Retriever Club of America’s National Specialty. It’s on the east coast this fall, near where the majority of Gaylan’s folks live. I have been looking forward to this event for more than a year. But with Devon’s injury, she could only participate in one event, so it would have been a lot of money spent with not much accomplished.

So to ease the disappointment and make a good training investment with the money we “saved” by not going, I bought an aluminum, adjustable dogwalk and A frame from Mark’s Agility Equipment. We got it delivered on Monday night, and Devon tried it out for the first time last night. She did a great job running across the equipment and giving me her two on two off contact performance. I lowered all the equipment to give her confidence and it worked. She did a great job. I’m looking forward to more contact training!