Dee Dee passed the KC Good Citizen Bronze last Saturday.
We had planned to do the silver as well if she passed the bronze, but it wasn't available on the day, so after frantically practising send aways all week we didn't get to do it.
It was advertised on the schedule, but gold & silver weren't available on the day.
I had entered her for the starters obedience class as well, but that was on at the same time as the Good Citizen, so we couldn't do that either.
They did have a fun agility ring set up though, and so both Narla and DD had a go at that and thoroughly enjoyed it. I was surprised Narla had remembered everything so well, as it is 4yrs since she did any agility, but she raced round the course, and shot through the tunnel. The jumps were set quite low, so I let DD have a go as well, she had to be coxed through the tunnel the first time but after that she did it on her own, we had a lovely time, and their were lots of lovely dogs their.
Karen I would try Mazy on a long line, that way you can draw her back into you if she is distracted.
Still use your clicker though when she returns. I used clicker training with Morgan (Springer) as she would not hold at the end of a retrieve, just dropped the article on return, but after some help from a trainer who did clicker, she started to hold the article and present it after a retrieve.
I think clicker training really sticks, once they have learned that way, Morgan is now 10 1/2 and I don't do obedience with her now, but she still remembers and does a really good retrieve and present, so stick with it, it is all in the timing. Let us know how you get on.
