
The judge was Marilyn Lemoine from France.
Last Saturday, we were at Domvast for a Hooper competition. Hooper is not yet a standardized international sport, but the French Hoopers is close to the Belgian. Our dogs were not lost at all.
There is one main difference: in levels 0 and 1, your dog must go across the box. At first, I did not understand why. But after this competition, I realized that it makes it easier to control your dog and make it change direction. It’s a great tool to teach young dogs and build good habits.
For the first course, Kaïa was super exited to meet a new place and people, and she kind of not listened to me for the first 2/3 obstacles. Granted, I could have predicted that and been more present to help her.
There are way more gates in those courses, and we don’t train much on them. Something to change.
The last course was way better; she still struggled to find the first gate but cleared the rest with ease.




























