Today was the Obedience competition of our friends at Hondenschool Amicus. Kaïa and I scored excellent marks in grade 2 with 266.5/320 for the first time and the last Obedience competition of the year!

My mother was supposed to judge this competition, so I had to step back and let Kaïa in the capable hands of my friend Leslie.

Kaïa doesn’t have much experience in Hooper, but she enjoyed the experience.

Thank you, Vie Vie, for the pictures!

This is not the first time she escape a crate. This is the second tissue cage that she destroys. I’m going to need a better solution.

We got a faultless agility!

Today is about learning to swim since she likes water.

Most people think dogs can swim just fine, but the truth is that you need to help them a bit to use all four legs. Otherwise, they could just be using their front legs. It is bad because:

• They are only using 50% of their strength.
• They will exhaust their strength faster and could drown.
• The back of their body could act like an anchor and drag them to the bottom.

Always look at that your dog is swimming horizontally with four legs!