Spreeism #792

Yes, Border Collies are "weird". But just as every BC owner has said to the common "dog" owner, you don't know how weird until you live it. This might be a "you had to be there" story, but I'll still share it anyways in hopes of a laugh.
Spree thinks very highly of the weave poles and this in itself makes me a very proud trainer. She is just learning the 12 set and has a good understanding of 6. Little did I know that in her head, weave poles in different denominations are not the same thing at all. In training the set of 6 and 12 are relatively close together with the 12 farther off from the rest of the equipment. We had been working on 6 in a course for the first half of training. With all that solid groundwork, we headed over to 12. She gives it a go, but like the novice she is skips a few poles. I bring her back and ask her to weave again, she wants to do the right thing but does not have confidence in the set of 12... so she tries to run back to the set of 6. No Spree, these weaves, right in front of your face, try again. She does better, but still skips. I ask her to weave again, and again the light goes on "weaves! I know where they are! I love the weaves!" as she runs to the set of 6 (again, completely in the wrong direction). She does this a few more times, all the while I'm not getting frustrated just laughing at her reasoning. Finally she finishes her 12 and we have a huge party... that'll do Spree, that'll do. We end at that cause I didn't want to risk her brain exploding.

The Last Stat

While I still hold out hope that Cola gets to run again, competition as we know it is done forever :( This will be our last post on the AAC yearly stats. Saaaaaaaaaaad face. As of her semi-retirement:

2007 Top Veteran Dog:
#8 in Canada
#2 in Alberta
#1 in 16" Division

AAC All Time History:
#103 in Canada
#8 in Alberta
#1 in Calgary