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Tucker participated in his first Dog Show Saturday in Rally Obedience/Novice A. Tucker HATES Obedience Class. HATES IT!!! He will however tolerate Rally.

We enter the ring, the Judge says "This is Rally Obedience Novice A, are you ready?" Tuck actually looks up at me, I say "Ready" and the Judge says "You may proceed".

Tucker takes two steps towards the first orange cone (to serpentine around 4 cones!) AND LIFTS HIS LEG!!!!!! Ughhhhhhh! DQ'd after 2 steps!

I knew we had DQ, I froze. Do I go on? Do I stop? The Judge didn't say anything so we just went on. He completed the course perfectly. Looked absolutely adorable (per friends watching) and did every station perfectly.

We finished, walked out of the ring, I picked him up and hugged him and said "I would expect nothing less"! It was Tucker being true to form.

Everyone said "he had to be nervous..." No way! it was Tucker being Tucker. It was his way of telling the Judge "you just THINK this is your ring".
He was communicatiing exactly what he thought of the whole experience.

I had walked him around and he peed, and not even 5 minutes before his turn in the ring I took him to the potty area and he wouldn't go. The little rodent!

Ahhhh, that's my boy. It's Tucker's world and we are just guests. It's been 2 days and I still can't look at him without laughing.