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Lexi earns her Senior Earthdog title in Calgary August 1/2 2009
In Megan's words:
It was a great time, a bit nerve wracking because until this weekend she's never done a good recall at practice. She kept me on the edge too, she passed both tests on the first day, then decided to try the above ground version yesterday morning. So we only had one chance left to pass.
On her final run, she blew over the top again, but though better of it and ran back to the hole and did her work.
Then came the dreaded recall. I crawled right in by the hole she usually enters and exits and started calling and scratching. She likes to make me sweat by barking and whining for a while after they remove the quarry.
Then the barking stopped, and I was listening for her but couldn't hear her coming toward me. Then she appeared!! But not from where I was expecting to see her. She come out of the other hole which was behind me so I didn't see her until she came from behind me and tried to dive into the hole I was kneeling by.
Thankfully, I have extreme cat-like reflexes due in large part to having two very fast and sneaky JRTs . Just before she disappeared into the hole I grabbed her, held her up and screamed, "I'VE GOT HER!!!!" It was hilarious!
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