Bear - Bersi av Isheim - BFF, CGC, RN

Bear earned his Rally Novice title this weekend - however - we learned that he is afraid of men.

For his first leg a few weeks ago, he had a male judge and a male timekeeper and was very upset and nervous. He even 'forgot' how to do a "Down!". I attributed the nervousness to stage fright at his first North American show.

In his first trial this weekend he had a female judge and he scored very high and behaved like he does in class, i.e. very well.

In his final and third trial we had a male judge who was the timekeeper at his first show, and he would not turn his back on him he was so frightened. I do not blame the timekeeper/judge at all. AT ALL.

We finished his title with a low qualifying score but we have much work to do in order to correct the problem. Of course we will do some de-sensitizing but I think I need some additional ideas.

Naturally we will NOT look for shows that only have female judges. I am sure we will get over this.

Bear - Bersi av Isheim - BFF, CGC, RN