This guy does it all

I entered Epic in the local obedience trial this weekend and he did not disappoint.  We were entered in beginner novice.  I figured it was a good test to see how he would react in the ring and what we still needed to work on. Our first time in the ring he did great.  He got a little distracted on the first turn-in beginner novice they use rally signs for the heeling and he wanted to go look at one.  But then I got him back and did a great job.  One thing I hadn't considered was we have never practiced figure eights with people as posts so he gave them a sniff as he went around but otherwise did very well.  Overall we ended up 4th with a 193.5 out of 200.  In trial 2 he was a total rock star losing zero points on heeling, 2 on figure 8 and 1/2 on recall for a score of 197.5 and first place.  Sunday he repeated his performance for the most part for the same score and another 1st place.  These are the highest obedience scores I've ever gotten and although it's only beginner novice I'm inspired to keep working at it and move on to Novice.