Left Pivot...please?

So Nike's finally in fighting form with his heeling (yay!), so much so that he stepped on Honor while heeling because he wouldn't take his eyes off me (sorry Honor!). He has everything he needs for rally, except...the left pivot. And I'm going nuts trying to figure out a better way to communicate it. He pivots on his left 360s and 180s, but once he's sitting, he's SITTING. Beautiful sits, yes, eyes uplifted, but his butt does not come off the ground for the pivot! Lol. He finally started getting it tonight after I started making these wide, sweeping, "backup" gestures, and I C&T for the littlest of rear end movement, so I'm hoping he'll catch on! It's so odd though, Nike always gets things on the first or second try, but this one move...not quite! :)

11 days until trial. I hope I'm doing the right thing by entering him. He did the Halloween rally match, which was more challenging because of the decorations on the signs. Hopefully he's ready. I know his obedience skills are up to scratch, I just want to make sure he's mentally ready. But we're doing APDT, so it should be a nice and relaxed environment!

Great Show Weekend!

This past weekend, Honor showed for the first time in UKC Licensed Altered conformation! I'm so proud to report that after four shows, Honor has 4 BoV wins, 3 Best Female wins, 2 BoB wins, 1 Group win, and made it to BiS twice! She accumulated 98 of the 100 points she needs to champion (so close!), and has all three competition wins needed. I'm so proud of her!