Obedience has been the main sport for Step. In obedience, Step was a talented dog who learned the exercises quickly and was willing to please the handler. She was a soft dog who did not tolerate much pressure or ugly handling, but when trained in a positive way Step was a happy, fast, active and intensive dog who could do endless amount of repetitions without getting tired or bored. Step did not care about distractions and she focused always 100% to handler. Step loved to play, she was easy to reward with toy, food or social reward. She did not use voice while working. Step was a strong "eye dog" in obedience and there was a certain kind of stiffness in some exercises. Despite the stiffness, Step had competed in obedience with great results. She became a Finnish obedience champion in the age of 2,5 years, she competed in the Finnish national championships 6 times and won Helsinki district championships in 2010. Step competed in Sweden and Denmark gaining Swedish, Danish and Nordic obedience champion titles. 

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Besides obedience, Step has competed in agility and working trials. In agility Step was completely different kind of a dog compared to my first border collie Sara. Step was not very fast, but she was really a great listener, she was easy to handle, she turned very tightly and didn't move very independently, but rather kept herself near the handler. Since she was so easy dog to run with, she made clean runs quite often and was able to compete in Finnish national championships and tryouts for national team almost every year during her career. Step competed in agility in Sweden as well, finishing her only competition day with 4/4 clean runs and Swedish agility- and jumping champion titles.  Step retired from agility in the age of 7,5 years.