Very exciting and I'm sure you will do well. If you are going to pursue competition, my advice would be to make sure that you get instruction from someone who has put Obedience titles on dogs before.
I don't know what experience your current trainer has and maybe she is a perfect fit, but competition Obedience has little quirks that you want to make sure that you incorporate into your training from the beginning (e.g. it is very hard to retrain crooked fronts!) Also, a heads up..... in CD competition you will in fact have to sit your dog off-leash, leave your dog, and then call her to front. I'm not sure I would do proofing exercises that involved teaching a her to "stay" and not come when she is called. I worry that you might end up confusing her.
Just some thoughts.....
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