Thanks roth. I cornered him this morning and told him where I'm at on things. It went surprisingly well. There is still a bit of awkwardness between us but I feel a lot better after handling this.
Also, when I approached the judge in my protection routine he said, "you need to kick your dog". I said, "now??" (cuz you can actually be banned from competing for a year by doing stuff like that). He said, "no, in training". whatever. Titus doesn't owe me a dang thing!