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Well, I thought it was odd that Drift wouldn’t tug on the ring since he has been tugging on it up until now…but I just discovered that his crazy tug games with Muso pulled out ALL of his front teeth since yesterday!! So, no wonder he was like “no, thanks, I’m good”. Poor dude.
Package 4 Jumping 1 – Please ignore my dog trying to destroy herself by taking the covered dogwalk. We were largely unsuccessful on this. After both attempts, I tried it without the toy in hand and nearly got the whole thing correctly…so that’s interesting. I didn’t film that try.
Walk Through & Attempts
2nd Try
He has been SO hungry lately, and my only free time has been meal times, so we’ll add toys when he’s ready to play. We did a ‘2 bowl’ session with toys later, but I didn’t film it.
Thanks for the feedback – he is excellent with toys and bringing them back, so I can move it outside. I’m in no hurry with him. To be honest, it would have been better if I’d gotten him in a year or two when I’m feeling more confident with Muso.
It’s been pouring everyday here, so we’ll get back to CAMP soon, I hope.
I am really struggling to get up the lines, and it is really obvious that I am over-supporting things because I don’t trust the skill.
Two significant problems that I don’t know how to efficiently solve is her increasingly terrible start line and her tendency to run past backside slices. I’ve had to really over-handle backside slices and it really made things difficult this week at two seminars where she wouldn’t commit to the bar without my support, so I couldn’t leave and it ruined the next part of the course.
The big course running and troubleshooting without stopping is great and has made a difference, but I feel like I’ve hit a plateau and am now compensating for weak skills. She even tripped the eyes at Nationals because she creeped forward and messed up a faster time on a clean run. Help!!
Yes, she bailed on the weaves both times in course 2. I hadn’t considered the toy on the ground as a possible cause since she didn’t go for it (and had rejected it for the toy I had in my hand). I need more reps with toys on the ground…it’s becoming a problem.
The above are all at 12″, where the previous post was 16″. She will compete at the Canadian Open at 12″, so I thought we should adjust for that. What do you think? Should we go back to 16″ when we’re back, or stay at 12″?
Well, the snow defeated us, but we’ll keep at it if we get some warmer days. She’s made some progress. I look forward to the private sessions in Jan-Feb.
Thanks!
Jen
