It has been awhile since I posted. We are continuing our Flyball and Agility classes. We are just about done with our 3rd round now on both.
Flyball: Okay so she didnt quite get it. Or, maybe she got it so well she got bored? Mocca ran the flyball course like a pro for about 3 weeks straight and then (my theory here) got bored I think. She figured it out, did it....and got just plain bored. So now it is much more fun FOR HER. For me it is an entirely different thing. I now am forced to RUN up and down the course with her. She still gets that she has to run down over the jumps to get the ball - it is the coming back part that she gets bored with. She's much happier making up her own course, or running off to visit some stray person on the other side of the field. Or doing 1 jump and then not the rest. At one point we had THREE people lined up along the course, and me, running up and down. We even tried to get treats involved but that was a diasaster. She would just run as fast as possible to the person who gave her the treat the next time, regardless of ball. We did do a bit better this week, but I am getting very tired of this new sprinting class! I am not sure we will re-up on flyball.
Agility: This has been going very well. I am doing much better at getting the commands out right away for her so it is going very smooth sometimes. We still need to work lots on the weaaves, and the teeter but little by little. In this 3rd set we have been learning several games that are played at competitions and it has been a lot of fun. We get to kinda make up our own course and whoever gets the most obstacles done in 30 seconds wins. Or there is one called, "The Gambler" where you send your dog over a jump, and then stop & try to get your dog to then go through a tunnel ahead of you and then over another jump on the other side of you. It really shows you how your dog is so used to having you right next to them in the course! The las game we have learned is called, "Snookers" and it is another where you kinda run your own course but it is more complicated in that you have to hit certain obstacles at certain points in the course.
This week our classes move to a barn for the winter. It sure has been cold out the last couple of weeks for class. I will try to update this more often. And of course, dont forget about all the wonderful dog supplies at Drs. Foster & Smith!
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
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