I didnt post all winter about classes, so here is a wrap up.
Classes were held in a barn for the winter on sunday afternoons. We opted not to do Flyball anymore because I dont feel Mocca enjoys it as much as she should. The barn was very clean and well-kept, and could b emostly enclosed so it didnt get too terribly cold in there, but nonetheless each sunday afternoon I was frozen to the bone after class. Hint: use those little handwarmer things they sell in the winter. 1 in each pocket does wonders in between runs.
We had a tough time in the barn because Mocca is a scavenger, and dearly loves horse poop. And as clean as this barn was, there was still nice bite-size chunks of horse poop here & there. It took quite a lot to get her interest part of the time. She seemed to get better focused on me after about 30 minutes. It was a constant battle and I was glad when spring rolled around.
A few times I brought Mocca leftover steak from the night before, and I truly believe this helped her focus. Let's see...horse poop...of Filet?
One big accomplishment however was that Mocca finally "got" the weaves. We really started to do well with the weaves and we then graduated to the intermediate class early-winter. Yay!
So overall, winter classes were a lot of work, cold, and very tiring. But we were glad to graduate to intermediate and it was nice to have an activity to do with Mocca once a week. We've been out of the barn for 6 or more weeks now and back to the outside ring. I'll post about our new round of classes next!
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Saturday, June 02, 2007
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