Poncho
Guffin' around
Took the dogs out to do some flatwork around jump wings. Zap was speedy puppy as always - his extremely tight turns continues to amaze me.
Wow! We did some agility today :)
Sat up a small sequence consisting of four jumps and the seesaw. The dogs enjoyed doing something else than long walks in the woods for a change and here's a video to proof it.
Dania Cup & BCC 2011
In the past two weeks we have participated in two big international events. First Dania Cup and this weekend Border Collie Classic.
Poncho
Kewstock Prizewinning Poncho Date of birth: 2007.04.06 DKK no.: DK08674/2007 Sex: Male Height: 54,3 cm Weight: 20,5 kg Hips: C (unofficial status) OCD: not checked Eyes: clear as a puppy
DKK Viby
Just a small update from our brief appearance at the DKK Viby Show on Friday aka 'crash-into-obstacles'-day as I managed to run into a jump, crashed the tunnel exit and almost run into the A frame!
More Videos
Here's the videos from our runs on Sunday. It reveals the good, the bad and the ugly parts in unedited form, so be prepared to cover you eyes from time to time ;)
Amazing weekend
Wow! What a weekend. It was everything I had hoped for and more. Zap and Bob did so amazingly well. Of course there was moments of chaos, but there were runs that amazed me as well.
3 years on YouTube and Happy Birthday Poncho!
Today it is Ponchos fourth birthday. He will be celebrating the day with some agility and a lot of tug toys.
More X-rays
Just returned home from the Vet with a rather sleepy Poncho. He got his hips x-rayed today and is still a bit tired from the sedation.
No More Running Dog Walks
Those of you reading my blog on a regular basis knows that I've been retraining Poncho's 2on2off performance on the dog walk to a running contact during the winter. You might also know that Poncho is struggling with some muscular-skeletal problems.
Weaves and Contacts
I took advantage of the awesome weather we were having last weekend and painted the dog walk. During the week it dried enough for us to use it in training.
First 2011 Update
Busy times so not that many blog post in the last few months. I've been studying (surprise, surprise), training dogs, giving seminars and writing articles for Hund & Træning. I think it's safe to say I've been pretty preoccupied.
Competition Ahead
Had a training session with all the dogs today as my parents came by with Bob and Liva.
Fionia Cup 2010
Home from a wonderful week on gorgeous Fyn. Similar to the previous Fionia Cup Tim and I combine agility with vacation. we rented a beautiful house with a location to die for: in a forest with no neighbors near by - just the kind of house we would love to live in.
Weave Poles and Contacts
Zap is now 15 months old and I started teaching him the 2x2 weave this week. He's almost weaving 4 straight poles, but I want to work more on entries and he's getting next week off -his brain and body needs a break.
Trialing Debut
Poncho had his debut trialing yesterday and I couldn't have been happier about his performance. Even though the weather was absolutely awful I was on cloud nine.
Manners Minder training session
After introducing the Manners Minder to Poncho's running contacts training, his rate of success has increased with 10 %! That is a pretty great progress.
Running A-Frame
Poncho's progress on the plank is amazing and I couldn't resist running him over the A-Frame. I wanted to see if he would generalize the behavior from the plank on to the A-frame.
Running Contacts 12: An improvement!
More videos. Definitely an improvement from session 11, but I still feel like the puppies would benefit from more groundwork without any height.
Running Contacts 11
Videos from our session 11. Notice the big difference between Poncho and Zap/Bob's performances. They have had the exact same amount of training, but Poncho has progressed through the initial stages much faster even though he's been retrained - talking about an operant dog!
Running Contacts 6-10: Reevaluating
I been doing a lot of thinking concerning our running contacts. Lately many people have been blogging running dog walks and whether or not the handler is fast enough to handle a running dog walk.
Running Contacts 1
I decided to defy the snow and went out to train the dogs. Because off the snow our running contact training has been proponed with almost two months, but I decided it was time for our very first session today.
Running Contacts 3: Manners Minder - Yes, please!
Did our third running contacts session today, and I do spot a trend I really don't like. Both Zap and Poncho anticipate where the reward is coming from, therefore they look over their shoulder to spot it. This means they aren't running at full speed across the plank.
Running Contacts 4: New Plank and Location
Just had our fourth session. Bob's second to be precise. Thought I might as well generalize the behavior from the beginning to other planks and environments.
To Fail Or Not To Fail?
We continued our weave training in a new environment today. We went to the LaZi course to change the scenery but not adding any over exciting element. Susan Garrett says at this point it is important to let the dog work through what ever difficulties he may have and him figure out the solution on his own.
