Zap
2x2: Four Straight Poles!
We're weaving! or at least Zap is, I'm just trying to throw the toy at the right time without hitting him. Nonetheless Zap had his first go at four straight poles today.
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.
Zap's Running A-frame 1
I decided to use Rachel Sander's box method with Zap. We've been working the box on the ground during the winter. Given his progress I tried adding the box 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.
Trick Tutorial; Backing around Handler
It's great to be able to blog again without feeling guilty because you know you should be studying. I thought this weekend should have been a busy one since I was teaching a jumping skills class in Horsens Saturday and had a day of agility planed Sunday.
