The is the course that Stuart and I agreed to start camp with, so that we could plan the rest of the sessions at camp.

It worked really well and was taken in good part by all the campers - SUCH a lovely group of people - they all did really well on it. For the baby dogs we were watching more for their training habits, what they do when it goes wrong, how they approach the sequences etc. For the other group we were looking for what Stuart calls transitions and I call collection cues, how they set the lines #6 though #11 and #12 though #16.

A lovely group of handlers and dogs and a great week, thanks to all!

Jo

The video for part 2 of the modified channel weaving method is up in the weaving forum!

Jo

Today I wanted to do just a little handling of weave poles as they've been in isolation, or with just another jump afterwards. I also wanted to continue with turning/going straight on out of a tunnel and see how good my direction cues are - each time Ty was sent to the tunnel I was on the right of the weave poles as you look at them.








It was fun and he was very successful!

Jo

Now we add the 3rd part - the *go*. An intelligent dog will quickly work out that today we are turning and will just slow down so that you can direct him to the relevant entrance. So now we add the *go* - if Ty comes out ready for a turn when I've sent him on, or shoots out when I want a turn, I'll know my timing is off.

Jox

It occurred to me today that I've spent a lot of time slamming Ty into tunnels from ever increasing distances and rewarding speed out........not done a lot with turning out for tunnels  : :-



Very simple, giving his turn cues nice and early, we had lots of fun

Jo

California here I come! Sept 17th to 25th see Kathie's website for more details!

Touch & Go Agility Training Center
touchngoagility.com

Fun fun fun in the sun!

Joxx

Kristy (my daughter!) has started making fleece tugs, which Tyzer just loves! You can find her facebook page here:-

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fleece-Tugs/315564005156872

She makes all sorts to order, so here's Tyzer showing off his brand new toys!:-



This shows the head collar she made for him, being fleece it doesn't felt his fur too much and is very useful when he's being silly whilst other dogs are working!:-



This shows the toy itself, what I like about them is that because they're braided, when the dog pulls, they stretch and absorb some of the impact:-



Contact her via her face book page, or use the website's form and I'll pass on any messages

Jo

The first part of the Modified Channel Weaving video is now up in the weaving forum.

Jo

The beginning of the method I'm using with Tyzer is now up in the weaving forum.

Jox

Thanks Lyn!

I was very pleased, if a little surprised. Tyze was mainly there to work on his manners whilst other dogs are working, something he struggles with as we train on our own. I like Leslie as she focuses on the dogs, not handling styles; she thinks in terms of skills the dogs need. However Tyze hasn't done much in the way of jumping, so I was really pleased with the way he dealt with everything that was presented to him. The grids that you see where he is coming straight towards you are progressive. ie the distance between the jumps increases a little each time and I did wonder how he would deal with them, but as you see he had no problems at all. Which just goes to show that all that foundation work is very worthwhile! In the main what shows I think is the balance that all the heel work has begun to teach him and the rear end awareness that the wobble board work, rear paw targeting, walk backwards, walking backwards up stairs etc has given him.

As far as his retrieve goes, it'll be a while yet before we progress much further as he has a tendency to chomp if I ask much more and there's no way he'd be sensible if I threw it, so it continues little by little. 

So much fun to train a dog that is essentially a blank slate, nothing to undo, no fears that someone else has given to be got over, just fun training 

Jo