06 March 2008

I did more practice for Dora on our walk this morning. We did heelwork on the carpark. It was not frosty this morning so we could get on quite well. I did lots of food circuits and also ball circuits. Dora is working well. The lady with Sadie the Terv and Storm the GSD puppy arrived while we were working and Ruby and Casey barked at them as they wanted to go say hello. I thought Dora would be distracted but she kept with me until Storm came up to see what we were doing. I let her say hello and then we went back to working.

Did stick circuits with Ruby but she is very particular about which stick she will have . I had 2 sticks Actually one large stick that had broken in half, She would run and fetch one and would chase the other one but would not bring it back.did some nice right circles to a hand touch. When i bring her in she has a nice consistent position Sh is keeping her position much more on static left turns. she rarely drops back. Right turns are still a bit wide.

Went to mums to do agility put jumps up in squares and put the weaves up 1/2 inch off set. Started with Ruby and ran her as fast as I could over several jumps and did the weaves several times. Running her very quickly did increase her enthusiasm and drive. Will try short sharp bursts of activity. She did get very distracted by the dog next door barking constantly and ran off to bark at it. she was not as switched on once I got her back. tied her uup and got Dora out. did heelwork around the jumps. I was using liver for treats and Dora REALLY likes that. She was noticiably mor enthusiastic and worked really nicely.

ran Saffy over the jumps on the ground again still practicing steering her left and right. ALso did food circuits with Liver and cheese. She managed to see those treats ok


Casey