I setup a few jumps and tunnels to work with Cade. We did pretty well and progressed nicely. I am having to learn to cue him properly. He goes forward nicely to a tunnel. I like that! He is very treat focused and sometimes runs to the treat in my hand. He works things out and learns each session. Nice job. We start class next week!
Monday, May 30, 2011
Monday, May 9, 2011
Cade has a lesson in behavior!!!
Cade went with us as he always does to sit in the crate and play before and after Canon's lesson. Well I asked if Elaine, the trainer could work with Cade a little and get us started on teaching him an effective sit/stay! To this point, he was like a dog sitting on hot coals and would not hold anything but a minute. She worked with him also on his barking and being obnoxious. we will start him in the baby class in June. I can't wait for that.
Friday, May 6, 2011
Friday May 6th Practice
It has rained for the past month, so we have been doing a little training inside. We are working on Mary Ellen Barry's foundation skills. It is going slowly. :-|
Tonight I setup some jumps, tunnels and the weaves and worked with Cade on all of them. I worked on having him run with me and take jumps and then leave me and take a tunnel. He did very well and has no trouble jumping or taking the tunnels. He had great fun doing it. He will not stay at all, in fact asking him to sit and stay produces this fabulous leap from his hind legs as I move away from him. Wow, what a dynamo I have to work with. I am going to have to start really working on a stay with him.
He followed my front crosses very well, but a rear cross into the tunnel caused him to back out and not take it. He's such a baby still! I have my channel weaves set at about 3 inches so he can run through them and not have to weave. I have been working to get him to go in the correct entry. I let him work it a few times and he actually did all six with some drive a few times. He got pretty good doing 3 and would come out for the treat. Today I gave him the treat, but as we practice, I will give it to him less and less until he knows to do all 6. What a good boy! I had to remove ALL toys from the premises.
Tonight I setup some jumps, tunnels and the weaves and worked with Cade on all of them. I worked on having him run with me and take jumps and then leave me and take a tunnel. He did very well and has no trouble jumping or taking the tunnels. He had great fun doing it. He will not stay at all, in fact asking him to sit and stay produces this fabulous leap from his hind legs as I move away from him. Wow, what a dynamo I have to work with. I am going to have to start really working on a stay with him.
He followed my front crosses very well, but a rear cross into the tunnel caused him to back out and not take it. He's such a baby still! I have my channel weaves set at about 3 inches so he can run through them and not have to weave. I have been working to get him to go in the correct entry. I let him work it a few times and he actually did all six with some drive a few times. He got pretty good doing 3 and would come out for the treat. Today I gave him the treat, but as we practice, I will give it to him less and less until he knows to do all 6. What a good boy! I had to remove ALL toys from the premises.
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