Feb. 22 - training shaping up

Trained Cade today on his jumping skills.  I had him doing beginning jumping while I sat beside the jump.  I wanted to get him to stay rounded as he jumped over and to begin to work on him learning "The bars stay up".  He did very well.  He worked with me and tried to understand what I was trying to do.  We also worked on forward sends around the jump.  He did pretty well with that also.
After jumping, we worked on his DW - 2o2o some.  He is afraid of going up the DW right now, so I worked with him to get him to climb up the dogwalk to rescue some steak up on the flat part.  It took some work and I had to pick him up to turn him around to exit.  I got a nice big plank and propped it up on the dogwalk stand and it is quite a bit lower than the DW.  he was happy to jump all over that and to run up and down.  I am going to have to work with him on something lower for a while.  He will get through this!  I'll post video later.
I have decided to try and work through skills every day to get them all in.
Monday - straight jump chute work, DW & AF
Tuesday - jumping skills with one jump
Wed - running with me (handler focus) over obstacles & running on own (obstacle focus)
Thurs - cues, stays, table work
Friday - tunnels, chutes, teeter
Sat. - weave work 2x2, crate games

I may opt to take a different day off besides Sunday, but we will see.  Hopefully this will be a great training regimen for us both.