OK, not sure if what I am doing is the ultimate thing, but I'm working it out. Cade sure is a great learner too. I put the jumps in a large J shape and started with him on my right. I held out a treat and ran along next to the jumps. It took a few times of getting him to not run around the jumps, but in the end we put it all together. I think he learned something and will be stronger on this next week. I then tried to work the beginning of letting him jump away from me and get a toy. I had him sit behind the jump. It was hard for him to sit next to me. He does not like to be too close to me. I grabbed his collar and pulled his behind in to my leg and held him there while I threw the toy, then released him to go get it. He did ok for the first time to do this. We will both get better. He had lots of fun.
The best part of our training today was that he went over the Dog Walk all the way. He had to work up the nerve, but I put a trail of treats over the top and he soon figured out it was ok to walk up there. He conquered a great fear for him today. We will keep working on putting that fear long behind us.
I think the daily training is really something Cade likes. When I first let him out this morning, he just stood at the bottom of the steps as if to say: "Are you coming to play with me?" I had to have my coffee first and then we went to play. He does not ever want to stop. I will post video as soon as I cut out the dead time. Tomorrow we work on: Cues, stays, table work.
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