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Cade ran his first REAL run in a trial this past weekend.  He did a fabulous job.  Things we need to concentrate on for now are contacts, adding 6 more weaves to his 6 he can do now.  we need to practice fronts and rears and run alongs.  I also need to get him to send a bit more.

Cade and his 2x2 weaves

We have been working on the 2x2 weaves and we are now almost in a straight line.  He is doing really well with this.

watch this video of him working on it.

http://youtu.be/2LyrdBfBRpQ

Cade's first run over the plank

First the target in the yard and the front feet touch.  Cade has done pretty well with it.  We have practiced it some, but not obsessively.  We want to move on with our 2o2o, so here is a beginning to his learning about putting his front feet on the ground and his rear feet on the plank.

Video on Youtube

He is so bouncy that he has a hard time stopping.  I try to let him give me the behavior and i will click it, but I have to step in and just lure him into the position. We will continue to work it to see if he can give it to me without the lure.

I listened with the sound this time (Cade goes bonkers when I play a video, so I turn the sound down).  There is something going on here.
1. I could be crazy
2. I could be nervously clicking that clicker
3. The video is not synced right.

In any case, the clicking on this video is horrible.  I don't think I am that bad, but I am going to get some one to audit my clicking and make sure i am not doing 1 or 2.  If I am, then I am a crazy clicker and I need to throw it away and not use it. 

2x2 Weaves on the way

No video yet, just too hot to setup all the video equipment and to edit it small enough to upload.  Cade is doing great so far with his 2x2's.  He is on step 2-3 right now.  Today he did great with the angle almost straight, but when I got to the back side, he could not find it, so we went back to angle 2.  he was mildly successful with that.

Cade's Dog Walk and A Frame Beginnings

Here is the beginning of Cade's performance of the DW and AFrame.  He is learning to run over the DW and AF and stay on all the way on both.  Next thing will be his control point - a stop on the end of both.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0APXmYHpfw

Here is a link to a video of Cade running his DW & AF

Cade is a big boy

We had a show n go July 2nd at our training arena and Cade did a few runs.  He was excellent on his SLS.  He jumped 8" and ran some lines that included sending out to a tunnel and back.  He had tons of fun and was such a big boy.

another try at the link

 http://youtu.be/L-zR9-wJR68