Another dual training day

I had a late start to the morning which is beginning to be a habit during my vacation. Anyway, I did some writing when I got up and then off to do agility training.

We tried the jump chute first. Morgan did it perfectly the first time out. We did it again and it was again good but she dropped a bar on the next to last jump. We tried it again and she dropped the very same bar. We moved the jump because we figured out that it was just a little off. Didn't matter, she still dropped the bar. When we switched sides, she was dropping bars on a couple of jumps. She isn't even up to her full jump height. She is just a lazy jumper, I think. Anyway we ended up with her clearing all the jumps with me running along side her and we quit on that note. I'm not sure what to do about dropping bars. I think what we will do is to stagger the jumps. That probably means that we have to stop trying to get her to bounce and start her to thinking about getting her feet in the air.

On the weave poles, she did more than she ever has before and right after we gave her high praise and lots of cookies, she decided that she should pop out of the poles or just quit doing it. I told Tom that I was thinking about quitting while she was still interested and we probably just went too long with the weave pole. I have to remember to stop on success and we should have stopped with the jackpot. I'm learning how to teach this girl.

On the teeter, she did great but after a couple of tries on each side, she found it really difficult to sit and stay for me to call her to the end. I finally was able to get her to do it once and we quit. It may take us forever to learn anything if I have to quit after one or two tries.

What I probably have to do is to do each obstacle twice and rotate for at least three sets. That may help.

In obedience, we did some more heeling but this time off lead (but with a cookie). She was great but again, after doing one big circle, she started to lag. For now we will do one big circle, have a party, rev her up and do something else. I have to remember to make everything a party or at least interesting to her. She did very well with my 30 second wait after leaving her at 20 feet. Tomorrow, we will move up to 40 seconds. Finally, we did some tugging--not so great but better than before and the broad jump.

I am desperately waiting for her dumbbell and I don't know why. I can do what I need to do with a bumper. I just want to start with the happy, happy retrieve and work up to the FF. I want her to think obedience is a game. Today, while I was putting up equipment, I put her on a down stay and threw hot dog pieces in front of her. She stayed like a champ. However, she was really eager to eat those pieces once I released her. Good Dog!

I may not get to train tomorrow but if I do, I will remember to blog.