Lazy Sunday

I didn't plan on training today but when I decided not to take Morgan for a walk in the park, I needed to do something to compensate. I decided that putting up her stick in the ground weave poles was an appropriate compensation. My hip was KILLING me from lugging all the Christmas stuff back to the garage but I worked through it. I put in two lines of stakes, just about 3 inches apart to simulate channel weaves. When I tried Morgan on them, she just ignored the poles and wouldn't weave through them. I decided that I had the poles too close together since she did them so well yesterday. So I opened the channel one inch. What a difference it made. She whizzed right through them. The problem is that NOW I have to buy one of those little manners minders thingys so that she doesn't get the treat without doing the weaves properly. I don't think she is even aware of the weaves--just the target, right now.

I tried her on the new set up jumps according to Susan Salo method and she did outrageous bounces. I'm very proud of her. Now I have to go back a read about when I can move on to the next stage.

I was tempted to do more on the weave poles but w/o help in guarding the treats, I decided to quit while I was ahead :-)

BTW, it was amazing that once I started training Morgan, the hip pain went away. Now I know the cure for sciatica.