This was our first attempt at building a bit of duration. Hudson has his dad’s “happy feet” – in nonstop motion. I’m not sure how to get rid of this without totally frustrating him.

Sounds good! Today we did one rep and it was ok.

We tried a couple of the variations on food throws that you suggested. At first Hudson was a bit confused by the platform, but today the penny dropped and now it’s his best friend 🙂

Yes, he is! 🙂

I’m not sure if this is exactly what you meant with the food toy……but at least this time Hudson wasn’t quite so inclined to play “keep away.”

We also tried a restrain. None of my Paps is very keen on being restrained. Hudson didn’t like me holding the harness – holding his hindquarters worked better. By the way, there were extra-good treats in the bowl.

A lot of our training will be done indoors for now. My work days are often very long and I get home too late to work outside. We tried a small space version of the Engagement game. Hudson does not like to come in close and prefers to work/play at arm’s length. I was pleased that he would jump on me

For a change today I set a jumpers course to promote some go go go. Next session we’ll go back to shorter sequences and play sessions. There was lots of play after each run….but not always captured by the videographer 🙂 Ice was today’s star – only one run, but with lots of speed and enthusiasm! Boss was okay with the run, but really couldn’t be bothered with the weaves. I tried working the weaves later with his favourite whip toy, but weaves were not in his contract today.

We finally found a window to do some training after days and days of rain!

Well I intended to keep the weaves for the end of Ice’s session…..but he had other ideas. 😀 He actually likes the weaves until he gets frustrated. I lost him at times in this session, but he did come back and stayed enthusiastic to the end.

I tried to encourage “go go go” with Boss. He was a good boy but isn’t really driving as much as he could. Do you think I should be setting more challenging sequences for him. He sometimes seems like he’s just going through the motions but isn’t really excited.

For a change of pace from tunnel/jump circuits, we ran one of Manca’s courses today. Lyric does hit the DW contact if the handler reminds her to “touch.” 🙂

• This reply was modified 4 years, 9 months ago by Maureen Burke.

I’m not sure exactly what to make of today’s session. Ice seems happy to play, engaged, and pretty speedy……..then in mid-stride he loses focus and leaves to sniff. He wasn’t tired. We had done a few weave poles but nothing else.