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First Novice Obedience Class

Last night I took Knight to the dog club for his first Novice Obedience class. We started with Long sits and downs. Knight had stellar focus, ears perked and looking straight at me for the majority of the time :)

We had a bit of a focus issue when it came to heeling lol. There was another Papillon in the class that looked a little too much like Lilly that Knight thought was his bestest friend EVER. Haha, so we have plenty of room to grow.

I got some tips to clean up Knight's finish, I'll start working on that more in these upcoming weeks. I think I'm going to hold off on putting him into the Beginner's Novice ring until April. By then I might even be confident enough to go straight to Novice haha. Plus he'll have his RN, and some ring experience in agility too.

Whenever I mention my plans for obedience with Knight the word "boring" comes up. Am I the only one who doesn't find obedience boring? I think it's beautiful. Working up to snapping teamwork in a sport that's not high drive. Plus, Knight has so much personality he could make watching grass grow exciting xD

Weaveeee

I was working on Lilly's weave speed yesterday, so I had 4 poles set up on one side of the basement, and 8 on the other. After she was done I was playing fetch with Knight and 4 poles so I took some clips of that :)

Knight Weave Clip 12-1-2010 from GH on Vimeo.

Working Things Out

Last post I mentioned Knight going to the "big dog" novice agility class at DTCCC. We ended up going and he was spectacular. He was voted the cutest dog in the class by our fellow classmates haha.

We have been going to half hour lessons over at Rocky creek. The past two he's been a bit funny. Really just ignored me and hid behind the instructor. I made the mistake of lowering my voice slightly when I said his name after he missed a pole on the weaves and he refused to go near them the rest of the lesson. He's very sensitive when it comes to picking up hints of my dissapointment or frustration so I really do need to watch that. He doesn't know I'm frustrated with myself and not him.

After bombing the class on Wednesday I took him out thursday for a two minute session with lots of tugging and treats and that perked him right up again. Yesterday I took him out to play again and he was on FIRE! Dang, the little speed demon perfectionist was back haha.

We haven't been to any shows or Rally-O trials since June. I've been crazy busy. But I am going to take him to a Novice Obedience class tomorrow. We'll see how that goes :D

Starting in December I'll be going a half hour early to archery so I can leave by 8 and make it over to the Novice agility class at the club. I'll just do that through Dec and January. Hopefully by then I'll have a job and can afford to get him in the monday class along with Lilly. Then I can practice the full time with my X-team and not stretch my limits so much on Friday nights.

Happy Happy Birthday

So Maybe it's true, I can't live without you :)

I love this dog xD I know I haven't updated this blog in ages, but I'm starting it back up again with at least weekly updates.

Knight will be going to the "big dog" agility class this Friday with Lilly :D I can't wait to see how he does at our club. I'd like to get some video but no promises. We also might do a DOCNA non-traditional gambers (like CPE fullhouse) this weekend, just to see how he does at a trial setting.

We're also getting back into Rally-O next month. I have two trials I'd like to go to so we can knock off his RN title. Meanwhile I'm going to start working the stuff he needs for the next level, and getting his heelwork Obedience ring worthy :)

More updates to come in the future, but for now, Happy birthday Little Man!

A Huge thanks to Letty, who took a chance and replied to the e-mail from a 15 year old kid who had just gotten her novice titles on her first papillon. He's everything I ever could of dreamed of and fits in so well with my family. His personality compliments Lilly's so completely too. I can't believe he's a year old already, time sure flies :)

And Classes are a Yes

Wunderbar! So, Next Wednesday Knight will have his first real agility class. From 2-2:30. I'm pretty excited haha. :D

Let the Classes Begin!

WHOOOOOOO! Yessss! Haha! So, as you probably don't know unless you follow my other blog, I usually take Pre-novice/novice Agility classes with my Lilly-girl on Friday nights because they're free with our club memebership. Well, I was invited on the JOAD Elite team (an archery thing, I shoot recurve) which is on Fridays from 6:30-8:30.

My first thoughts were, No problem! I want to take a Monday class with Lilly anyway. Then I realized all the building block/sequencing/novice classes where on Fridays from 6:00-10:00 (3 different classes). So I could train Knight at home until he's at Novice level and just go to the class after archery, right?

Almost right, I feel like I need a bit of guidence when it comes to training my baby dog in agility. I'm sure if I did it all by myself he'd turn out just fine, but I'd prefer finding a class or two to get us in and work with competition sized equipment. After a bit of poking around, I think I've just found one.

It would be a 1/2 private lesson on Monday from 4:30-5:00. Which would give me an hour to get together back at home before I set out for Lilly's class. I still have my learners permit... so I have to get mom to tag along but she gave me the okay for a class next monday.

I just shot the trainer an e-mail, hopefully we'll be all set for a Monday lesson. Fingers Crossed :D