Running towards Da Knight

Chute Session #3!

Knight's Chute: Session 3 from Grey Hound on Vimeo.

Here Comes the Knight

So, this month's training vid is here:

Okay, so not physically here right this second, since Vimeo is taking ages, but it will located here once it's uploaded completely.

And Now it is!

Lilly and Knight- April 2010 from Grey Hound on Vimeo.

Today we did a two Chute sessions. He is... wow. Crazy fast. I did get clips and will make a second video for that later :) **Turn down the speakers** It's "I'm not your boyfriend baby" by 3Oh!3 so a bit screamy at the start

Knight's Chute: Session 1 and 2 from Grey Hound on Vimeo.

Insight for the Knight

Knight Conformation- 6 months from Grey Hound on Vimeo.

So I tossed together a quick little gaiting and free stacking practice with Knight today. I need to work on making sure he's going in a straight line. But I think it's coming along nicely! My handsome little man :)

Recharge the Knight

Finally found my camera charger! Daily pictures can finally start :)

Petite Pooch- Level 1- Week 6

And so our Level 1 classes have come to a close. I'm really glad we did them :D

For the last week we worked on our recalls, stays, leave it, loose lead walking, the foundation of "swing" (front to heel), and a bit of baby agility.

The Recall: Knight's restrained recall is killer. I had steak as a treat this week and he just came flying at me, slid the last foot into a perfect front. Now I just need to work on his recalls when he's already absorbed in something.

The Stay: The foundation is coming along very well. I can give him the stay, walk two feet away and even tug on his harness a bit and he'll hold it. Now I'm starting to add in me walking all the way around him while he holds his stay.

The leave it: Currently if I place it on the floor and ask for a leave it his eyes go straight to me. Now we need to work on an auto leave, so if I accidently drop, say an M&M, he'd ignore it automatically.

Loose Lead Walking: This is also coming along very very nicely. Right now he's actually givimg me too much attention that he forgets to watch were he's walking and is just all eyes on me. So he's crowding a bit and wrapping around front which can be deadly for such a little guy. So I need to redirect his focus somewhere other than my face for the heeling. Don't wanna trip over him D:

With the baby agility we did the mini dog-walk, a short tunnel, and the pause table. All of which we've been working on at home. Dispite the distractions around he was still all focus and drive.

Now we have a few weeks break to get everything looking sharp before we jump into Dogsports fundamentals :D

Outshine the Knight

Knight performed very well at his first conformation match :) His focus really just amazes me. The only thing that really needs work is the hands on stacking on the table.

He was the only pap, so he took breed, and ended 3rd out of 3 for group. We're planning on trying the real deal May 7th :) I'm really looking forward to it xD

Petite Pooch- Level 1- Week 5

Week 5 has come to a close. This week we did some more recall work, along with introducing the stay, introduced the "swing" which is from front straight to the heel position (dog stays in your view the whole time) and did a big of baby agility.


This week when I'm doing "stay" practice I want to work not only in front of him, but behind him too. By the end of the week I'd like to be able to walk all the way around him while he's in a sit, down, or stand.


With Heeling this week we're going to work on our halts (sit in heel) along with 90 degree lefts, rights, and abouts. We're taking things slowly and keeping it really fun. I hope to have him ready to trial in Rally-O Novice come June :)

Envy The Knight Life

Knight was steller tonight at show handling. We still need to work on all the "hands on" stuff (Grooming table!!!) But everything else was just... awesome :D

Got quite a few compliments towards Sir Knight, I'm really looking forward to our Match this coming weekend.

A Fellow Pappy owner suggested I look into Rally-O, and I think I'm going to, maybe even with Lil too, Just for fun if they offer it at the shows we're going to, why not?

It will be some good ring practice, and maybe even set us up for the more serious obedience later :)

And Day Fades Into Knight

A Nice Long Day for Sir Knight today :) I really should of taken some pics... but I didn't.

Charlie came over for a few good hours. We let them play for awhile indoors, then outdoors while we chilled in the hottub, and went for a long walk before settling down for Dinner. Two very tired Papillons were the results of the days event. Knight is out cold in Mandy's lap right now.

Tomorrow I'm going to try to start taking daily pictures. We'll see how this works out lol

Petite Pooches- Level 1- Week 4

Sorry for the late update. Knight is still kicking butt in his class. His loose lead heeling is coming along nicely. Time to start making it a bit more formal, like working on the speeds and doing sits/downs/rise next to me rather than in front.

We also worked a bit more on recalls, leave it, and wait at the gate.

This week I plan on working on heeling, recalls, leave it, informal retrieves, and at least one new trick, along with random shaping.

We've got our next match coming up so I really need to get out to show handling class and work more on his stand for exam and hands on stuff.

Agility wise, not too much, I'll probably do a bit of tunnel work, and then I've introduced the 2o2o posistion (not on real equipment, on the Wii fit board lol) so I plan to a have que for 2o2o and for running :)

Another Charlie Play date tomorrow!