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
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