Whoo! Overall a good weekend for Mr. Knight :)
A Q In Novice A Rally-O! I'll get the exact score posted once I know what it is haha(Knight got a 90!), But he placed 3rd out of 10 (Miss Lilly was second). Everyone said he was just really fun to watch which makes me happy. He was having fun, and I was having fun, and they could tell. That is what dog training should be all about.
We also got two class seconds this weekend, out of 3 on Sat, out of 2 on Sunday. He showed really well both days. I couldn't of asked for more.
Monday, June 21, 2010
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Contacts and Crate Games
Worked on the lowered A-frame with Mr. Knight today and did some crate games xD He'll actually jump into the crate lol, crazy beast.
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I also finally got started on his ramp for my bed today, hopefully I can buy the paint and slats tomorrow :)
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Knight- Contacts and Crate Games June 12 2010 from Grey Hound on Vimeo.
I also finally got started on his ramp for my bed today, hopefully I can buy the paint and slats tomorrow :)
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
DSF Week 3 and Show Handling Class
DSF: Week 3
We sat farther away from the door this week at our Dog Sports Fundamentals class and Knight's focus improved 150% haha. The only time it suffered was during the group heeling. He gets a bit nervous with larger dogs looming over him.
We worked on recalls, foundation for drop on recall, heeling, and some right side walking. She introduced the drop on recall in a really interesting way that I had never though of before. She brought us each a peice of the broad jump and we set it upright. The dogs were on one side and the handlers on the other. We released them then asked for a down as they approached the board, then backed up while keeping the board in place if they did it correctly.
But yes, that went well, OH, we also worked on targetting a... well a target, or in our case a coffee cup lid. DK picked up super quickly so I'll add some distance at home this week.
Show Handling
We finally got out to show handling this week. Knight did really well. He was a bit skittish when the black GSD got too close to us, but so was I. The owner had little to no control of her dog 90% of the class.
Besides that, he was gaiting really well, stunning free stacks (as always), and even surprised me with some stellar confidence up on the table. Our instructor was pretty impressed with him and asked to make sure I was getting out in the ring with him. Most of our classmates will be over at the Ludwigs so it should be a really fun weekend. I just need to go out and buy another skirt... probably a black one to wear with one of my blue tops?
The Rally-O Diaries
Day 3
I have not forgetten about these! Just the videos haven't been coming as frequently as I had hoped lol. I worked on Knight's "go to heel" and he picked it up in about 30 seconds.
His straight heeling is looking, or feeling, pretty snazzy now too, along with all his right turns. We just need to clean up our left turns and I think we'll be pretty decent for the trial :)
We sat farther away from the door this week at our Dog Sports Fundamentals class and Knight's focus improved 150% haha. The only time it suffered was during the group heeling. He gets a bit nervous with larger dogs looming over him.
We worked on recalls, foundation for drop on recall, heeling, and some right side walking. She introduced the drop on recall in a really interesting way that I had never though of before. She brought us each a peice of the broad jump and we set it upright. The dogs were on one side and the handlers on the other. We released them then asked for a down as they approached the board, then backed up while keeping the board in place if they did it correctly.
But yes, that went well, OH, we also worked on targetting a... well a target, or in our case a coffee cup lid. DK picked up super quickly so I'll add some distance at home this week.
Show Handling
We finally got out to show handling this week. Knight did really well. He was a bit skittish when the black GSD got too close to us, but so was I. The owner had little to no control of her dog 90% of the class.
Besides that, he was gaiting really well, stunning free stacks (as always), and even surprised me with some stellar confidence up on the table. Our instructor was pretty impressed with him and asked to make sure I was getting out in the ring with him. Most of our classmates will be over at the Ludwigs so it should be a really fun weekend. I just need to go out and buy another skirt... probably a black one to wear with one of my blue tops?
The Rally-O Diaries
Day 3
I have not forgetten about these! Just the videos haven't been coming as frequently as I had hoped lol. I worked on Knight's "go to heel" and he picked it up in about 30 seconds.
His straight heeling is looking, or feeling, pretty snazzy now too, along with all his right turns. We just need to clean up our left turns and I think we'll be pretty decent for the trial :)
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Start of the Rally-O Diaries
So, I will -hopefully- be posting daily vids, well at least updates on how Knight's Rally-O trianing is going. We have exactly two weeks before his Rally-O debut.
I plan to work on two things each day, in the morning we'll work on endurance/distractions on sits and downs, and heeling in the evening.
Each afternoon I'll try to work on his Stand for exam too. Hopefully we'll be ready for Novice Obedience come the fall :)
Rally-O Day 1 video
I plan to work on two things each day, in the morning we'll work on endurance/distractions on sits and downs, and heeling in the evening.
Each afternoon I'll try to work on his Stand for exam too. Hopefully we'll be ready for Novice Obedience come the fall :)
Rally-O Day 1 video
The Rally-O Diaries, Day 1 from Grey Hound on Vimeo.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
DSF: Week 2
Ah, I sat by the door again this week and Knight's focus was out the window the majority of the class.
So next week I'm stitting away from the door, and doing more work at home. This week I had no time to work on what we were supposed to do for HW. Between working, sleeping, and doing schoolwork both dogs got a lot less work then they deserved.
What we worked on
Left turns in heeling
Go outs (Obedience)
Sits (adding on, distance or distractions)
Downs (Adding on, distance or distractions)
So next week I'm stitting away from the door, and doing more work at home. This week I had no time to work on what we were supposed to do for HW. Between working, sleeping, and doing schoolwork both dogs got a lot less work then they deserved.
What we worked on
Left turns in heeling
Go outs (Obedience)
Sits (adding on, distance or distractions)
Downs (Adding on, distance or distractions)
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