This morning I went to my puppy performance class. I didn't really think about this when I was there but the class is very handler focused. Everything we did made the dog look at you and need you to perform. So after class I went to the clubs agility field. It was a disaster to say the least. I couldn't figure out why she was so handler focused. She just kept looking at me after every jump and wouldn't go out to the tunnel. At first I thought I was giving the commands to late but after a while I knew that wasn't it. So I set up an all obstacle focused exercise. She ran it well the first time. So for the last run before going home I thought we would run it backwards. She was completely handler focused. She needed to go over a jump to the tunnel and pulled off the tunnel, then came around and bit me hard in the butt. ( That cute face wouldn't do that) It hurt!! I was so mad. I picked her up and put her in the car. I really don't know if she understood why I did that. But I didn't know what else to do. Then I went back and put the equipment back in the shed. So while I was doing that I was thinking about why today was such a disaster. That's when it occurred to me that the class was all handler focused exercises. Poor Miley, Poor me and my butt.
The Whole Tooth and nothing but the tooth!
20 hours ago
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Hi Diane! After reading your post, I know why you asked me the question about independence :)
I posted an answer that we took from the notes from the seminar here in the comments section.
http://blog.johannthedog.com/2008/02/more-from-silvia-trkman-seminar.html
I hope it helps.
Also, Johann was pretty handler focused in the beginning, I came across something that worked in teaching him to go on, go out, just go. Here is the post - maybe it will help you too!
http://blog.johannthedog.com/2007/06/fetching-for-distance-and-speed.html
Great blog you have, we'll be back to visit!
Woofs, Johann
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