Well , Ive been thinking a lot about why Miley is not stopping on her contacts. Yesterday I came home from work and Miley is always very excited then. So I decided to try running her. I didn't have any treats or toys. Well guess what happened. So blew the contact almost every time. About one hour later I tired again and she blew the contact again. Ugh!! Then I got her tug and treat toy that I now realize I always take with me when we practice or go to class. After that she hit contacts every time. Hmmmm. Today, I decided to try it just a little different. I got her tug and treat toy out but let her see that I left in on the deck on top of the grill. She hit all her contacts every time. I didn't reward until the end of the 3 min. session. Do you think that she didn't see the toy at the trial and she thought she wouldn't get rewarded so she acted crazy? She is a dog that likes everything to be exactly the same. I did give her treats from my pocket at the trial but I guess it wasn't good enough. We will see what happens at the next trial in a couple of weeks. Ill bring the tug and treat with me and see how she does.
Also what is up with all the waiting at the AKC trial. 7 hours is way to long to wait for a run. I don't remember is being that long when I ran Guiness. I may have to resort to only one run a day and go home. That just seem ridiculous.
The other thing I really need to improve on is my handling. My cues were late and Miley wasn't reading the rear crosses at all. So I'm looking through some DVD's I have on teaching crosses. I really what her to turn tight. When I watched our jumpers run in slow motion you see how bad things went. Hopefully I can pull it together.
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2 comments:
Dogs are such creatures of habit, and they know exactly what they want. So, I think you may be onto something with the toy.
I think if the wait time is that long, they need to reduce the number of teams being allowed in the trial to shorten the wait times. I know this may mean some will not get to compete, but it seems really unfair to the dogs (and humans) to make them wait around all day like that. I wonder if a lot of people complained, and if they will do something about it.
We are so worried about the wait time for our trial too although since it's only 20 minutes away, mom is planning on bringing me home in between runs. But then she'll have to worry about missing the second run.......
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