What a difference

I set this course up last night for our Co-Op class. It was a set up that Ashely, http://corbinwooten.blogspot.com/ , posted on her blog from class with Jennifer Crank in April.  Miley was awesome.  No stress at all. She was calm and hit all her contacts on the first time.  We had trouble with the weave pole entry and her swinging wide around #12 and #13.  But she didnt stress and came back to me.  I did have throw the bait bag to ward off stress once when I was working separately on trying to get the weave pole entry( not in video) . She went in at the second pole and I made that tisk noise with my tongue. Not because she didnt get it but that I couldnt get her to understand what I wanted. As soon as I made that noise I realized my mistake, she popped out of the poles and I could see she was going to take off and circle. I threw the bait bag right in front of her as soon as she popped out and took one stride. Worked like a charm.  Loretta Mueller is a genius!!!  This is the calmest my dog has been in a long time.  You probably cant see it on the video but even people in class noticed it.









Then here is Java's RC. DW height is at 3 1/2 feet. I dont know what that weird step was on the second time over.  She isnt running as fast, so I will stay at this height until she feels comfortable.

I just dont know

So I  had this whole post written and deleted it all. It seemed really negative.  Im sure I will wake up tomorrow and everything will seem better (or not).  LOL

Im  posting a video of things Im working on with Java and Miley.   The first part is Java's running dogwalk. Ive been working on moving the jump at the end of the dogwalk into different positions. Then Ive been thinking about teaching Miley running contacts again. She wants to run. Ive been fighting her for years to get her to stop.  So first you are suppose to record your dog running. Watch your dog, look at their gait. See how they move when running. Holy crap is she fast.  Maybe I better rethink this.  Then I ran her over the carpet.  Its very rewarding which can only help her stress right now. She is being reward just for running right now. So thats probably good for her.  Then next part of the video Im working with Miley on course and handling.  Yesterday was the first time she hit both her contacts and stopped in a month.  Maybe she is getting it.  She didnt seem to stress about anything but Im still really controlling her and putting her on leash between exercises or holding her.