Have been practicing about five minutes a day this week since had the box at home, putting a jump 15 feet back. He has no trouble being sent to the box from far back at home, so hopefully if we practice this enough at home he'll be more comfortable doing it at the team practices. Was able to send him multiple times. Here are some more photos:
Also, today some of our team met at an off-leash dog park to get in some more boxwork practice. For the first time ever, he took the ball from the unloaded box (from the hole) while doing the turn, several times (but not consistently yet). However, I had some serious competition in the form of a big puddle in the grass nearby. Walter loves nothing more than a good splash and/or swim so it was hard to get him to come to me after getting the ball since he just wanted to take it and go and splash around. Bringing out the best-o-the-best treats helped somewhat. All I can say is thank goodness they don't put water traps as distraction tests in flyball events!
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