Saturday February 23rd 2007 - Team practice

(Backfilled in October 2009 due to impending closure of Geocities)

More good work with the treat ball. Warmed up with only one no-ball turn, then with the ball on the ledge and one jump. For one turn, we sprung the box just so that he'd get some exposure to the noise. And for one turn I tried not running with him quite as far, but he didn't get all four on so I didn't try it again. For passing, we did something new today which is Walter does a full recall and then another dog does a full recall in the opposite direction after we pass them. All the dogs handled this well.

Saturday February 18th 2007 - Team practice

(Backfilled in October 2009 due to impending closure of Geocities)

Last week's practice was cancelled because TTH was in use for an event. Another good practice. Some progress with the treat ball on the ledge: we added one jump and I run with him part way to the box. He's maintaining the turn even with a boxloader.

Saturday February 3rd 2007 - Team practice

(Backfilled in October 2009 due to impending closure of Geocities)

A good practice: Mr. Shy Guy took the treat ball from the ledge maintaining the turn while the boxloader was standing on the box with back turned. We jokingly pondered if a magic treat ball is legal at tournaments. We couldn't come up with the answer but it will be quite a while (if ever!) before Walter would be ready to race anyway!