The most exciting thing about the practice was that Zara has started to "get" how to pick up the ball while maintaining her turn! Ping-ponging between turns with a ball and without a ball was key and she did several gorgeous turns with the ball.
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Dogzworth open practice (Guides Canins)
Several of our team members went for a shared practice with Dogzworth at their practice facility, which was the first time there for all of us and our dogs. His turn is looking better and better each time lately (i.e. not pausing mid-turn), although the ball is still just on the ledge, not in the hole yet. Here's video of his last "run" of today's practice. Kindly ignore my ridiculous arm waving.
The most exciting thing about the practice was that Zara has started to "get" how to pick up the ball while maintaining her turn! Ping-ponging between turns with a ball and without a ball was key and she did several gorgeous turns with the ball.
The most exciting thing about the practice was that Zara has started to "get" how to pick up the ball while maintaining her turn! Ping-ponging between turns with a ball and without a ball was key and she did several gorgeous turns with the ball.
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Team practice
What's really working well is having someone else hold him behind a couple of jumps while I stand between the box and first jump. His turn is becoming smoother but it may be because we only put the ball on the ledge in front of the hole today, making it easier for him to pick the ball up. A couple of times he didn't bring the ball but it wasn't a big deal. Rewarded with a new kind of treats today which he seemed to really like.
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Saturday October 13th - team practice
(Backfilled in October 2009 due to impending closure of Geocities)
Today's one boxwork session went nowhere fast. He tended to either: (a) try to pick up the ball but it didn't come out of the unsprung hole easily enough for him so he left it, or (b) pick up the ball but not do the turn, or (c) not even try to pick up the ball. This was disappointing because he's been practicing the turn at home with the ball in the unsprung hole almost every day and has been doing very well. Maybe I should have warmed him up with a dead ball retrieve, but I didn't want him going the wrong way again so I didn't.
Today's one boxwork session went nowhere fast. He tended to either: (a) try to pick up the ball but it didn't come out of the unsprung hole easily enough for him so he left it, or (b) pick up the ball but not do the turn, or (c) not even try to pick up the ball. This was disappointing because he's been practicing the turn at home with the ball in the unsprung hole almost every day and has been doing very well. Maybe I should have warmed him up with a dead ball retrieve, but I didn't want him going the wrong way again so I didn't.
Saturday, October 6, 2007
Saturday October 6th - team practice
(Backfilled in October 2009 due to impending closure of Geocities)
Once or twice he tried to not only cheat by only putting his hands on the box to grab the ball, but also he went to the right instead of to the left after picking it up. But he did do a few successful ones as well (still very slow-mo with the pause mid-turn). Then we tried some with someone else holding him behind a few jumps, me up close to the box. For the first couple he did the turn but didn't pick up the ball. Then he did one or two good ones. Also, did some recalls from the box with him getting passed into by Sammy and that went fine.
Once or twice he tried to not only cheat by only putting his hands on the box to grab the ball, but also he went to the right instead of to the left after picking it up. But he did do a few successful ones as well (still very slow-mo with the pause mid-turn). Then we tried some with someone else holding him behind a few jumps, me up close to the box. For the first couple he did the turn but didn't pick up the ball. Then he did one or two good ones. Also, did some recalls from the box with him getting passed into by Sammy and that went fine.
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