(Backfilled in October 2009 due to impending closure of Geocities)
Did two dead ball retrieves (no jump) at the nearby park. His drive was way down from what it is at home, BUT he did run to the ball and bring it back.
Thursday, August 9, 2007
Monday, August 6, 2007
Monday August 6th 2007 - home practice
(Backfilled in October 2009 due to impending closure of Geocities)
Dead ball retrieve over/back one jump is going great at home! He's really excited about it and tries to break free of my grip while revving him up. Only doing 2-3 per session. Need to take this on the road and do it at various places.
Dead ball retrieve over/back one jump is going great at home! He's really excited about it and tries to break free of my grip while revving him up. Only doing 2-3 per session. Need to take this on the road and do it at various places.
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Saturday July 28th 2007 - team practice
(Backfilled in October 2009 due to impending closure of Geocities)
Boxwork was lame as usual today. Seeing the progress the other novice dogs made today (see entry on Lucy's flyball page!!!), I'm going to do some homework with dead ball/toy retrieving and try going back to rewarding with treats instead of tugging the ball to see what that does. I really like the deadball retrieve exercise over jumps that the other dogs did today (I didn't try it with Walter) and will focus on him being able to do that before taking the ball from the box. Being passed into by Sammy went fine.
Boxwork was lame as usual today. Seeing the progress the other novice dogs made today (see entry on Lucy's flyball page!!!), I'm going to do some homework with dead ball/toy retrieving and try going back to rewarding with treats instead of tugging the ball to see what that does. I really like the deadball retrieve exercise over jumps that the other dogs did today (I didn't try it with Walter) and will focus on him being able to do that before taking the ball from the box. Being passed into by Sammy went fine.
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Saturday July 14th 2007 - team practice
(Backfilled in October 2009 due to impending closure of Geocities)
Walter wasn't in the mood to tug the ball today; I wonder if it's because my hands were bare, having forgotten my tugging gloves. Anyway, on the times that he took the ball he dropped it quickly, BUT on the bright side the choppy turn he's been doing when the ball is there is getting smoother. Also, did head to head recalls for the first time (and there were no gates or barriers between the lanes) and all of the dogs handled it really well -- I was so impressed!
This video shows a relatively smooth turn (used to be even more choppy/step-by-step) but a quickly dropped ball:
Interesting that he's on his right lead when about to turn left. The rest of today's video shows he does this consistently.
Walter wasn't in the mood to tug the ball today; I wonder if it's because my hands were bare, having forgotten my tugging gloves. Anyway, on the times that he took the ball he dropped it quickly, BUT on the bright side the choppy turn he's been doing when the ball is there is getting smoother. Also, did head to head recalls for the first time (and there were no gates or barriers between the lanes) and all of the dogs handled it really well -- I was so impressed!
This video shows a relatively smooth turn (used to be even more choppy/step-by-step) but a quickly dropped ball:
Interesting that he's on his right lead when about to turn left. The rest of today's video shows he does this consistently.
Saturday, June 30, 2007
Saturday June 30th 2007 - team practice
(Backfilled in October 2009 due to impending closure of Geocities)
Wow, he was even less motivated today than he usually is at flyball. Refused to take the ball several times. He got a bit more energized when we started from three jumps back and I ran with him.
Wow, he was even less motivated today than he usually is at flyball. Refused to take the ball several times. He got a bit more energized when we started from three jumps back and I ran with him.
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Saturday June 23rd 2007 - team practice
(Backfilled in October 2009 due to impending closure of Geocities)
He did three decent turns with the ball in the unsprung hole in a row so we left it at that.
He did three decent turns with the ball in the unsprung hole in a row so we left it at that.
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Saturday June 16th 2007 - team practice
(Backfilled in October 2009 due to impending closure of Geocities)
Well, not his most stellar practice as he needed extra encouragement to take the ball. Perhaps the summer heat is coming into play as the hall was quite warm and he gets demotivated in the heat. Yeah, that's it... ;-)
Well, not his most stellar practice as he needed extra encouragement to take the ball. Perhaps the summer heat is coming into play as the hall was quite warm and he gets demotivated in the heat. Yeah, that's it... ;-)
Saturday, June 2, 2007
Saturday June 2nd 2007 - team practice
(Backfilled in October 2009 due to impending closure of Geocities)
Sent him over one jump to get the ball from the unsprung hole, then taking the one jump on the way back, then tug with ball. He did a couple of very nice ones (though still pausing mid-turn) but got bored quickly at which point I ran with him more.
Sent him over one jump to get the ball from the unsprung hole, then taking the one jump on the way back, then tug with ball. He did a couple of very nice ones (though still pausing mid-turn) but got bored quickly at which point I ran with him more.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Saturday, May 26, 2007
Saturday May 26th 2007 - team practice
(Backfilled in October 2009 due to impending closure of Geocities)
More progress! For his first turn with the normal ball in the unsprung hole, he paused, sniffed it, said "Hey, this ain't no treat ball" and didn't take it. Same for the second so I went and picked up the ball and we tugged with it. From then on he picked up the ball every time, bringing it to me for a game of tug. He's still pausing midturn but I'm confident that will fade once he forgets about the whole treat-ball/non-treat-ball guessing game. Didn't use any jumps for today's boxwork. Now if only I can manage to keep all of my fingers until he can transition to bringing the ball for an actual tug... :^)
More progress! For his first turn with the normal ball in the unsprung hole, he paused, sniffed it, said "Hey, this ain't no treat ball" and didn't take it. Same for the second so I went and picked up the ball and we tugged with it. From then on he picked up the ball every time, bringing it to me for a game of tug. He's still pausing midturn but I'm confident that will fade once he forgets about the whole treat-ball/non-treat-ball guessing game. Didn't use any jumps for today's boxwork. Now if only I can manage to keep all of my fingers until he can transition to bringing the ball for an actual tug... :^)
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