6 poles and another 6 poles

I added the second set of 6 about 8 feet away from the first and Juice acted like she did not know how to do them. I let her do the first 6 and rewarded her and tried again. Same thing! So, I had her try the second set a few times and was only frustrating her. I then put the 3 sets of 2 at 1 & 7 and she would do the first 6 and drive through the last 6. I think I will do that a few more times and then move them in.

I practiced having her turn right and left while sitting at my side. She has gotten much better. I think tonight I will work with the dog walk and 2 on 2 off with a target. Any one else?

First flyball in 5 months

Initially I was bumming with the stride issue. I'm even tired of talking about it but I will not give up. A 3.8? with 2 strides isn't bad but it is not good enough. I know with patient, proper, practice Juice can regain the 3 strides. When I was being my obsessive compulsive self yesterday my BFF Angie looked at me and said, Cindy STOP. Guess what I did? I stopped. :)) Thanks ANG!

the @#$%^& 3 strides

I was doing some 3 stride work off the box with Juice last night and I decided I am about ready to give up. I even had the big ole alligator tears in my eyes. Giving up doesn't mean I will except 2 strides it means she will be an agility dog like Annie and won't play flyball. I was so frustrated that I resorted back to putting a slat on the ground. After that there were 3 beautiful, short strides. If I could get that back she would be friggin' awesome. But........I'm really tired of trying to fix it. I even thought about taking a few months off and not even practicing her. I did that with Rudy early on when I would get so frustrated.

Well, my agility dog Juice has some nice 6 pole weaves and some good running contacts. Who knows maybe she and Prank could maybe work the agility circuit together and be on the World Team.

Later

Mija 2x2 2nd Time

Mija thinks it is pretty stupid to run between 2 poles to get a ball. She would much rather go over the 3 flyball jumps in the back yard. She did catch on and humor me though. Denise sent me a text to hurry up and get her to weave before she comes home! I guess she will be staying with me a couple of months. :)))

Juice weaving 6

JDawg was weaving 6 at agility class Tuesday night. She has too much speed when she comes over a jump and had to spend time figuring out how to collect herself. She did a sequence of table, triple jump, tire, dog walk, and a jump. Deb was a distraction and was running with me at the dog walk or on the other side of the dog walk running in the opposite direction. It was a fun class.

Mija and 2 by 2

Mija seemed to catch on quickly with the 2 poles that she was supposed to go through them. The yard was muddy so we did the 2 by 2's in the kitchen because the dog walk is in the living room/dining room. Hopefully it stops with the April showers soon.

What a Weekend @ Agility

I am getting better at giving Annie the information she needs. I was very happy with Friday and Saturdays performances even those we did not qualify in. I liked both Jumpers runs. I liked the Open Standard run except for the weaves. I need to work on her weaves. I tried to make her weaves better and went to the channel method. I hadn't closed them all the way and then went to a trial in the past and realized I had messed them up. Obviously I haven't fixed them. I will work on that and improving my handling skills. Initially, I did not like my first excellent run but after talking with my agility coach (Angie) I now feel better about it. I still have much to learn and am excited about getting better as a handler.

I had an awesome time with all my flyball turned agility buds this weekend.

yes she is weaving 6

I got to work outside with Juice last night and she is doing 6 very well................I'm going to stay with it while before I add another 6. I want to make sure I have it from all areas, with a jump, and me rear crossing.

We had agility class last night and Juice was doing well at sticking her contacts. We didn't do any weaves but we worked contacts with distractions. Annie did a nice job too on her contacts but didn't wait at the starts well. Deb laughed because Juice did better waiting that Annie did.

c'ya this weekend

now we're weaving 6

I was pleasantly surprised this past weekend that Juice went right from 4 poles in a line to 6 at my BFF's house. It was the 1st time that had happened. Initially when she did 4 at my house and I put 2 more in at 2 & 8 she was confused. At Cathy's I had her weave 4 and she did well so I thought I would try the 6. It looked good and she was starting to bend. When I got home I went to have her do 6 the next day and she acted like she had not seen 6 before and did 4. We have agility class tonight so I'll see if she remembers 6.

I'm still concerned and frustrated with the 3 stride issue. Sometimes I think I won't be able to fix it. Then at other times I know I can I just need to continue to have patience. I am running out of patience right now since it is so close to getting to play. I still will not run her with 2 strides. I just can't give up because at times she is so close. Any feedback from my 2 followers? I ONLY have 2!

1st Agility Class

It was really exciting to get back to agility class last night with Juice and Annie. It was fun to see what they had learned during the off season. Thanks to Angie and her puppy dog walk (in my living room) both dogs had GREAT 2 on and 2 off and stayed there until released. (even with a tunnel 8 feet away from the A-frame. Juice was much better at staying at the start line. Annie did some nice work with me further away from her. I need to work more on that at home and in class. I realized I have too much motion and movement in me which makes her want to be faster. I remember Susan Salo talking about fluid motion. I need to work on that.