Jennifer Crank Seminar

I attended a work shop at Jennifer McDonald's this past weekend. It was quite impressive and I learned much. It would take a lot of time to write down everything that I learned in one sitting. So, I'll just talk about one aspect. I learned about 6 different positions for recall to heel.
1) foundation, 2) sepentine, 3) 270, 4) backy uppy, 5) extension and 6) directional. We learned them on the flat and with obstacles. I enjoyed the worshop so much I ordered Linda Mecklenburg's book, "Developing Jumping Skills". I want to learn to be a better handler.

Rachel Sanders Running A-Frame

I have been practicing the running contacts at home with Juice. I went to Angie and Chris' a couple of weeks ago and practiced there. Juice didn't do as well there as she did at home but we've all heard that story. It was a good learning experience to see how the hype got to her, So we have practiced at home with the wubba and the tennis ball for the hype. She is doing well right now. I started having having her do weaves again. It had been some time since she had done them. They look good. I will be anxious to see how she does with them in class.

Greg Derrett Box Work

I had not been doing any sequence work with Juice until last week. I had some fun with the first 3 sequences. When I get better at handling this dog will be great. Or, this dog is already great, I just have to figure out how to get me better. It is fun figuring out her commitment point and then moving from there. More later...................

Woof Agility Practice

I did some work with Juice after flyball practice yesterday. I practiced with a jump in front of a tunnel with both open ends facing the jump. She had to check in with me to see which side I was directing her to. It worked pretty well and she was much more successful than not. We practiced the running contact with the down plank flat and then up on an incline. She ran down it, through a tire, and to a wubba. We practiced the bang game with the teeter low and she was able to handle it hitting the floor without jumping off. That is a nice improvement. We did some stride regulator work with the jump in front of the tire. It was a good day of agility work.

Juice at an Agility Trial

I had a fun weekend at the agility trial with Annie. I took Juice to start getting her comfortable with the enviroment. I thought she would be a handful. She did very well. I practiced measuring her and got her somewhat comfortable with it. We sat in the stands and watched people run their dogs and she was good. I practiced the warm up jumps with her without a leash and praise god she didn't take off running anywhere. I took her both days and had fun. Yes, FUN!