Spaz just fits in wherever he goes and takes it all in his stride. He has been travelling alot to trials and hotels - 3 days in Prince Albert for agility, a weekend in Lloydminster for a flyball tournament, followed by a weekend in Edmonton for agility. He is as quiet as a mouse in his crate amongst all the flyball commotion and agility.
He is improving in flyball - can now be off leash and run up the lane, over 4 jumps, pick up a dead ball and come back over the jumps (although he is dropping the ball). However, after a few repetitions he realises that there is excitement in the next lane but we are working on maintaining the focus. He has the potential to be FAST!
He is also doing well at agility - working on go's with target training, jumping, table and he is unfazed by the tippy board movement or ladder work for back end awareness.
He is apparently coming out of his shell at daycare and has found his voice - although he rarely barks at home, he is very vocal with his growls. It will be nice if he learns some good playing skills as he is still lacking those.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Thursday, April 5, 2007
Toys, focus and classes.
Spaz is slowly learning what toys are all about! He will now tug with me at home and likes to play with soft squeaky toys however once we are in a different environment, toys do not exist. I need to work with him in other environments as he doesn't even notice them in a class setting.
Flyball last week demonstrated that - the dogs on the other side of the room were far more interesting that me and our fuzzy jackpot-tug snake toy. We worked on going over flyball jumps to the tug toy and he was going over 3 jumps but we had to do it on leash so that he didn't head over to check out what the others were up to. I just have to be more fun and interesting!
Agility last night was good - worked on lots of handler focus, stays, hand touches and side commands. He did great with those but I need to work on duration of his sits and downs especially around other dogs. Again, he didn't want to play with his toys but I had a food container that I spent a few minutes getting him to pick up and bring back to me for treats - until he can tug in these more stimulating environments, I will keep his interest using the food jackpot type toys as food seems to be very motivating for him.
He has a big Easter Weekend ahead. We are heading to Prince Albert for 3 days of agility with my other two. I will use this new environment to try him under many different distractions.
Flyball last week demonstrated that - the dogs on the other side of the room were far more interesting that me and our fuzzy jackpot-tug snake toy. We worked on going over flyball jumps to the tug toy and he was going over 3 jumps but we had to do it on leash so that he didn't head over to check out what the others were up to. I just have to be more fun and interesting!
Agility last night was good - worked on lots of handler focus, stays, hand touches and side commands. He did great with those but I need to work on duration of his sits and downs especially around other dogs. Again, he didn't want to play with his toys but I had a food container that I spent a few minutes getting him to pick up and bring back to me for treats - until he can tug in these more stimulating environments, I will keep his interest using the food jackpot type toys as food seems to be very motivating for him.
He has a big Easter Weekend ahead. We are heading to Prince Albert for 3 days of agility with my other two. I will use this new environment to try him under many different distractions.
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