had a super good short 2x2 session. Harley got the entry from about 10' from the first pole set on both sides.

I did use a lower value reward so he could think a bit more. He was truely understanding that he had to go thru the first set and the second set to get his reward. I also did reward just going to the first set a few times to give more value to go all the way to the begining.

That is so cool! My dogs know done but do not like it. I try and engage them in play and they refuse, they do not want to stop...but I do stop anyway. Dogs are so very interesting to me...their little dog minds working away to apply what they think we are saying.

Tonight we worked on:
Bindi- heeling with turns, she sometimes wants to sit just incase i ask for it around turns. So tonight we walked faster and moved more smoothly, she did very well, no rear end down. I worked on making my physical cues more clear and I could tell bindi appreciated it. We worked on turns, fronts, hand signals from a distance, always throw going to the mat in there, she like to run to it, and I worked on her learning the scratch cue. She does very, very well. She is down to a very small piece of fabric, about the size of a pot holder. Soon that will be even smaller and then no fabric.
Cody- This little guy just cracks me up. I am presenting him with more opportunities to "pick it up". tonight I dropped socks from the laundry and I said, o, I sure need help, Cody comes running and looks at me, I say could you pick it up? (he knows the cue pick it up) and he runs over and picks up the sock and brings it to me. He already picks up all the dogs dishes and brings them to me each morning without being told. So, I am working on giving him somehthing else to do. We also worked on "close it", (he closes cabinets and doors for me), heel, finding heel position, wait, come, down, sit, go touch (he goes to the object I point to, this time a huge ball and touches it with his nose) place (going between my feet and laying down. I removed the hand motion now. I throw in mat for him too. He loves to run to it and lay down and wait for the next cue. We did touch (each hand) and I am beginning to teach him "front" although there isn't a cue yet.
Terra- I continue to train her to the heel in the house, but cut it short because she needs work on self control issues. She gets beside herself when I train her to the point she can't even sit still and listen. So, we did a game where I put food in my hand and when she goes for it, I close my hand. I open it again and when she looks at me in the eyes, I give it to her. If she starts trying to pry my hand open I only hold it tighter. She did pretty well..By the end she was sitting and looking at me. She is very, very hyper. She gets so worked up she starts shaking, barking and crying. That gets her in trouble every time. She barks after every cue . She has something to say about everything. so tonight when she would bark I would back up and turn away from her. At first she protested, but I think she finally realized that silence brings me back. She is the least trained of my dogs. She has been very ill and being the third dog, sometimes she doesn't get the attention in the area of training she should. Plus sometimes I just do not know what to do with her barking. She is extremely loud. I also realize it has been raining for about 3 days and that means no exercise. She doesn't like the treadmill yet.
So, that is my training for tonight. Hoping tomorrow is not raining, so I can take them out and I may go to a dog show in San Bernardino. They are having rally trails and I would like to go and watch.
sharon

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If I invite Sadie to come to me for some belly rubs and ear scratches, she gets wound up and doesn't want it to end. "We're done" is the only way I can convince her that enough is enough.

I really admire how you take so much time for your dogs individually.

Nice track to start the day. We had a slight breeze this morning, rather than the stiff winds we had Friday. I mixed up everyting, just like Friday, but added in some upwind legs for an additional challenge.
Made two mistakes...wanted to shorten my stride length on the unbaited stretches, and laid a leg through an area that frequently gets marked by a coyote. Because of these, we had some sections that threw her, but not her fault, and she finished strong. She even waited patietly at the last article until she was released, even tho she wanted to find the coyote and claim its' territory.

We also did some work with her staked out; sit/down/stand adding distance, and teasing with the tug to build prey drive.