Documenting the life and times of a Border Collie mutt
November review TEAM 1 course at Fenzi academy. This lasted until mid-month, and I am very pleased with both the individualised feedback, and our progress. Fenris finally seemed to 'get' the scent discrimination, and now we need to generalise the exercise, smooth out the kinks, etc, etc. Like putting it in the middle of other …
Review October: TEAM 1 including the Fenzi course - I am incredibly pleased with the detailed feedback and assistance. Our main focus has been the nose-work so far. We have shaped an alert; a chin-target to the item, and got an actual nose-wiggle at at yoghurt-smeared target (I suspect only dog trainers will understand my …
Review September: CANIS foundations (19 different skills on rotation) - A few times each week. Agility - Some lateral and forward sends, some very minor attempts at sequencing. For example wrapping a cone and then taking a jump. Autumn weather is not our favourite thing. I have a lovely little outtake vid of just what …
Review August: CANIS foundations (19 different skills on rotation) - A few times each week. Throwback pic to when he was a very smol pupper! Agility - No focus here, but the occasional practice of collecting and sends and crosses. It needs a lot more intensive work. TEAM - We have some progress on the …
Review of week 33 TEAM - 1.9 Scent work. Putting the lid on the floor got us some pawing and confusion the first time, when I tried doing the same duration trick as last week. Not asking for any particular duration actually worked better. Not a solid nose target, but nice and still. Started adding …
Review of week 32 CANIS - I figured it was time to brush up on our shaping skillz; he offers, I click and treat. Well, we obviously need more practice at that - because when I aimed to shape a foldback down, I got a rockback sit instead. Very nicely on the paper binder I …
Review of July / June: CANIS - Not quite the skill-a-day I was planning, but I've got it in the background. Agility course - Worth the money, absolutely. Loads of new information, excellent set up, loads of future work for us. His obstacle focus is so-so, which influences forward sends. His front crosses (if he …
Late with this one - probably means there won't be a blog this weekend, but a longer at the end of the month instead. Helping daddy cook at the cottage. Agility So the course is over now. We have a half-decent foundation - what Susan Garrett calls consciousness (1. of 5 layers) - but there's …
We have been on holiday for a week, while Fenris was at the doggy hotel. He was fairly anxious at being placed there this time - apparantly he'd forgotten he liked it six months ago. The review is from the week before. https://youtu.be/PNbPG81pg4I Agility Video response: I did end up sending in a video question …
Since I get the new homework on Monday afternoons, I guess I might as well have that as the new posting schedule for a little while. There are a fair amount of failures in these videos. This is hard work for both of us - getting the cues and body language correct for me, and …
Tales from the Apupcalypse aka My First Dog aka Fenris 