Documenting the life and times of a Border Collie mutt
Agility Collecting to side/heel (R/L slowing down). We have expanded from on the flat, to over an 8 or 10” jump, and added a distance of up to 4 meters between dog and jump. We have also started on angling my position. Fenris is great with both the stay and the coming, he no longer …
So - the first week of agility work! This seems to be something Fenris is willing to put his heart into. He is smiling, eager, having a working focus. On the other hand, he is also genuinely tired out by it! Solid, repeating jumping is exhausting, if you're just used to bounding around on a …
Signal boosting.
Review of May: The main focus of the month was foundations and rally. We have a large set of daily skills and support skills on rotation, and I use my wiki to keep track of when something was last in focus. A lot of the support skills get near daily use, particularly the Bring Me …
Review week 21 What I did last week: Main focus for obedience has been the formal fronts. We are getting some nice tucked sits on the platform, finally, but circling into position is going to take more time. Coming straight at me is fine, but from any sort of angle he’s not really ‘getting’ that …
Review week 20 A little of this and a little of that... (pics instead of video, since I haven't figured out how to smudge car numbers in video) We put some extra effort into the formal fronts this week, using just a small front paw target. One session luring (so sue me), one session marking …
Moments before he whined at me because he refuses to poop in the garden, and needed a trip to the ditch. Review week 19 Homeschool the Dog Intentional tugging, hand targets in a mix that's supposed to be a foundation for the fetch. Unfortunately, if I hold the tug, he mostly just follows rather than …
Review week 18 Courses and Programs Homeschool the Dog - We have practiced the Hot Zone a lot, using the mat regularly as an alternate behaviour. Whether that be barking at stuff outside, licking the dishwasher, or other 'problem'-behaviours. It needs more money in the bank though, so a few sessions where nothing is distracting, …
Review of April: Rereading my April plan, I sort of think that - yes, I could copy that one wholesale, and be good to go. We are progressing slower than I like, and that's 90% my lack of Get Up and Go (it Got Up and Went). I'm taking too little advantage of his evening …
Back to basics Review week 17 Patreon Q&A with Hannah Branigan on Thursday night, which was a lot of fun. I asked about being overwhelmed with ALL the stuff I want to train. So she does fundamentals in all kinds of things for the two years (her first dog she figured 6 months, then changed …
Tales from the Apupcalypse aka My First Dog aka Fenris 