Documenting the life and times of a Border Collie mutt
General review: "Focus is awesome. Focus gives progress." Of course when Life gives you lemons, it's hard to keep focus. So we have made some progress - but only about half a week's worth. Also this review/plan is getting longer and longer, and having a midweek review isn't really helping. Mum, help hold this chew …
Continue reading Review week 24, and Training Plan week 25 – Lemons and Steps
This is and will be an extremely busy week on the family- and social fronts, so the plan is only barely surviving contact with reality. There definitely will be a Folk Friday, but the next review and weekly plan might be pushed to Monday. Cuddling the littlest human Grooming and handling: Harness Aaand push him …
General review: Focus is awesome. Focus gives progress. Focus lets us grab issues NOW and practice, practice, practice. Also we have fun doing other stuff in between, so noone is actually getting bored. And progress is fun for both of us, because it means varying setups and positions, so we are not actually doing the …
Sleeping on his station.. Grooming and handling: Harness still plateau. Will move forwards for lure, a little for hand target. (Though extending his nose by sticking out his tongue to reach my hand, was ... creative.) Muzzle: Worked one session Monday, and Wednesday he wore it for half a minute while I got up to …
https://youtu.be/f8lfemc7vSM I was planning to split and edit the footage a little, but my editing skills need some work. So what's in the box... 4 Cones - a bit smaller than anticipated, but they'll work. A new clicker with armstrap (mostly for me) Tug toy, chew toy, tomayto, tomahto. A tug toy! (Much appreciated, though …
Continue reading Tuesday Topic – Birthday present for Fenris!
General review: Working on engagement, being ready to start a session, framing it with a suitable station (where he can be while I set up/take down equipment), and reminding myself to end with play. Both the Backup / Hindleg Target and the generalised Tucked Sit is going to take some time to get where I …
Fenris is one year old! Birthday selfie! Grooming and handling: First session of grooming Monday. A bit of dancing around, but present for the proceedings. Starting to work on getting hindlegs etc., also under the glove. Harness all the way over the head, though still the occasional "&%$$ I'm stuck!" reaction once he tries to …
General review: Shoutout to Thursday night where he started by nosing his harness and generally asked to practice the fun stuff that provides him treats. In some of these exercises it is obvious that he understands what I'm asking, and he's just working to get his body to do the thing - particularly with the …
Setup for Under. Zen and Agility: Started on his Under. It's not entirely new to him - we've done it occasionally with logs and trees out in the forest, so now it's more working to get him comfortable with going low and forwards in a formal training session. Balls are awesome - even if they …
General review: The post on issues from last week made it sound like the weekend was a nightmare. It wasn't. Those meetings were isolated incidents. Most of the get-away was spent playing and lounging in the sun and going on long walks in varied and new terrain with loads of new scents. He splashed in …
Tales from the Apupcalypse aka My First Dog aka Fenris 