05.18.06
Distractions
Cosmo: We worked her on Wednesday with teaching the out. By the end of the session she was figuring it out and actually outing on command. All week I have been working on sitz and platz. She understands the commands, not to move until released, but is still struggling with going from platz to sitz. She will do the reverse, but for some reason she doesn’t want to move once she is in the platz. I have been using treats and corrections to help her overcome this, but she still seems confused. Today I tracked her on some soccer fields and did three legs with the middle leg being really long and very little food. She did great! I felt she was calmer than normal and nailed both her turns I couldn’t be happier.
Jingo: We have been practicing the long down around the house, but nothing crazy. He has been showing great obedience at the club. I felt today was a note worthy though. Mike had made multiple s curves, a 180 degree turn, and other straight legs with 90 degree turns. While we were letting age for an hour, the boys ran across the track to play on the other side of the field. Figuring it was a good form of cross tracks, we didn’t say anything. Jingo started out a little weak in the area with no cross tracks, but continued to get stronger throughout the track. He nailed the area that had cross tracks without problem. On the second to last leg, Ira ran down the track towards Jingo yelling. Jingo stayed right on the track and simply swerved around Ira and didn’t miss a beat. I couldn’t have asked for a bigger distraction and I was proud that Jingo didn’t seem the least bit distracted!
