Well, last weekend I did an ASCA trial with Trip, specifically to go out there and work on her contacts (specifically the teeter and dogwalk). I wanted to work on reinforcing the stop on the dogwalk, and see how that lesson sunk in. Well, in short, it didn’t. I’ve done this before (where I’ve taken […]
Did 2/3 days of the Memorial Day AKC trial in Hitchcock. We didn’t do too terrible. Trip got two JWW legs, managing fun new ways of not qualifying in standard (bouncing off the table), and leaving the teeter early AGAIN! That has GOT to stop–it’s getting old. Now, there were some complaints about the way […]
So, after reviewing our runs from tryouts (and really, it didn’t take much review), the thing that stands out is that Trip needs to learn when to make a tight turn over a jump, and when to let loose and fly. So I’ve gone looking for different ways to handle and communicate this information to […]
