Sorry it's been so freakin longgg! Haven't really had inspiration to do much haha. Well Ellie and I had our first trial April 10-11th in Chapel Hill, NC. It was a NADAC, we entered jumpers and tunnelers on Saturday and weavers and jumpers on Sunday. Had a lot of fun :D
Saturday:
Jumpers- NQ/1st [can you say ZOOOOOOOOMIES? When we were walking the course I had Tyler hold her and all of a sudden she comes tearing into the ring. Ahaha I was like, "IS THAT MY DOG?!?!?!"]
Tunnelers- NQ/5th [idk How we didn't get E'd? lol oh well I'm cool with a pretty pink rosette.. Anyway she just couldn't stop sniffing! She did do a couple tunnels along the way though.]
Sunday:
Weavers- E [MORE ZOOMIES! And potties She pee'd but I really liked the run, she had a blast, did a few tunnels, attempted some weaves.. zoomed and zoomed haha]
Jumpers- E [skipped the last jump. Did the first four jumps, skipped like two, did one more than decided it'd be more fun to take a nice stroll around all the jumps]
Vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V019s1qX5E
4.15.2010
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12.20.2009
snow fun & 2x2s & ear infection & agility fun run/classes
Lots of stuff here. First of all, Ellie's had an ear infection but she's definitely healing up. We've got her on a very low dose of prednisone and ears cleaned out with a solution every day for ten days, but it's been ten days so we're just doing once every week now.
Second, I've started Ellie with 2x2 weaving since I'm not too crazy about channels. We're making a lot of progress but the snow, my next topic, is really slowin' us down! With her 2x2s, we're almost at 4 poles completely straight. Yay!
Third, SNOW!!! We got snow Friday night and it's stayed the whole weekend, though it's melting. It was only about 2 inches but Ellie and Teddy had such a blast out there, running around and eating snow. Got lots of pictures up on my Flickr after that.
Lastly, early January we're going to be starting agility classes! At DogLogic, same place we took our Obedience classes. Cannot wait! My limited setup, well, really limits our training, so I'm excited. Problem is I can't decide what class... Intro, or Beginners. They are both at opposite ends, while we're somewhere in the middle, leaning closer toward Beginners. Also, on New Years Day, January 1st, we're going to our first fun run at DogLogic! I can't wait. It's free, too, yay!
Pics from our snowy adventure...
Second, I've started Ellie with 2x2 weaving since I'm not too crazy about channels. We're making a lot of progress but the snow, my next topic, is really slowin' us down! With her 2x2s, we're almost at 4 poles completely straight. Yay!
Third, SNOW!!! We got snow Friday night and it's stayed the whole weekend, though it's melting. It was only about 2 inches but Ellie and Teddy had such a blast out there, running around and eating snow. Got lots of pictures up on my Flickr after that.
Lastly, early January we're going to be starting agility classes! At DogLogic, same place we took our Obedience classes. Cannot wait! My limited setup, well, really limits our training, so I'm excited. Problem is I can't decide what class... Intro, or Beginners. They are both at opposite ends, while we're somewhere in the middle, leaning closer toward Beginners. Also, on New Years Day, January 1st, we're going to our first fun run at DogLogic! I can't wait. It's free, too, yay!
Pics from our snowy adventure...
12.13.2009
run-away tunnel & weaving woes
My tunnel is gone! Which means no tunnel work until Christmas, since I'm getting a competition tunnel (in pretty teal, yay)! We need one badly as Ellie's scared of the real tunnels. She's a goofy girl. I think it's cause they don't let in light like our thin fabric one did.
Well, I've gotten weaves and we've been having... issues. Not really with Ellie as she's doing good weave-wise the problem is me! I'm training her channels but I'm not sure if I'm doing them quite right, oh well, she's my first agility dog, it's supposed to be about trial and error, right?!
Well, I've gotten weaves and we've been having... issues. Not really with Ellie as she's doing good weave-wise the problem is me! I'm training her channels but I'm not sure if I'm doing them quite right, oh well, she's my first agility dog, it's supposed to be about trial and error, right?!
12.06.2009
6th obedience class
This was yesterday. It didn't go so well. I mean, it was okay, but there was a new dog in class. A very barky Australian Cattle Dog, who just kept barking and barking at Ellie. Which I think majorly stressed my sensitive puppy out. We were working on mat exercises and she just shut down totally. Ugh I hate seeing her like that. She rolled on her back, tail clenched between her legs, feet in the air. She peed a little, too. It was kind of embarrasing especially since I wasn't quite sure what in the heck was causing it.
My trainer came over and though Ellie was just doing a really good play dead! Hah i wish. But I told her, no, that she just shut down and wouldn't move or even take treats. So Karen (trainer) suggested it was probably because of the ACD barking so much that just caused sensitive little Ellie Bellie to stress out. We took her out side and she perked up immediately. She got some water, we talked, and planned to take her back in but away from the Aussie Cattle Dog.
So Ellie and I stayed by this little stairway block thing that kept us farther away and pretty much out of sight from the ACD. I just comforted Ellie and didn't really do any training after that. Karen explained what happened and we all took a break.
So not a very good class, but I have been noticing that shaping is really starting to "click" with Ellie. Also, stay tuned for a weaving post a little later, to the few that read this blog hehe (:
My trainer came over and though Ellie was just doing a really good play dead! Hah i wish. But I told her, no, that she just shut down and wouldn't move or even take treats. So Karen (trainer) suggested it was probably because of the ACD barking so much that just caused sensitive little Ellie Bellie to stress out. We took her out side and she perked up immediately. She got some water, we talked, and planned to take her back in but away from the Aussie Cattle Dog.
So Ellie and I stayed by this little stairway block thing that kept us farther away and pretty much out of sight from the ACD. I just comforted Ellie and didn't really do any training after that. Karen explained what happened and we all took a break.
So not a very good class, but I have been noticing that shaping is really starting to "click" with Ellie. Also, stay tuned for a weaving post a little later, to the few that read this blog hehe (:
11.28.2009
5th class & a good agility session
So we had another fun obedience class this morning, and Ellie did great as always! We worked on the "look" cue which isn't horribly important for Ellie NOW but I know it will help down the line. We also did the mat behavior a bit more, and we're aiming for an instant down on the mat, eventually building up distance. So I finally started luring her down and she's getting it FAST! This dog never ceases to amaze me (:
We also did some target work... which we had already started but practiced kinda sparingly. I used a lid and was aiming for a nose touch as it will (hopefully) help us down the line once we get into contact work. She's doing well, we just need to progress so she'll nose it when it's on the ground instead of in my hand.
In other (agility) news, we did a fifteen minute session of the usual three jumps and a tunnel. She did well! There was some communication issue with the "get outs" to the tunnel, but we've only just introduced "get out". She knocked one bar, which is HUGE for us! She had been doing well but had a bit of a setback, and is back to going well again! Let's hope it stays this way! (Of course, we're still working on jump form! She just regressed a little but it's looking brighter now)
My dad also ordered some channel weaves from affordableagility.com! Can't wait, hopefully we'll be able to get some good practice in before our very first fun run on December 12th!
We also did some target work... which we had already started but practiced kinda sparingly. I used a lid and was aiming for a nose touch as it will (hopefully) help us down the line once we get into contact work. She's doing well, we just need to progress so she'll nose it when it's on the ground instead of in my hand.
In other (agility) news, we did a fifteen minute session of the usual three jumps and a tunnel. She did well! There was some communication issue with the "get outs" to the tunnel, but we've only just introduced "get out". She knocked one bar, which is HUGE for us! She had been doing well but had a bit of a setback, and is back to going well again! Let's hope it stays this way! (Of course, we're still working on jump form! She just regressed a little but it's looking brighter now)
My dad also ordered some channel weaves from affordableagility.com! Can't wait, hopefully we'll be able to get some good practice in before our very first fun run on December 12th!
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