It was our third obedience class today, and Ellie did well. As usual. :) I take classes at DogLogic (doglogictraining.com), and love it there. First thing we warmed up with some hand touches, and she's doing excellent at that. Now our trainer suggested that we start doing some 'advanced' hand touch work by using them to get her to weave through my legs. Boy, that dog catches on quick!
Next was "go to your mat". We had only introduced it last class and I hadn't practiced since (bad me!) so we're still in the reeeallly early stages of just clicking when she puts few feet on the mat and gets interested in it. Gonna keep working on that until next class just so I don't screw anything up haha.
Then we did some loose-leash walking... Eeek. Well, it wasn't that bad- but I really had to reavaluate my rate of reinforcement since she was getting way too distracted. So we're going back a step, with a click and treat pretty much every step. We *tried* to play a little LLW game, but it didn't go so well with any of the dogs in the class. They all had the same problem- to distracting!
But overall it was good, and Ellie likes going there, I can tell. It's a great experience for both of us. ^_^
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