Yoshi has his Tuesday class, and he did really well during the first part. Some of our "old stuff" started coming out, and completed a sequence beautifully. However, he started falling apart little by little, and totally tried blowing me off for threddles, or whatever they are...so we really need to work on those. The worst moment we have was our weaves, he just started skipping them so badly... that I had to keep trying to take him through and he started shutting down on me. So we need weave work again.... BLAH.
The foundation jumping work I think is really going to help, his worse thing about jumping is he doesnt know where to take off, he takes off too early or too late about 75% of the time.
Next week, we are going to get a little more intensive with the foundation jumping stuff.
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Class Last Night
So Yoshi's class last night was errr...interesting.
Still knocking 12" bars down..pathetic..but we are clear to start using the agility facilities for our Foundation Jumping exercises an unlimited amount of time. Sooooo our jumping issues will soon be getting resolved.
He ended up blowing me off big time (big shocker huh?...ha) I ended up having issues with getting him to even pay attention to me to do a 270..he kept barking and going way far away to another jump...even calling his name wasnt working. I eventually had to turn my back on him and ignore him. He then realized that he had to pay attention to me and he listened fine the next time. =) I learned something new...he hates me "quitting the game" like that... Now I can have that trick up my sleeves if he decides to start doing those antics again.
However, we did have some pretty nice moments. He's still fast as hell and sometimes I wish he was slower, but when hes paying attention and not barking his fool head off, he had some great moments. His running contacts are still par. We even attempted a gamble (which Yoshi is TERRIBLE with distance and doesnt even know "out") which he didnt get totally, he started going back to me but I was able to push him out (even with the dog walk between us as a "barrier")
I put a Gentle Leader on him while we were on the sidelines. I was able to get him to be more controlled there and I had a lot better results with this. The Gentle Leader is now having more than one purpose for me. So Yoshi needs his own. I will be using this until he learns to settle down a bit better while he has to wait.
As for the at home stuff, his barking at people has become a problem. I have resorted to spraying him with a water bottle. It for the most part has worked, but we still have awful moments. Everyone thinks hes a dog that wants to bite now because he barks like he does (not dog people...non dog people think this)
If I dont get any more improvement here soon. I will have to resort to a citronella spray collar. I just cant have him barking like that over here right now. When a house is bought, I have a feeling he will be a lot more settled and wont be as freaked out since we will have some more privacy. Lets keep our fingers crossed that a house will be coming to me in the near future. He just has gotten really reactive and jumpy at the apartment setting.
Still knocking 12" bars down..pathetic..but we are clear to start using the agility facilities for our Foundation Jumping exercises an unlimited amount of time. Sooooo our jumping issues will soon be getting resolved.
He ended up blowing me off big time (big shocker huh?...ha) I ended up having issues with getting him to even pay attention to me to do a 270..he kept barking and going way far away to another jump...even calling his name wasnt working. I eventually had to turn my back on him and ignore him. He then realized that he had to pay attention to me and he listened fine the next time. =) I learned something new...he hates me "quitting the game" like that... Now I can have that trick up my sleeves if he decides to start doing those antics again.
However, we did have some pretty nice moments. He's still fast as hell and sometimes I wish he was slower, but when hes paying attention and not barking his fool head off, he had some great moments. His running contacts are still par. We even attempted a gamble (which Yoshi is TERRIBLE with distance and doesnt even know "out") which he didnt get totally, he started going back to me but I was able to push him out (even with the dog walk between us as a "barrier")
I put a Gentle Leader on him while we were on the sidelines. I was able to get him to be more controlled there and I had a lot better results with this. The Gentle Leader is now having more than one purpose for me. So Yoshi needs his own. I will be using this until he learns to settle down a bit better while he has to wait.
As for the at home stuff, his barking at people has become a problem. I have resorted to spraying him with a water bottle. It for the most part has worked, but we still have awful moments. Everyone thinks hes a dog that wants to bite now because he barks like he does (not dog people...non dog people think this)
If I dont get any more improvement here soon. I will have to resort to a citronella spray collar. I just cant have him barking like that over here right now. When a house is bought, I have a feeling he will be a lot more settled and wont be as freaked out since we will have some more privacy. Lets keep our fingers crossed that a house will be coming to me in the near future. He just has gotten really reactive and jumpy at the apartment setting.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Yoshi's First Real Class Back
Yoshi finally went back to his regular Tuesday class, and while he ran great. I am terrified of how he runs right now. I only jumped him 12" and he just flings himself and doesnt regard the bars as much. His speed is actually even FASTER than it was before, which I really didnt want. The dog doesnt have much distance, he ends up barking if I put too much distance away from him unless its a jump or tunnel. We have a LOT of work cut out for us. A good point about the crazy speed he was showing. The first time he blasted through the weaves, I was actually amazed. Fastest he has ever done twelve poles, and I saw some single strides in there. Weird dog I am telling you.
Things to work on:
-JUMPING- he is flinging himself badly, we are NOT going to do the tire jump until he shows better jumping style. STRICT Foundation Jumping gridwork 3 times a week.
-DISTANCE
-DISCRIMINATION
-QUIT BLOWING ME OFF AND BARKING AND WASTING TIME- he is so busy wasting his time barking at me that it messes him up big time. I never have encouraged barking and I am really fed up with it. He was way overstimulated last night. I am almost thinking of giving the dog Ace the chill pill or something...sheesh!!!
-CONTROL- I have no clue yet how we are going to achieve this.
I am trying to work out a deal with Rachel where I set up grids for his foundation jumping exercises at her place. I really think he is going to end up jumping a lot better if I really stick to those exercises. We will wait and see. Hopefully I can work something out with Rachel! I cant afford to buy the metal jumps that work best for these exercises so we will see what I can get worked out!
Wish us luck..we are going to need it!!!
Of course, I am thrilled he did do what he did. I never thought wed be back doing agility... it was great to be back..(I am completely lost as a handler now...figures..lol)
Things to work on:
-JUMPING- he is flinging himself badly, we are NOT going to do the tire jump until he shows better jumping style. STRICT Foundation Jumping gridwork 3 times a week.
-DISTANCE
-DISCRIMINATION
-QUIT BLOWING ME OFF AND BARKING AND WASTING TIME- he is so busy wasting his time barking at me that it messes him up big time. I never have encouraged barking and I am really fed up with it. He was way overstimulated last night. I am almost thinking of giving the dog Ace the chill pill or something...sheesh!!!
-CONTROL- I have no clue yet how we are going to achieve this.
I am trying to work out a deal with Rachel where I set up grids for his foundation jumping exercises at her place. I really think he is going to end up jumping a lot better if I really stick to those exercises. We will wait and see. Hopefully I can work something out with Rachel! I cant afford to buy the metal jumps that work best for these exercises so we will see what I can get worked out!
Wish us luck..we are going to need it!!!
Of course, I am thrilled he did do what he did. I never thought wed be back doing agility... it was great to be back..(I am completely lost as a handler now...figures..lol)
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