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.