Here We Go Again

So Yoshi's class had some good points and bad points again..lol

Lets start with the bad to get those out of the way:
1. Still needs foundation jumping training, but I will continue this for a while..so its not exactly "bad" but just something I need to work on with him through a period of time.
2. I totally have to retrain weaves, he has forgotten how to weave 12 poles. So back to the channels we go.
3. He has no "out" for get out. He is very hard headed and stubborn with this and this is going to be a very difficult process.
4. Still need a little bit more control.
5. He refuses to come back in to me to gather control... so heeling work..which he totally hates and will shut down almost everytime I try to work with him on it..
6. We need work on the teeter. As of now, I havent done any 2o2o with him on the teeter, but Im starting to have to easy easy easy him constantly on it.... soo I need ideas...if I need to teach him to slide the teeter into 2o2o, or hold it while it goes down (this is what he somewhat does...but might need to teach holding a little longer if I do this option)
7. Can I still wish for no barking????

BLAH on Shelties lol jk

The good points
1. Starting to raise a few bars up to 16"
2. He jumped absolutely beautifully one time over a 16" jump. It was textbook perfect...I wish I had a picture of it.
3. He got some somewhat difficult courses when I could figure out where to be as a handler.
4. He does pretty well when I "pull him away from an obstacle to take another." This option is started to be very accurate for us..so I will always have to remember that when course walking.
5. He is running great with no lameness and not acting sore at all. Once I do some of this retraining, he is going to be ready for the rings in fall I am assuming.

Before we trial we definitely have to get our weaves back, do foundation jumping up the wazoo, go back to being able to jump all 16" jumps on course, be a little more solid on teeter, and get a little bit of progress on coming in and going out. I think that we definitely have enough time to work on that...3 months or so before it starts cooling down (I plan on September maybe start trialing). He will be in great shape, and hes coming back really easily with everything else. We just are going to brush up our 2o2o and the things I mentioned above and I think we will be back in the game again.