Fun Match Mai 2009 Partie 2

Watching this gives me a good feeling. Plus je le regarde, plus je suis contente.

fun match May 2009

Part 1

It feels soooo good

It feels so good to do a fun match with a dog who cooperates. Today's goal is to practice our start line stays as well as put into practice the techniques learned during our lessons.

In my opinion, the results are quite good. Of course there are zoomies but one of them happens after a tunnel where jasmine has no directions from me, because I wanted to reward her at the exit. Unfortunately, she keeps on going straight, which is the normal thing to do and off she goes. At our second try, she does a blind cross before the table but I correct her right away and restart the sequence 2 obstacles away. Success.

I'm so proud of her right now.

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The roads to 2 x 2

The roads to 2 x 2

Please note that this video was made before a training session with CB. You'll see a lot of mistakes along the way which, I hope, I'll be able to correct later on this weekend. As it's the case this Spring, it's still a windy day. Not only did Jasmine had to focus on me, but most importantly, ignore the gusts of wind. For my part, I'm still surprised that the camera and the tripod stayed upright.

We're still beginners at this method. I'm using the Go! command but that's a huge mistake. We musn't use any commands at this stage since I'm using shaping to train Jasmine to 2 x 2s. The dog makes her own decision to take the entry and it's up to us to help them gain speed. Jasmine still hesitates in her entry but once she's off, she takes speed.

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