Distance Work

Part 1 of distance training is working well. Starbuck working in the X-pen at 50 feet and Fly at 25-30 feet.

New Toys - Hoops

First Picture: Fly testing out the new Hoops.

Second Picture: The six hoops, still need to be glued and end caps put on.

Third Picture: The south east corner of the new dog yard.

Sunday Fly and I went the NADAC fun match. We haven't had NADAC agility trials here in Fairbanks so this was learning event for everyone. It was fun! New events, the tunnels was a blast. They use hoops which was new to Fairbanks. The night before they got built for the event. This was great. Something to play with Fly with without jumping. Last night I built 6 hoops. Having my new miter saw it was real easy. I need to finish gluing them tonight. Starbuck and Fly had fun with them last night. It was getting dark when I finished. These are a few pictures from the new dog yard. It is really nice having that working space.

Morning Training

The sun doesn't rise now till about 7am so it is pretty dark at 5am. We go out at 5 for a potty break and then do some tugging, sitting stays ans close in work. We then went inside and with some top class treats did sits, stands, downs, touch's, and target's. Trying to get those really snappy. The nose touch's are good hard nose wrinkling touch's.

Pictures Again Soon

My good camera broke! But there was a really great rebate ($400) if you bought a printer and a camera together. It happened to be the printer Max wanted and the camera I wanted. I was able to order the camera body for half price that way. Yippee for a change I found out before the offer went away or bought the printer alone. So more good pictures soon.

Brilliant Recall Class Finished

The Brilliant Recall Class Finished with the daily games. There are still 2 bonus games coming and one more Distraction Webinar. This was a great class. I know it sound funny to do a dog training class over the web but it worked. Each day a new game got posted with hints for trouble shooting and a video. There were lots of comments from other students who were also working things out. There were a few live webinars too. Everything we did in the class helped all that I am doing with Fly. So many of the games built the relationship. I now have a new tool box to work with. If you haven't check out Susan Garrett's stuff you should. I really like the way she trains her dogs. Susan Garrett's web site.