The weekend is Still Busy

It is great to have four day weekends. I got to go to the agility trials three days, train my dogs, survey the land to get the dirt work done to make my agility yard (if there is money), build three more jumps so I can practice puppy jump stuff. We had lots of rain this weekend but some really nice times too. It is great now when most people have to go back to work.

NOW FOR MY HOMEWORK

Snacks/Cookies/Treats my dog loves.

1. Cheese in a can - cheddar is all I have tried so far (A+)
2. Steak (A)
3. Cheese chunks - Cheddar (A)
4. Cheese chunks - others (B+)
5. Yummy Chummies (B)


Toys - Reward I can tug with
1. Red Dog
2. Duckies (tug toy)
3. Pink Dog
4. Life Ring
5. Rope tugs - assorted
6. Fire cracker

Toys for play
1. Soccer Ball - she goes in to full tilt herding
2. Tennis Balls - loves to chase and round up a group
3. Frisbee - sometimes she really gets into it, this is the only thing that gets her barking

Fun for reward
1. Soccer (A+)
2. Run laps with tug toy! She wins! (A)
3. Chase me (B+)
4. Play with Lilly (dog) not often, but when she comes for a visit (A+)


Reward she wants to do
1. Get the charcoal out of the fire pit or chew at the burned wood
2. Chase Buckie round the house, big husky that is not fond of her yet.
3. Dig at the bed
4. Play catch me if you can
5. Pick flowers

For a while every time I put her back in her kennel she popped right away, even after have been given a opportunity outside. This got her out of the kennel again. I then put her in her small airline crate she has really out grown while I cleaned up. Presto no more popping in the crate! Broke that little self reward.

Recalls are good for a short while from any distance but after five minutes I need to bee within ten feet to keep them reliable. The tug reward is far better than any food reward. She will look for the tug but take the treat but has a non enthusiastic body language. She is just 3.5 month and keeping the longer attention is hard. I need to keep changing what we are doing to keep her interested when outside. Inside it is easier to keep working and treating in a less distracting setting.