Sept 24th - at home

Tonight we worked on 2x2 weaves again. I used white milkbone cookies again. I also kept the weave poles in the same position as 2 nights ago. My neighbour Sabrina was nice enough to do my record keeping for me so I have more accurate stats on what the boys actually did ;) I think I need her all the time or else I will be outside for hours writing after each one. Ripley was a complete challenge today, not really understanding why I would want him to go around an open pair when he knows how to weave and would go along the weave line.




























Ripley
Session 1: I worked offside entries first (next time, I think I will start with onside)
3' - correct
5' - 3 wrong
moved to 4' - correct
5' - correct
8' - correct
Session 2: Moved to onside entries
3' - 4 wrong, 1 correct
4' - 7 wrong
moved to 3' - correct
4' - 5 wrong, 1 correct
5' - 2 wrong, 1 correct
Session 3: Moved back to offside (for his sanity and mine!!)
3' - correct
5' - correct
8' - wide, correct, wide
Session 4: Onside again
3' - 4 wrong
moved to 2' - 2 correct
3' - 4 wrong, 1 correct, 4 wrong, 1 correct, 1 wrong, 1 correct

What I am finding is that he is super fast and takes off to do it but was coming back frustrated and barking to take off and do it wrong again. I did not rev him up before sending as he is reved up by himself! He went onto his bed in between sessions and relaxed on it. He does not move until released and seems happy to just lay there.

Baxter
Today was much more successful for B! It was a nice treat after the spazy black guy before him, lol. Baxter also used his bed between sessions and drives right to it.

Session 1: I started him onside as this seems to be both boys issue!
2' - bit wide but correct
4' - wide no treat, wrong, correct
6' - correct, correct
9' - correct
Session 2: Moved to offside
6', 8', 10', 12' and 14' - all correct on the first try, great drive up, checking and wrapping the first pole then driving down the reward line.
Session 3: Back to onside
6' - correct
8' - wide no treat, did the impaling jump backwards the next 2 times (yikes!!)
moved back to 6' - 3 correct
8' - correct
Session 4: Stayed onside
6' - correct
8' - correct
10' - wide no treat, 3 correct (but all 3 were a bit wide but I still treated)
Session 5: 2 offside, 2 onside to end the night
12' offside - 2 correct
12' onside - jumped backwards, wrong, 2 correct (both a little bit wide)

So as you can see, Baxter had some really good improvements. I need to figure out how to get him to wrap pole 2 from the onside position though, maybe putting a second set of 2 poles there will help him to drive around the pole and go forward to the next? Need to see what Andrea thinks when I see her at the barn tomorrow.