Sept 25th - at home

I couldn't be outdone by Andrea ;) and she was working her guys on the weaves before heading to the barn so I decided to head outside and do some weaves with the boys as well.

I was originally only going to work B and put in a second set of weave poles 12' apart from the first set. Post sets were angled at 1 and 7 and were staked. I used white milkbone cookies again. In the end I did both Baxter and Ripley as Rip was in the house screaming to get out to play. I kept the setup the same for both boys (lazy on my part) plus I felt we needed to try something different with Rip.

Baxter
Session 1: Started with onside again
4' - went to the second set of poles the first time, correct
6' - correct
8' - correct
10' - went to the second set again, correct, correct
** he was definitely wrapping the first set the tightest I have seen him do and was driving to the second set!! Very happy about that
Session 2: Offside entries
Baxter drove right back from 6, 10, 12, 14 and 18' to the first set, checked up, wrapped and drove the line to the second set.
Session 3: Back to onside
Baxter drove back to the first set from 6, 10, 12' wrapped nice and drove the line. When I moved to 18' he went to the second set 2x's but then did a final one perfect.
Session 4: 5 cookies left
I did 2 offside weave entries from 18' and 24', I was very happy with his performance/understanding of what I was asking of him. I did 4 onside entries, 12' correct, moved to 18' and the first two times he went to the second set but finished with 2 perfect ones from 18' back!

So the second set of weave poles has definitely helped in his bending around the first set of poles from onside. Tomorrow I plan to do the same angle but move the second set in to 8-10' apart.

Ripley
What a difference having the poles at 1 & 7 was for little Rip today!
Session 1: Did onside entries first since this used to be his problem...now he is better here!
6' - went to second set 2 times, correct, correct
8' - correct 2x's
9' - correct
Session 2: Offside entries - now the new challenge!
Rip was not understanding offside today and was not driving past pole 1 and wrapping it but instead going from 2 to 1 the wrong way.
3' - 3 wrong, 1 correct each time for a total of 5 cookies :(
Session 3: Stayed on offside entries
3' - 5 correct, 2 wrong in the session
Session 4: Stayed on offside again
3' - correct, wrong, correct
4' - 2 wrong, correct
5' - correct, correct
Session 5: Went back to onside with 3 cookies left
18' - correct 3 times in a row.

So it seems that with the poles angled that he understood the onside entry better. He understands that he needs to enter with his left shoulder but doesn't understand that he is suppose to be driving to the second poles when offside entries were used. I am going to move the second set of poles closer tonight so maybe he will start to see the direction she is suppose to go. I am kind of glad that he is getting the onside though.