Oct 27th - at the barn & home

So tonight I decided to retrain Abbey's weaves using the 2x2 method, so she is on day 1. Unlike the boys, she is not a dog that has learned to offer behaviors. For this reason she found it challenging that I wasn't telling her what to do. I had the one set open fully and was able to get back about 1' back for her to go around and wrap. On the offside she was able to figure it out pretty easy but on the onside, she was trying to weave properly. I am excited to see how this all pans out. She is doing so great these days, I would love her to have some nice entries like B is having these days.

After that I headed to the barn for a night of agility with the boys. Ripley started first with a set point jump with some physical distractions under the spread jump. He had some pretty good sit stays without being in the vulture sit so I was very happy about that. He rounded nice and drove to his toy. He then did a jump grid that was for bending. He also did well on this one too, going along the straight line quite nice. The final grid was a 5 jump set at 6' 7' 8' 9' between them, all at 6" high. He had some really nice sit-stay's and did this well. The final exercise of the day was weaves. Ripley got quite high at this point and when he did get the entry, he did well but he missed quite a few entries. It is pretty obvious that I need to work more weaves with him in the backyard. Rip was driving nice to his toys today, enjoyed the ritz crackers as his treats and had some nice "with me's". Overall - good day :) Too bad I couldn't remain still for agility with him, he seems to like that better.

Baxter was next and he did all the same exercises as Rip. He had some nice sit-stays, bends, straight lines. When we finished off with weaves I was very happy with him! He really understands to dig in to get that entry and make it into the next pole...I am sooo proud of him!! Even when he is pumped and driving hard, he is digging in. I forgot his snoot loop at home and that is something I need to remember. He has a hard time getting into and out of the arena worrying about the other animals.