Meanwhile, Breeze has been keeping my on my toes. She loves using her words and wants to chase anything that moves. I am almost positive that she'd be a dog who may have been returned with the wrong owner. Luckily, she has some very good qualities that help keep these things under control. First, she LOVES to work. She is a very good listener and catches on really fast. She is also very food and toy driven, so when she is around something moving (e.g. car, biker, jogger, etc), I can distract her very easily. The key here is consistency. It is hard work to get her to focus 20 times during a walk, but I am confident that consistency will pay off later. We also need to work on not chasing the cats! Though she may be exhausting, I love that she is challenging me to be a better trainer. Zoe is my easy dog - she just goes with the flow and is not too demanding. Breeze, on the other hand, is a total sass and thrives on having a job to do. By the way, her disc training is coming along very nicely. I try not to make her jump too much, but boy, she is having sooo much fun with her frisbee. Check out the video I made last week:
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Training Update and Preparing for Fall Trialing
Summer sure is going by fast, but I feel like I've made the most of it. We've had a bit of a lull in terms of trials, but we've got two scheduled in August and two full weekends in September. Zoe has exceeded my expectations in most of our training sessions lately - her enthusiasm and motivation is really improving. My handling is also improving, so I am sure that helps her motivation as well. Clarity = more fun.
Meanwhile, Breeze has been keeping my on my toes. She loves using her words and wants to chase anything that moves. I am almost positive that she'd be a dog who may have been returned with the wrong owner. Luckily, she has some very good qualities that help keep these things under control. First, she LOVES to work. She is a very good listener and catches on really fast. She is also very food and toy driven, so when she is around something moving (e.g. car, biker, jogger, etc), I can distract her very easily. The key here is consistency. It is hard work to get her to focus 20 times during a walk, but I am confident that consistency will pay off later. We also need to work on not chasing the cats! Though she may be exhausting, I love that she is challenging me to be a better trainer. Zoe is my easy dog - she just goes with the flow and is not too demanding. Breeze, on the other hand, is a total sass and thrives on having a job to do. By the way, her disc training is coming along very nicely. I try not to make her jump too much, but boy, she is having sooo much fun with her frisbee. Check out the video I made last week:
Meanwhile, Breeze has been keeping my on my toes. She loves using her words and wants to chase anything that moves. I am almost positive that she'd be a dog who may have been returned with the wrong owner. Luckily, she has some very good qualities that help keep these things under control. First, she LOVES to work. She is a very good listener and catches on really fast. She is also very food and toy driven, so when she is around something moving (e.g. car, biker, jogger, etc), I can distract her very easily. The key here is consistency. It is hard work to get her to focus 20 times during a walk, but I am confident that consistency will pay off later. We also need to work on not chasing the cats! Though she may be exhausting, I love that she is challenging me to be a better trainer. Zoe is my easy dog - she just goes with the flow and is not too demanding. Breeze, on the other hand, is a total sass and thrives on having a job to do. By the way, her disc training is coming along very nicely. I try not to make her jump too much, but boy, she is having sooo much fun with her frisbee. Check out the video I made last week:
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