Training Logs

have added Devon dog to the training line up for this spring. Brie, Jack, and Devon are all being trained for Companion Dog competition. Jack and Brie's first competition will be February 29th (God help me).

Devon will be a little later. Here are training notes for today:

Brie Training Schedule:

Did about ten reps of stand stays (walking out in front of her).

Did 15 minutes of heeling and auto sits in parking lot.

***This week working on getting her to the point of decent OFF LEASH heeling (we are still on leash), attention during distractions or time she thinks she wants to play, stand stays, and finish (don't know if we will get to this this week). Also, figure eights should be a priority. Stand stay portion is good, but Brie needs to start getting up on her own on command.

Devon Training Schedule:

Did 10 reps of stand stays.

15 minutes of heeling in the parking lot.

Devon's heeling has deteriorated a bit, but he looks very confident and happy in distracting situations. Got a little prey drive over leaves blowing around the parking lot. Need to work on those type of distractions. Auto sits need to be worked on. Both front and finish need to be worked on, but probably not until next week. Devon is doing pretty good on staying in stand, but also needs work on performing stand when command is given and without physical prompting.

Jacky Traiing:

30 Minutes of heeling on lead on the beach. The reason for the on lead heeling being that Jacky has taken to trying to go after lone dogs. If the beach is busy with dogs, he is more in tune with being a good boy, but he gets a bit protective if it's the occaisional dog on the beach that approaches. He has made great strides in coming to understand at home, that he MUST tolerate any dog in the house, and that I will be sure that he is not bothered but he is not to take matters into his own hands. Now I have these kind of situations to get JAck to adapt to. In the ring, he has not had a problem being obedient around other strange dogs (knock on wood). I want to be sure that I touch every area on this. A big golden did run up to us, and Jack did not reacte until the other dog jumped towards him. And he was on leash, so he didn't get to dart after like he would like to. Attention and auto sits are getting better and better. Still room for improvement.

On my end, I need to be sure I am walking and turning without leaving my "line" or walking towards Jack when I stop. Overall, a very good session today.