Summer is coming fast and that means summer camps...and that means training time is about to be non existent. Time to stop goofing off and decide what I want to accomplish this summer and set out a training plan, otherwise I will totally lose track of where we are going.
Goal 1 - pass level three of the training levels
I plan to use pattern games and crates games to help with this
I need to pull my training spreadsheets back out so I can track where I am on each item
I need to really focus on the spirit of the levels and not just do the bare minimum
Goal 2 - teach Reyna to walk confidently on the treadmill
Aha! You didn't know about this one did you?
I have been secretly training scaredy dog Reyna to walk on the treadmill.
This is harder than you might think with a dog who is afraid of movement
Before Reyna I would have just thrown the dog on the treadmill, turned it on and waited for them to get over it
This is called flooding and is NOT the best way to get a happy confident dog
We have been working on it every few day and she is up to the point where she will walk with her two front feet on the treadmill but when she jumps on with all four feet she forgets how to walk and falls off the back.
Just the fact that falling off doesn't freak her out is pretty incredible!!!
I also train her without her collar on because it forces me to make it her choice
If she was wearing her collar I don't know if I could resist the temptation to "help" her stay on the treadmill
So that's it. Those are our goals. I am letting go of everything else...competitive obedience, Nosework, everything, until we meet those goals.
What about you? What are you doing this summer?
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