Zip and the Pyrennean Shepherd
In August we had a visit with a baby Pyr Shepherd. After an adjustment period, Zip and he got on famously.
Read moreIn August we had a visit with a baby Pyr Shepherd. After an adjustment period, Zip and he got on famously.
Read moreStill frustrated, but Joon is definitely more under control using food than with a toy. We have no more leaping across the weave pole base. She’s not as focused on the food as she was on the toy, so it’s easier for her to move away and focus on the weaves. We’re able to get wonderful entries with the poles on the left, dog on the left, from 6 o’clock (weave pole #1) to about 10 o’clock. Any attempt to
Read more“But,” you say, “what happened with the action-packed report from day #4?” Well, we did pretty well, but it had become increasingly obvious to me that I was not sticking to MY criteria of minimal movement and keeping my mouth shut. With our session yesterday, she actually started to shut down at one point because she just wasn’t getting it. She kept running toward the poles and stopping, and it’s pretty clear from the video (which I won’t share) that
Read moreWe had a good session, working on getting all around the poles. Sadly, while I was editing the video I saved a chunk of it over the whole thing, so we miss her successful off-side entrances. Now we’ll have to re-do it on day #4. Another lesson learned: BACK UP the video and don’t work on the original! Duh. Oh – I think this is Joon’s music.
Read moreToday we switched to the other side of the poles from yesterday, mostly to orient her away from a tunnel that she actually ignored yesterday. I’ll move the weaves for our next session. We should move them regularly. The video shows today’s effort and progress. Joon’s goal was to enter between the first and second poles (second pole invisible at this camera angle), and to throw the toy only when she passed between the two poles. My tasks were to
Read moreIt’s been a long time, but I have an opportunity to work with this girl. Ken took the two young ‘unsĀ (Genie and Zip) on a road trip for a week or so, and it’s my assignment to teach Joon to weave. I’ve chosen to teach her using the 2 x 2 method, since it doesn’t require another person to start the dog, and I’ve had a pretty good success rate with it. Today was step #1. Lately, Karen Stinnett
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