Today, I was a bit disappointed in Macy because she wouldn\u2019t do the dog walk at the Teacup Agility trial and I do think it is lack of confidence in me. @alfredtwo who is not a dog person asked if it could be fixed.<\/p>\n
I certainly hope so, because I really enjoy Macy and I really enjoy agility and I would hate to leave her home like I do Maggie. It would also make me feel a failure as a dog trainer. <\/p>\n
Having a new dog come in and work on the basics is making me realize that I have a lot of holes in Macy\u2019s training and I\u2019m trying to fill them. it\u2019s helped because I\u2019m working with a very scientific trainer now. I\u2019m not sure how I got holes in Macy\u2019s training, but I think one of the biggest is the fact that she doesn\u2019t have a stay. <\/p>\n
Okay, it\u2019s the biggest.<\/p>\n
I have a few problems. I have completely forgotten that I trained Marcie and Maggie at home. Okay, I didn\u2019t do MUCH training with Maggie because she gives everyone in the neighborhood a headache when we doesn\u2019t understand something. It\u2019s a bit embarrassing when you see the neighbors on a walk with two thirds of your dogs and they ask which one screams (yes, it was the one I left a home because she breaks on walks). I\u2019ve been relying totally on training in class and wondering why I am not getting as far as my classmates.<\/p>\n
One sign I forgot I trained those dogs \u2013 when I cleaned out the shed, I found agility equipment that is well used, but I honestly don\u2019t remember using it. A tunnel AND a chute. I know I didn\u2019t do agility at home with Patty because she didn\u2019t DO agility.<\/p>\n
So I\u2019ve gone back to basics. I\u2019ve got a list of agility behaviors I am supposed to have on Dulce by the beginning of September, and not only am I making sure that Dulce has those behaviors, but I\u2019m also making sure that Macy has them. I also have agility equipment on order and coming in August \u2013 a teeter \u2013 Macy\u2019s biggest problem and a contact trainer. I am also kicking around the idea of teacup agility equipment but will probably wait and see what happens with the Teacup schedule with the new facility.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve been concentrating on the down stay \u2013 I have been working on it with both dogs with a grooming table so that I can reward without absolute no movement. Macy twitches and moves the second I have a reward to give her \u2013 one of the many reasons I don\u2019t have a stay. Once they completely understand the stay on the grooming table, I\u2019m going to move them further down to the floor, and then onto the floor.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve also got to figure out how to deal with my knee. At the rate my doctor\u2019s office is going, it is looking like the insurance company is refusing the surgery \u2013 in other words \u2013 they have made no arrangements towards the surgery at all. I have called twice since the appointment. Will call again next week. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Today, I was a bit disappointed in Macy because she wouldn\u2019t do the dog walk at the Teacup Agility trial and I do think it is lack of confidence in me. @alfredtwo who is not a dog person asked if it could be fixed. I certainly hope so, because I really enjoy Macy and I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/beagles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/beagles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/beagles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/beagles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/beagles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/beagles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/beagles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/beagles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/beagles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}