Molly
Sunday 22 February 2009
A weavey weekend...
Well... we trained with Nancy on Saturday, usually a very successful experience. Unfortunately Molly and I were more than a little bit out of sync with each other. My lovely little Labrador doesn't really think for herself when it comes to Agility, so when I stop communicating with her she doesn't have a scooby doo what to do and we both get very frustrated. After an excellent start with a tricky (for us) tunnel entry and some lovely jumping we continued our week of weave obsession and instead of completing a perfect set of right hand weaves as I expected we fluffed them. I was so surprised as I finally thought she understood them. Several Hudson pep talks later Molly was back on form without any hissing, hand moving or other tricks. We also need to work on our cross behind, disastrous!!
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We all have training sessions that aren't so positive and they can really get you down. You'll find your next session will be totally the opposite and you'll come away enthused again. Molly is a fantastic dog and you are a natural handler so stop beating yourself up please. The weaves will come, they are so nearly there. Regarding the cross behinds just go back to simple exercises where you cross behind with a very gentle turn at the end of the row and throw her tennis ball as you cross. She will soon learn to pick up on the cross (and turn the correct way) if you keep reinforcing with the ball reward. I will email you a good little exercise to practise these crosses.
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