I'm not in a good mood today. And I've always believed that no training session is better than a bad training session so I wasn't go to do anything with Shasta tonight. But for some reason I decided to.
I started by working on a sit. It went well. Nothing special but she was doing just fine with it. Next, I took out one of our cones and I decided I would try and shape having her go around the cone. It didn't take long at all to not only have her going around the cone but I moved about 15 feet away and she was running away from me to go around it. Watching her figure that out brought a smile to my face on this tough day. Thanks Shasta!
Again, I had to be the one to quit, she was willing to keep going. I think we were working at it for about 20-25 minutes.
At the show a friend came with her two young girls, ages 7 and 10. They wanted to see Shasta. Great by me, our dogs get very little socializing with young kids. I brought Shasta to them and after about 30 seconds of observing, I gave the leash to the older girl and backed away. Shasta did great with both girls. No reason she shouldn't have, both girls were very good with her. Still, it was great to have the opportunity and have her do well with it.
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