I feel bad for Shasta right now. It's a tough stretch for me as vacations are really just shuffling of work that needs to get done. At least I get to enjoy the vacation, the reality for a puppy is that a specialty trip typically means a lot of crate time. And now that we are home, it's not extra crate time, but not much attention from me as I try to catch up on work, yard work, house work, Animal Inn work.
This week, because of the temps, it's Shasta's first time being in at home in the pen while both Kris and I are at work all day long. We do have the network cameras and she has been doing fine, sleeping and lying contently. At least until the last hour or so when she starts to get a little restless.
I did get a chance to do a little "official" training tonight. On the agility equipment in the backyard. She certainly didn't forget anything, it all went quite well.
One thing became apparent that I need to start to address. Like most of my dogs, so it's a training weakness of mine, she is not good at the "break" command from her contact bottom. She holds it when I say break or breaks but comes to me hesitantly. It's not clear to her that it's not proofing. I've never gotten very good speed off of contacts (Sonic the exception) and I've had similar issues with Pearle and Roxy getting speed off the start line. I need to come up with a plan for trying to do better on this with Shasta.
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