I have felt bad for Shasta of late, I have not had much time for her. She's been along for everything. And has taken a number of walks during our RV weekends. So that is something. But not the time to spend like I would like with a five month old dog.
Before talking training, I again have to say that I love Shasta the companion. I had to work from home today and she was right there at my feet about 90% of the time. Yesterday I fell asleep on the couch for a bit in the RV watching TV with her sleeping on my chest. So cute!
The minimal training we have done continues to go well. I've added a second table to the puppy dogwalk to create a feel more like a middle plank. I've never done that before but it seemed like a good step. Having seen it now, I like that she has to concentrate on where she is to take the downside plank, a nice side benefit. The bottom position is going really well. Once there she is very close to totally understanding to wait for my release, we are proofing just about anything. Getting into the bottom position is fine for me at this point. If she is going fast she runs slightly off and puts herself back on. If she is going over it slower, she goes to position. I'm good with that interim point.
Teeter has crept up a couple of links of the chain and she is still doing the teeter and doing the "pounce" on the upside great. She really enjoys the "pounce". I need to video it, for cuteness reasons.
Tonight we started working the figure 8 exercise. That is where I have tunnels at the ends and five jumps in the middle, allows me to work on front crosses, blind crosses and rear crosses (when I get to those) on jumps. She did pretty good for one of the first times at it. I try to add a bit of lateral distance already at this point and she gets out to the "jump" fairly regular. I have to focus more on rewarding her more often, I know I am not reinforcing enough but I get a bit caught up in it while I am training.
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