It's been three weeks since I've posted anything and it's fitting because there has been a whole lotta nothing going on. Between three day show weekends, work, weather, mom and general malaise on my part, I have not done much training with her the last few weeks.
The one thing of progress is that I have moved Shasta on to the full height teeter. I had gone so slowly and incrementally with the puppy teeter, bringing it almost to the same height as the full size, I expected moving to the full size teeter to be no big deal. That was not quite right. It was not incremental to Shasta to go from a wood, sanded teeter to an aluminum, rubber teeter. I think the vibration was different for her.
Her first couple she got off as soon as it tipped. Then she refused going up. A teeny bit of gentle pressure got her back up the teeter but she didn't want to stay on it. It took about 10-12 tries over two nights before she finally was comfortable enough with it to stick the bottom. Now, it's all systems go.
Her dogwalk is now great, no apprehension at all. Somehow, my "break" command got more confusing during our lack of training. I have some work to do there.
