Overall I was quite pleased with how our second weekend went as well. Friday was T2B only, Saturday was novice and thanks to Qing both, Sunday was our debut in open for both classes.
I was happy with some lateral and forward distances and how well that went. Her focus was not quite as strong as the first weekend but I was still pleased with it overall. She did have two visits to bar setters in her open standard run on Sunday (we still Qd). It was almost like she finally noticed they were there. I also had a couple of extremely brief moments of disconnect. But that's it, it was all focus otherwise.
There are a few things that I need to focus on if we ever get a chance to train in the yard again (worst early spring EVER in Minnesota). She is confused with her job on the aframe. She came down extremely slow in T2B, has been methodical on the others and has not stuck her "bottom" a few times. Overall, definitely confused on it. We still need to work on more drive from any release although it might have been a touch better than the first weekend.
We did have two more runs where she was kind of re-chewing her treats at the start of her run. I have to mix up the treats, figure out which one is causing the issue.
Focus and willingness to enter and complete the weaves continue to be amazing for a very young dog. Speed on them needs to pick up. But in some ways it's more amazing to not lose focus while weaving when weaving slower.
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