Flyball on the Couch
7 January, 2008 (18:36) | Chase, Daily Posts, Tatum | By: 
Cynthia
Well tonight we did some fun flyball training. As I want to start Tatum off right. I want her to have a super nice box turn. And I want to do drive shaping with her, so she can get high, and still be in control and think, and come down quickly when she needs to. Important for both flyball and agility. And even obedience, really.
So I took a break from moving hosts and looking at cables and worked with the dogs a bit. I also want Chase to have a better box turn. So I stuck the tug toy up on the couch and played with Chase, jumping up on the couch, grabbing the toy, and jumping back off to me. Hopefully fast! With him I’ll eventually move this onto the wall, I think he’ll be great at, literally, bouncing off the wall. 
And Tatum was all wound up at that point, so I got her out too and put Chase away. And she will follow the tug toy with me, and she is even starting to tug! She does have a good amount of prey drive and I’m tapping into that. So she followed the tug up onto the couch, then off. And we did that a few times and she had a great time! She’s gonna be a great flyball collie. There are not many collies in flyball. Last check there were only 3 (Tatum included) in U-FLI.
So the beginnings of flyball training for her. And some flyball fun during the cold winter days.
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oh Wow! no wonder you are dropping those pounds! Wonderful exercise for all of you. and Tatum doing FlyBall…. I had no idea Collies did that too! Chase is such a sweety…. I miss seeing him every week. XOX
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oh Wow! no wonder you are dropping those pounds! Wonderful exercise for all of you. and Tatum doing FlyBall…. I had no idea Collies did that too! Chase is such a sweety…. I miss seeing him every week. XOX <em>Christina's last blog post..<a href='http://www.loneblackspider.com/2008/01/03/back-in...rel="nofollow">Back in a while…</a></em>
oh Wow! no wonder you are dropping those pounds! Wonderful exercise for all of you. and Tatum doing FlyBall…. I had no idea Collies did that too! Chase is such a sweety…. I miss seeing him every week. XOX <em>Christina's last blog post..<a href='http://www.loneblackspider.com/2008/01/03/back-in...rel="nofollow">Back in a while…</a></em>
LOL yeah keeping up with the dogs takes a lot of energy! I would love to see collies do flyball. they can!
LOL yeah keeping up with the dogs takes a lot of energy! I would love to see collies do flyball. they can!
Wow that sound sooo super fun! Tatum is going to be great at agility!
I really want to get Hera into some sort of agility.. I think she would love it. I just think she is too old. Obviously it would only be for fun, but I worry that she is too old and would hurt herself. I think she would really benefit from the ‘one on one’ time with me too.
Wow that sound sooo super fun! Tatum is going to be great at agility!
I really want to get Hera into some sort of agility.. I think she would love it. I just think she is too old. Obviously it would only be for fun, but I worry that she is too old and would hurt herself. I think she would really benefit from the 'one on one' time with me too.
No Lora she is not too old! She would have a great time. And you can jump her at lower jump heights like Levi does.
Levi is 8 and he still loves it!
No Lora she is not too old! She would have a great time. And you can jump her at lower jump heights like Levi does.
Levi is 8 and he still loves it!