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Last Weekend I went to a UKC obedience show with Chase. I had him entered in Novice the first day, and when we qualified, I moved him to Open the next day. But I posted about that already. Although it’s not really an officially acceptable thing by the UKC, afterward the club had a Wildcard [...]

Okay so I was able to video Jet a little bit doing some laterally movement and some heeling. I’m so proud of his heeling! He is such a good boy. He’s really starting to get the ‘IN’ that we’ll need on those left turns and figure 8s. I hope to get him to learn the [...]

Took Jet out in the rain (it was just drizzling lol) and got some video of him doing the hop over the prop for flyball, and the contacts on the little contact trainer I have. I think he’s got some good foundation work, just gotta make it more solid. First the flyball. The idea is [...]

So here is the next day of Jet learning the dumbbell… oh my gosh is this boy smart. I think when I don’t touch the dumbbell, he is holding it more still. When I hold onto it is when he chews on it. So we will work that for a while. He seems to already [...]

So I’m working on little things with Jet for obedience… and I’ve been working on his dumbbell a little bit lately. Oh my gosh, easiest dog I’ve ever trained to pick up a dumbbell. Lucy, Levi and Chase all needed squeeze cheese on the bar in order for them to even open their mouths to [...]

So for the last month or so Jet has been more sensitive than usual. He hasn’t wanted to tug as hard when we train. He hasn’t been as interested in training when we go out. He seems to tire a bit faster than he used to. My trainer and friend tells me this is very [...]

Well I am very happy with Jet’s Feetz box!  He’s doing so well. I’m teaching him this so that he’ll get a good ‘In’ for obedience. Where he swings his rear end into heel position on a verbal cue. And his body will stick to mine for a really nice heel while we are heeling. [...]

When training the dogs I use a heck of a lot of treats. I try to use toys too, and Chase is my only dog that really is good at loving the toys to the point that they are a good reward for him. And he can switch back and forth between treats and toys [...]

So I’m working Sits and Downs with Jet and Tatum. As well as signals with Chase… which is similar, for utility obedience, but it’s all hand signals and no verbals. I want them all to have good verbals as well as hand signals. Their sits and downs are great on their own, but when I [...]

Winter is for obedience… or so it has been for the last year or so. It’s hard to get out and do agility or flyball so we work inside and work on obedience. Chase breezed through his CD in both AKC and ASCA and so we are training him up for Open and Utility. His [...]