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I have his Eyes!

I am so excited. Sunday I was walking around the trial working with Chase on his attention, and finally he started to keep his eyes on me. Usually he will look at me for a treat, get the treat, then his nose would immediately hit the ground. We have been working on this for a few weeks now. I want his attention on me always. No ground-sniffing!

So Sunday he finally started catching on. I was hopeful… he got a treat then didn’t look away, so immediately I clicked and treated. And again and again while he kept his eyes on me. I thought he was getting it…

Tonight at obedience class, he was so good! He kept his eyes on me and very rarely did his nose hit the ground! This boy is learning. I am just thrilled!

I love the crowd we train with. All types of people from different professions. One in the medical field, one is an artist, and one is a realtor. And we all help each other out.

Chase is a good boy. He is really fun to work with. Got some videos of him in his sit stay and doing some fetching. But my YouTube video from last night is still not available. Maybe I will try to reupload it. I might do some videos tomorrow. Tonight, I should sleep. ;)

Cynthia
June 12, 2007
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June 10, 2007, Exc B JWW Levi

MAN YouTube is being slow. I uploaded three videos last night, and only two of them are ready for viewing.

This is Levi’s JWW run. He got the weave entry great, but at the end he came out. You’ll notice that I just kept walking straight at the end. I even slowed down to pace him, and he still came out at the end. So I really am thinking it’s nothing I’m doing. It’s him… this time! He needs to stay in! He really might be trialed out.

So this is why I think I might be over analyzing. You’ll see in the next video, if YouTube ever makes it available, that I actually make him go through the last poll. I don’t know if I should do it or not, I don’t want to stress him, but I want him to know he really needs to go through!

Well, four days in blackfoot this weekend, lots of runs to experiment with. LOL.

And sometimes, if you get an telecom audit, then things will all clear up! ;)

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Cynthia
June 12, 2007
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Standard Exc B Saturday June 9 2007

Okay, this is like the worst run ever. LOL okay maybe not the worst, but it felt rotten and we didn’t do very well. Another pop out of the weaves. What do you think, was it me? I’m starting to think that I cannot analyze myself for every weave performance Levi does. He really needs to do a lot of it on his own. Sunday I made him go through the last poll. Not sure if I should have or not. I was not mad at him. I’ll get those videos up tonight.

I snuck in a fancy blind cross in this run (beginning sequence), and how about that tunnel to the weaves? It was very tricky and not many dogs got it.

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Cynthia
June 11, 2007
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Finally a Video!

Finally YouTube has one of the videos ready for viewing. This is our Jumpers run on Saturday. It was a good run, except those weaves. What do you think, did I pull Levi out at the 10th poll?

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Cynthia
June 10, 2007
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YouTube is too Slow!

Agility is over again! I even got out really early. It was very nice. I was home by 11:30, and napping by noon! LOL. Yes yes, I really love to nap. And I won’t be able to sleep in for weeks, so I had to get some extra Zzzzs in today.

Anyway, agility was fun. Levi didn’t Q today. We are still having weave problems. Yesterday I thought I was pulling him out of the 10th poll. And if YouTube ever gets going and shows my videos as available, I will post them up. But so far they are still unavailable and it’s been a couple of hours. How long does YouTube take? I dunno, usually it seems pretty fast.

I wonder if I am over trialing Levi. Maybe he is just done weaving for the year. After Blackfoot I will consider not going to the July trial. And I’ll enter him in some trials with no weaves like DOCNA and ASCA and even USDAA. He loves the jumpers courses. That is what I did last fall when he wasn’t weaving at all. So maybe we need to take a break from weaving and just have some fun.

Anyway… waiting for YouTube…

Cynthia
June 10, 2007
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Agility Weekend!

Crap! That reminds me, I better go look at the premium and see when judging starts tomorrow morning. I think it’s 8. Which means I have to be there by 7am to set up my tent and crates, check in, and walk the course. Which means I have to get up by at least 6am, probably 5:30 am.. to shower, and it’ll take me 30 mins to drive there (I better check the place, too). Ugh.

So no sleeping in for me this weekend. I really love to sleep in. But it’s true, once I get there I’ll have fun. And hopefully I can leave early. The running order will be Exc/Exc/Open/Open/Nov/Nov, so maybe I can just leave after both of Levi’s excellent runs.

Oh, and I get to use my new camera to video our runs! So look for YouTube videos tomorrow! (If I’m not too tired.)

OH! And cool, my hotel in Blackfoot, Idaho, has internet access. Woo! That means my camera and my laptop are coming with, and I can blog at night and load videos! ;) And up in Blackfoot there’s going to be a party on Friday night. And now I have a friend to go with! I didn’t used to like to go because I didn’t feel comfortable talking to the people… I like having one person, or two, that I know better and can hang out with. So maybe I’ll have a bit to drink, and hopefully I won’t need any hangover cures! LOL. Though I do like my beer. Usually drinking the night after/before a trial does not help me run better.

Man I gotta get to bed.

Cynthia
June 8, 2007
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Chase on the Flyball Box

Took the new camera (of course, did you think I wouldn’t? lol) to flyball practice tonight. Got a couple of good videos of Chase on the flyball box. :)

Have a look!

Cynthia
May 30, 2007
Chase
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Agility Pictures

Levi and Me
Levi and Me
Levi and Me Ooo a friend of mine and great agility person took some pictures of me when I was running Levi! I didn’t even know until today.

Levi has so much fun, and he is really moving well in these pictures. He is such a good boy. This must have been Sunday, as it wasn’t raining or snowing that day.

The thing I find interesting, while watching videos of myself or seeing pictures of myself, is my position. Now, those weaves, I am ahead of him. What am I doing up there? Usually I stay behind him and then he finishes all twelve. Is that why he popped the weaves? Because I was ahead and pushed him too hard? Gads I didn’t even know I was ahead of him. Very odd. Sometimes if he’s super slow in the weaves I try to pressure him a little bit, but I can’t do it very much or he’ll pop.

Yes yes I know, in theory, he should complete the weaves independently no matter where I am. But with all the weave problems we’ve had over the years, I’m usually very careful about my position. Maybe we just need to practice more at home with me at weird spots.

Hmmm….

If you click on the picture it’ll open in a bigger window. :)

Cynthia
May 7, 2007
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