Lady had a pretty good week this week. The nail gun at Club-Doggie almost did her in, but she rallied. Once I get her jumping, she forgets for a moment, her fears. On Tuesday, she actually (after one tunnel incident) ignored the tunnel and payed attention to my turn cue.
I am still going back and forth as to whether I will run Lady in "Tunnel Fun" this Saturday. Mike thinks she shouldn't go because she has gotten in the "I'm afraid" habit. I don't want to push the dog more than she can endure, but by the same token, letting the dog dictate our actions is kind of goofy. I will ask Kama and Jubie their thoughts on if we should sit this next game out.
Last night we did tunnel and jump exercises in the yard and Lady was fast and in high drive. Tonight we will do the same thing, but add weave poles. I am going back to square one, creating high value for the obstacles and make it fun. We are also working on a few tricks. Lady is an accomplished door/drawer closer whether we want the doors/drawers closed or not! Now to teach her to open doors/
drawers. I am sort of reluctant to teach that one! Had a bad experience with a cat who would open doors and opened the pantry door, and our dog Maggie drug dark chocolate hot chocolate mix through our living room/dining room cream carpet and proceeded to lick the mix into the carpet!
Our square one lesson is more fun, more praise, little expectations. Since this is hard for me to do, I am writing it down and making "square one" my mantra!
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