Yay! Round one of classes under our belt! It was so rewarding to see everyone last class having fun with their pups in the name of training! Not one "No" or yank or stern voice yelling fido, fido, fido, sit, sit, sit, sit!....to be heard :)
We made last class a game night, to review all that we've taught.
1-Walking around with slack lead, using praise and sweet talk to keep pup focused in an area littered with loonies, toonies, quarters and a down or sit on one earned you some pocket change :)
2-Recall through an agility tunnel, using a game with their favorite toy as the reward. All were agility stars!
3-Toy in wooden spoon rally race for juggling picking up a toy with a wooden spoon and having pup sit while you get yourself organized before walking to the far end of the gym, then sit again while you dump the toy and then praise & game of chase as a reward to race back dog along side you to tag the next player.
4-Revv pup up and Settle game (only standing still as the pup's cue to settle and give you eye contact)
5-Last off leash play, with people picking up odd things and walking funny, to see if pup's would be fearful of something, then having intervals of everyone going over to different pups and asking them to sit, down, collar grab.
6-Start of Stay.....using your body language to release the pup, until they understand the word "Stay".
Mamquam river where eagles normally flock to early Dec. to cash in on the salmon buffet.
Last year we watched a harbor seal fish for salmon and eagles line up for a chunk of freshly caught salmon. This year, wasn't very exciting :( Too cold to stay out for very long.
Not much need for an eagle air traffic controller today either.
As you can see from the expression on Keegan's face.....the walk was kinda boring, although the scenery picturesque and calming.
Jack...AKA Reuben (foster with separation anxiety)...he actually responds to the sound of Jack.....so we've been running with it.
Yeah! A new camera!!!!! Thank you Darrell!!!! It's an HD Cannon. Macro of bird about 6ft away....sweet!!!
Cabin on ice.
Crazy action shot of Keegie boo.
Santa :)
Crazy Keegan......little firey one .....he's sure growing into his name :)
Everytime I'd put the Santa hat on Daizy to snap a cute Christmas photo.....George would come running to sneak attack and pull it off of Daizy's head :)
Victory! The world is a safe place once again.
