A mixed bag of a session today, Artemis did really well on some things and not so well on other things. Heelwork Started off with normal pace and then slow pace. Artemis was fine today. Stays Down stay Whilst doing heelwork, the trainer then asked us to command our dogs to go down. And then [...]
Lots of distractions today, keeping Artemis on her toes! Heelwork We started walking dog to dog, which was fine. Then mixed it up with some about turns and left about turns. Then we did positions where we ask the dogs to be in a position, ask them to wait, then walk forwards to the end [...]
Today was a day of utter distractions! Honing in on some things learnt in previous sessions and learnt a few safety related positions too. Heel work with positions Continuing with adding more commands to heel work. The trainer called out positions and we asked our dogs for the command, then asked them to wait. Then [...]
Didn't learn anything new this session, just honing in on what we've already learnt and increasing distractions. Heel work As usual we started the class with some heel work, this time starting off at a slow funeral march pace. Always slightly excruciating with Artemis as she loves to walk fast. We practised about turn, which [...]
This was our first class in the next level: Advance class. And man, these dogs and dog owners are on another level - we have much to learn! Heel work We started with heel work, with people walking in opposite directions, like crossing traffic. At first this was passing person to person, so the dogs [...]
So Artemis has been pretty good in the obedience classes I've been taking her to, but when walking around the local area she still pulls on the lead. She loves sniffing and exploring everything and leash pulling, in a way, rewards her: when she pulls on the lead she gets to sniff more as a [...]
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