Positive

I should probably stop late-night-blogging, I’m not sure it’s that coherent.

Since I finally realised that Rio’s issues are threshold related, so I went back and re-read Control Unleashed, and immediately felt better. I formulated a plan, and it’s already in action. We’re worked through the Take a Break exercises and she’s already improving in terms of focus and control, but she’s also relaxing faster on the breaks.

We’ll continue working on it during high-intensity training like agility and flyball, but during clicker sessions and general training during the day. Daisy is doing some CU as well, since it fits in nicely with her clicker training. She’s finally sort of getting the hang of things; she offered her first behaviour this week, nudging a box with her nose. She is not a paw-kind of dog, which means it’s going to be interesting teaching her to hit a flyball target. I guess that’s because she uses the paw-lift a lot as a calming signal though, and she’s not comfortable with being physically handled.

I’m at an event this weekend with North K9, which also includes a few demos. Somehow Dylan has turned into my go-to dog (when did that happen?!) but it’ll be a really good opportunity for Rio and Daisy as well.