Agility,  Rio

All the Way Up

Only quick blog notes again, for posterity. In short, Rio was great at training this week!

  • Second time on seesaw, confidence improving dramatically. Did 7-8 reps holding seesaw and lowering gently, feeding throughout, then running off and feeding again. Rio showing lots of enthusiasm and offering (relatively) calm, focused behaviour.
  • SUPER focused all session. Continued with work-reward-break schedule, breaks ending on Rio’s schedule. Breaks down to 10-20s initially, ended with her not wanting to take a break at all.
  • Need to do more sharp changes of direction AFTER obstacles. She’s responsive whilst jumping, but not on the flat. This is a specific skill that she doesn’t really need at G3, but something to work on!
  • Weaving 5 uprights no problem, 6 = hit/miss. Experiment with reward placement. Make sure to work left/right (left stronger right now) NOTE: Do not teach weaves like this in future, it’s taking ages.
  • Sharp change of direction rear cross over jumps … not good. Need to train this ‘scoop’ over obstacle, she does not get it, stop assuming it’s going to magically happen.

Been taking our training on the road a little bit, she’s gets more excited in new places = overload. But she comes back to Optimum Range and focuses faster, given appropriate work/reward/break schedule.