Trick Training

Not much to say today, so I’ve also included the photo of Mollie doing her over-the-horizon look. As with all the photos on the blog, click for a bigger version.

Dylan has been doing his bits of boxwork, it’s going reasonably well. We work for about 10 minutes a day, and then of course Kim and Mollie have to have a go because it’s a flyball box and it’s exciting. Kim does her lovely turn with no problems, but she’s not thrilled about the idea of doing it without a ball in the box. Mollie surprised me by being wildly enthusiastic and knocking the cone flying, but also doing a cracking turn with her bum right up on the box! Shame she won’t do that when the ball is there though!

Kim and Dylan have also been working on their “sad face” trick – covering the nose with a paw. Kim has almost got it, she sometimes needs remining and (weirdly?!) sometimes confuses it with “dead”. I think it’s the paw movement, she tucks her elbow in the same way when she’s going into her “dead” position.

Dylan has mastered “dead”, actually, after 20 months! “SadFace” isn’t going so well, I’ve been using the tape-on-the-nose method and Dylan doesn’t see the problem with having tape on his nose, so he just sits happily. Silly boy!