{"id":1560,"date":"2010-10-13T19:04:44","date_gmt":"2010-10-13T18:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.undermybed.co.uk\/?p=1560"},"modified":"2010-10-13T19:04:44","modified_gmt":"2010-10-13T18:04:44","slug":"roundabouts-heelwork-and-not-listening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thosenoisydogs.co.uk\/?p=1560","title":{"rendered":"Roundabouts: Heelwork and Not Listening"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Really struggled with Dylan at agility training this week, he was running well but was making baby mistakes that I knew were my fault. I got frustrated with myself, Dylan started getting giddy and started just to take whatever obstacle he fancied, sometimes multiple times, until he remembered that I was present. Instead of standing back and reminding myself that Dylan was being confident and using his initiative (something I encourage) because I wasn’t being clear enough with my cues (something I don’t), I used AngryFace and AngryVoice and then immediately felt bad, which didn’t really help my feeling of frustration. Thankfully Dylan is a very forgiving soul and we finished up doing some nice running seesaws, which I think made us both feel better.<\/p>\n

I tend to start worrying immediately after having a session like that, about whether I am doing right by the dogs and whether I am ok to even think about a future!puppy* if I can’t train the dogs I have now with the focus, effort and positivity they need and deserve. And then, thankfully, I have friends to tell me to stop being an idiot and to remember that as often as dogs will be dogs, people will be people. And, as I keep telling them, you have to have the bad sessions to get the good sessions. In the end I think we balance out.<\/p>\n

So I did some heelwork practise with Dylan this afternoon, and I made sure to make it super-super fun to make up for Tuesday. Which seemed to work, although our heelwork isn’t very pretty, and Dylan tends to spend a lot of time mouthing my hand if he can. He is so cheerful about it though, it’s hard to find it anything but endearing.<\/p>\n

*Which is to say, I am only generally speaking in terms of future!puppy. I can safely say that at some point in the future I will get another dog. When that will be is as yet undetermined.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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