The blog has been falling to the way side lately but I am looking at improving not focusing on failure so I will do todays post and not worry about the missed posts.

Yesterday it was a beautiful day, I waited for Bill to get home so we could all go for a walk.  Foolish me didn't put the other two in their kennels just left them in the backyard.  They met us about the entrance to the forest, I thought Max was going to come straight to me but he chose to run on by and Iggy to follow, no amount of calling made any difference.  We had been doing so well I was really disappointed but realistically realize that he has not been trained to come off a running dog.  Anyway searched for them for about 30 minutes and when I found them they came right to me like good little boys.  I had one leash so kept Max on leash and Iggy ran free, about 5 minutes into the walk home we met mister porcupine, Iggy was great when I saw what he was looking at I called and he turned right back to me :).

This morning I really wanted to go for a good walk.  We started the walk with 4 reps of the tunnel I think it is pretty well at full length so I will try curving it tomorrow or later today.  We then did 4 reps of serps on a single jump.  He walked by the jump on the first rep but then did it fine.  During all this Bill came out to split wood Iggy went to run towards him I called and started stepping away and he turned and ran right to me :).  A couple of times during the tunnel and jump work he got distracted I just started to step away and he was there.

We walked up to the agility field, he was great on the road did a recall out of a full run and a couple of fronts with sits.  As we were getting into the field there where a few animal prints in the snow.  I should have worked them right there and then assessed the walk again.  I kept going into the field about 15 feet in I called and nothing, walked right up to him nothing, finally he acknowledged me but had a very hard time tugging.  We kept walking and I went and hid it probably took at least 3 minutes before he came to find me and then he went by me.  We started with some nose touches and some sits then a recall about 20 feet and another all the way out to the road and then he went on leash, he still couldn't give me a decent tug and I didn't want to go to that place so we had a lovely leash walk back home with a couple of recalls to a tug and then brain was able to tug about half way home.

I have been putting my shaping videos on youtube so I can get Christine's opinion.  You know they are not as bad as I thought.  Can't wait to hear her opinion and advice.