Details, details, details

It's all about the details, but if you obsess over the details it won't work @#$%.

I had been doing very well on attitude when working Iggy which was probably our biggest problem.  Look at the issue unemotionally and solve it.  As we move along in our return to training I have to push the question is when and how much.  Then we get into the issues of do your trust your observation skills or are they being coloured (and you know they always are) by your emotions.  Sometimes I feel he is going to that place but then I question whether it's my perception or his attitude that has changed.  I have been fighting a cold for about a week now so everything is being coloured by not feeling well.  I do think I am getting stuck and need to break out of the rut.

Ahhhh now that the bitching is done I feel better and ready to look at the problems with a clearer head.  I have always been unhappy that unless I am set up in the recall pose he comes out of his crate and sniffs the air stretches and then comes to me.  Duh I figured it out last night I have to take off running no matter where I am standing or how I am standing.  I hate working crate games in the winter because the car is so dirty but I washed the car last night and this afternoon we will go out and work crate games in the car.

I am sure Iggy's attitude in the last few days is different, not as good as it was, so I need to do more relationship building games.  Today we are going to do "The Smoke Ya Game" and "Tug Sit Tug" don't just stand there take off running.

I am at the barn tonight so I think today we will just play these games and we will work on some jumping skills at the barn.