This blog is about my me and my Border Collie, Iggy, and our training journey to achieve....read on and you'll find out.

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Starting to use IYC

I am starting to be able to use IYC better.  I spoke to Christine last Friday at class and that as always helped to clarify.  She also had the class before doing RZ and IYC and I realized Iggy could not do the exercise she was asking of them which was stay in position beside me as we walked by XYZ.  Funny I had been think that was RZ wasn't going where I wanted it to go now I see the next step.

Since last Friday I have been very non interactive on our walks, on some not calling him at all.  We have gone into both side fields and walked around the front yard and he has been great.  I think I was just driving him nuts and not letting him enjoy the walk.  I need to do recall work but using proofing or testing value in set up situations not everyday life.  This morning twice he was rolling on something and I called.  Both times he looked and I had to call again before he started coming but then he came with great speed.  I regularly see him checking where I am and he never really got that far away so overall exactly what our final goal is.


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