P2 class

Well, last night was the first class for me and Toby. I was very nervous about it. This is the first time of having this instructor. She was full of information. My head is spinning from trying to remember everything. I think Toby did very well. I know that it is defiantly going to help us. I need someone who can tell me what I am doing wrong.

The watch me game did not go over very well with us last night. I guess because it was new to us. I have always used my finger and said the command "watch me". Tonight while doing our home work if became very clear that we did learn something last night. I need to just remember to take each step and complete. Toby caught on very quick that if he looked at me he would get a treat. Then I was able to have him watch me for a count of 10. All I had to do was follow the instructions. One step at a time. I just keep wanting to hurry things up.

The "Drop" is proving to be a little more harder. I am having to force Toby down. This is something he just doesn't want to do. When he goes down he wants to settle. If he doesn't settle he will pop up before his release word. I would not be worried but we have been working on this for almost two weeks now. I know that it is something I am doing.

Toby sits are great for a short time. He will sit fast but he doesn't want to sit long. If he is in a sit for very long he will go down and settle. I think he is getting better. At least he will sit for longer periods of time now. I guess I just need to be patient.

Toby's stays are doing good at this point. He recall in this setting is good. The recall on the agility field "edit".

And because I did not have all of my school supplies, we had to sit out on an exercise. The come to the hand. I felt bad. But I will have everything next week.

As far as toy drive. Toby has it at home. He can care less about a toy when he is out and about. I went today and bought a buck tail and tried to weave it into one of his Tug toys. It took me 30 minutes to weave it and it took Toby all of 2 seconds to tear it out. So I thought that I would get out his favorite toys of all times. When he was a puppy I bought him a tug toy that had a long stick and a fuzzy on the end. He loves that toy. We put it up because he was tearing them up real fast and it was very hard to get replacements. I think I am just going to have to take Toby to the park and see if he will play with it outside in a new place. If he does I think we will be on our way to having a toy drive. In the mean time I will order a "skin" for him. I think the most important thing I learned is that I was not having fun with my dog. I was pushing him and pushing him to be this star. He will be a star we just need to have fun along the was.