Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Temper-tantrums
Last night was Toby's first private with Windle. We got a lot done. It seems that Toby loves to throw temper-tantrums when he doesn't get his way. What a brat! The first thing Windle had us do was go over two jumps and I was to call Toby to me. In front the the two jumps was a tunnel. The tunnel had a gate so Toby could not go in it. Well, after Toby got to the end of the two jumps I call him to me. Toby had already made it to the tunnel and saw that he could not go in there. He got pissed! Sorry for the potty mouth! Toby proceeded into a zoom all around the building. When I finally got him back Windle told me to take Toby over to the tunnel and stand in front of the tunnel with my back to it and take Toby in the other direction over the jumps away from the tunnel. I was to call Toby to me when he finished the second jump. Toby was an angel! So we repeated this again. When Toby got to the Tunnel he once again got pissed because he could not enter the tunnel and once again went into a zoom. Next Windle moved the gate form the tunnel and we allowed Toby to run a short two jumps and a tunnel. What an angel. So then we moved to the other side of the building. We had to be very careful not to upset Toby and we both know that if I ask Toby to do something too many times he gets upset. So we changed things up for the Tobsters and Toby had a great class. We also took my handling out the the picture. I did some recalls over a couple of jumps and Toby's recalls looked beautiful. Even Windle complimented us on them. So then we worked some sends and moving away from me and coming back. It was a great class. Thanks Windle, I really, really appreciate your help!
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I am still of the opinion it's a stress issue with other dogs around, but hey, what do I know. =)
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