Well, let me tell you about my last deal. It seems that I have chipped a bone in my foot. So, since I have been in Georgia (8 months) I have chipped a bone in my ankle, chipped a bone in my foot, and partially tore a ligament in my knee. I guess I need to be thankful that I have not broken my neck. OOPS! I guess I should not joke about that. It just might happen.
Toby and I did not go to class tonight. I am still trying to figure out how to drive with this boot on my foot. Man it was a pain driving with the brace on my knee. However I did get a good hip action going to make the change from the gas petal to the break. That is the same leg that is in the boot. So you can just imagine how hard it is to press the gas petal and then the break. That was the main reason I did not go to class. Today was the first day I have had to wear the boot. Maybe by next week I will feel comfortable enough to brave Atlantic traffic during rush our. I know Toby would appreciate it.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Man! How time Flies!
OK Dori! I can't believe that it has been two months since my last post. Sorry Guys! Life has been very busy and My job has been very strenuous. Things are starting to get back to normal or as normal as can be since I am in Atlanta and all of my friends are in Texas. I miss you guys a bunch!
Toby is doing very well these days. He loves his huge back yard but I am going to have to band him from it. For one it is full of mud. The other, well lets just say that it turns him into a brat!
When I was in Dallas in January I received a call from my trainer her in Atlanta. Toby and I were being moved to another class. At first I was upset. Just for the fact that I truly loved the trainer we found when we came to Atlanta. She totally gets Toby and has helped us to get back on track with our training. I thought that we were being put back again. We were going to have to start over. Well, that was not the cases. We were moved up a notch. Finally we were getting somewhere and that somewhere is closer to the show ring. As time has passed people started dropping out one by one. Now I am back with the old instructor plus I am working with two other instructors. Not sure how it is going to work out this next session but I think it is going to be OK. However Toby has started zooming again. Not much and now we use the touch command which brings him back to me. We are also completing 4 obstacle sequencing. Huge improvement. Toby is not weaving yet but we are almost there. The teeter is coming along very nicely. Toby has learned to ride the teeter down in a squatting position and stay two on and two off until I release. This will give me so much more control over him and he doesn't even realize it. Toby's 2 on and 2 off on the dog walk is perfect. I am still working on the 2 on and 2 off with the A-frame. I know that most are training the running contact to the A-frame so that they can gain speed and have less injuries. However, If I would use the running contact on the A-Frame I know for a fact that Toby will leap from the apex. There is no question in my mind about that. I have seen him do that many times. So I will just stay with the two on and two off and be OK with that behavior and if it looses us time will that is better than Toby having something like his back or one of his legs broke. It just is not worth it to me.
The Sun is finely starting to peak out form the clouds. We have not seen the sun since last Tuesday. I think I will take Toby out for a bit to enjoy it while it is out.
I promise I will update soon!
Toby is doing very well these days. He loves his huge back yard but I am going to have to band him from it. For one it is full of mud. The other, well lets just say that it turns him into a brat!
When I was in Dallas in January I received a call from my trainer her in Atlanta. Toby and I were being moved to another class. At first I was upset. Just for the fact that I truly loved the trainer we found when we came to Atlanta. She totally gets Toby and has helped us to get back on track with our training. I thought that we were being put back again. We were going to have to start over. Well, that was not the cases. We were moved up a notch. Finally we were getting somewhere and that somewhere is closer to the show ring. As time has passed people started dropping out one by one. Now I am back with the old instructor plus I am working with two other instructors. Not sure how it is going to work out this next session but I think it is going to be OK. However Toby has started zooming again. Not much and now we use the touch command which brings him back to me. We are also completing 4 obstacle sequencing. Huge improvement. Toby is not weaving yet but we are almost there. The teeter is coming along very nicely. Toby has learned to ride the teeter down in a squatting position and stay two on and two off until I release. This will give me so much more control over him and he doesn't even realize it. Toby's 2 on and 2 off on the dog walk is perfect. I am still working on the 2 on and 2 off with the A-frame. I know that most are training the running contact to the A-frame so that they can gain speed and have less injuries. However, If I would use the running contact on the A-Frame I know for a fact that Toby will leap from the apex. There is no question in my mind about that. I have seen him do that many times. So I will just stay with the two on and two off and be OK with that behavior and if it looses us time will that is better than Toby having something like his back or one of his legs broke. It just is not worth it to me.
The Sun is finely starting to peak out form the clouds. We have not seen the sun since last Tuesday. I think I will take Toby out for a bit to enjoy it while it is out.
I promise I will update soon!
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