I went to Pawsabilities expecting a workshop on Canine Musical Freestyle and RallyFrEe, but no one signed up, so they didn't hold it. I'd emailed Lezlie that I was coming, but she never replied - so now I wonder if she ever got my email. It turns out the people most interested in the Freestyle class can't do daytime classes, so it's not happening either. They are going to promote it more and see if they can find a mutual time for the instructor and students. Time will tell if we'll be able to attend.
This means we can go back to our regular Thursday schedule for RFE practice and tracking. Unfortunately, J'Anna had already signed up for an advanced obedience class, so she's now unavailable for Thursdays. I've talked to Nadine and we'll be moving all of our tracking to Thursdays so I only make the drive twice in one week, instead of three times.
Since we were already there and the big floor wasn't being used, I set the camera on a tripod and brought in Gimme's bucket prop for a quick practice.
Freeshaping "bucket" video - We hadn't done this for a month, so I was pleased to see how quickly she got to giving me a full "tivo" at just 42 seconds into the video. Interestingly, she offered me "pivot" (CCW) a few times to start. Since she first decided to do "tivo" (CW) in the bucket, even though it doesn't matter which direction she goes, I want to maintain what we originally trained - for the sake of clarity. When she fishtails (back and forth) so quickly it is hard to get a click in and so I miss good opportunities to reward what I want. Of course we are still working on her keeping both feet in the prop - I have to remember to only give her rewards when they are both in.
I love seeing all the progress Gimme is making.
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