We did RP Day 9, did a walk on the hill in the other neighborhood, and more training on 2o2o on the dog walk, AF, and teeter ending with a weave pole session. Chloe is starting to understand that she isn't suppose to sit during a 2o2o and Scout is slowly progressing as long he isn't a jumping bean but he is understanding it as he is starting to offer it. Chloe is starting to pick up speed on the dog walk - I only have it some 18" off the ground - and on the teeter. As for the AF speed, I'll work on that some other day. Scout was getting brave and wanted again to go up on the teeter, its set at full height. First attempt, he bailed off to the side before it landed. The attempts after that were much better and we even started working on 2o2os. Just 3-4 reps on each side no more. For the last of the contacts, it was the AF and we just worked the bottom.
Next, were the weave poles. I didn't work much on drive with Chloe today but more or less looking at her foot work and her head and trying to figure out why (again) she does the weaves all funky in class. I didn't time her in this session either and with an 1.5" gap, she does the weaves single legged. It has to be the mat. Because at both places, class and at the run thru, had the same type of mat. She did the weaves all contorted she was bending all out of place and out of sync. I have already tested out my poles on the same mat and compared them to those used in trails and the times were identical however, she does not look comfortable going through competition style poles.
Anyhow, Scout's turn, what was different was there was no guides up. He would pop up on the 9th and 10th poles and then start missing entries. So I had to slow him down and use the lead to walk him through it. He did better after he was retaught. He did really good today.
He is greatly improving on our walks too. He hasn't pulled since the early days. I think the 'monkey see, monkey do' - reframing is working as Chloe knows what to do on these treks. However, in the yard, she is a pushy little bugger.
We did have a setback today as Scout did a number two on the floor! He has not done this in weeks. At times I think he doesn't really remember; I mean he really has brainfade! He knows to ring the bell when to go out because he has done it numerous times and today it was not raining. I really thought we were getting this behind us but I suppose he still understanding to learn? It can't be as he has been here more than two months. I guess I'll go back and treat him like a puppy. This is upsetting. I think he tries to hold it too much and then puts himself in a situation gets dire. He does this same behavior just be building himself up for nothing. He gets himself all worked up for.... nothing. Chloe was like this when she was a puppy to 1 year old as she would not relax and had to watch where ever I went. Nowadays, Chloe just stays where she is and watches Scout follows me like he was my tail. She has this "sucker" look on her face as she watches him get up from a nice nap or something and follow me. Well see what happens in a year once he learns what his role is. He knows he isn't top dog and he knows Chloe is above him. So I don't know why he is anxious. That's the only time he is like this, when someone gets up other than that, he is perfectly fine!
Crazy dog!