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Hope the good news keeps coming CC. :) It's certainly very encouraging that he had eaten and was looking brighter - that should indicate his PCV is rising - so things are going in the right direction.

Wow!! Thanks for sharing that Jess. Great to see all that work/ fun paying off big time. :-)

It can be so very quick in onset. As you say, there's a day or so where they're just a bit "off", and then they go downhill fast . But the quick response to treatment is encouraging.

at biker girl. But that's fantastic. Youi definitely have to do RAE with the gorgeous girls - and I'm so pleased (though not surprised :) ) that Jim and the plus one are doing so well. So after a weekend of Rally and Obedience, I'm now heading towards a weekend of agility and jumping with both at Campbell Town and Launceston .. well, just jumping with the misguided missile. AD Lovely! I think my lil big man's lil sis has snaffled all the steering software in the extended family - but we'll see :) .

Just wanted to share that I received in the mail today, a trolley cover that I only ordered from Vebopet less than a week ago. Linky (They advertise on DOL.) I have to say that I'm really happy - both with the cover, and with the service. I like that the top is fastened with press fasteners, so that it can be folded back to reveal the normal non-slip cover on the top of the crate. So nice to be able to share a good news story. :)

So sorry to hear about Louis - but it is encouraging that he's responding to treatment. IMHA is an absolutely scary diagnosis - it hits them so quickly - but the treatment protocols do seem to be improving, and you're in a great place over there to be able to take advantage of up to date treatment. Our strongest healing vibes coming all the way from the Apple Isle to Louis, and strength and comforting vibes to you.

Looks great, sheena. Hope you have a fabulous weekend.

Way to go RS and Ruby. Yes that 3 steps heel back really does take a bit of getting the dog prepared on the approach to the sign (hence why mine find it much more difficult if there's a jump as the next station - heeling is not really on their minds - well to be truthful, it's never on Kirra's mind . I must admit, I make stregic decisions with her - if she's in her normal feral mood, we just give that station our best shot, and move on - Having lost 13 points and a (skanky) Q by re-trying, I've learnt with her - if it doesn't happen the first time, it ain't going to happen that day . It's quite a long haul - and expensive - and a bit stressful if you have 2 dogs doing it (and even more so if they have slightly different cues ;-). I must just need to get a life. :-)

- well of course they did!It's always nice on a mucky sort of day, to have a couple of runs that feel really great - especially if they end up as Qs. Well done to you and the sexy lad.

GOOD advice, Ptolomy (as usual :D ) - and practise it as the first station and before a jump - that's interesting for agility trained dogs :laugh: . After a jummp is hard too, depending on how much space the judge has allowed.

GREAT brags from TO and AD.

Double Rally trial in very windy Hobart - one gust blew my 21kg boy off balance - in the middle of a course - we'd just done a turn, so he probably had a fott off the ground. Anyway - both of mine got 2 more double Qs - Rory now has 4 legs towards RAE2, and Kirra has 7 of the 10 that she needs for RAE. Apart from a 1st place 97 for Rory in Advanced B, scores weren't terribly brilliant - but given the conditions I was happy with them - especially with the feral agility girlie - who only did one lot of throwing DWD moves in - but did decide that she was a toy girl after all - she would like a pink rabbit please, just like the one in the offset figure 8 . Ptolomy should be in with red kid brags at some stage. :laugh:

,,, and verbal directionals, AD :laugh: - and rear crosses - working on all of the above! Just need time - and way more daylight than we have atm.

pie. Hmm - with 21 kg of flying muscle - maybe not :laugh: .

Not necessarily Tassie Well, I guess I should have said - in front of in terms of where the dog is going. Or do you have a secret move, Vickie - in which case ... care to share .... :) (Mind you - you'd probably have to be as young and as good a handler as you are to make it work :laugh: - I need the senior's version .)

That's so lovely! Great to hear that both have taken happily to the treadmill (though that you're 'out of action' for a little while.

Great advice here! Prevention when you can't be there, and interrupt and redirect when you are. No by itself really doesn't teach the pup what is acceptable - the interrupt re-direct acknowledge's the pup's need to chew on stuff, but redirects him to what is acceptable in his/your world. And persephone's set-up is great too. In terms of the pup not being able to go out much yet ... I would be tiring his little brain out doing lots of little tiny bits of shaping training with him. Have a look at sites like Clicker solutions, or kikopup's Youtube channel for some ideas. It's also good for building up the bond and relationship between you and the pup.

:laugh: Ah, good. For a long time, I couldn't get in position to do them - now I can with Kirra - sometimes. Don't know that I'll ever be ahead of Rory - well except on a lead out - or in a pin wheel .

Yes that's the one I was thinking of. Her owner/trainer came to a BC Club of Vic fun day one time when I was able to attend, and was great teaching us to teach our kids to do tricks. :)

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Well - sounds as though it might wear one member of the team out :D . Great that your training was so much fun.

Was that Flick from Melbourne?

:D Quick reply. First, do you have to take him to the table with you to sign up? Personally, I would be leaving him in the car, going and signing up, and then getting him. IMHO, it's very hard to pay complete attention to your dog, let alone anyone else's, while you're trying to do something else - and it's putting him way over threshhold, and making it very, very hard for him to be a good boy :) . Second - (and this comes from an owner who has and has had reactive and/or excitable dogs - parallel leash walking is one of the great exercises. It would be great if you could persad ethe collie person to join you and your lad in a walk - but have the dogs on regular leads, and walk as far apart (to start with) as your boy needs -you'll find that distance decreases quite quickly. Because you and the other owner and dog are walking purposefully and in the same direction, there's much less pressure on your boy, and he will learn that being around other dogsdoes not have to be a cause for reactions of any kind. (It's also nice to have someone to walk with :D . And yes - you're doing the right thing, IMHO, working him on the exercises at a distance from other dogs that allows him to concentrate on you and have success and get rewarded for that. Again - the distance you stay away will decrease fairly quickly if you're consistent. And LAT is good to do.

It's a really useful move...only problem is you have to be in front of the dog when you do it :-). Oh, you're wrapping the dog round the upright of the one jump...that might be what you were learning, now I think about it...fits the description better. Now I've probably confused you..sorry ;-)

Front cross, you mean....?