RubyStar Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Ruby passed CCD at the beginning of May and I haven't entered her in Novice yet cos I don't feel she's ready. But in a couple of weeks time I've entered her into a "Not For Competition" novice round to see how she goes. Same with Millie for CCD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivsky Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Congratulations Natsu Chan, Glorybea Wow what a great weekend Xena98 - well done to you and the girls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agility Dogs Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Isn't it funny how the small things can often mean the most. 4 months ago I had the WORST dog on contacts in the world. At one point she (Xena) jumped off the TOP of a dog walk and may or may not have touched the down ramp (not the contact - the entire side of the piece of equipment) - but if she did it was only because I didn't cut her toe nails that week. Since then we've done a lot of work thinking about why (self rewarding, more fun) and how to fix it and are now to the point where her contacts are very solid. So......the current project is truly independent contacts. I don't mean able to hit the end and offer 2o2o with me running past 'towing' her into position (even at 3 or 4 m lateral distance), I mean sending her from a standing start and having her run the contact all the way to the end and offer the behaviour with no assistance at all. This morning we had a breakthrough. Every day I work on our current 'project' at meal time (I figure if the dogs can work in that state then they should be able to do it when they are calmer). Xena has been needing less and less help to run the contacts. This morning though she ran up off the bottom terrace (where the house is), onto the second terrace (where the agility equipment is) through the tyre, onto the dog walk and into position on the end of it - without me leaving the bottom terrace!! She held the 2o2o position until I released he and then she came back to me for breakfast. Another week or so of this and it should start to translate into what I am looking for! WOO HOO!! It's only a small one, but it is one that has left me smiling all day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ness Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Agility Dog, will pop Kenzie in a postbag and ship her up to you. I am struggling to teach her anything remotely regarding a contact behavior at the moment and its certainly not very independent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopuppy04 Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 That's fantastic AD!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agility Dogs Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Agility Dog, will pop Kenzie in a postbag and ship her up to you. I am struggling to teach her anything remotely regarding a contact behavior at the moment and its certainly not very independent. I won't say no. Just don't expect her to come back. I am collecting Border Collies - we have another one coming to live with us for a fortnight. CK will be over the moon it is his bestest friend in the whole world from flyball. (She is going to become part of the AD agility team and is running for me at our next trial - it is her debut!) CK has taken forever on his contacts and weavers, but it seems both have finally clicked - watch it all fall apart in a couple of weeks at his next trial. Funny how some of them do it quickly and some take forever. I wish they just all came out the same way. How are you training them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ness Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Ness says your welcome to her - she keeps trying to off-load her but nobody will take her just yet (and besides her mum says its not nice to give your sister away ). Training 2o/2o and was trying to shape it on our contact plank at home. Hmm not very successfully. She will do them if I am at the end of the contact and baby sitting her . Although to be fair I only stuck her on the contact gear last night as they had the low scramble up and they hardly have a low scramble set up at club so I take the opportunity when I can. She sort of has some idea now because if she didn't stop I wouldn't reward and told her to bad so sad and she would go back and put herself on the contact gear and try again. I have read all the SG stuff and still have no luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopuppy04 Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 are you using a target plate Ness?! I found that really helped initially :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ness Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Yeah I have tried using a target plate and that helped but was trying to follow the SG destructions which introduces the target plate later - unless I am really confused . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopuppy04 Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Yeah I have tried using a target plate and that helped but was trying to follow the SG destructions which introduces the target plate later - unless I am really confused :D . LOL - I quite possibly might be I thought SG introduced the target plate for the repetitive nose touch straight away and then started to fade it - so 1 in every 5 touches wouldn't have the plate :p That's the method I used anyway (minus the repetitive touches!) ROFL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ness Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Might just have been my reading of the notes . Will have to go back and find the section that caused the confusion. Maybe I was confused with the fading bit. Or maybe it was the videos I got from somebody who sent me through what I needed to teach and there was no target there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvawilow Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Just a bit slow at putting this up but at Wangaratta's Dbl Agility trial at the beginning of August we came home with two passes * Kira - Novice Agility - 1st place * Narmi - Novice Jumping - 3rd place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J... Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Just a bit slow at putting this up but at Wangaratta's Dbl Agility trial at the beginning of August we came home with two passes * Kira - Novice Agility - 1st place * Narmi - Novice Jumping - 3rd place Well done SW - and great to see Kira back in the ring again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superminty Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 Just a bit slow at putting this up but at Wangaratta's Dbl Agility trial at the beginning of August we came home with two passes * Kira - Novice Agility - 1st place * Narmi - Novice Jumping - 3rd place Good stuff A little brag from the ASCV herding trial today for us. Cash came home with 5 passes out of 6 runs and finshed off two titles - started A and B course on ducks. I am very proud of him, however, he was the NAUGHTIEST he was been in a while - so much so that people commented on it - which is saying a lot as he is generally pretty naughty anyway ;) So now we can have a break and hopefully actually get some training in - we're gonna need it for intermediate, that's for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piper Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 Good stuff A little brag from the ASCV herding trial today for us. Cash came home with 5 passes out of 6 runs and finshed off two titles - started A and B course on ducks. I am very proud of him, however, he was the NAUGHTIEST he was been in a while - so much so that people commented on it - which is saying a lot as he is generally pretty naughty anyway So now we can have a break and hopefully actually get some training in - we're gonna need it for intermediate, that's for sure Congratulations! 5 passes and 2 titles in 1 day is an awesome effort. It is a big step up to intermediate, I'm in the same position as you there, serious work needed to move up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J... Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 A little brag from the ASCV herding trial today for us.Cash came home with 5 passes out of 6 runs and finshed off two titles - started A and B course on ducks. I am very proud of him, however, he was the NAUGHTIEST he was been in a while - so much so that people commented on it - which is saying a lot as he is generally pretty naughty anyway So now we can have a break and hopefully actually get some training in - we're gonna need it for intermediate, that's for sure Well done H and Cash! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleo's Corgwyn Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 We competed in our very first trials (AM and PM) today, and my clever Shandy managed 2 CCD Q's, including a 2nd place, under very difficult conditions, including cold, wet weather and lots of moving dogs during the down stays. We need to do some more heeling practice, but I'm so proud of her! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubyStar Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 Congrats Cleo and Shandy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FHRP Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 (edited) We competed in our very first trials (AM and PM) today, and my clever Shandy managed 2 CCD Q's, including a 2nd place, under very difficult conditions, including cold, wet weather and lots of moving dogs during the down stays. We need to do some more heeling practice, but I'm so proud of her! Congrats CleoJ! I didn't stick around for arvo presentations as Polo had to scratch on his SFE, so glad to hear you gained another Q And now I know who you are!! eta. I hope I have the right person :D I see your location is QLD, but can it be a coincidence that we had a double obedience trial in the ACT yesterday and a brindle Corgi was in CCD and her owner said she was on DOL???? Edited August 30, 2009 by FHRP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerraNik Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Congrats CleoJ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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