Mon 4th
I'm afraid Ozzy has turned into a typical teenager, and has decided to totally ignore me
We started off with a very simple straight run - tyre, dogwalk, jump, jump, loop back between the 2 jumps, then jump, dogwalk, tyre. He started off well with a good wait, through the tyre, cross the dogwalk, jump, jump - then when I called him back between the jumps he kept going and decided to explore the top of the field. Got him back without too much trouble, and finished the run.
Second time, got to the same point and he was offski. Totally ignored me calling him back, and disappeared into the long grass at the top (well when I say "grass" it's a mixture of waist high grass, thistles and nettles ) heading into the wood at the top. I could hear him crashing through the undergrowth, and I could occasionally see the tip of his tail (I knew tails must have a use somewhere ) but would he come back . . . Eventually he did emerge after what seemed like an eternity, but was probably only a couple of minutes.
I let him know in no uncertain terms what I thought of him (I know you should welcome them with open arms, but he was taking the p**s)
So he was on the lead for the next few goes and he did get his act together a bit better.
We then moved onto the second set of equipment - tunnels and the A-frame which he loves - so he was off the lead again. This time he was listening to me and didn't run off
It did mean, though, that while the rest of the class was trying to get their dogs to work ahead of them, I was running round with a bit of sausage in my hand getting Oz to concentrate on me rather than anything else, but at least he did get some freedom.
I can see that this week's homework is going to be working on recall and getting him to play with me so I'm the most interesting thing around! _________________ Liz and the Brats
Thanks - just shows what happens when he DOES behave - unlike last night when I could have cheerfully strangled the little brat _________________ Liz and the Brats
Just goes to show that the link between the nose and the brain is shorter and stronger than the link between the heart and the brain _________________ My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am.
Liz, this is getting to be more like a weather report than a training diary _________________ My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am.
I'm hoping to join teh Broxburn group - just off to find their details now - I think they train in a covered horse arena so if I ever get round to reporting Freckles work it should be at least in teh dry!
Annie
Mon 11th
Weather report from the Scottish Borders (for John's benefit) - a fine dry day so we were able to train tonight
Mostly it went well, but sir was still inclined to want to go bunny hunting still he did come back to the job in hand reasonably quickly.
We did some work on contacts - getting him to wait at the bottom of the dog walk rather than jumping off too quickly. He's pretty good at that, but he did miss the ON contact a couple of times - typical get one thing right and then do something else wrong!
He was also quite good at close direction control - getting him to come between jumps, rather than over them.
We'll be off on holiday tomorrow, so they'll miss training for the next couple of weeks, then we'll be getting to the end of the outdoor sessions anyway.
MEMO TO SELF - need to do a lot of work on recalls and emergency stops with him, as that's where our biggest problem is.
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) heading into the wood at the top. I could hear him crashing through the undergrowth, and I could occasionally see the tip of his tail (I knew tails must have a use somewhere 
