Another great week with Iorek... Here is a video from Saturday Practice with mommy running Iorek.
FYI - This week he now taller then Lyra!!
Saturday, 28 May 2011
Monday, 23 May 2011
This weekend our flyball club brought Kelly Robbins (from Rocket Relay) in for a weekend flyball boot camp to help us re-energize us club going forward. As a club we had an amazing weekend --- it was so exciting spending an entire weekend with great people in a relaxed setting learning how to become a better trainer. We worked the majority of our team dogs and it was the perfect time to bring Kelly in because we have a nice mix of different dogs at different ages. Iorek was the youngest and over the weekend Kelly and I were able to work with him 4-5 times.
Warning - brag moment coming up! Kelly said that Iorek was the best shaping whippet she had ever seen and that for his age he was one of the most powerful whippets she had ever seen. She was also very impressed with his structure. Thanks Susan --- you obviously know what you are doing when it come to breeding.
In the training sessions we had, Iorek worked on target work and some restraint recalls. We also identified a ball obsession problem and Kelly showed us a strategy to deal with that problem. Kelly also taught us a start to finish program that we can use to train him to become a successful flyball dog. It was great to know that Iorek has so much potential and that I just need to stick to my training guns in order for Iorek to be successful.
Warning - brag moment coming up! Kelly said that Iorek was the best shaping whippet she had ever seen and that for his age he was one of the most powerful whippets she had ever seen. She was also very impressed with his structure. Thanks Susan --- you obviously know what you are doing when it come to breeding.
In the training sessions we had, Iorek worked on target work and some restraint recalls. We also identified a ball obsession problem and Kelly showed us a strategy to deal with that problem. Kelly also taught us a start to finish program that we can use to train him to become a successful flyball dog. It was great to know that Iorek has so much potential and that I just need to stick to my training guns in order for Iorek to be successful.
Saturday, 7 May 2011
One step forward... Two steps forward...
Iorek came to his second flyball practice today and he continues to display incredible keenness and focus.
Last practice we started doing some simple recalls on the flat and since that worked so well I thought we might want to try something a little harder; side by side recalls and passing recalls. And since we're doing something a little harder why not use Sprite - aka the regional killer and puppy terrorizer. Iorek was fantastic. His focus was solely on me and the reward. Other than trying to do the same exercise with Lyra - I can't really think of a way to make recalls on the flat much more challenging... maybe next practice! Here are a couple of video's from practice.
Side note - It's pretty neat that Sprite the oldest dog on the club -- 12 years young (and can still run 4.4's) is helping the youngest dog.
Last practice we started doing some simple recalls on the flat and since that worked so well I thought we might want to try something a little harder; side by side recalls and passing recalls. And since we're doing something a little harder why not use Sprite - aka the regional killer and puppy terrorizer. Iorek was fantastic. His focus was solely on me and the reward. Other than trying to do the same exercise with Lyra - I can't really think of a way to make recalls on the flat much more challenging... maybe next practice! Here are a couple of video's from practice.
Side note - It's pretty neat that Sprite the oldest dog on the club -- 12 years young (and can still run 4.4's) is helping the youngest dog.
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