ish Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 Tiger in Novice this morning Beautiful heeling Halt Excercise finished - Yay!! "How am I doing? Sitting on a pass? Excellent" Recall . . . . . . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ish Posted July 8, 2006 Author Share Posted July 8, 2006 (edited) Thats right, no photos :cool: "Oh yeah, I'm supposed to run over to her when she says "Come!", damn, she wont be happy now!!" "Judge, may I please throttle my dog now?" This afternoon - as above except for recall Whats wrong with this picture - yes thats right, she's supposed to SIT in front of me "Ah poo - again" Chili next.... Edited July 8, 2006 by ImaShepHead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ish Posted July 8, 2006 Author Share Posted July 8, 2006 Chili in CCD this afternoon Perfect heeling, look at how she's attached to my leg and note the nice loose lead Such focus The halt The down "Aww hello, you look like a nice lady - can I've a pat?" Such focus (on the ring next door) "Psst - when we get home I am going to cut you up into little pieces and feed you to the cats" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nekhbet Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 no they dont do it on purpose at all do they ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Clover Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 Ohhh dear nawtee girls . Thats a shame sheppy, i was realy hoping Tiger would do her recall and remember to sit in front first. Better luck with Chili next time. We are still keen to do some training one day if you would be up for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rozzie Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 They are classics!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bozley's Angel Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 Great Photos! And I reckon you're doing very well despite a few hiccups Dani Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Piximatosis Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 Bahahaha!! Love it!! That makes me feel SO much better Bloody dogs hey :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoemonster Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 hahaha Ish! Love the pics! Pity bought the naughtyness though! I'm sure mine will be exactly the same soon How old are they, and how long have you been training them? I'm so scared of my first trial, which I think will be soonish with Eddie at least Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheyenne_Fury Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 Great photos ISH :cool: They are naughty buggers though aren't they I'm sure that they will do better next time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firestone Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 I know I should do this ISH but I am laughing out loud. Great shots and your expressions say it all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReXy Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 lol love it ish... naughty babies.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jls Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 Who could not love faces like those~!~ Already winners in my book. jls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ish Posted July 9, 2006 Author Share Posted July 9, 2006 How old are they, and how long have you been training them? I'm not telling, that will give you even more of an excuse to laugh at me! Tiger is 5, I've had her since she was 2 1/2 and she started obedience then too. Shes always done well, we've been trialing for at least a year in encouragement and then novice. She's brilliant and we ALWAYS get comments from spectators about how amazing her heel work is - but I'm yet to work out if its my nerves, her nerves or a combination of both at trials that makes us come unstuck. We've got one pass towards our CD. In the first trial, she was really scatty - I think it threw her doing off lead stuff right from the start because she was heeling out wide and late to halt etc where she's usually so switched on when I think about stopping she's already sitting! I really don't know what happened with her recall in the first trial - there was some noise from the ring next door but that doesn't usually throw her. She's very sensitive. Last year when we trialled at Geelong, we'd been having a recall problem (she'd go straight to finish, rather than sit infront) and it got to the point that she'd just not recall, or wait for a 2nd call, because she hated either being told off or not getting praise for getting it wrong. At last years morning trial, she didn't come at all when I called her, in the second trial I tried using "Tiger ..... Come!" but she came on Tiger Since then though, she's done all her recalls perfectly - maybe she remembered the place from last year? No idea what possessed her to not sit for her 2nd recall - she came on my call really well, got to about 3 meters away from me and started slinking in like she'd been told off, then just stood there. She finished, and the judge said at least we scored some points but then the silly bugger decided to lay down in her sit stay - something she's NEVER done before even in training. Oh well. Chili is 2 1/2 and has been training from 8 weeks, with a break from 12 months to 2 years because she was just too hard to train, too distracted and no focus. She's been better since she hit 2 but then we had to work out some fear aggression issues after Tiger attacked her etc so its been slow going. She's just a late maturing dog. We've been working exclusively on the prong collar for about a month and its done wonders for her focus. I entered her in the trial knowing that she wasn't going to do all that well, but wanting the experience and to see where she was up to - its hard to replicate that kind of situation at training, especially at a breed club. I still wasn't sure yesterday morning if she'd be trialled, but after doing some work when we got there, I decided to give it a shot. Well, as you can see above, as soon as she was back on the martingale collar, she didn't give a hoot about what I said. People must've wondered why on earth I entered a dog who had never had an obedience lesson in her life!! On the plus side, she didn't nick off to join the dog doing its retrieve next door, during her off lead recall, although she did run past me and came back. She also stayed for her stays, but she dropped in her sit stay. I was happy with just that, I thought when the mini poodle next to her broke she'd be up like a flash but she just watched. Dunno what my next step is with her, without the prong she's useless! Thanks for all laughing at me :cool: Glad you found it as funny as I did...well when I got home and looked at the photos I thought it was funny, not so much as it was happening! Thanks to my sister Phoenix for taking the photos and being my helper at the trial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJ Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 :thumbsup: They are great photos and captions! Better luck next time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooper Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 Hey, how did you manage to dognap Jack and make him look like a GSD? I would swear that was him at training ... We haven't been back for a while but that was just the sort of 'focus' he would show in the ring! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shekhina Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 Great photos, makes me feel oh so much better Hope they do better for you next time :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lablover Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 ISH, When I saw the first lot of photos, I thought, WOW ......looking good. The next have me laughing hysterically. I will tell a secret, one of my labs, has never had an unfocused day until............ yesterday. We were nearly racing to the vet, as the dog was no uninterested!!! Today back to normal. It's a mystery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vehs Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 Don't worry about it - Tiger looked great! :D and Chili is such a peanut :D I love the down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoemonster Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 Ish not that old really! After todays class I think Molly will take years to get anywhere Its funny though as she zoomed throgh all the beginners and she learns very quickly but she just doesn't like to heel............at all! Ah well they are good for our patience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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