Well Riki and Rebel both survived their week at Petsmart. No takers yet on these two cuties! They did, however, do an awesome job! They were timid at first with the volunteers but they did manage to over come their fears! It was good that they went to Petsmart for the week because we found out that Gizmo has a kitty cold that will take two weeks of rest and medicine. With them gone for a week, he finally got some much needed zzz's! When Riki and Rebel come back, they will spend a good week back in the room just to give Gizmo more time to get better. I think after that, they will get to spend the day out but the night must be spent in the room so that Gizmo doesn't have a relapse!
Two weeks ago, the JFF game was Beat the Clock. Pepper loves her contacts apparently and kept going for them instead of the tunnels. Can you believe it? A border collie that wasn't honing in on the tunnels? Strange eh? Taz, on the other hand, did tunnel after tunnel after tunnel! He is sure focused! Give him a straight line (like in flyball) and he is a happy camper!
Needless to say Taz placed second in his group and Pepper placed 6th (those darn contacts drawing her attention)!
This week was Helter Skelter. A fast paced game that spirals in then back out again. Pepper did not have a very good night last night and seemed a bit off of her game. About half way through she realized what we were doing and started to show some interest! Poor girl is tired now. Hopefully she sleeps through the night without any problems.
Taz has already gone to bed. We don't go to bed fast enough for him some evenings! He has put himself in bed (his crate). He did really well tonight as well. He sure is focused on my voice (especially tone). I was able to call him away from the big scary people that were on the edge of the ring. He took a jump and noticed them there. A happy call and some clapping got him directed on me again. We have lots of work to do with his contacts. He knows he does wrong since he puts himself back on them. We will have to work with the stairs and teach all about the angle! I did have to calm him down a bit as he started barking at me... I know, a sign of frustration. After we took the last jump he got lots of praise for being out there playing. Knowing that he is usually reactive after working, we managed to get out of the ring with out too much of a fuss! He did start, but I managed to re-direct him.
More practice is needed and we will get there! Next weekend is an agility trial at Aberdeen. Pepper is entered. Taz will come along just to be in the area. He has to deal with that type of stress as well. Hopefully in two years he will get to start trialling!!
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