Kane's retrieves are looking really good now. We just have a little bit of fine-tuning to do such as: - My throwing technique - overhand or underhand? What makes the dumbbell stick the best? (i.e. not hit the ground and roll.)
- Kane coming to sit straight in front of me (as opposed to one side or the other.)
- Kane sitting while I throw the dumbbell, and only leave on command.
In this video I was handler AND camerawoman. So I know my reward markers are a bit off (i.e. late!), but I wanted to show how good he really is. The schutzhund jump is 1 m tall, that is a little more than 3 ft 3 inches.
Sorry for all the bouncing around during the video, hope you don't get seasick!
Ok here we go:
Schutzhund 1 Title - July trial at North Myrtle Beach
Schutzhund 2 Title - November trial at homegrounds (Piedmonth Schutzhund Club)
Let the training begin! (well, it already has started, but I thought I'd post my goals here!)
Hopefully this "post it to the world" mentality will make sure I really get this done. We're close in many ways - now that we have more daylight, we've been training obedience every day at home. I will start slipping in some tracking as well. Hooray! I'm excited! (secretly I think Kane is too!)
