areese
06-25-2006, 10:18 PM
The rays must have worked cuz Laika went from barking (evilly and gleefully) and running at everything that moved the last two trials to running SIX runs totally bark-free and two with minimal outbursts that she was able to stop when asked and continue running!!! Really amazing! I did take her out of the ring during a trial two weeks ago and made her sit in the pen with no treats which upset her greatly and also in class that next week she barked like a fiend at students arriving late so the instructor put her in a crate in a little barn while I ran Owen and gave him treats. But I didn't expect her to make the connection so quickly and was prepared to have to repeat it during this trial. But she was GOOD. Or...at least quiet LOL. I did have a little talk about not barking with her before each run....
She qualified 4 out of 8 runs andgot her first level 5 standard Q's (two of them! Level 5 is the last level in CPE!!!)
And little Owen was wonderful! He ran 4 runs and qualifed all of them. Consistently at least 10 seconds under time!!!! He runs so fast and so happy it's just a joy to run him. He finished his level 1 Standard title. Now I gotta teach him to weave before July 8!!! He can only weave at class for some reason.. dogs can be so silly.
AND there were FIVE dachshunds running in the trial!!!!!! Owen is the fastest of them all!!!
She qualified 4 out of 8 runs andgot her first level 5 standard Q's (two of them! Level 5 is the last level in CPE!!!)
And little Owen was wonderful! He ran 4 runs and qualifed all of them. Consistently at least 10 seconds under time!!!! He runs so fast and so happy it's just a joy to run him. He finished his level 1 Standard title. Now I gotta teach him to weave before July 8!!! He can only weave at class for some reason.. dogs can be so silly.
AND there were FIVE dachshunds running in the trial!!!!!! Owen is the fastest of them all!!!