Blog author 02 Apr 2008 13:50 | My blog New trainingI have been doing some extra training with Buddy recently. I forgot how much fun it could be, seeing him switching into training mode, and trying hard to understand what is being asked of him. I also forgot how much hard work it could be!
Tomorrow we start a Kennel Club Bronze Good Citizen course. It will be interesting to see how we cope since Buddy is five years old, and has a good level of basic obedience and a willingness to learn. However, some aspects will need work on - for exemple the instructur was explaining to me about a part of the training where the dogs are required not to bark at a knock on a door. I quite like Buddy to bark at a knock on the door so have tolerated this, which means it is quite ingrained. Also, although he is great at sits and downs, we have never quite mastered the stand.
We've also been doing some agility in the garden, and both Buddy and Star have enjoyed that. The funniest thing is seeing them launch themselves through the poles rather than weaving with any economy of energy!
The important thing is that tails are wagging - let's hope that continues! Comments 14 Aug 2009 17:13 14 Aug 2009 17:13 hi its carys i bid you good luck with that! My grandmas dog lucy is very clever she can come, sit, stay, wait and shake paw. And im going to try to teach her down after hearing information of one of the pod cast. |
