Final Preparations
Happy Monday. Today marks the start of the final, week-long push to get Glimmer ready for her CGN trial. We’re going to be focusing mainly on sit-stay, down-stay, and distraction training with other people and their dogs. This latter test is very important, as Glimmer will be dealing with these types of distractions on a regular basis, and she must remain calm and not break position. She did an excellent job with this last week, when we stopped at a local daycare as a reward for her having done so well with her shaping and confidence-building work. As the video below shows, she did a fantastic job of maintaining a sit and allowing the children to touch and pet her while the school buses pulled up beside the center and the traffic zoomed by on the main road:
The weather has been forecast to be less than ideal for outdoor work today, so we’re going to be working indoors instead. Have a great day, and remember to stay calm and lead on…
Distraction Recall
Happy Friday! Today, Glimmer is going to be doing something we’ve never done: She’s going to be tested on recall – with distractions in the form of things she really loves. If she comes directly to me without stopping to check out the goodies, the entire neighborhood will hear me praising her. If she doesn’t, we’ll keep working at it until she does. Because this will be her first attempt with this exercise, I will be filming it. From a training perspective, it will allow me to see if or where I need to make changes in order to help her be successful. From a personal perspective, if she does the exercise right on her first try, it will be a beautiful memory to look back on often and with great joy.
Have a wonderful day and a wonderful weekend, and remember to stay calm and lead on…
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