Tuesday, 12 April 2011
Brill harnesses
Harnesses are good for use with lots of dogs for different reasons. I have got Dizzy a lovely padded harness from South West Agility Goods (The home of top quality affordable dog accessories). They are great as they have a handle on the back which makes handling the dog potentially less stressful than grabbing at the collar. Lovely!
Monday, 4 April 2011
Sunday, 3 April 2011
D-Force: Dog Day 1
D-Force: Dog Day 1: A great post on the clearly Defunkt thinking from Dominance theory......
Monday, 28 March 2011
Interval Training
At the Tollard show yesterday Jake came away with 1 1st place, and Jack with 3 clears out of 4 runs so it was a good day. Also brilliant results for Southdowns folk, Amanda especially with 2 2nd places with Storm.
The best part about the day was running Jack with enthusiasm, it has taken me a long time to get it back into him.
I think this is down to only doing interval training all winter - short bursts of really fast, really heavily rewarded sequences. I hoped was this would work as it does in people (according to James Cracknell anyway) - the best marathon runners often practice sprinting in order to improve their marathon times. You just get used to going at that speed. Excellent when a plan comes together.
I made errors running Jake by calling too soon on 2 of our runs therefore calling him off of the next obstacle. All of the turn work I have been doing on getting him more into my body language has paid off - now I just need to get used to it!
A great day out, shame we had to go home really!!
The best part about the day was running Jack with enthusiasm, it has taken me a long time to get it back into him.
I think this is down to only doing interval training all winter - short bursts of really fast, really heavily rewarded sequences. I hoped was this would work as it does in people (according to James Cracknell anyway) - the best marathon runners often practice sprinting in order to improve their marathon times. You just get used to going at that speed. Excellent when a plan comes together.
I made errors running Jake by calling too soon on 2 of our runs therefore calling him off of the next obstacle. All of the turn work I have been doing on getting him more into my body language has paid off - now I just need to get used to it!
A great day out, shame we had to go home really!!
Sunday, 20 March 2011
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