We spent a total of 8 hrs with the puppies... Ann used her normal puppy seminar stuff and then we just focused on what we wanted to with each pup... lots of clicker training, crate training, relationship building and plenty of play/tug! Rumor was a very good boy when he was out of the crate working... he was offering some really cute behaviors when we had clicker sessions at different stations... it's hilarious to see what he can come up with sometimes :) As good of a boy as he was *out* of the crate... he was a pretty naughty boy *in* the crate. Anytime he wasn't working and someone else was out... boy, did he have a lot to say about it! When he heard clicks, he also had a lot to say about it... basically, he was barking his head off half the time. So, he got removed and put in the crate room time and time again
Dylan was a very good boy. Ann said he looked like a totally different dog, which was great to hear. He was jumping nicely and we worked on jump chutes for a long time with doubles and triples... D was doing well and holding his own! Then we played a game that Ann has done with Linda where D is on the inside doing 4 jumps in a rectangle shape and I'm on the outside... this is really to work on pushes, but it also made me run... plus it was kinda funny :) I think my jumping and contacts will be an ongoing process, but they have certainly improved and I now have new things to continue working and to improve! :)
Ann is absolutely fabulous... soooo positive and makes you feel great about at least a section of your run no matter what. She really is wonderful... I hope to go up there again in 2008 and I will hopefully be able to go to an Awesome Paws camp so she will be there teaching this year with Linda.
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