Making Preparations

3/1/09

We went out this moring and I worked on getting us into the pattern for Monday’s training appoinment. I put the blanket over the box when we arrived and took her out for some attention work. She is getting better at walking “with” me but I’m impatient about it at the moment. Must lower criteria for duration of attention after coming out of the car.

I put her back in the car while I set up the mat and the pup (about 70m away). We did a few RP type reps then a lot of LAT with lots of treats for a single rep. Once we were done, I got her to walk back to the car with me, with attention. She did good with high rate of reinforcement. While she was in the crate I put away the stuff. She is OK with the blanket on the crate and the wait, which is good.

Got her out and did a little running around. Mostly let her go sniff. At one point she was about to wrap the line around a tree and I called her from 20m away. She came bounding over and I gave a jackpot. Very little pulling, just letting her run and sniff around for fun. It was a good session and I was pleased to get the new pattern in place.