We're Back!

Yup, okay so we are back! Monday was a long drive home from the lower mainland, but we all survived, no worse for the wear. OhLa enjoyed her home vacation, and was raring to go when she got back here. First thing she did (after checking on the contents of the counter) was to launch herself into Heidi's face for a good wrestle interspersed with sumptuous grass eating (and there was lots after ten days of rain and no mowing!). Life is pretty good for her these days, now that she isn't being left out of the raw food yummies! All the activity and toy training and not enough nutrients left her a little thin all of a sudden. She is looking great now (her mom will be pleased she's gained another 0.5lb since we arrived home this week) and not so much like a little mexican street dog! She wanted me to show you all the goodness....
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So on Tuesday we had a rest/play day as I had to mow the lawn after work. Holy smokes, the mower quit several times, it must have rained a lot!


We did get a little practice in with the Touch it! Target plate after the lawn was (mostly) mowed.



Wednesday was return of the weave poles.... we had to go back a step and open them up a bit the first session since she'd had some time off. I've also gone to rewarding her with a tupperware container of high value treats instead of the toy. Hoping to keep weight on the little maniac so she is getting cheese, hotdogs, and rollover as reward instead of the toy.




Thursday we went up to the farm for a good run and some practice in the tunnels, I kinda thought we better get on that one! She was pretty distracted, zipping all over the place and randomly taking the tunnel at will. Her first trial should be interesting....!! :) Friday we did more weave practice and a small jump grid, and Sat/Sun have been swim and run days. Too hot for training, but great for swimming! I keep forgetting the camera when I take them out, she is a strong swimmer and can outdo all of my guys for the toy unless they get a head start!

Happy Holidays!

OhLaLa has gone on holidays for the week! She has headed home to go play with her pal Elliott and to visit her mom while I head off to the agility regionals with some of my dogs. Holy is my house ever Q-U-I-E-T! She really does have quite the presence! We will miss her though (except for the part where she launches onto the counter to steal and eat a banana peel at mach 10) and look forward to seeing her again! Meet us back here Tuesday June 15th for more OhLa adventures!

Sunday OhLa had her first really big off leash run with the dogs! I have been paranoid about taking her out off leash in a place that wasn't fully fenced just in case. I feel confident now though that she has a good recall and that she has bonded to me and the other dogs, i.e we are more interesting than whatever birds she might find! We went out to a big park at the river, they ran and swam for two hours! She enjoyed being in the water and had a big grin on her face the whole time. It was great, I had the whole day to do chores afterwards they were all so tired. :)

Saturday, Day 6

Sessions 11 and 12. We went out to the farm this morning and everyone had a good run. They were pretty pooped most of the day, but we did get in a couple of sessions this evening. It's pretty exciting, you can actually see her starting to bend now!

Session 11


Session 12

Weaves Day 5 (Friday)

Thursday was a write off completely for me, so OhLa got a rest day. I brought her out on Friday for a session with the weaves, I turned the poles in a wee bit more than day 4. Only one session on Friday, I had a lot of catching up with life to do so she got to play chuck-it instead! (Which she loves)

Weaves day 4

Morning session

I moved the poles to the middle of the yard instead of at the one end.



Afternoon session

I staked the poles, moved them a little closer and turned them a little.



Evening session
I left the poles the same as the afternoon.

2 x 2's day 3 (or 2.5 depending on how you look at it)

Here are sessions 5 and 6 on the weave poles. I'm really happy with her drive, looking ahead for the poles, and going for the toy. It helps that I worked today and she's been cooped up in her crate! I need to work harder on her looking for the first set of poles, this is my fault for not rewarding enough inbetween the two sets. I also love the barking when she doesn't get the toy, I shouldn't encourage it at all because I'm sure her mom doesn't want a barking dog on course but if she could swear and say "what the f&*#" when she doesn't get her toy I'm sure she would!