Saturday June 30th 2007 - team practice

(Backfilled in October 2009 due to impending closure of Geocities)

For her passing exercise, did boxwork with one jump while two dogs were lined up behind the jump - no problems.

Saturday June 23rd 2007 - team practice

(Backfilled in October 2009 due to impending closure of Geocities)

Stepped it up in her passing exercise where two dogs were lined up pretty darn close to the middle of the lane, and only a metre or two back from the start line, and she did great with her two-jump recalls! Also, for full runs someone else ran her while I stood up close to the box and watched. Her first or second run was good, but after that she started to come to me after doing the turn so I went back and hung out in the lineup area instead.

Saturday June 16th 2007 - team practice

(Backfilled in October 2009 due to impending closure of Geocities)

Thanks to the keen eyes of our team captain, it was discovered today that Lucy thinks the duct tape startline is there to show her where to take off for the first jump! She's jumping the tape which makes her land way short for all the rest of the jumps going to the box. When we placed a second piece of tape between the start line and the first jump she used the new tape as her guide and so took off at the proper place. In other news, her remedial passing training is coming along really well! Recalls with a couple of dogs in the lineup went well (might be time soon to push it up and put the dogs closer to the centre of the lane), and we tried something new which is using one jump and the box, putting a dog in the "lineup" after the jump so she does a turn with one jump then grabs the ball and back over the jump past the dog.

June 3rd 2007 - guests at another team's practice

(Backfilled in October 2009 due to impending closure of Geocities)

Passing into one of their experienced dogs went well but she's not at a point where she drives forward into the pass yet.

Saturday June 2nd 2007 - team practice

(Backfilled in October 2009 due to impending closure of Geocities)

No-jump boxwork with eavestrough "wall" to tighten turn. Her passing exercise with recalls over two jumps went very well today: started with just Milo in the lineup area, held quite close to the lane. Then we had Milo do a recall but only after Lucy passed him. Then we put Milo and Zara in the lineup area. She didn't deek around any jumps. Canned dog food was the treat-du-jour for the passing work.