Saturday August 19th 2006 - team practice (outside)

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

Started with boxwork, warming up to full runs. She was clumsy with the ball a few times but overall did well. "Passing" while doing full runs with Sammy went well too, but we did it mostly with Lucy first, then Sammy. Later on, for the first time, I tried being the boxloader while Jenn ran Lucy from two jumps back. The first time she did the turn but then stayed at the box, looking at me for treats (I hadn't put a ball that time). The second time I added the ball and she did better. By the third time (with ball again) she had it figured out that Jenn was the one treating her and she didn't so much as look at me. I didn't say a word to Lucy as she ran to the box today so as not to confuse her too much, but next time I'll try calling her to get her speed up towards the box. Did a bit of distraction work by having her do recalls while Tashtego was doing boxwork in the other lane. Also we had some new people there today including a boy who helped out and did some boxloading, which Lucy was totally comfortable with.