Dog Walk Woes

Well during our private lesson last night we think we have determined that Gus' problem with the DW is fear. He rushes through the thing as quickly as possible because he is afraid and the best way to deal with that fear is to get off the obstacle as quickly as possible. We spent the whole session working on back chaining the DW (full height). It went much slower than the previous session most likely because we were working on a full height DW. He really is uncomfortable with turning around on the dog walk. He especially has problems with turning around when facing towards the down side.

Our home work is to work on training the turn around on an elevated plank. I am to work this with his harness on to prevent him from strangling himself if he bails off. We will start working on this on Saturday (have to work late on Friday).

2009 Banquet Presentation

Here is the presentation as promised.