Slacking on updates

Haven’t been updating the site too much lately so here’s a little something something.

Isaac hasn’t done any OB in forever and has been spending the majority of the time in his crate or kennel except for a few trips to soccer games, daily walks and to get out and bark for a ball 5 or 10 minutes at a time. His barking is coming along nicely IMHO, the only issue I see is that he has developed a little habit of sitting and barking because no one else can hold him and I haven’t been back tieing him. He seems to understand what’s going on and I hope it transitions to a helper.

I lied above about being in his crate or kennel, because I’ve also started taking him on bike rides 3 times a week. doing between 1.5 and 3.5 miles in @ between 7 and 9.5 MPH (rule book range). Figure if he washes out because of protection I can at least get him an AD (assuming I can make it 12 miles). Kennel/Crate statement is probably more accurate stating that other than tracking, barking for ball, walks, and bike rides and a couple soccer games he doesn’t get to hang out with anyone and just chill.

Have been doing some tracking, though after checking the rule book for SchH 1 track I might be on the short side of a SchH 1 track. Still a lot of food, but he skips most of it because he knows there is a jackpot at the end.

From where we were with ball drive Isaac has made 200% progress. He’s got fire coming out of his ass (that’s a relative statement). I think once we start with OB he’ll actually work for the ball…he looks for it, roots for it, barks for it, and plays tug with it. At soccer games he’ll show more interest in the ball than what’s going on around him, would rather play and stay engaged than sniff the ground. So maybe the days of him walking on the field and being more interested in the environment than the ball are over (please).

He has definitely matured a lot in the past couple months, still a little goofy, but not totally Marmaduke…more a combination of Snoopy and Hootch (from Turner and Hootch)…he’ll bark at fishermen in the backyard if they are the ‘normals’ instead of just staring at them. He still isn’t Barky Mic Bark Bark, but I think a bark and hold might be feasible.

Have been skipping going to training because it was just frustrating to watch him stand there and not engage and figured I was just wasting my time until he was ready. Seems that he’s more comfortable barking/pushing for a toy so maybe the time is right. Have kept him used to sitting in the crate in the car by taking him to Ric and Diane’s on occasion at night while I’m sitting and chilling out with them.

Here is a video of the ‘dog cam’ I posted a while back on youtube, you may vomit if you watch this…..this was a failed experiment in what I thought would be cool.

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