Little more progress

Isaac got to see the helper 3 times this weekend and has moved past just sitting there staring (he’s 3+ years old). Some of the quotes were

• “If you believe”
• “Get your ass out and train that dog”
• “Quit your bitching and come to training”

I also parked him where he could see the field and the helper working other dogs, he started actually barking and going insane in the crate – used to just sit and stair out the crate watching the grass blow. I’ve kept on his OB, but stopped tracking him in the spring – and stopped working on the dumbbell, guess I need to decide if I’m going to put on my big boy pants and jump in the deep end of the pool or stay at the sprinkler park.

On a side note – Noah is progressing at lightening speed with his helper work! I’m for sure getting a paternity test now….

'A' for Effort

Isaac may or may not ever achieve SchH III, but I think I should get an ‘A’ for effort. Here are a couple of shots of my hand after working him this afternoon. You may ask why. Trying to keep him working in drive of course.

Yep Ivan says teach the dog ‘look’ and teach it where the leg is separately, well it seems like there would be less blood involved. He also mentions something about respecting the hands, it seems apparent I’m flunking his method. On the other hand I will say that Isaac definitely seems engaged, and his poor aim hasn’t flowed over into his daily life (Noah and Bethany’s hands don’t look like this and he still seems safe at soccer games).

So as gruesome as it looks I think it’s working out quite well. Not sure if this was a bit delayed, but just today I started using voice commands with positions. Seems everyone has an opinion as to when to introduce the commands.

Swimming and Tracking are far less bloody endeavorers! Yes he gets corrected for mouthing me at other times during the day (nothing too harsh yet).