... well ... I have made the decision to have Rush neutered, and have done my usual "carpe diem" and had it done already. The reason for moving swiftly was in the interests of his training, as Ant moved our Tuesday class to Thursday last week(which I couldn't make) and then we are off to Supadogs on Friday this week, and the vets could only offer me last Wednesday or the 3rd of June .. so in the interests of his training, he has been done....
I am sad but happy .. in reality, I would not have wanted a puppy from him for another 4 - 5 years and don't want to have an entire male dog for that long really. He is quite a dominant dog in terms of his body language and just easier to have him done now that he has properly matured.
Monday, May 19, 2008
Friday, May 2, 2008
He was awesome...
Well, last night's lesson at Ant's was awesome! Rush was such a good boy ...
First exercise was a 3 jump line / sendaway to his toy and Rush decided that was very easy ... so easy in fact that he bounced between each jump. We did variations on the theme - ie me running with him, sending him, recalling him, etc ... I was so proud of him., even on the couple of times he cheated slightly...
Then we did some work on tunnel .. then jump tunnel, and he was really starting to power on.
Ant's comment was that once I start working Rush properly, Sassy is going to feel really slow .... That has slightly mixed emotions for me, as Sassy has been so amazing for me, but Rush is a very exciting prospect....
We moved on to some work on FP for the A-frame, and Rush was doing really good work with Ant catching him to stop him sliding off - by the 3rd repetition, Ant was really only guiding him slightly, so he had grasped the concept of the FP quite well.
We finished off with some channel weaves ... no problem with those either.
I am so proud of my little man!
First exercise was a 3 jump line / sendaway to his toy and Rush decided that was very easy ... so easy in fact that he bounced between each jump. We did variations on the theme - ie me running with him, sending him, recalling him, etc ... I was so proud of him., even on the couple of times he cheated slightly...
Then we did some work on tunnel .. then jump tunnel, and he was really starting to power on.
Ant's comment was that once I start working Rush properly, Sassy is going to feel really slow .... That has slightly mixed emotions for me, as Sassy has been so amazing for me, but Rush is a very exciting prospect....
We moved on to some work on FP for the A-frame, and Rush was doing really good work with Ant catching him to stop him sliding off - by the 3rd repetition, Ant was really only guiding him slightly, so he had grasped the concept of the FP quite well.
We finished off with some channel weaves ... no problem with those either.
I am so proud of my little man!
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Eeek .... Training tonight
Ant has just texted me to say he can fit me in tonight for a sesh with Rush .... exciting! We were supposed to have a group lesson on Tuesday night but Ant had to cancel as he had to stay late at school. So 7pm tonight Rush will be "onstage", working by himself for a private lesson, which is probably a really good idea ... How sad is this .. I have butterflies about it ...
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