tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914346453926040919.post8071358064328678489..comments2023-11-05T04:51:03.241-08:00Comments on Just Another Dog Blog: When A Problem Is Suddenly Not A Problem It's Still A Problem2halveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02268960093227782475noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914346453926040919.post-66006803126046108172010-11-13T20:40:43.539-08:002010-11-13T20:40:43.539-08:00OMG no way.. Nellie?!
I was so considering adopti...OMG no way.. Nellie?! <br />I was so considering adopting! hmm.Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02821024441294822425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914346453926040919.post-31020372030416491232010-11-01T12:04:14.924-07:002010-11-01T12:04:14.924-07:00Although I hate it when people give me this advice...Although I hate it when people give me this advice, it's actually pretty good advice so forgive me for passing it on to you .... "dogs are not robots, so sometimes shit happens." <br /><br />Honest, Piper is never going to have rock steady weaves. I retrained with 2X2s and really improved her entries and overall performance. Then the AAC switched to he wider spaced poles and Piper has no idea what they are as an obstacle. Tweed never even noticed the switch, but Piper's mind was totally blown. We're back at square one, just trying to get through them and hope for success. I just don't stress about it anymore, because it doesn't do either of us any good. The weaves may periodically fall apart for Bella - oh well! There's always another trial, right? ;-)<br /><br />I haz a different problem with Dexter... I built up so much value for contact obstacles that they are all he wants to do. He'll take a dogwalk over a jump any day. The A-Frame is most awesome. And by doG, he comes down the teeter, gets into 2o2o position, steps off, turns around, reaches up for the teeter with his paws and does the teeter the other way. He'll go back and forth like this for as long as I'd let him, if he could. So count your blessings ... you could have Dex! ;-)<br /><br />PS - please immediately go get Bella 2.0 kthxbai.The Border Collieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13618052903458096984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914346453926040919.post-42726429390658015902010-10-31T10:47:10.402-07:002010-10-31T10:47:10.402-07:00Congrats on the Qs!
I don't usually comment ...Congrats on the Qs! <br /><br />I don't usually comment but just reading this, I think you need to take all pressure off the weaves with Bella. You kind of said it yourself - you asked her to weave, having already not expected her to, and she did. In training, people are always more relaxed and if it does go wrong, you can always have another go, whereas you'll know, in the back of your mind, you have to get-it-right-first-time at trials.<br /><br />I think Bella sees the weaves as a pressure obstacle - she can see them coming, they're worrying, she knows she has to get it right ... so she avoids getting it wrong by not doing it at all. She can obviously weave just fine, so start playing no-pressure games with her - DON'T ask her to weave, ask her to run near or past the weaves without doing them, and make it so just approaching the weaves is a fun game.<br /><br />Anyway, sorry for breaking out of lurkerdom, and I really don't know if the above will help, but thought I'd mention it.Leannehttp://www.undermybed.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914346453926040919.post-41017418473104563382010-10-30T11:07:48.257-07:002010-10-30T11:07:48.257-07:00I don't like random problems either!
Ah... ...I don't like random problems either! <br /><br />Ah... what's one more:) If you get dogs that look alike, people who live with you and your neighbors can't tell them apart and don't realize you've gotten another dog. I know it's true about the neighbors anyway. I have four black tri's living here and even some of the agility people can't tell them apart.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914346453926040919.post-22100775039909275612010-10-30T00:32:29.566-07:002010-10-30T00:32:29.566-07:00Well congrats on the 4 Q's:) Maybe you won'...Well congrats on the 4 Q's:) Maybe you won't have to figure out what the weave triggers are because it won't happen again (here's hoping.<br />I can relate. We have a weird dogwalk thing going on, where all of a sudden Jake will bail on the up plank, and on repeated attempts just keeps bailing. Can't figure out if it is dogwalks by a certain manufacturer (possibility), does he think it's the teeter (not his favourite obstacle), or what? Things can be going fine for a while, and then all of a sudden, seemingly out of the blue....:(<br /><br />Maybe it's just as well that NorCal is a fair ways from B.C.:)Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08938874724231860923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914346453926040919.post-5443720376051613292010-10-29T18:23:26.043-07:002010-10-29T18:23:26.043-07:00What great pictures :-)
Agility looks hard...
W...What great pictures :-) <br /><br />Agility looks hard...<br /><br />WizzAn English Shepherdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17538962642970952214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914346453926040919.post-24144172676122937592010-10-29T17:16:04.784-07:002010-10-29T17:16:04.784-07:00I have no words of wisdom; you've got way more...I have no words of wisdom; you've got way more experience at agility and Kate than I do. Just had to say we named a bulldog puppy we raised Ditto because she looked a lot like her dad. Love the name.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01550786937196525098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914346453926040919.post-8156883366087259912010-10-29T15:13:18.151-07:002010-10-29T15:13:18.151-07:00"Gah! Why did you have to post that spotty re..."Gah! Why did you have to post that spotty red girl? Some of your readers live in NorCal, and have impulse control issues!"<br /><br />HAHA. Me too! I'm sitting here trying to decide if would be mean to make her live in my car. :-P<br /><br />You, however, could have could having a matching set, too. Maybe not as matching as Bella, but spotty and red none the less!2halveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02268960093227782475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914346453926040919.post-39244008244872428402010-10-29T15:03:36.255-07:002010-10-29T15:03:36.255-07:00Gah! Why did you have to post that spotty red girl...Gah! Why did you have to post that spotty red girl? Some of your readers live in NorCal, and have impulse control issues!sharonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914346453926040919.post-2873540713478213252010-10-29T12:39:14.654-07:002010-10-29T12:39:14.654-07:00Be gratefull for such an accomplishment and all th...Be gratefull for such an accomplishment and all the hard work you both put into it. We say yippE for you<br />Benny & LilyTwo French Bulldogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10504475675258871866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914346453926040919.post-17878910043161573102010-10-29T11:56:09.343-07:002010-10-29T11:56:09.343-07:00Congratulations?
Heh. I kind of know what you mea...Congratulations?<br /><br />Heh. I kind of know what you mean, though. It's awesome she did so well, but it's frustrating that you don't know WHY she did so well. <br /><br />I love that she took the weaves at your polite suggestion. Too funny.<br /><br />There's a lot of thinking in this agility stuff. I'm going to have to be a lot savvier if I'm ever going to enter a trial. You all make it look so easy.Kristinehttp://rescuedinsanity.comnoreply@blogger.com