Funny how sometimes you have a moment however that gets you thinking about where you are and where you have been. A friend was commenting after Split's Standard run that he really doesn't want to get out of PII. We have been trying to get out of PII for ever and now we are finally down to just one little thing always. My perspective on the run was much different since I am VERY FAMILIAR with the road we have traveled. Only having one issue on course is AMAZING to me!
It was my fault! I didn't pull Split off the field soon enough when he was injured and he associated many obstacles with pain: teeter, weaves, AF, tight turns, etc... So when he came back one of the reasons for the re-training was to let him start to have fun and rewards and begin to love the obstacles again. Not an easy road.
So, I have re-trained a 2o2o to a running AF, a 4 on DW to a running DW, trained him to turn tight again, re-trained the weaves and am working on the teeter and the table. I have a lot of experience re-training and should now write a book on what works and what doesn't.
These are Split's runs from this weekend. Having traveled the road that we have, I would say this dog is fairly resilient and amazing! We will make it, and he will get his Q.
This morning I was working Running Dog Walk turns. This is the course that I set up. I am trying to perfect my handling of the RDW. I am trying to give Split the most information I can so that he can do his job correctly.
