1 month to go! And Playday #2
We are still working on a lot of the same things, such as lengthening (strength stuff) and lateral work. I've been asking him to lengthen before the poles as he is more likely to offer it in anticipation of going over. This resulted in a hilarious slamming on the brakes over the first pole, which really threw me off balance. I didn't fall but almost ended up on his neck. I laughed and treated him because it was amusing but I did have to capture the lengthen! -I also reduce


Head up and being nappy
Hanna says he is looking much more supple and engaged and forward. But I told her that after I would click/treat, we would struggle with "walk on". He will just stand there and ignore cues for the longest time, or start backing up and backing up and backing up. She said that yes there could be variability in his behaviors such as being forward sometimes and not so forward the next, but that will become less and less as his training progresses. I started carrying a little

