Jeff is gone this weekend, and the dogs and I are on our own. We had a couple of nice walks (all three of us) and they helped me prune a bush and rake a boatload of leaves in the backyard. (You can imagine how much help they were.) I also took Riff to the practice field for a while.
Riff did well! He scored 100% on his weave entries, even when I took a couple of good long lead-outs, with him on my right. We worked a few angled entries from rather distant jumps. We also practiced 270's and a serp or two...but we mostly played "retrieve" games. I'm fighting a cold and it felt good to stand in one spot for a while. I love that my dogs enjoy bringing toys back! Which they do - mostly - with good speed and enthusiasm. Except....every once in a while, they'll run out in a big circle with the toy, then come back. I like to blame that on their border collie herding instincts. Hahah!
After the retrieve games I got myself into trouble, by asking Riff to do just one more weave-with-a-long-lead-out. I wanted to see what he'd do from my left. What was I thinking? He missed the entry twice, so I moved my lead-out down to just two poles, and changed his starting point, and he was successful. I could tell he was hot and tired before I even asked for that last weave... Bad trainer! But at least we ended on a good note. Then we simply walked around for a few minutes. He got to cool off, and I got to play with my little camera.
I love how quickly dogs forgive us for our mistakes. I wish we could all be like that, with each other.
Tonight we're takin' it easy. Watching a little TV before we go to bed...
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