Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Little know-it-all :)

Wall-e is seriously scaring me...that little guy seems to know EVERYTHING. Whatever jump/tunnel exercises I throw at him in the backyard, he gets right, and with lots of speed too. Course difficulty probably won't be a problem for him. (Just the running contacts :) He's jumping 16" regularly now, and the occasional double jump too, since he'll be in Regular and will have to jump doubles, triples (spreads), and broad jumps. He hasn't tried a triple or broad jump yet but when we go to the field this afternoon I'm going to start training his broad jump.

~Nat

5 comments:

  1. That's awesome news, but I'm not surprised!

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  2. Does he memorize the course? I swear that is what Truly does. You run her on one thing once, then run it again and she knows exactly where to go.

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  3. You just have very clear body language. He has been observing you since he was a tiny pup and he now speaks your language.
    Either that- or- he is cheating and watching Mika do it first.
    Either way, he sounds like a good partner.
    Cadie

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  4. Thanks Ricky! :) He's such a good boy!

    LOL Rebecca, smart Truly! Wall-e hasn't started running full courses yet so I don't really know yet. (although he'll be running a full Jumpers course at this weekend's fun match!) With sequences he doesn't, though, actually more like the opposite -- he'll run it clean the first time and then if I try it a second time he starts flying everywhere and going off-course! (But it's probably because when we run it a second time I'm always adding distance, and I tend to handle better when I'm close to him than when I'm far away.)

    Thanks Cadie, I'm really happy with how his training is going :) He's going to tear up the courses, that's for sure!

    ~Nat

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  5. I really meant sequences and courses.
    Wow, complete opposite. Truly does distance better the second time because she knows exactly where she went before.

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