tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4668018459784944435.post1371671657811355045..comments2023-07-21T04:01:07.259-04:00Comments on Dream Dogz: Mika Trial Feb. 21, 2010Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4668018459784944435.post-73724728843944616152010-04-01T11:05:41.051-05:002010-04-01T11:05:41.051-05:00Hey Nat, I had problems trying to figure out a goo...Hey Nat, I had problems trying to figure out a good warm up routine for Abbey as well, but perhaps this will help a little bit. What I've been doing with Abbey is really a combo of what you do with Mika and A LOT of it really does reduce stress. What I do is usually while the course builders are building our course my friend and I take the dogs to an open area AWAY from the direct interaction with the trial site. We'll let the dogs off leash and run with them or let them play just to get the edges off them and make them feel a bit more relieved and comfortable. For them it's fun. We go back and put them in the ex-pen together while we're walking the course and watching the "big dogs" run. I always wait until the LAST possible moment to run up to the gate with my treats, have Abbey do a few tricks to keep her interested and driven, and then go into the ring and run. This keeps Abbey's drive UP keeps her amped and I don't have to run into very many OTHER dogs at the ring gate as Abbey will generally chew out anyone who's there anyway because she thinks it's HER ring at this point.Watch 'em RUNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11039270704558112813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4668018459784944435.post-21061825484534796712010-03-27T15:12:36.886-05:002010-03-27T15:12:36.886-05:00Aw, I didn't know this had happened. That is ...Aw, I didn't know this had happened. That is certainly unsettling, and to happen seconds before a run -- good job keeping your composure and making it as positive as possible.Muttsandaklutzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05551047401085562752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4668018459784944435.post-64673451341780121892010-03-24T18:03:35.792-05:002010-03-24T18:03:35.792-05:00Thanks for the supportive comments, guys :) I'...Thanks for the supportive comments, guys :) I'm glad to have all of you!Natashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12986443645823408698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4668018459784944435.post-58498013738204977552010-03-24T12:52:23.592-05:002010-03-24T12:52:23.592-05:00I agree with Ricky's post - reactivity is toug...I agree with Ricky's post - reactivity is tough to deal with (I know first hand) and there are always going to be slip-ups. Sounds like the day didn't end too bad, though!Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18146649374510678844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4668018459784944435.post-72783103102270489042010-03-24T10:41:21.132-05:002010-03-24T10:41:21.132-05:00wow, those sound like some great awarenesses and s...wow, those sound like some great awarenesses and some great plans you have come up with, I am begining to realize that dog agility will always be a balancing and there will always be maintaince and working on one thing for awhile, and then maybe having to go back and work on the opposite to balance things out, LOL, but guess if we could walk out there each time and be assured it would all go perfectly it would get pretty boring after the first 30 or 40 perfect runs, but those first ones would be fun, LOL. whoo hoooo on the contacts, that is terrific.Kathy Mocharnukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03029142726866533193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4668018459784944435.post-63052374525178892582010-03-24T07:06:21.271-05:002010-03-24T07:06:21.271-05:00Sorry about the dog reactiveness and the stress du...Sorry about the dog reactiveness and the stress during the run - I know you work really hard to keep Mika from being stressed but these things happen from time to time and you dealt with it well. Don't get too bummed - aren't we always training one thing and then having to go back and focus on another thing, etc. Like you probably changed your warm-up routine to encourage more speed and you got more speed, so now you lost a little focus and you have to go back and work on a warm-up routine that adds focus back in. It's typical of what we all seem to go through, you know?Chris and Rickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18052668808100244423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4668018459784944435.post-12222307692727758282010-03-23T18:21:37.615-05:002010-03-23T18:21:37.615-05:00That must have been upsetting for you. Im glad yo...That must have been upsetting for you. Im glad you were able to end on a positive note. DianaDianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16378710392378543981noreply@blogger.com