Tuesday night was week 4 of Zeke's new class. And it went GREAT!!! After a rough time last week, he certainly made up for it. Heel is going great, much better than I ever would have dreamed. We worked on going to a mat on command, which also went great. He let the trainer snuggle him. She tested him while we were working on going to the mat by surrounding his path to the mat with tennis balls, lol!! That was a tough one. So tempting, lol. That's right...he's playing with ALL tennis balls now, not just his. He even went for a squeaky ball that was in the floor! Really surprised me. The trainer had mentioned to me that she had lined up her stools across the training ring and taught her dog something similar to a flyball routine. The stools were jumps and she would bounce a tennis ball off the far wall, so the dog had to go over the jumps, and retrieve the ball. Naturally, I wanted to give it a go since flyball is what I originally wanted to pursue with Zeke anyway. It went great. ^^ He's a natural. That was the first time he has ever really been himself away from home. She was surprised at the change.
His trainer has fallen for him and I'm just so excited with how well he's doing and how fast he's progressing. As for his shyness, we still have a long way to go, but we're getting there. OH, and he's even taken some treats on occassion. Still madly in love with his tennis ball and I could get him to jump through a ring of fire with it if I wanted to, but he has discovered that treats aren't so bad every once in a while. So, that's our progress so far. Can't wait till next week. ^^
His trainer has fallen for him and I'm just so excited with how well he's doing and how fast he's progressing. As for his shyness, we still have a long way to go, but we're getting there. OH, and he's even taken some treats on occassion. Still madly in love with his tennis ball and I could get him to jump through a ring of fire with it if I wanted to, but he has discovered that treats aren't so bad every once in a while. So, that's our progress so far. Can't wait till next week. ^^