It’s not always work at Conformation classes! Duck & Sunny are going to be the best of friends growing up❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Sunny cooling off after class this morning.
Bella and late night RV antics at the dog show in Perry, GA…..
I think it’s safe to say that her house will not be safe unwrapping Christmas presents.😂😂😂😂😂😂
But after a hard day of working with all kinds of distractions and SO many new people to meet and all their dogs. Sometimes you just have to have a little fun!!!!
#gsdintraining
#gsdpuppy#gsd
#bella
#boardandtrain
#zerobstrainingcenterllc
It doesn’t always have to be work during a 30 day board and train❤️
Today’s Barn Hunt Lesson that made the most impacted.
This is Carol and her boy Bentley, they came to me with: He won’t tunnel, He just wants to hunt rats, Carol was struggling to even retrieve Bentley when she was done with her runs. It was more of a Chase game, he was so manic in the barn hunt ring it was just out of control.
He had his first lesson with me 4 days ago, after watching them make a go of it, so that I could see what was going on. Back chained and taught him “FOUNDATIONS” of barn hunt, had Carol do some home work while we had time between lessons.
The end result today 4 days later was like night and day! This TEAM now walks in the ring with their $hit together like professional!
Bentley now comes in and methodically hunts and not running around manically. He also is doing an Open Tunnel with a rat still on course.
Carol is calm, cool and collected with intent and purpose. There is no question what she wants when she asks for it and Bentley is a much happier boy in the ring.
Big KUDOS to team Bentley, I just wish I could be there for their next trail to cheer them on. But Carol will be like “Hold My Beer, I’ll Be Right Back!” 🤣
“Yeti” registered name Grab Me A Cold One, Owned by Rachael Mohr came up from GA (2 hours and 40 min drive) to give Barn Hunt a try. She was so much fun to watch put all the pieces of the puzzle together.
Margaret Ptacek’s Camellia…….. you couldn’t wipe that smile off my face if you tried. This team worked as a TEAM today, I’m so proud of them both working through some tough teamwork problems. They both stuck through it and neither quite on each other❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Cheryl Warren brought “Chime” and “Titan” tonight. These two have come a long way in just 3 short lessons. No problems finding those stinky rats.❤️❤️❤️❤️
Everyone has been putting in the work away from the ring and it shows when you come to hunt! Y’all ROCK
Video of Yeti’s first hunt!
Course was set Saturday morning Master tunnel (two turn) this one is a fun one. Clover was sweet enough to do a demo of this tunnel she approved❤️
#barnhunt
#bordercollie
##tunnel
Today Gracie did a seminar on introduction to NASDA!!!!
We had 6 humans and 8 dogs working. We got to learn and try Shed hunting, lost articles, Trail and Location and Urban location.
So interesting to watch the dogs work and to learn and figure out how to teach each task.
I worked Christina Miller’s dog Fennec she did really good at Shed and lost artificial, was starting to get the hang of finding urban and trailing but rats are stinky 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Thank you to everyone that came out, even with all the rain and mud we made it work and you all were so patient❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Liz got a video of Fennec working Shed, that I’ll post.
For those that never seen Baby Chapito on rats for the first time…..
Even at 8 weeks of age he was all about doing the things❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
#xolo
#chapito
#startthemyoung
Now it Chapito’s turn!!!!
This little Mexican has only been to 5 trials in a little over a year, I don’t get to practice much with my own dogs when I’m always doing lessons.
So it’s a learn on a fly no exceptions with him!
This is the first dog out of over 25 that I walk in a ring and just sit back, watch and let him work. To watch him work through finding difficult hides, getting frustrated and asking me for assistance and he just literally has so much fun in the ring.
People laughing drives him…… “OMG he’s so cute, what is he a BorderPap? I have to have one now!” Makes he strut his stuff his stuff.
I don’t think I have EVER been so happy to win a “Damn It” doll at a trial! 🤣 thank you Aiken Barn Hunt and E Shea Brooks for these they are so cute❤️ so if you get a NQ your NQ’s goes in a drawing for a prize each day. We won on the first day🤣🤣🤣🤣
So we had 6 runs, and in true fashion Cheeto NQ’s five and then brings it on at trial 6 with a first place and finished his Senior title under Judge Karen Miller.
Onward and upward to Master’s for this little guy and I hope we continue to have all the parkour fun and laughs in the future❤️
Way to go: “Windy Hill’s Chapito En Fuego, Y No Soy Un B.C. CAX FCAT8 RATO FITS”
#grateful
#xoloitzcuintle
#xolos
#chapito
6 month old Norwegian Buhund, first time ever seeing rats as a game. I think she understood the assignment❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Meet Ruby!
Here is another newbie 2E……
2E said instinct is stupid just give me the hides🤣🤣🤣❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
“Trouble” giving Barn Hunt a try for the first time! I think she understood the assignment❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
River seeing Rats for the first time!!!!
I wish I would have gotten a longer video of this. We were testing the trash bunnies on the course by using Jade. There were times she needed to be called off after catching them. All of this from a good 100 yards away.
You want to impress me………….
THIS impresses me! No E-collar, just a plan old buckle collar and verbal commands. No yelling or screaming, just a super HIGH DRIVE Mal that understands the assignment❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Super proud of this team and their first CAT (Coursing Ability Test) run. Adding they got their first title “CA” Go Lynda and Sturgis❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️