NEWS!!!

As a group we chose a name and team colors. We are going to call ourselves No Nonscents! Jolene came up with the name and we all thought it was super cute. We also chose Red/Black as our team colors with Red being the main colors.

I have the box ordered, and jumps are being made. I also have everyone's dumbbell sizes so I can order those aswell.

We're almost set!

Practice #2

Huge Improvements all around!!! We were able to get a lot done today and everyone did an awesome job.

Attendance:

kort
gyp
gg
tea
roxy
bosley
pixel
zydeco
molly

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What we did:

fetching on the flat as a warm up
scent discrimination- the dogs all did really well with this and were actually making the correct choice all on their own. We built up from having a different looking dummy (plastic or bigger) to having two similar looking dummies side by side!!
Recalls over 4 jumps- we are getting lots of speed and confidence now.
Sending up the line to food bowl on box and back down. We pushed for tighter passing, and got some really nice tight turns on the box.

Practice #1

We had out first ever Lethbridge Scenthurdle practice!

It was a lot of fun and I hope that you guys have a better idea now of what's involved and what you need to work on.

Attendance:
Donnie- Zydeco
Daryl- Betty
Sarah- Gyp
Sandy- Sadie
Jolene- Kort
Judy- Roxy
Julia- GG/Tea
Kim- Bosley
Liz- Lupine
Amanda- Pixel

What we did:
Basic Dummy work- fetching
Box work- placing single dumbbell on box and sending dog
Restrained recall over 4 jumps-
Sending over 4 jumps to a food bowl and coming back over 4 jumps to owner.

Next time:
I expect improved fetching from those of you who have to work on it.
Discrimination. For the dogs who will readily fetch we'll start working on scent discrimination
More sending over jumps to food bowl and coming back.
Adding in passing.
Box Work- teaching dogs to go around box instead of over it. :o)

We are going to meet on Sunday, March 21st. at 1:30 at Paws on the Run