I guess we all knew it was coming so I waterproofed up for a nice long walk around the lanes with all three this morning. Was out for about 1.5 hrs and we managed to avoid too much rain until about half way around. We mixed relaxed heeling with just being free to explore out in front. No drama, we had a lovely time. This afty/evening we had another wet walk around the field by the river so lots of opportunities to sniff, stretch and relax. All very good girls. Also a few nose-in-the-yog-pot for muzzle practise. As agility was cancelled Debbie sent us a bit of wet weather homework which is an exercise called CPR. Essentially the dog performing CPR on a raised platform. I'm not actually sure why 😂 I kind of assumed it was general strengthening, balance and brain work, and hopefully not leading to mouth to mouth resuscitation because I've seen the s**t Aster likes to eat and I don't subscribe, even if I am unconscious and not breathing, thanks.

Aster came with me to work today down at Heligan so a few dogs on leads passing and she had to stay on lead all morning hanging around on the riverbank which is easy peasy for her. She was ace. Rewarded her after dropping the van off at the office by taking her to the village sports fields and playing ball interspersed with some "around" (the football goals!) Barking, backing up, spins, heeling, pixel middles and sit/down. She loved it and gave me lots of energy. I thought she'd be done after that but seemed keen to do stuff when we got home so we played around with article search-and-retreive plus distanced starts helped by pre-macked food. She has been v energetic today, so glad she is back to her usual self!!❤️

I am a bit of a 🐇 getting back into the daily posting but had a major wow day- Moro girl made me so proud! 🤩 We went on a hike along a section (like 5k) of this 50 km trailhead. We did an out and back style hike. I’m “extra” and typically like loop style where you don’t have to turn around, but this place is really nice so I didn't mind it. It actually was probably better for her seeing everything twice to get her used to the area a bit more. We even found some bleachers to check out. After the hike I took her to my work. It was my day off and I wanted to desensitize her to the sights and sounds of the shop a bit. She did SO good with all of it! On the hike she hardly barked (when she did it was more like a hushed “brrr-oof” curious bark than her full blown “GTF OUT” reactive bark) , and that was even when other dogs were barking at her! That made me very happy- but what sent me over the edge ecstatic was when she was laying at my feet at work 😍 I was chatting with a coworker friend and a customer came over and pointed at us asking, “How do I get my dog to act like THAT!?” 👀🐺😎🤩🙌 I almost had to make sure she was talking to ME because Moro’s still a puppy at just under 10 months. So I was NOT expecting to hear that since I’m in the ‘we have lots to improve on’ mindset rather than the ‘I am confident in her behavior’ mindset. At the same time, it’s all about perspective and Moro was behaving very nicely! I was so proud of her! 😍🐺🥰 Plan to continue leash pressure training and strengthen the emergency whistle recall with some liver treats I’m making today, but that’ll be another post. She’s been doing pretty awesome with the vibration setting and the tone I use for distance recall emitted from her e-collar, but wanna keep the whistle work short and sharp. Good Friday indeed! 👏🐾🫶 I hope everyone has a beautifully blessed weekend! 💖

How often and for how long are you taking them out? 🤔 I think it will be interesting to compare.

Today we did some off leash recall outside in the fenced in backyard. There were plenty of scent distractions from a couple of rabbits that have been scooting under the fence and leaving little “treat” piles in the plant beds.😅😒😂 Luckily Moro did really well to listen to the “leave it” and come back to me today. Moro has picked up the newer habit to recall back to me whenever she hears me say leave it and is more than 3-4 meters away (this yank knows metric! 😂😎🤪) She really started doing that on her own and I don’t mind it at all. I can see it being helpful down the line when we get more into long line training and heaven forbid she gets at something I can’t see/she shouldn’t have. I also just watched the emergency whistle recall video this evening. I must say that was so cool to see and be able to have add into my toolbox! I’m excited to start building the value of the whistle soon! I don’t think it’s a bad thing to have a few command behaviors (stacked or solo) that get her back to me, as long as it’s not confusing and I’m not creating multiple names for the exact same behavior, but I’m sure this mindset could be debated. I’m not saying to have 25 different recalls, but a few different command behaviors that get her over to me for different situations could be very helpful. 🤔