Flying Poodles

I know this is boring, but I am excited!

Okay. More teeter training today. I’m sure you’re surprised.

Dancer was VERY revved up today, very excited about training, very high energy. I did some teeters and she was almost as good as the last one on Monday–and then I did some sequences, and she was just flying.

And then I did a sequence where the last obstacle was the teeter, and she hit the teeter galloping, and I held my breath as she flew up it. It started to tip, and I had a moment to think “oh shit, she’s going to fly right off the end and we’ll be back to square negative one again” and then she jumped gracefully off the side. I told her what a smart dog she was and brought her around to the teeter again and she went right over it, in sensible poodle style, without even hesitating.

We did a few more sequences, and then I put the treats in my pockets, and for the first time I asked her to do the teeter without the treats being right there in my hand and ready. She trotted right over and stopped in a perfect two-on-two-off contact. I emptied my pockets of every treat I had.

Of course.