Contact 301

Cassi worked first on the raised contact board. We worked on treating only for 3 or 4 feet. The trick is to treat VERY QUICKLY to prevent her spazzing out.

Next we worked on the dog walk, which was low. She is running across, with a pouch at about 4 feet to increase her speed.

Then we worked on the teeter, also low, running across, and pouch at about 4 feet. She is doing really well on this!

The next exercise was the table with a teeter plank coming off one side. Cassi is not as far as most of the others in the class. We're only using the end of the plank, with a pole set close by one corner or the other, so she learns to go onto the board straight. She gets a QUICK treat as soon as she has 2 feet on. D actually had to put a gate on the opposite side to keep Cassi from keeping her back end (butt) from swaying out to the side. Eventually her back end has to go onto the board right behind her front end!

The last thing was the Aframe. We're still at the black notch (very low) and she is now running across, with a pouch at about 3 1/2 feet.

She is improving as we are moving up on most of the exercises next time.