Tuesday, April 27, 2010

More control please

It stings me a little every time Chris points out that we need more control of Kola. It stings because in a lot of situations Kola is very in control. On leash with imminent cheese is not one of them. She becomes an obnoxious monster. She wont even hold a sit. Part of her problem is that any pressure on her collar at all and she thinks its time to go go go. Another part of her problem is that she thinks Chris is calling her (and arguably Chris is calling her) so she wants to bolt on over to the nice lady with the cheese. Mostly though, she's just hyped up by the cheese, and other dogs getting cheese/attention from the lady with the cheese.
I think we need to practice more obedience on leash than just walk by my side and don't pull me.

Also, "leave it" is getting better but there is still a long way to go. I'm thinking pinch collar time.

Chris is worried that Kola's lack of control will keep her from moving on to more advanced agility classes. We shall see what we can do about that.

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