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Zoe was very excited when she found this poster in her inbox just the other day.  She's been dancing circles around me ever since, wanting me to post it here for everyone to see.  She will most definately be at this seminar. She's hoping to see lots of her friends there too.

CANINE DRESSAGE & FREESTYLE

WORKSHOP

"Come out for a day of fun and music with or without your canine partner.  Learn how you can take ‘heeling’ to a whole new level, and have a lot of fun doing it"

Presented by two of “ Paws 2 Dance “ top Dressage and Freestyle exhibitors.… Lydia Francescutti   and Gail Walsh

Will be held at THE CUMBERLAND CULTURAL CENTER

SUNDAY March 21, 2010   From: 9 am - 12 noon  & 1 pm -4pm

(Pot Luck Lunch to be arranged)

COST:    Working Spot (with dog)………….$70.00

Auditing Spot (without dog)…………$40.00

For More Information - email coans@telus.net

For Registration  - email  wendy.w@shaw.ca

Back to Basics

Training day for Zoe.  I decided that Zoe must learn how to pick up a metal article.  She already knows how to "get it", has a good nose touch for the clicker but she has up until now refused to pick up the metal article.  Not sure why she decided she could do it today but I was very happy she did.  As you can see in the top photo she is standing there saying yeah so what do you want me to do.  She then offered a nose touch.

And from there the progression was very quick, she offered a tentative touch with her mouth but dropped it right away.

Finally we had success with a nice retrieve.

We have been working sporadically on this exercise for the past year and have always ended up with her refusing to mouth the article and me just giving in and letting it slide. Today was a break through day and I expect we will be moving along briskly from here on out.