Ugh! I love the wamer weather but I can't stand the yard work that comes with it. Yesterday, I mowed the grass and ran the weed eater for the first time this year. Of course there were obstacles in the way but I managed to get the grass around and underneath them as I maneuvered around in the backyard.
Two hours later my task was completed and then took a little break for which afterwards it was time to train the dogs. Chloe was first and we worked on 2o2os; its an ongoing thing currently to make sure she gets the correct finishing position. Since the dog walk was set at three feet it was nice to see that she didn't loose any speed over the height change. So I sent her to the tunnel onto the DW, 2o2o, and ending with a jump. NICE! Her AF speed picked up as well. Whew! I was getting worried there. When we moved to the teeter, I had set it at 16" with a recycle bin on the entry side thus having it level. What the plan here was for her to jump onto the end of the board and land and give me the 2o2o position. She got that quickly and we swapped sides. Then I started at the end of the teeter where the bin was located and got her all jacked up and made her run and stop at the end of the plank and give me the 2o2os. She those very well and so her session ended.
During Chloe's session, Scout was inside whining and barking, basically driving Laurie nuts. He wanted to go outside bad because he saw me grab the disc when I went outside with Chloe. As the dogs swapped positions, the first thing I worked with is the 2o2o position on the DW. Then I wanted to work on the tunnel with him. He was still sort of shy about it but it is slowly coming along. We proceeded to the AF to work more on 2o2os. I send him on the AF about a total of fours and then the teeter was next. Going through the same sequence as I did with Chloe, he kept on getting off the teeter. He would jump fine but just get off of it. So more work to do....
Several hours later, we played fetch in the backyard for about 20 minutes or so. During one of the throws, the Kong ball bounced high and Scout jumped up and caught it. He jumped to a height about 5'10" but he landed weird which scared me. He wasn't limping or hasn't been lame since then so I learned my lesson to keep ithe balls on the ground.
Boy, was I worried! We went through the same thing with Chloe last year. Perhaps I should just stop playing fetch?