Wow, Jackson is totally making me proud!
So, this week we worked more on tunnel, and he did AWESOME! No hesitation and I was even able (on the first time) to drop his leash (without being on the opposite end of the tunnel) and point and say 'tunnel' and he ran through it while I ran next to it and he would pop out on the other end! He did GREAT
I thought he would show more nervousness about it, to be honest.
We all worked on regular jumps while the trainer worked one-on-one with us on the tire jump. Jackson did a sequence of 3 jumps on leash perfect every time (no knocking the pole over, or missing a jump like last week). Then the trainer called us over to work on the tire jump and she started saying "Now sometimes this is more difficult for little dogs... nevermind!" because Jackson had already jumped through it! LOL. So he aced the tire jump.
Then we moved to the big a-frame and again, he walked right over it with no hesitation. We did it twice because the first time he did it a little fast and didn't 'pause' in the yellow area of the a-frame.
Then each dog got a little off-leash practice session with the jumps, while the other dogs waited outside the fence. Jackson did GREAT! He stayed next to me the whole time, solid focus, and did a sequence of 3 jumps with just me pointing and saying 'jump!' I was afraid he was going to get easily distracted with being off leash.
So overall, I'm extremely happy with his progress and I love the fact that's he's truly enjoying it. And so am I.
I promise some pictures by next week. We've got 6 more weeks to go and there's a young couple with their one dog and I saw her taking pictures of her dog while her husband ran him, so I think I may ask her next class if she wouldn't mind taking some for me.... (she's been really nice to talk to). There's also a few others I've become friendly with so I am sure someone will be willing.
