Went really well tonight and no more injuries for me ;-) But Gata tore up her feet a little. I worked both dogs tonight. Gata worked great. Mario was hiding in blind 4 and they were making all sorts of noise down at blind 6 to try and draw her off. It didn't work and she flew through the first 4 blinds with speed and intensity, checking each one. She was very happy to chase Mario out of 4 and came flying to me with the sleeve.
Sent her back in to 4 for some barking. Really nice barking - started as soon as she rounded the corner into 4 and had good duration, intensity, and cadence. Mario rewarded that with a bite, too. We then did a little escape with focused heeling for a bite. I'm always a little confused about the heeling to the escape bite - I can't decide whether it should be focused heeling or whether she should be watching the helper/bad guy. The trend seems to be to focused heeling. Her out was beautiful, reattack and drive was also perfect. Then we put the 100-ft long line on her harness and worked her long bite a little. She did great with that, too. So, all in all, a really good session with her.
I'd like to think that the barking drills are starting to pay off with her already but think that may be wishful thinking. Though on the last barking attempt out at MPSC I ended up putting her back in the car frustrated because she wasn't barking well. That definitely made an impression on her ;-)
Tor showed real improvement with his out tonight on Dave. He needed a couple of reminders that when I tell him to out he really needs to comply but very few. He was actually biting on a puppy sleeve tonight, too.
All in all, a good night for my crew. Now time for a little sleep ...
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