Roscoe and Spur and Bim!!

This is the story of Roscoe and Spur and Bim. Roscoe was doomed to death for biting. I took in the little bastard! Spur came from the 2007 biggest puppy mill bust the state of Maine has ever seen. He's nice, too! Bim is our newest addition. My first ever bought dog. Came from a wonderful miniature american shepherd breeder in England!!!! This blog is about the life of my little dogs and me, Amy Carlson! A silly self-indulgent blog that might bring a smile to your face. :D

Saturday, February 28, 2015

A bit of a bump in the road.

A few weekends ago Spur knocked the triple. It was tunnel to DW to triple straight towards the crowd. He knocked a bar at the next trial. He lost confidence. He started the stutter stepping really bad.

Last weekend.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtfjd865x3M&sns=em

Then the next day so bad I took hm off the course. :( I think as he has gotten faster he isn't jumping as big as he used to. Well, that means a risk of knocking a bar. And a loss of confidence.

So, Indecided he needs to practice running on rubber and decided to rent a place once a week. Our first night I tried his regular height. Pretty bad. Then I dropped the jumps to 10". Improvement. Silvia says start at 8", then got to 10", then go to 12" and see how he does.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaIcZxaofEI&sns=em

1 comment:

Laura and The Corgi, Toller, & DuckMarch 1, 2015 at 5:55 PM
I think you have a really good plan! Especially since he has been such a nice jumper in the past I'm sure you will get it back. Damn sensitive dogs!
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