Eden's Paradise

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Flyball Website

The team's website is being updated so I needed some pictures of my dogs in their harnesses...Here is Eden :-)

Then she got tired...

The rest of the photos of cutie-Pie can be viewed HERE.

Saturday, March 31, 2012

Tricks

Still working on Eden's tricks. Tonight we reviewed the pushboard again (she is getting SO FAST with her push off! and high as well!), leg weaving, Man Down and roll over. She's sooooo smart!

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

I'm starting to teach Eden some new tricks. I'm teaching her to back up with the cue "beep beep beep" LOL and we reviewed roll over, what?, and started teaching the walking weaves. My favorite right now though is her faint or Man Down! trick. She flings herself on the ground, legs a-kickin' for the Man Down = hilarious!

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Flyball Training

Runbacks over jumps for the tug (her new reward system), racing Jive and overall working on her speed over the jumps and on/off the box. Her speed to the box is excellent, she is even with Jive. She loses time on her boxturn and her speed back is slower - as if once she gets the ball, she is "done" and doesn't need to race anymore. I will continue to work on this with her - building drive off the box and back to me. She's doing so good!

Monday, March 19, 2012

Family Picture Update

Tongue shot

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Eden's 2nd Flyball Tourney (and New Title!!!)

SATURDAY:
Eden didn't get to run with the team much at this tournament because they were hard-pressed to win as it was.
Singles against Bacardi:

SUNDAY:
She did however break her fastest time in singles - I am so, so, so proud of her! Her new PB is 7.667 :-D She had a 7.44 run but I false started (only by -0.008) so it didn't count :-( I was incredibly bummed!! The line judge even asked the head judge if she could keep the score since she was so cute! :-D LOL I love my little girl.

Singles against Bacardi again:

Lets watch her fastest run!!!

She ran against a little terrier with some crossing over issues as well. Stewart's owner came to warn me about him and ask what I thought of the situation. She assured me that Stewart would not agress on Eden so I said she would be fine. He crossed over twice, one time she just shared the lane with him and the 2nd time she modified her box turn (turning right, a direction I have never taught her!) to accommodate him. She's the sweetest! She got to make up every run he did that so by the end of her races, she was walking over the jumps LOL Stewart's mom was thankful and very nice :-)

This little dog has gained so much confidence in such a short time, she now can jump much higher than she would ever even attempt before. Her crate was stacked on another and she very casually just hopped into it!