Training Challenge for 7/2/12

This week is going to be a bit different, because Thursday night we set off for a three day agility trial for Auggie, which includes two days of rally for Auggie and also – gulp – two days of rally for Payton. That’s right, Payton’s trialing debut is this weekend. And I’m slightly terrified. Anyway, on with the schedule!

Monday
Session 1:
Heeling (Payton)
Treadmill (Auggie)

Session 2:
Heeling (P)
Jump chute (A)

Session 3:
Rally sign practice

Tuesday
Session 1:
Rally sign practice

Session 2:
Heeling (P)
Jump chute (A)

Session 3:
Rally sign practice

Wednesday
Session 1:
Rally sign practice

Session 2:
Heeling (P)
Jump chute (A)

Session 3:
Heeling/rally signs (P)
Treadmill (A)

Thursday
Session 1:
Jump chute (A)

Session 2:
Rally sign practice in the hotel room

Friday
Auggie agility trial!

Session 1:
Last desperate attempt to fix any problems with rally signs!

Saturday – Sunday
TRIAL TRIAL TRIAL

I have printed out a full set of rally signs, so we will hit those on July 4th, since I have the day off and can play with them a little. I know one I need to practice is the “bowl of food on the ground” with Auggie. It also occurs to me that Payton doesn’t have a very good Front, so I probably need to teach him that.

Auggie’s jump chutes have changed according to our weekly wrap up, so we’ll continue with those this week and cross our fingers that it may put some deposits in his jumping bank before this weekend’s trial.
Weaves for Pay have been scratched from this week, partially due to the impending rally trial and the need to work more on heeling, and partially just due to the heat. I’ve been taking Auggie out to jump after 8pm at night, and even though it’s still pretty hot and humid then, it’s at least a little cooler than the rest of the day. He’s also still getting some treadmill work to get in better shape and improve his speed. So far he seems to be doing really well, he’ll hop onto the treadmill and doesn’t seem bothered by it, so hopefully that will do some good for us too. It’s always a surprise with Auggie, haha! We are two standard Q’s and one jumper’s Q away from his masters agility titles, and I’m hoping we can clean those up this trial. But it seems I’ve been saying that for a while. Ohhhhh Auggie! <3