I was sooo nervous, but I did it. Today there was a flyball tounry here and I vollenteered as line judge. I sat with someone who showed me how to do it for like 3 races, and the rest I was alone After like 3 hours of it though I think I got the hang of it! it's just so much you need to look out for..like, did the dog start after the green light was on? did he go down all the jumps?? did he get the ball and bring it back over all the jumps and start line? did the other dog pass too soon? Did the handler reach over the start line? Are thejumps ok? Ahh, it was kinda overwhelming, but it was fun to see flyball like that! it looked so fun.
Zeke is doing well, he doesn't have class till nov 1. He needs to practice with the ball and the ramp. He won't get 4 paws on it. Other then that he;s doing so awesome!! The ppl say he has a lot of potential, and after watching the races today, he's (I think anyway) a lot faster then a lot of the dogs
To work on his ball problem(he won't focus on it in class) I've been working withhim going to get the ball (while dead...not me throwing it or even playing with it first) I tell him 'go get the ball!' and he has to go find it and bring it back...no zeke, the BALL not the BONE! so off he goes again to find the ball he's doing well, he goes and finds the ball now, even if I put it in another room, he seems to know what 'ball' means now.
I want to make a ramp to work on that too...but I'm so busy this week with my midterms
I'm very proud of Zeke, he's no where near perfect, and some of the dogs seem to be doing a lot better, but I never thought I'd even get him to focus on me.
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