Gitta – 2×2 – Day 2 – Session 3

Summary — Session 3 (6 mins): one set of poles at 2 and 8 oclock.

Today was a bit frustrating – though looking back over the video did remind me of some nice moments. Actually – she did quite well – until I tried a pretty hard entry that she repeatedly failed at. I was disappointed that after 3 or so mistakes – she just left. Walked off. Then she started ‘stressing high’ doing zoomies around the yard.

I did get her back, and she did finally succeed (I did take one step in while she was in the zoomies). And we did a few more easier ones and quit for the day.

I guess I should be happy that I was able to work without the long line today. She never took off with the toy and always came back for the tug. So that’s a big step up.

It will be interesting to see what she offers tomorrow. I think I’ll try some hardish entries from the other side and let her forget about the stress of today.

And actually – in rewatching the video – it was actually VERY good – except where it was crap I love her drive to and especially through the poles. With Raph, at a certain distance, it’s like the poles don’t exist anymore. It’s never that way with Gitta. She drives away from me great. She just had a hard time with that one entry where she could see the gap between the poles, but from the wrong side. We’ll work up to that.