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Mazlin Nov 2018 12:27pm, 11 Nov 2018 5,678 posts	0 Mazlin Half an hour ago I was sitting in an armchair and Rory was sitting on my lap. Then I was sitting in half an armchair and Rory was curled up in the other half...now Rory is stretched out in an armchair, and I am perched sideways on the very front of the cushion while he pushes me with his feet. Think I’ll just get up and get on with hanging out his blankets, which I lovingly washed for him earlier.
halfpint Nov 2018 12:31pm, 11 Nov 2018 26,848 posts	0 halfpint We are about to do a trial run of mountain biking with Ernie. We’re heading to a quiet fire track in the woods to see how he gets on. I think we probably need to do a lot more work on super reliable recall and impulse control before we can really trust him but he’ll be fine where we’re going.
Derby Tup Nov 2018 12:34pm, 11 Nov 2018 27,531 posts	0 Derby Tup Have a good ride hp
halfpint Nov 2018 3:08pm, 11 Nov 2018 26,849 posts	0 halfpint He was a total Right from the beginning he was keen to be out front and although he still stopped to sniff he quickly caught up and went out front. Towards the end he chose to run alongside my bike which was fine on these tracks but wouldn't be for single track. Only 2 'moments' - one when he got overexcited and was running alongside me and jumping up, one where he stopped dead in front of QP. I need to work out what commands we need to keep us all safe and how to train these. He responded well to 'go, go, go' when we needed him to get out in front again.
BaronessBL Nov 2018 3:17pm, 11 Nov 2018 7,351 posts	0 BaronessBL That does sound good hp. I used to say 'run on' to Wanda when I was out running with her and wanted her to continue ahead. I don't really run with her much these days but I do use run on from time to time if I just want to quickly get past something (or someone!)
57.5 Degrees of Pain Nov 2018 3:27pm, 11 Nov 2018 4,179 posts	0 57.5 Degrees of Pain Going back a few days, I run with Belle all the time. Most of the time off lead, on lead near roads and livestock. When I 'lose' her in the woods and stop to call her she invariably comes trotting back from further up the path to find out what is delaying me. All my dogs have run great off lead, Belle is the first to be really comfortable on lead too which makes for parkrun fun. Last week, on a big group run, she got lost for the first time. We were milling about at one point and she must have lost focus so we'd sorted ourselves out and moved on before she noticed. Luckily I now know she will act like our old Border Collie and wait where she last saw her humans until I come back for her. On this week's group run I found her staring down a mountain biker on a narrow woodland trail. It was only after I tried calling her that Mr biker pointed out that I was shouting at his (near identical) Collie, Belle was up ahead with our front runner! Several other runners made the same mistake.
Derby Tup Nov 2018 3:29pm, 11 Nov 2018 27,538 posts	0 Derby Tup
Hohum Nov 2018 6:13pm, 14 Nov 2018 2,739 posts	0 Hohum I generally run with my dogs off the lead, they are both failed working dogs, (scared of sheep) but I put them on the leads crossing farmland I don't know. They are both trained well to the whistle for recall and stop. The older one doesn't care about people or other dogs, but the young one has to 'leave' and 'get on' near people and other dogs. for some reason he does occasionally turn deer towards me, which can be a bit of a surprise....
BaronessBL Nov 2018 2:54pm, 19 Nov 2018 7,359 posts	0 BaronessBL Just back from our agility class, which at the moment only has two of us in it so pretty much as soon as you have sat down after your go, it's your go again! Our instructor thought Wanda looked a bit lame on one back leg (she does sometimes get a bit of stiffness, but it usually wears off as soon as she is up and about). She was also showing a little bit of reluctance to jump so we just did tunnels and weaves, while our classmate did the full course. Wanda is fairly good at both anyway, but choosy about doing them as part of a course. When there was liver cake offered every time she emerged from a tunnel she couldn't get in there fast enough (apart from the time she just ran round the outside of the curve in the hope I wouldn't notice!!) She was also feeling the cold, so did most of the class with her coat on! Jumping into a warm car afterwards posed no problem so how much of the not wanting to jump was actual lameness and how much was feeling the cold I'm not quite sure! Anyway - she's fast asleep for the rest of the afternoon now, on the landing on the warm spot on the floor where the hot water pipe goes into the airing cupboard!
Helegant Nov 2018 4:54pm, 19 Nov 2018 6,022 posts	0 Helegant A sleeping dog. How lovely.