mad mandy

WELL DONE MADDIE :partytime: Its great to hear that all your training with maddie has paid off Kath. You never gave up on her. I am so Glad she is doing well. I am sure she will have her Flyball dog award in no time.

Well Done Kimba

Well done to you both

Glad to hear that you both enjoyed our Training session. Kiera is a Star and I am sure she will pick Flyball up in no time. she will soon get used to all the other dogs barking when she has been coming a few weeks and will become as mannick as they are eventually Its sounds like Kiera is doing really well with her homework. The next step is to build the distance up to approx 51 feet (the length of a Flyball run) perhaps in the garden or when out for a walk. If you don't want to take a bucket out with you try putting the ball on a tree stump, park bench or just on the ground. this will teach her to fetch a ball that is stationary, rather than one which is thrown. Weather permitting we should be training again on Sunday the 9th or if not on Sunday the 15th of December. We are not training this weekend because we are competing at Doncaster. If you would like Ron's telephone number so that you can check when training is on, pm one of us Cheshire setters Hope you will join us again Mandy

So sorry to hear this, hope she is better soon

my vote casted Good luck

I know that you will do just fine Jayne What are you saying about my oh. Tony

Oh deer Jayne I hope you feel better soon Thats the trouble with Flyball once you get addicted to it, it gets dangerous to your Health.

Well Done Kimba You did Sooooooooooo Well

Poor Meg Have you tried doing flyball with meg when there are no other dogs around at all (perhaps at the end or begining of a training session, before everyone else gets there dogs out) so that she knows she will not be attacked. build her confidence back that way. If it works and she dose it quite happilly than start by introducing dogs one at a time in the run back area, (perhaps another dog that she knows and trusts). try and keep all other dogs away from the start of the lane while she comes back. This will mean she has to run last until she can cope with other dogs going into the lane again as she comes out.It will probably take time and patience to give Meg her confidence back. Hope this is of some help, let us know how you get on.

WELL DONE JAYNE I knew you would pass CONGRATULATIONS

How did Meg get on at training? has she got her confidence back? Sometimes it can take a while.

I am sure you will do fine Jayne

Gooster suggestion of playing with him across the other side of the field but still in sight of other dogs is a good one. We have used this to help dogs that were nervous or that get over excited by other dogs. When you have his attention on you and playing nicely with you, slowly move closer to the other dogs if you lose his attention at any point then move further away and start again. Passing another dog going in the other direction sounds like a good Idea, we did some of this with Rye (the one that landed on her head) and I think it helped. Use your tuggie or a tennis ball (which ever is the most attractive to him) to get him to come past the other dog and to you, if he comes straight to you have a good play session with him. As for doing Flyball, once he knows and is confident in what he is doing (i.e. going down to the box collecting the ball and coming back to you) Then I would gradully get him used to another dog in the other lane. At first wait until the other dog is just coming out of the other lane having completed his/her run before sending your dog to fetch his ball. When he is doing it ok like this try letting him go slightly early each time i.e. when the other dog is half way back up the lane. These are only my thoughts and some one else might have some better ideas. let us know how you get on.

Hi Waggi I am going but are there on Saturday only

THATS BRILLIANT WELL DONE BERTIE

I would start off by keeping meg on a lead about 6 foot from the box. put something in front of the box we use a traffic cone so that the dog can still see the ball but has to go around it to fetch the ball. you might have to experiment on how close to the box to put the cone but to start with try putting it touching the front edge of the box. Send the dog for the ball guiding her in with the lead to turn around the cone. As she pushes off the box gently pull on the lead to encourage her to come off the box faster. give her loads of praise if she gets the turn right and ignore it if she dose it wrong. This might take quite o lot of repititions, espeacailly if the dog has been doing the box for a while. Once she is doing it right on the lead try sending her down the lane to the box as normal but leave the cone in front of the box while she dose it. the cone might have to stay in place until you are confident she can do it right with out it. This is how I would do it but I am sure there are a lot of different ways of teaching a good turn and some one else on here might be able to further help. As for getting Ellie used to the sound the box makes I would treat the box like a gaint clicker. set the box and trigger it, every time you trigger it and it makes a noise give Ellie a treat. do not use a tennis ball at this stage but food or other reward that she likes. So that the box is a fun place to be around. We had a dog that was affraid of the noise and this worked for us. Hope this helps Mandy