I’ve been thinking of how I can improve Louie’s ability to go to weave entries. I thought about approaching it from a Vito’s game perspective. This is our first attempt. I also but the guides back in place to see if I can get him confident enough for some speed. I’m also leading him a lot more than I should for Vito’s game. But I think it’s too much of a stretch to get him to figure it out without some help.

For December, Brenna graciously invited me to offer a Parkour Challenge! With the recent introduction of the new "Anywhere Tracks" in All Dogs Parkour, I thought it would be fun to offer a Challenge where you could create a Level 1 Anywhere Regular Track entry that could - if you so choose - be entered for a title. So, the first part of this challenge is to create 8 video clips of your dog performing All Dogs Parkour Exercises. The ones that I have chosen to teach for this Challenge are: Get On 2 Front Feet, Get On 4 Feet, Go Under, Between, Jump Clean, Go Around, and Figure 8. If you are familiar with All Dogs Parkour, you are more than welcome to use other Exercises, but I am only teaching these Exercises as part of the Challenge. You can use any items that you have for your dog to perform these Exercises, but for the Get On 4 Feet, please keep the item under the height of your dog's elbow. If the item is elbow height or higher, you do have to spot/support, and I am not including instruction on that skill for this challenge. (Again, if you are familiar with ADP and you know how to spot/support, you are welcome to use something higher and do so). Your dog does not have to perform all 7 of the Exercises. For Level 1, four "repeats" are allowed. Just remember that a "repeat" has to be performed on/with a different item. (Figure 8 can only be performed once). I provide a general description of this Challenge in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaPcYpf0ep8 And, in this video, I teach the seven Exercises. (I can provide this in typed form, if any of you prefer that). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1VZvCWWp18 In the Anywhere Track, "Off-List" variations of Exercises are allowed, and I address that in the video. As you create your videos, feel free to post them in this forum, and I will give you feedback. I will let you know if any changes are needed for the clip to meet All Dogs Parkour submission criteria.

Submit your videos here to get help making your entry with Kristine! And, if you don't want to actually register and send in your submission now, you can still share your attempts and finished product if you'd like to do the exercises. Everyone who participates by submitting any attempts at two or more of the exercises will get a downloadable Challenge participation certificate from me. Can't wait to see your entries! @Kristine Hammar

We plan to have info ready for you by the beginning of next week! Reminder to be on the lookout for the following items to use in the upcoming challenge: *Something for your dog to get one with two front feet *An item that is dog-elbow-height or lower for your dog to get completely on *Something your dog can jump over *Something your dog can go under *Various items your dog can interact with (like going around, etc.) ***Agility equipment is allowed but may not be used as intended for agility (you can go under a jump but not over it, for example). Looking forward to it!

Yesterday had both ups and downs. We started with Novice Obedience and had a decent enough run. Free heel is a work in progress but we could have made it through. It was the recall that got us out NQ. He likes to sit and stare at me and say “nah I’m good”. I have even switched from a verbal recall to a signal after enough failed verbal attempts. Today it was not to be and we are still chasing our first leg. We we’re 108. Rally went grate. We finished intermediate and titled with a score of 96. Unfortunately I don’t have a video because my wife didn’t notice I moved from warmup, to on deck to in the ring. She got to see the second 1/2 of the run. This will be our last rally for a while. I don’t want to start learning the next set of signs until summer when I have less opportunities for agility. Back to chasing novice obedience legs and working on our agility journey.