What a delightful day of mini training sessions we have had. It's been a busy work day as well so I am feeling very accomplished 😇 Morning session outside - I asked for some basic heel and retrieve and he struggled to do any of it. Hormones starting to get in a muddle I think. Next session - a retrieve exercise indoors with heel and front on a platform. So fun. Next session - took those exercises outdoors at the start of our walk and he nailed them. Walked for about 30 mins and did another 3 mini sessions one of which was side steps. He did well it's been a fun, cloudy, drizzly day - we were both made for Scotlands usual weather ⛅️⛈️🌧🌦☁️ you can keep your blazing sunshine 🌞 🤣

Hot hot hot the last 2 days and no way to escape it. Yesterday was a write off but today has been cooler so we got to play outside in the shade. @Fiona Austin here's where we are at with side step. We've done about 5 sessions over 4 days. I'm cautious about doing too many sessions but perhaps I'm being over cautious, what do you think? I'm just randomly dispensing the food, is the aim for him to follow my hand rather than learn the steps independently?

Following my planner, this morning we found 3 interesting things to sniff on our walk. Dogs sniffed and I watched haha. I drew the line at fish carcass that got confiscated 🙈 Lunch time obedience was heel position and first steps of heel. PM- Conditioning program for Frank including side steps. With little Oreo I worked on stand, back leg and front leg targets and backing up. His leg seems better which is great. Hope everyone are having a good week 🙌 PS: I accidentally posted day 38 to our face to face class group. They would have been wondering what I’m on about 🤣

This week has been draining with the unusual temps. I haven't done any official training again but Lyon joined me and my niece on a walk which was a lovely test of his ability to stay connected without input. He got 10/10 for that. We went to a Cafe for lunch after. I would usually leave dog in the car but I had to bring him in because there was no shade. It was less training and more of an expectation of behaviour. "Short lead, sit there, no mucking around" on the whole he was good but he is bad for lead biting in those types of situations.🙄 he seems to have turned lead biting, and my constant removal of the lead from his mouth, or angling the lead so he can't get it. into a game. I never give up but neither does he. Anyway he was OK, there were moments of calm but on the whole it was an exciting experience for him.

Worked some more side steps. Such a happy little tails haha. Added forward and back movement for Frank. I used to do the box move heaps as a warm up for hoopers. Lunch time we trained some Rally signs. I am also not a big fan of AI but Jo Rosie shared her training planner prompts in her group so I just had to make one! It’s beautiful and so useful to keep us on track! 🤩 First video has a bark warning! Frank having fomo this time 🙈