Day 134: Indications, Impulse Control and Increased Speed

So I know I have sucked lately at the pun titles so here is some alliteration for you. Don't say I never give you anything!

Today has been warrrrrrrrm. I have missed the heat to be honest, although it does make training and/or playing for any duration during the day quite difficult. We played with the Chuckit ball today, putting Aster in a down and having her wait until I cue her to go get the ball. She has had breaking early variably reinforced lately so she has gotten a bit of a habit of helping herself. My fault. So she was in a harness with a little tab and I can grab that if she goes to break. Islay also rocked up to provide a bit of competition and add some difficulty to the impulse control. We had fun and I noticed for the first time that Islay was really hunting properly for the ball with some grit! I like this a lot.

Indications were OK. My tiny cubes of raw melt so quick in the heat that they stick to the underside of the tin and slow me down so that was annoying 🙄but we moved it onto the lawn for a change and she still did well.

For her dinner I got out my contact mat and did a send away to her bowl of food. Ever since watching

@Gary Martin

's incredible send away video I have this picture in my mind of how I would like my send-aways to look - like that! :)

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