Friday, March 26, 2010

Back to training

Well March has been pretty much of a write off as far as training Glory goes. I have had the worst cold/sinusitis/bronchitis and migraine headache I have had in my life.
I have spent days and days in bed or on the couch. But I forced myself to go field training last Wed with Karen and it made me realise how far behind I am but alas the next day I was so sick I could hardly look after the dogs. I went out with her again this week and Glory does want to retrieve but to Karen. LOL. She is being a typical retriever puppy. So we have been doing a lot of fun retrieves this week with Glory as many times during the day as I can and she is doing a lot better at it. I have already started introducing her to the force fetch too. I have had her fetching the dumbbell on the table by holding it in front of her and then saying fetch, opening her mouth and putting it in her mouth and having her hold it in her mouth and then saying give. She has been doing this since she was a puppy but we are just formalizing it now. She seems pretty unconcerned about it and very willing to do it.
Also worked on sit stay a lot more too.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Weight and height

I went past the vets today and took Glory in quickly to weigh her. She weighed 41.5 lbs and she is 20 inches tall.