While most people had to work yesterday, I put in some long hours at work so I had off. In addition the school is on Spring Break, so I am off for 10 days! This has its pluses and minuses, but this is not the place for that.
I called up Mike, and he agreed to meet me after he got off of work to do a little training. Storm and I haven't been able to train much due to his being Neutered, and that we had just been busy, so it was a real treat to be able to get out there and train.
The weather was kind of chilly, but the sun was out and it was a nice afternoon/evening. Storm went first. We are still working on his bark and hold and so we only did something really short. Mike hid behind a nearby tree. When I released Storm he seemed to lack focus, ran all willy nilly all over the place before coming back to Mike. He did take a little coaxing, but he started barking his head off. I was VERY pleased.
Molly went next, but when Storms turn came again the weather had turned, just like that. The clouds rolled in and the wind picked up and it started snowing, SIDEWAYS! Mike was already hidden, so I released Storm and he took off immediately. I trudged through the blinding snow up the hill to the area where Mike was hidden, when he calls me on the radio that Storm has found him. I wasn't anywhere close and I couldn't hear him barking as the wind was just deafening. I finally made it up to both Mike and Storm, but Storm wasn't barking much anymore. We got him to bark a few more times, and then we rewarded him with his ball.
We ran Molly again and then did another quick one for Storm. Mike hid and Storm just found him right away, even against the wind and started barking at him for his ball. All in all I would say a pretty successful day.
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