Tonight was Midas’s third Rally class, Eric came with to get some photos.
It was a good time. We worked entirely on his martingale collar and he did fantastic! 
We’ve come so far in such a short amount of time.
We started out with practicing the Swing command, in which Midas leaps up from in fron tof me and turns to land in a heel beside me. It’s fun to train and he enjoys it. He’s really getting the hang of it. Now to apply the command and start asking him to do it that way.
We had two “issues” to work with tonight – Midas’s love for the instructor:
Which made it difficult for us to have her follow us on the “course” since the first quarter he wanted to gaze after her…dang dog!
He also had some extremely sloppy sits:
His heeling was much better since I’ve been practicing leading him with the treat, he’s more liable to be in the correct position. He’s also really caught on to the Back command when we do our Right Turns.
(look how he’s watching me )
He’s also been really itchy lately, which results in a lot of head-flopping and scratching – Spring is hitting all of us:
Our second time through the course, his heeling was much improved!
Look at that loose-leash!
He of course took the jump in the course fine:
(look at his tongue )
We finished the course with loose leash still hanging (you can see it behind my leg) and tail wagging:
Which is what makes this fun. As long as I see this:
I know he’s enjoying himself! 