Daisy Peel

Toy play is going to take longer because you have to develop all the interest and then you can put the structure on it.

So maybe not till six or seven months.

excitement of okay we're back and back at it is that more or less in in agility for mine it it's kind of a double-edged sword because they are so excited to be doing it again that i i can predict that they're more likely to make mistakes of enthusiasm

Yeah.

But if it's a dog that's a little bit lower on the arousal spectrum, then I can for sure use that to my advantage.

It's pretty interesting because for mine, to avoid that problem, just getting them onto the training field a little bit every day kind of avoids that, even if there's no training that happens.

Like today, when you and I are done talking, I've got my arena heated to about 40 degrees.

It's like 15 degrees out.

But so I'm going to take them all out into the arena and we'll probably just do laps and maybe do a little heel work and maybe toss a toy.

And even that is enough so that when I do want to do some more serious training, they won't be complete idiots.

I frequently train with my girlfriend.

And once in a while we will switch dogs and do a little training.

But primarily, it's primarily me.

And the more involved I get with a dog, the less likely I'm going to be to let someone else work it.

And the last course, some dogs really care about play with it.

And it's not even because, um, with the play part, I get a little bit nervous that, that they'll do something and the dog will hurt itself, like jump for a toy and, you know, do something stupid.

But I, I just get a little possessive, you know, like my current dog, um, that I made the world team with this last year.

I'm much more hesitant to let someone else run in because I just feel really possessive.

And also we're kind of on a streak.

I mean, for my dogs, I...