...and then there was quiet!

After the success we had with the citronella collar that we hired, we have now bought our own (Dynavet Masterplus Pro) - not the cheapest purchase in the world but SO worth it. Since we've had it we have a lovely quiet Inko who still seems very happy pottering, playing etc...but she does it quietly!!

I took it with me to ringcraft this week to see if I could use it to start to break her habit of barking in the ring. It was brilliant! She didn't bark once while being walked up, down around, being felt over etc!! Obviously I can't actually take it into the real show ring but if I can get rid of the habit of barking and keep it on till the last minute at shows till the habit is well and truly broken it might just work!! The other people at the class were amazed at the difference it made, and I think were rather pleased for the peace and quiet after weeks of lappy yapping!! Now I just need to work on Inko's occasional biting of the lead while in the show ring - muich easier to focus on that when there is no barking to try and control too!!

We were supposed to be at Tunbridge Wells and District open show at the weekend but Adam was poorly and I was still getting over a cold so we decided to give it a miss and I just did some show training practice with the Dink in the back garden, and did some more tricks training. I'm trying to start some work on back end awareness with Inko because I'd like to try teaching her some more tricks such as walking backwards round my legs, just for something new. Nik in Australia has been helping give me some tips based on her experience with Jedi and Ahsoka and the videos on her blog are very helpful! I think it might take a bit of practice for me to get to grips with what I'm supposed to be doing!!