Nelli & Kayce Day 37 7-24-2022

PM: KAYCE was first. We started with heel, sit, stay and he did good. We then did more retrieving work. It was hot so he wasn't wanting to hold onto the bumper as well as he had been, but that is also due to not getting worked in over a week. We worked on place training simultaneous with retrieving. He was going to the stand good and a couple of times I asked him to hold onto the bumper when I sent him to the stand, he struggled with wanting to hold onto the bumper once he got on the stand. He will get better at understanding to hold onto the bumper on the stand. The last retrieve we did he was in the process of the retrieve and dropped the bumper to get a drink of water because he was hot. I told him NO, and fetch and he got the bumper and completed the retrieve. I then let him go get a drink of water. They need to understand they have to complete the retrieve before they can get a drink of water. 

NELLI was next and we started with heel, sit, stay work. She retained her work good and even progressed even though it had been over a week since her last session. We then worked more on place training and she is doing ok on it. She can't do it on command yet but is understanding what it means. We then worked on retrieving. She needed some encouragement on a few retrieves but is doing better.