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Dianne and I took Billy out in my field to work him as if he were in a real show. This was good practice for me and I did much better tonight in keeping a good gait with him. He is not very motivated but we finally hit on what the problem was and what to do to counteract it.
Billy hates the chocker! We took it off finally and I used the bait to get him excited and we did runs back and forth with him holding his head up and trotting pretty good beside me. Each time we stopped, he got lots of hugs and a piece of the bait. After he was consistantly doing well with that, we put the chocker back on but this time we just clipped the two rings onto the lead. I showed him the bait and got his attention and off we went. This time no pulling on the lead and no chocking. He is improving and so am I.
We will be doing one more clip on him either tomorrow or Saturday to get some better lines.
Billy hates the chocker! We took it off finally and I used the bait to get him excited and we did runs back and forth with him holding his head up and trotting pretty good beside me. Each time we stopped, he got lots of hugs and a piece of the bait. After he was consistantly doing well with that, we put the chocker back on but this time we just clipped the two rings onto the lead. I showed him the bait and got his attention and off we went. This time no pulling on the lead and no chocking. He is improving and so am I.
We will be doing one more clip on him either tomorrow or Saturday to get some better lines.



