More beach fun!

Well today we went to the nearest sandy beach to us, again! It was VERY windy but we had so much fun! Indi was much more confident, and went even further out to sea! He really is becoming a true water dog! He nipped River, my nan's friends whippet, but other than that he was really good. We bumped into another dog, a greyhound/lurcher and he looked at it but didn't go running over. We are slowly beating this problem, its just taking a long time!
Tomorrow he's coming with me and Ernie to flyball training. Not to do any flyball training but just for socialisation and confidence building. We shall see how it goes, it may be a disaster or it may be a success. Of course, Ernie's going to be there as well so that might help as well! We will just have to wait and see.

I haven't posted anything on new tricks for a while. At the moment I am working on teaching Indi to be confident in trying new things with shaping. I was shaping him to put his paws in my shoes and he just wouldn't put both in. So I'm just clicking and treating anything new, not really working on any specific tricks with him at the moment. Although, I have now started training him the 'close' command which is heel just on the right side. With Ernie I'm working on a lot of different things. I have started training him to 'hug' teddies, bring his paw to me and am of course doing lots of flyball training everyday. I set up a little tiny jump, put a ball on one side and him on the other. Then just say 'GOO!' and he goes and gets the ball jumping over the jump on the way there and back! We still have a way to go, but he is doing so well!

Well winter is well and truly on its way. This is great news for Indi as it means leaves!!! Of course, we will be able to do NO flyball training as he finds leaves just too distracting:). I prefer winter, and so do Indi and Ernie. Especially Ernie. It means I can go for hours and hours on walks not having to worry about the heat or getting sunburnt. Oh and theres the snow too!:).

So here are some pics from our walk today!