Backup just doesn't get it. I may take another long break. He offers beautiful straight weaves out of the blue sometimes if he sees them on the course but I can't recreate them. He has great slightly open, 1-2 inch or opposing end corners touching, and it delivers a reward but then right after the reward he offers the wrong behavior, 4 poles popping mostly but sometimes skipping, as if he's still not sure how to get the reward. He will sometimes get it right and right and right then it's wrong wrong wrong repeatedly. I swear I don't know what goes on in his little brain. He's perpetually confused by life and agility is no different.
We were doing 2o2o but he started stressing over it and waiting at the top of the contact obstacles and began panic panting and creeping. So, I started calling him, tossing a reward, racing him, etc, anything to get him moving freely again. He's been offering some rather nice "hopeNpray" running contacts so I've been rewarding. Today out of no where mid victory lap with tug in mouth he did this
And refused to budge until I called him.
I think if he was consistent with his chaos I would shrug it off but then we have these moments and I think, by george he's got it, then he says psyche!
