Dreams and Goals - Update

I am just reviewing and revising my dreams/goals for each dog and myself.

Snowball's Dreams

- TEAM1 Title

- "Compete" in rally and/or scent detection

- Get his intermediate trick dog title (strikeout)

- Get his advanced trick dog title

Ida's Dreams

- Be comfortable around traffic

- Be comfortable around other dogs

- Get her CGN

- Title in agility

- Have running contacts

- Title in Rally

My Dreams

- Build a career that involves dogs

- That's really the only one that matters

	Goals	Progress
	Submit the papers for his Novice Trick Dog (NTD) by Friday, January 13, 2017	Complete!  Snowball received his NTD certificate February 22, 2017. New Goal: Film and submit ITD before December 31, 2017. Selected tricks: Go around a cone Close a door Leg weave Perch work Roll over Shell game (nose=1, paw=2) Back up (2) Cross your paws (2) Distance work (Sit, down, stand; 2) Place (left finish)
	Enter the Barnhunt fun match in Red Deer in March 2017.	Complete! Snowball “passed” the instinct test with the second fastest time in his category; we did not Q for either Novice run, but we had a lot of fun anyway.
	Hind end conditioning with the end goal of pain relief for his arthritis (and improving his sit)	Ongoing. Regular perch and pivot work New goal: Continue perch/pivot work on both sides, and work on building a stronger sit/eliminate him walking backwards into a sit.
		New Goal: Fade out rewards during rally sequences in preparation for trialing in the future.
	Submit papers for her NTD title by Friday, January 13, 2017.	Compete!  Ida received her NTD certificate February 22, 2017. New Goal: Film and submit ITD before December 31, 2017. Selected tricks: Go around (“fly”) Jump wraps Baton jump Jump through circled arms Perch work Place (left finish) Sit pretty Soccer Go to mat Directional casting Back-up (2) Directed retrieve (2)
	Attempt TEAM1 by May.	We have cleaned up several components; and are starting to do run-thrus. New Goal: Film TEAM1 by December 2017.
	Learn weaves and teeter by Summer 2017	Ida has 6 weaves in easy situations (low distraction, low-medium arousal). New Goal: Work towards 12 weaves and building fluency with high arousal, from different entry points, etc.  Will be put on hold when snow flies. Teeter work on hold until I have access to equipment.
		Car conditioning. I aim to do at least one session per day.  Sometimes I do none, and sometimes I do three, c'est la vie.  We have made notable progress - she is no longer bothered by the sound of the car being started (when she’s not in it), but she is still nervous of the car when the engine is running.
	Take Snowball for a walk every day, even when the weather is bad* *walking a circle around the cul-de-sac counts in really bad days.	Write out cue dictionary
	Train at least 5 minutes per day with each dog.  Seriously me, 5 minutes isn't that long, set a timer if I have to.	The amount that I train has significantly increased.  I have also added an easy limit on Ida’s car desense - 10 dried anchovies per session - which has made it far less intimidating for me.
	Drink at least 1000 ml of water every day for the rest of January.	I failed at this.  New goal: work on a more creative solution.
	Take at least 7500 steps every day for the rest of January.	I have been keeping up with this.  I won’t say I’ve been perfect, but I have been adding in small things, like taking the stairs down instead of the elevator and parking my car a bit further away and walking to my office.