ooh dear ! so much for writing here more often.

oh well i wont beat myself up over it, at least i write when i can.

so whats new, i've actually started patterns now, rather than progressing through the levels, however am still using levels as a knowledge base.

vinur is loving touch it, everything he can possibly touch he touches, so we've had to up the skill level a bit now and ask him for more before he gets a reward. i've found that it helps if i ask him out loud, specificly to touch something an then ask him, ok in real terms hes not listening to me but is rather picking, up on my concentration on a certain object.

i have also taken the work that sara is doing with lifiting legs and trying to incorperate it into touch this with that leg, with fantastic results, we had touch a cone with one foot, then with his nose. next step might be to touch with other foot.

soon its time to reclip him, and rug him up, so am thinking again how to be soft with clippers and take time, so rather than do it on a week day, will prob do it at the wekkend.

have also been thinking lots about feedback that vinur gives us, i.e. if he had a good time the day before he is extremely easy to catch, however if something 'bad' happens then hes quite ifficult, i.e. the denist oing his teeth. playing about with that and quite enjoying the positive feedback.