[yogi53]

OK, I was swamped at work today but I wanted to tell you that last night we practiced in the hallway and I lured her with the treat and gave it with both hands...I was using about a foot between us and after about 4 lunges at me paws making contact with my stomach she started to get it.

We worked for about 15 minutes and this morning on her walk we get in this big vast field where she can run off leash for about 10 minutes and one of the games we like to play is she goes her way looking over her shoulder most of the time and when I lean forward she runs at me as hard as she can....duuuhhh mom this is teaching the recall and teaching her to run as fast as she can and run by me....what a dope I am...When I am playing with her and trying to excersise her I guess my training mind is completely out the window.

I guess I blackmailed my own attempts at training with this game... thanks for the great tips and the clarity...I will put them to good use and we have class tonight and I can;t wait to go and work with her for an hour!