| Re: Week 6 with injury
Take another class with her, preferably obedience, once a week. This would be least taxing on her healing ACL. Stimulate her mind, and her "body" will seem tired as well. A class would provide enough socalization for the time being.
Play some interactive games with her. Show her a tidbit of leftover meat. Give it. Then request an action from her to earn another... It can be anything, from sit, down, or around the orange cone (walking, of course). Get 2 cones and teach her a figure 8. Place a couple of yardsticks on the floor and have her walk over them. It will challenge her mind as to her foot placement. It will make her think.
Print out some Rally-O cards, and make yourself a course. Be easy on yourself and the dog, physically. But, I'll bet she perks up at the concept! She'll find it fun. You have right/left turns, U turns, Halt and walk around your dog, Take 5 steps, Halt and have dog walk around you..stuff like that.
I didn't catch the original post 6 weeks ago. You did or did not have surgery? Was it only a partial tear?
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Last edited by SABELLESMOM; 04-02-2008 at 08:18 PM.
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