Training - WOW!

We have a Severe Thunderstorm and Flood Watch going on simultaneously today. It's extremely muggy with light winds. Blitz clearly is feeling much better so I wanted to take advantage of his health and get him out there working amongst distractions. And my Moto-man also needed a good workout. So I packed up the pups and we drove to our big park. My intention was to heel them in the parking lot but no luck, a soccer game was going on so the parking lot was full. We went across the road to where you could park on the grass and I decided we would work there - lots of screaming kids and yelling parents so while not a visual distraction, there would definately be an audio one. I also decided to return to the pinch collar with Blitz. He doesn't need a correction at all, but does need to feel the pressure when he is not in proper position. It worked like a charm. I had a great attitude and he quickly picked up on his mistakes. Best sesson we've had in quite some time. I think for visual distractions we'll need to slowly work up to it - mild distractions and build up to busy places. Given his work today, I'm hopeful that we at least won't embarass ourselves on the 15th of May.
Next came Mr. Moto Man. He was cranked out of his mind which is thrilling given his laid-back personality. He really reminded me of a Golden - panting loudly with excitement, grinning broadly and forging like crazy. I WISH I could use the pinch collar on him but it has a negative effect with him. I have a seminar with Linda Koutsky next weekend and am anxious to see what she can do to help us on that. The other really thrilling thing was his fronts are dramatically improving. He rarely does the "Sheltie bonk" now. Still needing work: getting him to use his rear to adjust to proper position. I noticed he's not using his rear as much as I'd like on figure 8's either. His finishes are to die for in terms of flourish. They aren't 100% correct but it's coming. Honestly, he is working like a Golden and I'm eating it up! I had so much fun with him it was hard stopping. Then as a reward, I let the two run free for a bit. They played tag for awhile and explored a bit. To me there is no sweeter sight then two Shelties romping and playing, running free.
In terms of my healing I am getting more energy every day. I do have pain a lot, but I think that's just my body getting used to doing the things it used to do. My left arm where I received the worst impact (seems to me) is the most sore. There is a lump still there - maybe scar tissue? The surrounding muscle tissue is very painful to the touch but of course I'm lifting stuff again and using my arm like I used to. We'll see what the trauma physician says next week about that.