Keeping on track

After a particularly bad showing at the fun match last weekend I was profoundly discouraged. But then my article bag arrived on Monday. It's soooo beautiful and just begging for those fancy articles to come and fill it up. And the custom-made dumbbell is on its way to me. The articles will be a few more weeks. I've set the wheels in motion to see this through.
Yesterday I decided no obedience, we'll just do agility to get him "up" and he was pretty sloppy with that, too. This dog just doesn't CARE when he's not in the mood. What frustrated me even more was when I'd gotten what I wanted (let's just do all 6 weave poles, please) and released him he was more than delighted to leave me to go to his pack buddies who were waiting in the house. Not so fast Moto. I "made" him play with me before he got to go with his buddies. Didn't play too long as he seemed tired. But nooooo, when his pals were let into the yard he had LOTS of energy! ARGH. The trick still is to figure out how to get him to expend energy with me, even when he's not in the mood to. That is obviously still a work in progress.
This morning, however showed a new Moto. I decided we'd just work on attention and precision heeling. I chose to train on our street as it offers some mild (not scary) distractions of neighbors outside, barking dogs in yards, etc. He was absolutely fabulous, very up and eagerly offered behaviors. Our heeling/doodling session was wonderful. So were utility signals, front work and finish work. Since we had a full head of steam we played for a bit and out into the back yard we went to work on weave pole entries. There were a few bobbles but he really tried hard and focused and bam! We had some good entries! So, today was a good training day. Agility class for Shiloh and Moto tonight, we'll see if it carries over.