I’ve been waiting to write in…hoping I’d have something really exciting to write about but the days keep going by and I seem to keep making the same ol mistakes here in Brazil. I’m trying to race…I keep thinking there is something better out there…I try to run away from the gaggles. This has cost me big time. Last week during a team de-brief we were all joking around about how we screw up during the flights and how nice it would be to have something that would stop us from doing it….Josh threw out the idea of a shock collar…you know the ones, people put up an invisable electric fence around the yard to keep the dogs in so they never leave the yard. We decided we needed this in the thermals here with the gaggles….each time we tried to leave the gaggle we would be shocked into returning and coming to our senses. Then we thought we could shock each other as well if we looked down and saw one of us racing or doing something stupid. How good would this be!!!
So the first day I used this this therory, it worked…I just happened to pack my harness wrong and had something poking me in the back, I instantly thought of the “shock collar idea” and used it during the flight to remind me. Each time I had the urge to leave I stopped myself and was reminded to be patient. This was the day I made my first goal!!! I think we’re on to something here……. Yesterday I could have used a few good zaps as I tried to race away from the gaggle only to have them fly over my head as I scratched up from the deck…… it does’nt pay….I did end up making goal but way late. I got lucky!!! One more day….I promise to be a good dog!!!