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Hi Tracy,
Regarding Enzo:
For sequence 1, I’m sure better acceleration/deceleration would help but I’m trying to be a bit realistic on what is reasonable handling. The temperature was really hot and I just wasn’t moving too fast (well, I’m no longer 35, so I don’t really move FAST any more). I like the idea of a brake arm. <grin>For sequence #2, I did the FC between 5 and 6 so early because of needing to square him to the line from 6 to the tunnel. I thought the “normal” timing would send him straight into the side of the tunnel about half way down. But it is interesting that you liked it so early. <grin> As far as the BC leading up to 10, I might be able to do it sooner but I’m not going to fail to make connection as he leaves the tunnel. I learned that rule long ago and am very reluctant to let go of it. I totally agree that Jaacko exit from #10 would be better. Not sure why I didn’t, that is usually one of my go-to’s. I’m guessing that I wanted to watch the turn.
Sequence #3, after a lot of thought and studying, I came to understand what you meant by “move forward on the FC out of 6 rather than do a post turn to face 6 then FC”. That is an interesting perspective that I need to learn how to adopt. I am more likely to stand my ground and force the dog’s path than trust that moving forward will also change his path. It’s more that I don’t think of it…
THANKS!
BarbTracy,
Please feel free to ignore this if it is too outside the rules. My theory is that we missed most of package 2 and didn’t finish package 1, so it might be okay to include a bit of Casper doing a some of the raise your game challenge.
If you do look, I edited this so much that you got the first run but not the perfected one. That is most obvious on 1A, where he missed the jump after the tunnel.
Thanks,
BarbOh dear, my homework thread was on page 3 (no entries for 2 weeks). I always think of summer as a time to relax and work on-line courses but I forget about vacations and other trips and seminars and other things that eat up my time. (Then my husband fell, bruised his hip badly and is on crutches.)
So, I decided to concede that I will not finish this course and just jumped right into package 3. Here is Enzo doing the Raise Your Game challenges.
Sequence #1A
I thought this was pretty good, except for the turn from 5 to 6. I flung him on the slice and let him drift. (I tried to improve it at the start of sequence 32
Sequence #1B
I tried to fix Seq #1A from #5 to# 6 with a verbal and spin. That should have resulted in a MUCH tighter turn but only helped a little. (Homework needed). Then I did #1B. It was very similar to #1A but I sent to the other side of the weaves.
Sequence #2
I did this twice because the send to the weaves was “too lazy” on the first rep and he went to the wrong end. Otherwise, I was pretty happy with it. I had had some concerns about the wrap around #10 but I pulled out the big guns (position, facing, hand, eyes, verbal) and it wasn’t bad at all.
Sequence #3
Even though we FINALLY had weather with temperatures in the 70’s (versus high 80’s and low 90’s), Enzo had pretty much had it by this time. I went in and got the good food and he decided he could manage one more effort. <grin> I did it twice because he was SO WIDE from #7 to #8. Of course, some of that is the attraction of the weaves. <grin> The second try was much better, except maybe the BC before the tunnel was a bit abrupt <snicker>.
Thanks,
BarbHi Tracy,
Enzo is back in the saddle; just a wound on this foot that needed to heal. Can’t imagine how he got it — stepped on a sharp rock or stick, maybe.
We set up the Raise your Game Challenges first – as directed! Enzo had only a little trouble with them. I wanted it to be a touch harder, so I used a wingless jump as the “out jump”. The “barrier” we used was a sheet pulled across some jump standards. My jump wings are not very visually blocking. Of course, there was a lot more toy play than I included in the video! The last sequence had some bar-dropping issues. I didn’t include all of them! I do notice that I use “OUT”, “GET OUT”, “GO”, “GO JUMP” and “GO ON”. <Sigh>
At the end, we put the DW across the tunnel and I learned some new stuff. In particular, Enzo can’t do a wrap away from me if I am behind the DW. (He did it nicely in the video above, but I was closer.) I tried both “SWITCH” (turn away), “CHECK” (wrap left wing) and “LEFT” (supposed to be a 90 degree turn) but nothing worked. Looks like more training required. <grin> (since this is the wise-guy video, I’ll understand if you don’t actually review it.
(by the way, for some reason the “CAMP 2023 Package 2 Overview” video had the visual and aural output just ever so slightly out-of-sync. )
Barb
Enzo was on injured reserve Monday, so I put in Casper for the JWW course. He is definitely not ready to string that many things together. Hee-hee. Maybe not worthwhile but you might take a look (Bruce says sorry about the thumb). I’ll try to do better on the next set assuming weather and everything.
Barb
Double Rats! I did them (the second time) in reverse order, since the cones were all out!
Here is course 1:
BarbHi Tracy,
Here are the re-do’s.
For course #1, we tried the beginning various ways. The RC was a fail but I got the BC and a revised version of the lead-out push. I had to redo the end because of laziness. <oops>
For course #2, we just went out and re-ran it with your advice. I think it went well except I didn’t give enough turning cues at #20 and he went backside on #21. Otherwise, not bad. And that’s plenty of reps on this course.
Thanks!
BarbHi Again,
Here is package 1 agility course 2:
I will spare you watching him fly the DW the first couple of times. Not sure what the deal was but it wasn’t acceptable. Then I praised the good one and he looked back to enjoy his praise and went into the wrong end of the tunnel. After all that, we were both a bit tired of the course and hadn’t actually done any of it! (The DW’s that followed were not very good but I figured it was time to move on).
The first part of the video goes along for a while until there were too many mistakes and I forgot where we were going.
The next try has an error I want you to see (yeah) because it is happening at trials. We were going along, 12-13-14 to backside of #1. I think this kind of error is caused by confusion between layering things and considering my position. Obviously, he didn’t get a turn cue at 14. I thought the “forward send” at 14 would include coming back but obviously Enzo and I did not see them the same way. Fixed that and went on to what I thought was a lovely Ketchker at 16 but Enzo didn’t. Fixed that and finished up.
At that point, I figured I should just wait for some feedback.
One advantage of very hot, very dry weather is that the lawn doesn’t need mowing as much. I should have the course up for a few more days.
Thanks,
BarbHi Tracy,
Here is package 1 agility course 1:
– First run: A couple of bars down (first was clearly a connection break); didn’t get the backside after the DW
– Second run: cleared up the connection issue, ran hard to get the backside after the DW; trouble after the A-frame
– Third run: start at tunnel to DW; ok but forgot what came after the teeter (sigh)
– Fourth run: “almost clean” <grin>
The first run really wasn’t too bad but I didn’t succeed in cleaning it completely up. Nice course!
Barb
Hi Tracy,
Random question: will you always use 15′ tunnels? I see that the 2 tunnels in week 1 are 15′. And so is the tunnel in the “Raise your Game” section.
Next time I’ll notice before I build it but maybe could you put obstacle #1 at the bottom of the page, please? Some of us (me, anyway) have very rigid spatial relationship skills. For example, I can only play red in backgammon.
Also, THANKS so much for sharing a bit early–I am building today (Sunday) and will play tomorrow in the morning. Hopefully before it is too hot!
Barb
Oh my! I am not progressing as I had hoped. This video is, I think, a dramatic improvement in the head turn exercise. Let me know what you think. These are reps that I think went well.
Thanks,
BarbHi again,
Casper had had a LOT of training when I read your reply. I don’t want to fail to understand, so, I tried it with Enzo: https://youtu.be/Jvxo2MJ07e8
At the time, I felt like I was doing a pretty good job but now, looking at the video, I’m not sure. And it would really be nice to teach this to Enzo as well as Casper. I understand the logical meaning of your comment:
“The main thing with this exercise is to be hyper-clear with the mechanics…”
but that isn’t the same as applying the mechanics correctly in real life.Thanks,
BarbHi Tracy,
I am falling further and further behind but that is “oh well”. We’ll catch up at some point or we won’t. <grin>
One thing we are teaching that I would like to understand and teach competently is the head-turn for jumping. Enzo does not do this at all; I wish he did. I really think it would help Casper. (I will try the re-teach on Enzo, also.)
This video is essentially the whole session; it didn’t go very well but I’m hoping you can point to places where I was closer to doing it right…
For your info: this is about the longest he will work for food in a challenging environment. Jen was teaching class in the other half of the room. I pulled out a toy for some other stuff but I thought food would be a better modality for this exercise.
Thanks,
BarbHi Tracy,
We did a little work on the blind and wrap today. Well, we also did some other stuff but that was just keeping our hand in.
…so far behind…Thanks!
BarbHi Tracy,
One more stupid thing: how do you teach your dogs to bark on cue? Enzo does it and so have most of the previous dogs but I only remember how I taught a couple of them and it wasn’t necessarily transferable.
– The Springer barked when the doorbell rang. So I opened the front door, trapping her inside with my body. Then I rang the bell, she barked, click/treat. That worked well and pretty fast.
– I think at least one of the Belgians was taught by taking advantage of excitement barking during the “bite me” game.
– I honestly cannot remember how I taught Enzo.
Any ideas appreciated.
Barb
