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Hi 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.
BarbHI again!
Yes – tomorrow is Casper’s first birthday!
I wasn’t sure if I would find time to edit this part, so I didn’t foreshadow it. At any rate, this starts with my “favorite”: toy races. Happily, he blasts out and I am lost in the dust immediately. I am really happy about how this is going, since he has been all about the “party for one” until recently. I have been having great success with the two toy game and now, sometimes, he comes back almost straight. This also shows a totally amazing time when I throw the ring, he runs off and comes right back to play. HUGE PROGRESS!!
(The dreadful squeaky bark in the background is, alas, Enzo.)
We then played a bit of “any toy/any time”. Hmmmmmmm That is when I discovered that the weird round rubber thing is the best toy, by far. Alas, if I am not careful, it is very easy for him to bite me as he runs in to grab it. As you can see, he is pretty willing to tug with anything but he isn’t willing to bring back just anything. In the beginning, he brought back the crocheted flippy flyer but later on, no go. I got him playing with the sock monkey but then he wouldn’t bring it back. I waited almost 3 minutes before giving up. Then I threw the ring toy and he brought it back. THEN I tried to get him to play with the flyer again. It was hard to get him to tug firmly but no-go on the retrieve.
Merry Christmas!
BarbHi Tracy,
Well, we trekked through the “blizzard” from the house to the pole barn (maybe 100 – 200 feet). Because it was so cold and yucky, although not really a blizzard, I brought both dogs. This was not my brightest idea. While I envy Susan Garrett, Ann Braue and others who can train one dog while another one waits patiently, I do not envy the amount of time and attention to detail that this training requires. So, while Enzo trained Casper screamed; didn’t bother Enzo at all. But when Casper trained, Enzo made noise that rattled him. So this is probably not Casper’s best.First is a review of “go to the target (hat)”. You can tell where Enzo is because Casper keeps orienting toward him. <sigh> Then I tried the parallel path work. After a little bit, I thought it looked pretty good. I moved it over to try for a RC but
(1) He isn’t as strong on the hat as he needs to be
(2) He isn’t going straight enough.
I did a bit of “you go that way and I’ll go this way”. That worked better than the RC. (I did see the option of doing it by the wall but I think we need more parallel path work before giving up on doing it the hat way.)
Barb
Hi Tracy,
I am finding that it is a challenge to find training time but the bigger challenge is getting my videos ready. Alas, I am going to just skip ahead instead of working through 2-3 weeks of unedited videos. However, today, you mentioned going one way while your dog goes the other and I couldn’t resist sharing this picture of Patt. I don’t know how to up-load a picture, so this is a 1 second video.
Now I’m off to train and video and, hopefully, find time to edit and update you!
Barb
Hi Tracy
It is way easier to find time to train than time to prepare videos! This is from Tuesday…
Thanks,
BarbHi Tracy,
Yeah, I wasn’t happy with using “Go” but I don’t love being without a command in these kind of circumstances. <grin>
This video shows backing up and turn’n’burn. The backing up cracks me up, because he had already learned to back up to a thing. After I did the training, I watched the video. We can go back to only a step or two and include the wobble board.
I was killing time before my training partners came, so I only got the one direction on turn’n’burn.
Barb
