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Hi Tracy,
Here is some more work…
Wing wrap and decel continued: https://youtu.be/R8nycGkOJf0
Goat Tricks 1 continued: https://youtu.be/nD7a4dsRwb4
Resilience Conditioning Walk: https://youtu.be/UlE9D5tEH1o
For the walk, I included a bit at a park and a bit at Lowes. He was more confident at the Lowes. Interesting because I think he has much more experience at parks than at stores. Both of these were new to him.Thanks,
BarbHi Tracy,
I think you have an amazing skill with finding good things to say!
This video has some review and the BC sequence. I also show some of the goat training. Between other classes and rehab, Casper is pretty quick at figuring out how to get 4 feet on something.
Thanks, BarbAlso, we kept on keeping on…
Again, the camera angle is not ideal but you can see what happened. I was in my basement, which is much more restricted than my training barn. Never the less, I was REALLY pleased with how he brought back the toy and traded the toy for food at the end. Hmmmmmmmmm
I will go out to the barn for the next exercises to get more space.
Hi Tracy
Please don’t forget to post videos of teaching your dogs (Vodoo and someone) to appreciate food by reinforcing with tug.
I redid the pre-games with Casper; he really seems to have the concept. The camera was not pointed very well but I think you get the idea.
Thanks,
Barb
Hi Tracy & all,
Here is Casper doing the pre-games. I am very sure he has seen the foot target game a couple of times before. The nose target he has only seen as a hand touch, and didn’t catch on as quickly.
Foot target: https://youtu.be/ayqAO528eH0
Nose target: https://youtu.be/2Y26Gvtu4vY
I was able to do the foot target with a clicker but the “lack of three hands” made the nose target harder. I resorted to “YES!” which he has heard before as a marker. Also, the nose target video had various interruptions because my spouse had to check on his laundry and show me a funny thing and so on. At any rate, that one needs a bit more work!
Thanks,
BarbAnother thing:
I see the picture of the Resilience Rainbow but I don’t “get it”. Is it getting more difficult from one end to the other? It doesn’t seem to in my mind but I am obviously confused. Please explain.
Thanks,
BarbHi Tracy,
I had a few minutes to compare the slice to the wrap in the last course. Here is what happened.
Video: https://youtu.be/sVHQ3tD0ZlE
Camera Angle #1; runs 1, 2 and 3
Run 1: slice; time 4.9; I think he slipped in the tunnel
Run 2: slice; time 4.6
Run 3: wrap; time 4.5Camera Angle #2; runs A and B
Run A: slice; time 4.7
Run B: warp; time 4.7I wanted the second camera angle to try to time to the tunnel entrance but the light was bad and I was in the way. I guess the bottom line would be the wrap might be slightly faster or they were even. However, the handler can leave earlier on the wrap, so I guess I would say that the wrap is the preferred way in this case.
So hard for me to comprehend! For Patt, the wrap was NEVER better. <smile>
Also, I need to be much more careful about left and right verbals. Just saying…
Barb
Hi Tracy,
Casper is doing well. Now 2 weeks post-surgery and I met with the rehab specialist yesterday. LOTS of stuff to do. Thanks for asking.
Video: https://youtu.be/qixB6JAyuKo
These are the standard courses from package 3. There was some confusion in the taping and some stuff got missed (sigh). Also, for some reason, I did course 2 first and then course 1. Here is what you get:
– Walk-through course 2 (you could stop at that point and see if you can guess where Enzo went off course).
– Run course 2
– Immediately pick up from the error and finish
– The next section is actually my third execution of course 2, since my second one was lost.
– Last is my execution of course 1 – there was a bar but I didn’t see how to improve my handling to prevent it. Loss of connection, maybe.Thanks,
BarbHi Tracy,
I am totally out of sequence here. The weather is frightful, so I thought I’d do some of the sequences in the barn instead of broiling Enzo and me. Working with me are a couple of friends who come by on Mondays.
This is from package 4, the “Evolution Skills Challenges: First Run, Best Run! Part 2: Critical Connection Points”
First set: https://youtu.be/B8uO2cUdcEo
This went pretty well. I did the longer sequence twice using your handling, I don’t remember why. I also did it a third time, replacing the wraps with slices. Generally, Enzo is faster with slices but I recently did some timing work and we found a couple of times when the wrap was faster. I would like a better understanding…Second set: https://youtu.be/YCXi_a5X09U
Small problem here: I essentially never use an “out” to mean “move away from me to pick up a jump”. I use it when a tunnel discrimination cannot be characterized as the far one is on your direct line versus coming in toward me. Even then, I try to avoid that situation. Therefore, I worked very hard to be past the line of jump 2, so that my motion could support Enzo’s line away from me.
In the first little sequence, I did your handling twice because I didn’t like my line from 4 to 6; the second time was better. Then, I guess to be a wise-guy, I did it from the other side (since IRL, I would work very hard to be on the other side).
The final, longer sequence took a bit longer to decide how to handle. I left out all the chatting between the three of us. Then I ran it with my original handling (took 2 tries) then I walked revised handling (a couple of changes) and tried that. This is the type of sequence that Enzo tends to “E” on because he jumps pretty wide. The first error I cleaned up with a delayed blind cross (don’t know what you call that). It is not my favorite move but can tighten up a turn.The weather is cooling off and I hope to build a course in the yard! Also, it looks like I should back up to package 3! My threadle slice cue is IN-IN-IN and my threadle wrap cue (never seen it in an AKC course of any flavor) is IN-Switch.
Thanks,
BarbHi Tracy,
The weather outdoors improved quite a bit, here in Michigan. Well, at least today. I built the course on Sunday in the broiling heat. This morning it was almost cool (high 70’s).
This is package 2 Standard course 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jIp2RJRzXs
How disappointing that he missed the weave entrance on the first try. I didn’t give him any help. When I repeated that sequence with some body English, he had no trouble. Fun Course!Package 2 Standard course 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5QVm2QVQxY
I wanted to handle #12 as an “IN”. I thought I could get there and I thought it would be safer than a backside in the face of the tunnel entry. FAIL! Turns out the “PUSH” backside worked just fine.
All the rest of the course was a delightful speed circle! Except Enzo was sure the course went #8 then teeter. It took a bit to convince him otherwise. Oh well. At least the weather was “ok enough” so that we could run it clean at the end!Thanks,
BarbHi Tracy
What a fun time Wednesday night! The live sessions are a great idea and I really enjoyed it. Of course, the fact that I had a/c made a huge difference.
So today, I built the package 2 standard course. The temp is over 85 and the sun is brutal. Maybe tomorrow or Sunday, we will run it. (We took the weekend off.)
I’m sure you have carefully planned the upcoming packages but, I beg you, while the heat wave continues, please consider using 0 or 1 tunnels. Now I LOVE a tunnel and Enzo is delighted by them but setting up tunnels and tunnel bags in 85+ degrees is a real pain. Setting up 2 is twice as much. <just saying…>
Thanks,
BarbHi Tracy,
We had a GREAT weekend, thanks for asking. First time, in a LONG time, with 2 double Q’s in one weekend. He laid down some wonderful, fast runs. We were also in a runoff but my nerves got the best of me at about jump 12 and it went all to $%^&. Still, a fun experience.
Here is a re-run of course 1:
I never got a clean run but this one is close with only one bar and the wraps are much better.Here is the re-run of couse #2:
First off, he does have a separate cue for backside wrap versus backside slice. Alas, the jump is performed as a slice in both cases, but he handles it differently on landing. For the wrap cue (push) he expects to come back or even circle. For the slice cue (around) he expects to continue on the slice line and maybe continue behind the jump (back towards the takeoff side).As far as the run, I wanted to tighten 9-10-11 further but he was done (85 degrees). I had one take that was a bit tighter but he dropped #10, so not really better. Also, I need a tunnel brake at #17 but I always forget. <sigh>
Thanks,
BarbHi Tracy,
For unknown reasons, YouTube took DAYS to process this video. I am at a trial this weekend but I left the jumpers course up so I can try it again with your feedback.
So this video is the second JWWW course.
Thanks,
BarbHi Tracy!
First, I would love to hear ideas and anecdotes from your Russian friend on hard-entry weaves.
I found time to work on the jumper’s course; video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoS761pUC3A
I guess I shouldn’t admit this but remembering some of these courses is getting in the way of more subtle handling cues. Just saying that 21 obstacle without any weaves? No time to think.
The place where I put “think, think, think” in the video was where I was looking at the ending line. It should be just a call and push, I was making it more complicated. Not sure if it shows but it felt very different.
I did the second one but my upload has failed 3 times. I’ll try again tomorrow.
Thanks,
Barb
