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Kaldin & Min – Skills 3 – Threadle Wrap with Motion – 7/26/21
Moved to the front yard. Both of them are not convinced that “in in” is a release word so I decided to do the tossed treat for some reps instead. They were both doing well so I added a wrap to the “front” side of the wrap and then went back to the threadle wrap.
Perfect – I was just thinking I should take the threadle wrap wing game outside.
Is this the correct timing?
Dog is in sit and I start moving to the wing
I cue In In. This releases the dog
I use a small outside arm for the flipor should I cue and then move?
I think I’m going to remove the furthest out jump on the games 3 sequences so that I can spread out the rest of them. I had to crunch it down by 3-4 ft from the map to fit all the jumps in but really the handling happens on the 3 closer to the tunnel. And I bet I can recreate the mulberry distraction even though I flipped the sequence 90 deg to get better footing and not leave jumps under the mulberries (they stain PVC)
Min got into your OTR Event Prep on Sunday in Sept! Sadly the Young dog lines/turns on Friday filled up with Nancy’s students before it got to my group of past seminar participants. I was debating the young masters dog on Thursday for Kaladin since he has good skills, but I wasn’t sure if he would fit with that group if he decided to be Distracto-Boy. While I was thinking about it, Thursday filled up too. Kaladin is on the wait list right now for Friday.
Kaladin & Min – Skills 3 – Threadle Wrap with Cue – 7/25/21
Added the “In In In” cue and tried to be more subtle with the outside arm flick. I think I was mashing the verbal and the arm cue too much.
Kaladin – Games 3 – Sequences 1&2 – 7/25/21
Took the Instant Focus Game outside and got him interested in an actual tug toy instead of Nemo or the frizzer. Thought he was engaged and then lost him to the mulberries next to the starting wing. (Something shiny!)
Sequence 1 –
He turns well both directions but I felt like I was late on my rotation. (Take 2 weeks off and my timing is rusty with him compared to Min!)
Sequence 2 –
Again felt late on the FCs and completely lost him on the first BC.
At least he was happy tugging on the fleece ring.
Kaladin & Min – Skills 3 – Threadle Wrap – 7/21/21
Kaladin is doing nicely and Min keeps thinking she should wrap the wing. Is it because I’m leaning forward? (Really hard not to do with the little shrimp)
Min – Games 1 – Std 1 – 7/13/21
I don’t usually push her this much on distance in the weaves so was really pleased about her weaving ahead of me and the 2nd option when I faded laterally. Clearly I should have cued the tunnel next or a get it.
Kaladin – Games 2 – Sequence #2 &3 – 7/11&12/21
Great feedback on seq #1. Not sure when I will get back to it, but have made notes to try more business and less cheerleading and send and go more. I find that hard in the backyard because it is cramped. I had to squeeze everything in 2-3ft to get it to fit with 2/3 of a DW on the side. Here are sequences 2 &3 that were done more than a week ago.
Seq 2 – 7/11/21
I liked 1-3. Very late in my dig-dig to 5 so he was wide. I liked the BC to the 2nd tunnel. He jumped the inside of 8. Completely lost connection on the way to the last jump so he came inside the jump. Good boy. Think I should have said the Go before he went in the tunnel but I was on my third tunnel at the time!Practice – Earlier dig dig cue 4-5 and use “yes” for him to drive to me, Cue Go before last tunnel & connection after. Practice FC before 2nd tunnel just for kicks
Seq 3 – 7/12/21
Kaladin – Games 1 – Std 1 – 7/13/21
This was the night before his neuter but I’m just getting around to posting it now.
This was his first visit to Chaia’s. We did some environmental acclimation, Teeter games and a set of 6 poles as a warm up and then I popped him back in his crate to chill while I ran Min. Video is his 2nd session but first running the course. We had a detour to go visit Chaia that I had to collect him from, but at the end I noticed he flicked his eyes to her while going by but then refocused on the course (Yay! Frisbie time!). I had intended to reward right before the teeter but was late and he was headed to it so I went with it and he got his meatball after. It was hot and muggy and his little fluffy puppy brain was working hard with all the new stuff so I didn’t experiment with different handling. He got to rest after this while Min ran the other course.Kaladin – Instant Focus – 7/21/21
I decided to be lazy and use the old baseball cap and a front foot target. It’s portable and I didn’t have anything else lying around that was appropriate.
Did the first session as a warm up since we hadn’t done anything with the cap for months. Didn’t intend to have Demi wandering around as an added distraction but Kaladin ignored her and was fine working in his doughnut.
Second session was a few hours later with the cap and treats planted ahead of time.Kaladin is having a fun farm stay with Skye for the next few days and the girls are hanging out in Karen Marquardt’s “Sheltie Room” with her two Shelties and 2 MNSR fosters. I have videos to catch up on posting but won’t be back in MN with the dogs until Saturday afternoon.
Kaladin & Min – Skills 3 – Threadle Wrap – 7/10/21
Did this inside to make it easier to find tossed treats. Kaladin was very happy to play.
AM session – I think I confused Min as I moving my outside arm forward more than flipping away. We all did much better in the evening.Verbals
Forward Cues
Go
Jump- jump in extension (not always used. Sometimes I revert to Go)Turn Cues
Left/Right – soft turns
Check Check – wrap right
Dig Dig – wrap left
Lalala – backside slice
Circle – backside 360
Come – threadle slice on jumps
Here- Here – tunnel threadle
In In – threadle wrap (introduced but not worked much with Kaladin. Not used much with Min and I think she responds more to it because it sounds like her name)
Flip – spin left (also used after In In for Min since her threadle wrap is half trained and the wrap part isn’t associated well with the In In)
Turn – spin right (also used after In In for Min)
Get out – move further away from line next to me (usually a lead change)Obstacle Cues
Teeter – send to teeter
Bang It – 2o2o on teeter
Poles- weaves (normal approach)
Weaves – weave threadle (Not trained for either dog yet. I use In In – Poles for Min now. Do the weaves need their own theadle cue?)
Tunnel-tunnel – send to obvious tunnel entrance
Walk it – Send to DW (Haven’t adde cue to approach DW yet for Kaladin)
Go-Go (currently using to run DW for Min. still on the “whoohoo!” for Kaladin. Haven’t decided if I need to change it for Min or not)
Frame – Send to Frame
run it (For Min. TBD on Kaladin. He hasn’t been on a frame yet.)
Box – Table & auto down for Min. Table followed by position cue for Kaladin (happy to not worry about this one much!)Release Word
Break – general release from stationary positionReinforcement Cues (Stronger for Kaladin since I trained them when he was a puppy vs adding them in when Min was 4 or 5)
Catch – toy/food tossed in air
Get it – tossed toy ahead on line
Grab it – toy in hand
Treat – food placed in mouth
X -drive into hand for food (also a release if they were in a stationary position)
Toss – 1 piece of thrown food
Happy Hour -run to get stashed treat/toy
Search – 1 piece of placed food (near me and the dog) – not used as much as toss
Eat it – food in dish
Bonanza – treat scatterUh and the generic “yes” that is confusing my dogs but that I feel compelled to “mark” good behavior instead of just reinforcing it by cueing the next behavior.
Min – Games 2 – Jpg 1&3 – Options take 2 and question on Games 3 -7/19/21
Jpg 1 pinwheel
I find it easier to time the crosses earlier when I am FC-ing vs BC-ing so I think that is what is making the FCs faster for me.
Double FC – 4:89
Double BC – 5:11Jpg 3 –
Late BC – 4:96
FC to left (less late and tighter line because I was better at sending on the lala – 4:68
And now I need to take a break from this particular obsession and go catch up o other things!Question on the Instant Focus game in Games 3. I used a baseball cap as my prop for get-outs in MaxPup. Can I use that again if I would like the behavior to be a foot target or should I get a new prop?
Min – Games 2, Jumping Options – 7/19/21
Tried some handling options in the backyard. Had to crunch in the pinwheel a few feet and set a tunnel to start it off so that she would get more speed coming in.Jumping 1 -(9-13) Pinwheel handling options
No room for #13 tunnel so did a tighter wrap back to the far jump on the pinwheel.Double BC – tried to keep my arms from flailing around as much.
FC to BC – I liked the FC, but the BC was a bit late so my feet were pointing to the side (like where the #13 tunnel would have been) as she was jumping and I didn’t connect back with her as well so I think that is why she bulged out on the line out of the wrap
Serp – So maybe it was the go or the fact that the pinwheel was a few less feet deep, but she read this way better than when we did the full course
Timed from #10 takeoff to new #13 takeoff
Double BC – 5:33
FC to BC – 5:23
Serp – 4:84Jumping 3 – #5-7
FC for left wrap – way late on the FC because I got stuck on the backside.
BC to spin right – felt smoother but a longer distancr for herTimed from tunnel exit to take off for 7
FC – left wrap – 5:26
BC to spin right – 5:79Min – Games 1 – Std 1 – Handling Options – 7/18/21
#19-21 – Tried the send & leave post turn vs the spin and did it both directions since Min is right-sided.
Timed from tunnel exit to take off for #21To the right –
#1 – Post turn – 3:62 (zig zag on way to last jump)
#2 – Spin – 3:28
#3 – Post turn – 3:13
#4 -Spin – 3:16To the left
#1 – post turn – 3:46
#2 – spin -3:31
#3 – post turn – 3:27 (remembered to say jump instead of yes after the wrap jump)
#4 – spin – 3:33If we ditch the first post turn to the right when she didn’t drive straight to the last jump, it seems to be about the same with the send & go vs the spin.
#15-17 (jump instead of a-frame)
I had originally walked this with the BC and FC wrap to the right over 16, but realized I couldn’t get there in time because I got a bit stuck on the left wrap over 13. If I had been able to reverse direction faster there or if it was an a frame for #15, I think I would have gotten the BC. Still working on not flailing the arm out there on the BC. I think that’s pretty engrained from me trying to make sure I connected with her on the new side.Timed from takeoff of #15 (purple) to tunnel entrance (#17). 2nd number is tunnel exit in case the approach affected how fast she did the tunnel.
#1 – post turn left – 4:35/5:03
#2 – BC and then FC to right – 3:34/4:43
#3 – spin left – 4:21/5:07So the extension line and then the tighter approach to the tunnel is faster for her even though she may be faster through the tunnel on the inside turns since she is already on the left lead heading to the tunnel. I think part of that is that t I have trouble with the inside wraps/spins in this situation where you are approaching on a hard slice. They were pretty tight here but often I end up shaping her approach a bit more to make sure she turns in the expected direction.
