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The 2x2s were 4ft apart but it’s not like you can see that with the straight up perspective in the video. I’ll push them back to 8ft and open them a smidge at first and see if I can work them down to both straight and then start moving them closer again. We’ve got rain/thunderstorms forecasted for the rest of the week and I’m out of town this weekend. (I’m driving a Sheltie to Toledo to pass her off to my sister who will take her her the rest of the way to my parents in NY). So prepare for more teeter videos since it’s inside!
Channels – 6 Poles distractions – 3/31/21
And I forgot to post this one!Experimenting with using his dish for the target.
Tried some countermotion when he was near the end of the poles and twice he finished and wrapped back to me. I wasn’t sure if I should send him back to the target or reward him back with me.
Didn’t blink at my moving more laterally as he went through the channel, but does react to RCs2x2s – Straight and Almost Straight – 4/6/21
So every few days we’ve been working through the progression of angles and distance. We got down to both sets at 1&7 and at regular distance easily. Then we straightened the first set and moved the 2nd out about 4ft and started back at 3&9. Got to straight and 1&7 easily with various distractions but we’re getting stuck going to both straight at 4ft. This was our 2nd session trying to close the 2nd set and each time I’ve ended up re-opening them a bit. I got 1 rep of both straight (around 1:50) and should have just stopped there. Oh well.
Not sure if I should push the 2nd set a bit further back and go from 12:30&6:30 to straight or if I should keep the 4ft distance and hang out at 12:30&6:30 for a while.Elevator Game – 4/5/21
For a fluffball he’s kinda heavy on a board. Had some trouble keeping him on the board before and during countdown but the actual drop didn’t seem to worry him.Rebound Game – 4/3/21
Started with about 1-2in of tip. Board moving was just fine given the cookie supply.Downhill – 4/1/21
Scaled back the tip to 5in (actually left the measuring tape by the teeter so I can stop guessing about tip)
Seeing as how he jumped onto the high end without waiting for me to pick him up I’d say doing this right before breakfast is motivating to him. He’s in a fast trot but it’s a pretty determined rush down the board and it looks like he’s shifting his weight back a bit to make sure he stops and gets his dollop of raw.In looking at the 3rd set of games released on 3/29, are there particular pre-requisites before doing any of them? Obviously raising height on the bang it game is just a futher progression, but does more tip need to be place on uphill or downhill before trying the elevator game or the downhill to end position?
Got it on the line up cookie.
When adding tip you mentioned the Leap on. For a 2o2o are we looking for leap all 4 on to the edge and then move to 2o2o? Or leap on straight to 2o2o?
Bang it on Teeter- 3/31/21
Ths first session was done right before breakfast when the other dogs were already eating. 2nd session was after dinner. He’s definintely more jazzed up when he knows breakfast is waiting upstairs. I did get him jumping in to position slightly ahead of me towards the end of the 2nd session.
What exactly am I looking for in watching for his using his hind end more. Is it just more of a jump in to position? I’m having a hard time getting him close enough to the board that he doens’t put a front paw on the board as he gets in to postion.
Plank – Various from 3/23- 3/30
So I’ve been experimenting to come up with ways to consistently get his fluffy little butt out of a trot on the plank, but then dealing with some more misses because he’s had too many reps while trotting.He’s likes chasing thrown toys, but will tend to turn is head to watch if I try to throw it as his immediate reward. (Dead toys in front of him are typically boring).
My motion often gets him moving faster, but of course too much of my motion just makes him launch up in the air. (I am seeing a similar thing with his teeter training where he is fastest/most confident if I am moving even if I’m behind or ahead of him).
Having more space to spread out in (especially outside) tends to motivate him more.
As you mentioned, too much of the same thing tends to slow him down (boredom? who knows). So with that, I decided to try mixing things up a bit more just to see what would work. I also decided he could do a trick for a reward if he trotted through the target, but it would be treated more like a miss than hitting it. (I bent this a bit if he had 2 errors in a row with a launch and then broke in to a trot)We tried adding a bit of height to the board just for something different, but that involved him needing to start right on the board (or the porch step or platform I was using) and he often trotted because he didnt’ get a running start at the board. We tried this in 3 different locations with similar results so I am currently trying to find some ring time with a low DW just so I can try starting him on the top plank so he can pick up some speed going down the ramp.
3/29/21 – Added in more of my motion and staying ahead. Got some launches and misses, but he was actually running. Used his frizzer for the reward so was getting some head turning.
3/30/21 – Even with the few launches, I liked this session. I used his raw food at breakfast in a Toppl for the reward. (the Toppl prevents him from gulping the whole meal and I don’t have to deal with spooning out a portion from the dish) He seemed to do better if I was carrying it and running it out to the dish target. When I had it in the dish ahead of him he either got it when he missed (whoops!) or started pulling up to stare at it (He will do that with his favorite ball too sometimes when it’s not moving). He has a few reps where he jumps up a bit and lands in the target. I’m not sure if that was by design or accident, but he had at least 2 feet hit so it got rewarded.
Adding 2nd Set – 3/29/21
Ah-hah! So you keep the first set at a fixed angle and then isolate the distance or the angle of the 2nd set as the variable. (Further distance and tweak the angle. Then closer together but back to 3/9 before tweaking the angle again) Then when you work up to first set at 1/7 and second set is closer and 1/7. You get to start over with the first set straight and the 2nd set further out and 3/9. Rinse & repeat. I was trying to tweak the first set angle along with the 2nd set and distance. No wonder it got muddled.So this video was this morning’s session where first set is at 1/7 and the 2nd set started further away and changed angles. Then started to get closer. I did another session in the late afternoon and we got to the 2 sets being regulation distance with the first at 1/7 and 2nd at 2/8. It was really windy all day, especially in the 2nd session so I was so happy that he ignored all the blowing leaves and the kids playing across the street. (blowing leaves are a huge distraction for him). We even threw in a threadle side entry. Unfortunately it was so windy that my little gorillapod got blown off the fence on the 2nd rep so I got a few minutes of a close up of the driveway on video.
We experimented with a tennis ball for his and he warmed up as we went along but it’s clearly not as high value as Nemo so we went back to Nemo later.Bang it on Teeter – 3/29/21
We’ve been working separately with his scratchy target thingee (with and without the travel plank) to get multiple scratches. Then I started putting it back together on the teeter with a small tip. I think it’s gotten better but I’m still seeing his head turn some times before I can get a treat in or at least his eyes flicking to me on the video. I had an earlier session where he came off the board with me when I added some motion, but he did better about staying put when I moved a bit in this one.Uphill – Mountain Climber – 3/29/21
Tip reduced to 5in (I finally measured it) and we did a few sessions over the last few days of 1 hit wonders for his raw food at meal time – mostly me going with him or leading out. And then here’s tonight’s video where he is showing more speed up the plank and his head is staying down to look for the reward even on the send!
Do you think it’s better to give him a day or two off on uphill to do some downhill and end position stuff just to let this sink in more before I try this again to confirm it wasn’t a fluke before adding an inch to the tip?I do think he does a lot better when we have more room and I can run more and be more lateral. But the teeter is staying in the basement a while longer since it is a pain in the butt to get out of there. It as 70 today, but heading to 40 again tomorrow.
Actually I’m running in to the same thing with his RDW where the best way to get his fluffy little butt out of a trot is my motion. Of course then there’s the problem of him launching at my motion, but hey! it’s supposed to be challenging right?
Weight Shift – 3/23/21
Tried a higher target and further out. Still not seeing the weight shift, but he is looking more confident about the wobbly plank.
But loving the Teach It – way easier than mixing and matching chairs, milk crates, duct tape and wooden spoons that fall off.
Uphill & Downhill Teeters – 3/26/21
up to about 8in of tip for both directions.Downhill –
He is faster/more confident if I am moving with or ahead of him, but he is still driving to the end if I send. Should I be looking for any more speed before I add more tip or is trotting without hesitation what I am looking for to progress?Uphill:
It’s hard to see at this camera angle, but I don’t think he’s doing much of a weight shift back, but it’s also not dropping very far.
