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Accordian Grid – 11/8/20
Kaladin give 4 paws up for his new Pet Tutor although he hasn’t quite resigned himself to the fact that standing by it and staring at it doesn’t trigger the treat. I actually think he had better drive to it than food in a dish. Is that because it’s more fun when your treat rolls out at your feet?
Anyway. We did this at 5-8-11ft and a 6ft locked bar. His 5ft bounces still look nice and he compressed back down to them well. (Actually he looked more even in the 5th rep than the first when he was reaching a bit) I got a short 1 stride at 8ft even when I jazzed him up more for the 4th rep. The 11ft 1 stride looked comfortable. I think for the next time I might do 5-7-11 or 4.5-7-11.
The first rep of 5ft bounces he wasn’t powering through as much, but I know he can since he is having to compress back down to control the 5ft bounces when I did the mini sequence. I was wondering if I should do 5.5ft or 6ft in that context since I think we need to work more on extension than collection at this point.Backside Proofing – 11/7/20
Did 2 separate sessions with a nice long nap for Kaladin between them. And yes -crazy, but I was wearing shorts and a t-shirt outside today. Supposed to be 73 tomorrow and then rain on Monday and snow on Tuesday, but hopefully not much and not getting really cold again for at least a week.I was really happy how he did with part 2 since we really haven’t done much with the countermotion lately and it was never one of his stronger skills.
Lateral Leadouts – 11/7/20
Spoiler alert. We had done some work on these before Max Pup so I increased the lateral distance from 6-9ft in the first session.
Set Point and Ladder Grids – 11/6/20
Only have a few more days left of the lovely weather. Supposed to rain Monday and snow on Tuesday. He is a pretty level- headed guy even when I get him jumping around me before I start.We definitely like the tunnel after better than a dead toy! Did 12in and a few 14in on the set point. Slowed down the motion on the 14in but he didn’t seen to notice the 2in difference.
Set Point
Ladder Grid to Tunnel with more motion
Zig Zag – 10/29/20
Realized I had never posted this one from last week before our “heat wave” this week. Had some issues so we ping ponged back and forth on the number of jumps, but he also had some nice bounces.Smiley Face Tunnel Threadles – 11/5/20
He did sort this out quickly. Did 2 short sessions yesterday with the tunnel openings arranged to make the threadle one more obvious and using his name instead of tunnel threadle cue. Today’s first session really starting coming together with him accelerating to the tunnel so I put the cue back and started making the tunnel openings more equal. Then I started messing with his mind by leaving balls on the ground instead of carrying them in my hand.
2nd session
He was getting tired here (it almost got to 70 today but that’s not going to last past Sunday), but did do the tunnel send followed by the threadle. I cracked up watching him give mickey mouse ball a long look on his way to the wing. (this was an improvement from a session yesterday where he started a wrap and then bolted 15ft away to go grab his ball on the ground!)
Rocking Horse Lap & Tandem Turns – 11/5/20
He’s mostly getting these (or at least not going to the wrong side of the wing on the turn aways), but I’m not sure about my mechanics. I seem to be stepping back before he’s that close and then moving the MCH back after that. https://youtu.be/sGiQJ22s7z8And I think it got lost since it didn’t have a video, but: Just confirming on the mini sequence with the 3 jump ladder grid: that means he’s doing a ladder grid with motion in to it instead of from a sit?
Smiley Face Tunnel Threadles – 11/3/20
We’ve revisited the tunnel threadles periodically since the summer and thrown them in to some diamond games so it surprised me that this one confused him at first. I did 2 short sessions before and after lunch and he would go straight ahead to the tunnel instead of the “here here” threadle end. Then he would stop dead as I kept walking towards the other end. I had to use his name to unstick him. So I swapped out my 10ft tunnel to put the 15 ft one in for a session after work thinking that it would be easier if the tunnel openings were further apart. I also moved the wings further away. He did better in the evening session but still had questions.
Tracy,
Just confirming on the mini sequence with the 3 jump ladder grid: that means he’s doing a ladder grid with motion in to it instead of from a sit?Diamond – 10/30/20
Last week I discovered that it’s really hard for Kaladin to concentrate on agility with a toy when Nemo is on the ground “outside of the ring” but not further away by the steps. It’s a bit easier if he is working for cookies so we’ll be working on that and periodically sending to Nemo.
Video is parts of a session from last week (without Nemo being in play) where he starts hesitating (0:25 & 1:16) and then pulling off tunnels and wraps. Am I just starting to point ahead too much? I was also going to ask about why he was pulling off some blinds but then when I watched the video I realized I wasn’t doing a blind but some kind of weird FC to a blind thing (0:49 & 0:55). Is that even a handling move? Clearly Kaladin doesnt’ think so. Once I did the blinds again, he did a nice tight wing wrap. Note to self, next time don’t train the puppy when you’re thinking about what you’ve forgotten to pack for a long weekend.
Set Point @ 12in and Ladder Grid with Tunnel – 11/2/20
I need to catch up on editing videos from last week before our vacay but of course I had to try this out when I got your feedback! And yes, he is very light on his feet with these grids.
For these, I made a point of being less zen about the set-up and doing more motion tricks for Nemo as my porridge stirring. (as opposed to more zen-like treats for cookies)
I didn’t do a good job of always releasing him when he was focused forward but he did shift his focus forward as he started to jump. I’m not seeing the hind end kick up when there is a tunnel to drive to.
For the ladder grids I have the bars locked at 6in. I don’t think I want to raise them, but at what point do you unlock the bars?12in set point
Ladder Grid
Serp & Threadle Proofing – 10/26/20
Did a few sessions just with the threadle. This is the one where I added back the serp.
Set Point @ 12in & 4 Jump Ladder Grid – 10/28/20
We won’t get back to the indoor space with mats until next weekend but we were able to work outside this week.
He doesn’t seem to be kicking up his hind end any more at 12in than 10in.
I like his striding in the straight ladder grid. He did stop short of Nemo on the first 4 jump grid. I had him send to get Nemo and we played catch on the way back to the start and he went straight to Nemo the next time. Not sure if the hesitation was an indication that he thought the 4 jumps were hard but he sorted it out the next time.Set Point at 10 and 12in
Ladder Grid (6in locked bars)
Get Out with Turns – 10/27/20
Had 1 slight question on the straight run with me option when he took a stride towards the jump and then came back in on the line. After the first turn which he clearly wasn’t expected, he tightened up the turns nicely on the FC and BC. I felt like I was starting my rotation when his head turned out to the jump but after watching the video I am wondering if I should be rotating sooner.And I did some experimenting with the ready123 game today. If I open my shoulder back to him for connection and I focus softly near his head but not quite with direct eye contact, he flicks his eyes a lot less and tends to focus more on my torso than down at my feet a lot. I think too strong of direct eye contact in the context of the lead out (instead of say a MCH or while running on course) is just too much for him right now.
Thanks, Tracy. Your responses on my ready123/lead out questions make perfect sense to me. Now I just need to figure out how I want to address it for his class as I am hearing that eye contact for ready123 is a condition of his eventual graduation.
But I’m not in any kind of rush. I need to decide what I want to do for a DW contact and how I want to train a running a frame.
And he can still get fixated on movement or a sound when he is not at home. He’s slowly growing out of that and is better about focusing back on whatever we were doing but that has been more of a challenge with him than my other Shelties (not sure if the intact Male part is playing a role there as my last boy was neutered at 6months before I knew about agility and growth plates)
