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Contacts Lazy Game – 12/29/20
Longer video but I thought it was neat to see the steam coming out of his ears as he worked things out. He seemed to catch on when I remembered to look down at the floor and to move back a bit to give him more space to come off the board. I taught a nose target first but switched to a front paw target when I was sending him to it. I rewarded the nose first since he had finally decided to come off the board. And clearly a rabbit tug wasn’t what he wanted for a break when there was the possibility of treats. I think he would have tugged if I had started moving around but I was feeling lazy.And I’m still laughing at your qualifying comments on slowly boiling a frog.
Teeter – Mountain Climber- 12/25/20
Here’s the Christmas edition with the reindeer bandana. Second session with a slightly lowered teeter and he looks more confident, even choosing to hop on from the side after he had at first started to go by the board. Should I continue to work at a lower height to get more speed and confidence from him or slowly move it back up to full height and then work on more speed?And as for his slower performance when going to the right, I think that is relatively new. He had a short puppy massage last week and turned up. He does see Dr Julia in about 2 weeks so I’ll see if she turns up anything.
Winging It Countermotion- 12/27/20
Did some sends behind me with tossing the toy back (including one premature one). I think his last rep where he chased me out of the wrap was a bit faster sending behind me.Motion Override- 12/26/20
It wasn’t his Nemo ball but he really likes Mickey Mouse too so I was really happy with his responses.
Should I mix in some downs on these? Our stand isn’t strong enough to test that yet.
Winging It – double Blinds – 12/26/20
We decided to mix it up with the single blind and double blinds together. I felt like I was Zig zagging some on the double blinds but I think that started with me going too deep in for the first blind so I had to Zig Zag to clear the middle wing.And 12/27/20 – Double Blinds
Tried them again focusing on not going so deep in to the wing for the first BC. Good news is he still committed to the wing wrap. However I still tend to run a Zig Zag lineWinging It – 3 wings – 12/26/20
We got 8in of snow on the 23rd so I think we’ll be inside for the rest of the season.
I think we’re still more comfortable with the backside 360s to the left but I felt like the ones to the right are improving. I edited out a lot of tugging between reps when I was sorting out what to do next.
Winging It Countermotion- 12/22/20
This was from yesterday the blizzard hit.
I think I could have left sooner on a lot of the send backs. He also did a sit with me slowly jogging at the end!
Straight Lines 4 Ways – 12/21/20
Did you just say I had too much connection on the Go? (SCORE!) – I think he did better on the Go when I relaxed the connection and threw the toy sooner. His head stayed pointed forward. I think I was worried about throwing too soon and having the toy be a lure before. No near impalements this time, but he was turning to the left on my check check (wrap right) cue. I think he was reading the decel as a RC (which I had done before) and it didn’t help that for some reason I wasn’t starting the FC rotation until way late.
I threw in the motion override sit after his warm-up tug and at the end and he nailed both of them!Unfortunately I think my backyard days are numbered this season. We’re supposed to get a few inches of snow on Wed night and then the temps drop to 10 on Thursday which will ice up the back yard. Well – it’s been a great long outdoor season since usually all my equipment is packed up by the middle of October.
Teeter – Hind End – 12/20/20
We have done some “bang it” games with the teeter a few inches off the ground and we’ve done backing up on to a plank so I was surprised that he was not getting this. (I left in a few clips of the better moments- mostly he was backing to either side of the plank or standing still willing the pet tutor to beep). So several hours later, I had him offer backing up on to the long side of the Cato board which was easy for him. Then we went back downstairs and things went much better.
Straight Lines 4 Ways – 12/20/20
Left in the blooper where first I cue dig dig instead of check check for a RC to the right and then almost impale myself on a jump on the way to the tunnel. Good news is he does read my pressure on his line for the RC and he still had a good time. Not sure why I got the front on the first backside slice. Maybe not enough eye contact?
Teeter – Love the Slam – 12/20/20
We have done limited wobbleboard work due to his wonky hip when he was younger and then playing outside a lot while the weather was nice. Hadn’t done any with the reward off the board and I think he likes it. Going to try part carpet and part hard noisy floor next.
Motion Override – 12/20/20
He nailed this in the backyard earlier in the day with other dogs milling around but I didn’t have video going. So I tried it later and he started giving me a down or a stand freeze instead of a sit. Then I decided it was too confusing doing this too close to jumps as he went and took one thinking it was the lazy game so we angled the other way and started doing better.
Timing & Connection – Fluff Crosse – 12/17/20
I spread out the jumps and I’m really happy with his sends and crosses., esp the BCs before the tunnel. I felt a bit late on the FCs, but he was still jumping the pinwheel pointing the right way.
Teeter – Mountain Climber – 12/15&16/20
We’ve done a little bit with the bang it game (from a few inches off the ground), but nothing much else with the teeter. Clearly he’s not too sure about going up that high on a board that sometimes moves a bit. (I managed the wedge the chair under there a bit differently partway through the 2nd session to improve that). After the first session I was setting up my phone for the plank session and thinking about how I should block off the teeter incase he got in to the basement by himself and then I realized he wasn’t at my feet but at the top of the teeter about 15ft away and wondering why there was no PB on the spoon! There’s now a Costco toilet paper package on the plank which did deter him from trying it unsupervised again. He really wasn’t a fan of me lifting him off but we sorted out how to turn around on the end so he can go back down under his own power.
Plank Confidence – 12/15 & 12/16/20
Mash up of his first 2 sessions. The travel plank is actually 10in wide. I have a 12in wide DW plank with slats but don’t have the space to set it out while the teeter is assembled. He has done some back and forth and turning around on a plank in his Sports Foundations class. It’s hard for me to get him running in the close confines of the basement.
