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Send & Serp – 10/3/20
I had been revisiting the earlier games on striking a pose with Serps/Threadles in the last few days and he was having some issues of not coming in over the bar on the serps or not going back out over the bar on the threadles. But he got the send & serp right away – maybe because he had some nice motion in to it as opposed to starting from a sit in the other games? I went back to the last session’s game of the strike a pose and slowly walking and then releasing from a sit after this and he nailed them so maybe he just needed a different picture to process the other game better too.Haven’t done much with the manners minder. (validated by my forgetting to turn it on for the first rep!) This is actually a borrowed one, but I think I’m going to splurge on the pet tutor for my birthday later this month. The MM is kinda slow and not always reliable with the treats I want to use. Plus I am debating the “run or stop” question for his dogwalk and will definitely want one if I decide on running. Well his a-frame will be a running so it will be handy for that even if I decide on a 2o2o for the dogwalk.
Slice Jump Foundation – 10/3 and 10/4/20
Started on 2 wings, but had a video malfunction – however he was brilliant except for the break in the middle when he broke his sit to chase a squirrel that ran by on the top of the fence. He did come back and re-focus on his job.
So this video is the next session where I moved him to 3 wings. I also lost track of which side I was supposed to be on so only got 2 of the 4 position options. Whoops! However he seems to be handling the direction changes like a champ (and apparently I can still channel my inner Greg-Derret LOPs!)This was the session a few hours before his minny pinny. I can see watching the video that he started to get a bit bitey with the tug on one of the set-ups. That should have been a bigger clue to me that he was going to be less in to the toy at the next session.
And here are 4 wings on 10/4/20
Still about 6ft apart. I feel like he would probably tighten up his line even more if I could switch arms faster. I’m going to give this one a break for a few days before I see what he does with 5 wings or try compressing the distance between the wings some.
Minny Pinny Proofing – 10/3/20
This was our 4th session today and while it was after a few hours nap, he’s definitely more tired. (The St Paul Chamber Orchestra has a digital rebroadcast tonight so I wanted to make sure he’d sack out for that) I tend to see the bitey behavior instead of good tugging when he’s mentally tired. So I got him to do a sort of tug when I tossed it and then switched to food. He hasn’t shown issues in a long time with switching back and forth between food and toys so I figured this was the smart thing to do.
Anyway, no problems with me staying still and being at different wings. Not seeing much of a favorite direction from him that is consistent. Had to help his first right when he had to turn away but then he caught on and got the left turn away right away.
Wind in Hair – 10/1/20
So I moved to the diagonal to get a few more feet but this is the limit of my distance in the front yard. I can’t figure out a good way to get the 2nd wrap around the barrel but he doesn’t seem to take off to the jump until I start to move away. (See at 1:15) He is getting better about leaving the toy on the ground and heading back to the barrel with me.Set point – 8in – 10/1/20
2 sessions mashed together – 5ft distance, 6&8in double. 8in single. His back end is still coming up a bit high in the double especially, but seems to be settling down with the 8in single jump. I am not seeing a difference in this when I added some movement. In some of the early doubles it looks like he’s not striding in as deep, but maybe he’s just feeling like he needs more space to clear the jump.And yes- he is especially floofy on his rear. Min poked him in the side of his thigh with her nose and her entire nose disappeared in to his floof! Granted she’s a peanut, but her nose is at least 2in long.
Tunnel Exit Turns – 9/30/20
Not sure I was fading off to the side as much as I could on the left/rights, but I wasn’t getting those wide looping turns.
So “tunnel” doesn’t default to go straight out of the tunnel? I was saying “go” later as an afterthought thinking that tunnel meant take the tunnel and keep going unless I cue otherwise. Although I guess that having a directional (including go) would be clearer assuming it is given in a timely manner.
Wind in Hair – 9/29/20
Thanks for the clarification. For a while my brain was stuck on staying close to the jump and wondering whether I should be sending to the barrel from so far away! Stayed closer to my fox barrel and he sent ahead nicely to a tossed toy and a recently dead toy. “Jump” came out of my mouth the first time before I switched back to Go & Get it. Either way he seems happy to blow past me on a line.
Tunnel Exit Turns – 9/27/20
1rst session – Discovered it’s easy to run by the tunnel on the inside when you lose connection and forget to say tunnel! And when wrapping to the outside around the wing and forgetting about the magnetic fingers/collar connection.
2nd session – No issues getting the tunnel on a wrap to the outside when I maintain connection and actually cue the tunnel. Had a really wide left turn even though I was saying left before he was in the tunnel. Next one had a tighter turn and I’m not really sure why.
Tracy-
To clarify, next step is to stay close to the barrel so he drives ahead to the jump? You said wing which made me think of the jump at firstSet Point – Oxer – 9/24/20 & single with motion – 9/28/20
Oxer (4&6in, 5ft spacing)
2 reps with the double and then finished with a single. Watching live I thought he was kicking up his back end too much but on video it doesn’t look so bad. He’s still rounded and looks organized when taking off. Then he’s powering over the jump with a bit more oomph than he really needs at the low height.
Single jump – 6in locked bar, 5ft spacing –
He seems to be handling my bit of motion pretty well. Still looks organized at the set point. Might be taking off a bit further from the jump due to not striding in as deep? I realized that I released him right as he was starting to lean forward on the sit on the last one so did a release to a catch to finish.
Wind in Hair – 9/25/20
More distance. Also used a tug toy instead of the ball and since it was still rather warm stacked the odds more in my favor by letting him watch me toss the toy so it was only recently dead. Also wrapped him the other way so he could have swung wide around the jump but he locked on to it with no issues.Smiley Face – 9/25/20
Went deeper to the tunnel so I could show the decel. Also tried a left and right out of the tunnel which he did (yay) then I started wondering if I should use left and right like that if it’s supposed to be a take the obstacle and turn cue. Or maybe I should have just said it sooner as he was going in to the tunnel?Wing Wrap Proofing – 9/24/20
He did better doing the wrap first even with it about 3ft away. He also tried to skip the wing and go straight to the tunnel one time.And the last video of this was the last session of the day but he had a couple of hours off between it and the one before it.
Set point – 9/23/20
Tried 5ft and 5.5ft distances. Bar locked at 6in. And yes, he will be 1 year on Oct 15.
I am currently feeling the pressure of getting some more jump grids in before I lose too much daylight or lose my grass to snow. I don’t have easy access to an indoor space over the winter outside of a structured class. So if you feel we can move him along a bit faster in the jump grids now knowing it will slow way down later and until spring, that would be great.Strike Pose -Countermotion Serp – 9/22/20
We did some sessions inside with a barrel in jump bump, but this was his first one with the serp. It was a bit warm over lunch but I wanted more room for this one. Used Nemo instead of food as it would have taken him forever to find dropped treats in the grass.
I’m sure this will make an appearance in part 2 so I’ll keep re visiting it and try to build up to more countermotion
