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Threadle & Serpentine 8/14/20
2 Separate sessions (I haven’t put the serp & the threadle together in the same session yet) – Threadle with cue and keeping hand back – he’s turning back to the jump nicely when I say ‘eat it’ to send to dish as he is almost to hand
Serpentine – broke sit on first rep and went straight to food dish and then sorted it out.
YouTube didn’t like it when I put the 2 sessions together so here they are separately.
Threadle
Serp
Get out with Prop – 8/15&16/20
2 sessions together & cropped out some hunting in the grass for his treat – He really likes sending out so I was doing more with having him stay on the line with me. Should the reward be on his path after the get out or can it be on me if I move out to his path?
Lap & Tandem Turns – 8/15/20
It is feeling smoother outside where there is more room. Had one session where he tried to go straight to the prop at first so I added some lateral distance the next try and he came to me first. In this session it worked well even closer to the prop (maybe because I started cueing the turn sooner)
Rocking Horse with Nemo & Rotated Sends with Spider Ball – 8/14&16/20
Thanks for the great feedback! Did some short session last week, mixing it up with tug toys, food and Nemo, rewards close to barrel, and trying hard to remember not to push back on him. Now doing much better with the cones/tunnel combo (although he did offer trying to jump inside the tunnel once…), the barrel & the rotated sends to the laundry basket (even with a car going by!)
Turn & Burn/Rocking Horse – 8/9-11/20
So our lovely turn & burn seems to have gone haywire. We did another short session late last week and it was similar to the earlier video. On Sunday, I wanted to try 2 turn & burns but it was hot so he didnt’ want to send around the barrel and lay down. Did some sit/stay catch work for 2 reps and took a break. This is a combo of 5 sessions from Sunday evening when it was cooler through tonight. He’s been luke warm on sending to barrel even at close distances and when cooler outside. I’ve been experimenting with different toys and foods. Best performance with Nemo but that’s a hard toy to use for Rocking Horse game.
Throughout this, he’s been doing great with the other exercises and also doing the sit/stay-catch/get-it stuff with various toys
Tandem Turn with Prop – 8/11/20
Feeling a bit smoother but I feel like I do tend to stop moving forward as I’m turning him. Added bonus of doing 1 rep with the distraction of Min getting in the way
Tracy,
Question on your comment for the get out. You said:
Remember to start him behind you (stay or cookie toss) so you can move up the line and give the cookie while he is still behind you.Give cookie while he is behind me? I thought he goes ahead and out to the prop?
And when do I name this one?
And yes – it’s a brass quintet arrangement of Penny Lane and he’s playing the first trumpet part.
Strike pose threadle with cue – 8/10/20
I added the “Come” cue since he seems to be getting this. Should I say “come” and then put down my hand for the target? I think I kind of mashed them together.
It took me a few reps, but I did remember later to stop indicting the turn back with hand and he seems to be doing the turn back pretty well.
And Yes some of the earlier serpentine reps had food in dish already. I was mixing it up.
Prop – Get Out – 8/10/20
I realized that the video chopped off my upper body but I am using outside hand and he seems to be getting it – Plus you get the Beatles this time.Melissa,
We’re in a suburb west of Minneapolis. My maternal grandparents lived in Falls Church, VA. I bet Ft Collins is quite a change from Arlington.
JulieHi Melissa,
That’s my husband, Dean. He’s been teaching his private students via Zoom since covid hit. He mainly teaches privately but usually he has some gigs too when we aren’t in a pandemic.
He wanted me to tell you that was our other dog who can sound just like a trumpet.Julie
2 Lap Turns with Prop & Tandem Turns 8/8/20
It was the Colonel Bogey march after the Offenbach (Dean’s got an outdoor quintet concert next week). This was at an outdoor trial site which has great opportunities for working at a distance from distractions. I did 2 lap turns first as previous session was filled with distractions by dogs walking by our tent (he held his sit and got lots of treats). Then did the tandems with the 360 spins first – still feels kind of awkward but I think I was better at not stepping in to him on the turn backTurn & Burn around Chute – 8/2&3/20
Looks like I forgot to post this mash-up earlier. Turned back once when I started moving too soon.Strike pose threadle on jump bump -8/9/20
Really hot and muggy even later in the day so I rewarded most of his even halfway decent line ups. He came through standards once on position 3 so I shifted him back to 2.5 the next time
