[Lori-Anne Harker]

Hi Tracy

Here are a few videos for first attempts at some of the games.

Drive Ahead –

Going to say I hate working with a toy on a leash – so awkward. A couple of times she seemed to be more interested looking at the leash part, but things got better as the toy get farther away. I need to start teaching her a retrieve but have to decide on the how. With Rayven it was such a struggle with the bring back part.

Drive To Handler –

A couple of bad treat throws on my part. We have played a bit of FX games just goofing around outside so I thought I would try them at the end here.

Wing Wrap Foundation –

I am definitely not sure how to properly apply the toys to this one for moving to the next step where they should turn back to the other side on their own without the toy banging.

I also threw in trying with treats. Dog food bowls were a hard no even with saying get it – forgot that I have been doing IYC with her food bowl when she is fed – LOL! Plates were a little better with the ‘get it’ used, but to me that is not something you would want us to need to use.

Thanks

Lori

[Lori-Anne Harker]

Hi Tracy

Yep, until now I’ve been really lucky that all my dogs have come to me a foodies, so now I am paying for it – LOL!

No longet sure how much the issue is lack of food motivation or possibly motion of the reward. Had a puppy class last night where we were doing a variation of the wing wrap foundation game using treats we tossed in each direction as the puppy turned back to us. she had no trouble at all running out to get those without distracting to other things (including the other puppies palying the same game within a few feet).

Will play the treat and play tug game separately for sure. her favority activity? Not sure that I know that yet, maybe squeaky a toy, licking Ziva’s face (you can guess how Ziva feels about that), or playing with Rayven.

Question about posting videos – Do you want us to post a video and wait for your response before posting another? Or can we post several separate ones in the same post if we do a few of the games and edit/upload a few videos?

Thanks

Lori

[Lori-Anne Harker]

Hi Tracy

Yep, want to build food value! For me it’s so weird to have a BC that isn’t that food motivated.

After the online class did a bit of a session with the foot target, more for trying out ‘treat then tug’. This is most of it, she definitely stuck with things better this time, not going away sniffing, etc, but I also realized I wasn’t moving the treat in a way to get more movement out of her – next time.

Thanks

Lori

[Lori-Anne Harker]

Hi Tracy

Thanks for the response!

So,

1 – treat and then tug right after to build value for treats/food
2 – get excited giving her the treat, and moving the treat to make it more exciting (followed by tug after the delivery!).
3 – for the nose to target put it on the target (DRAT! I know to do that, me being lazy!)
4 – get on my feet. (Yikes! all the bending for the nose target)

Will do a foot target video a bit later – she needs a nap.

Lori

[Lori-Anne Harker]

Sorry – Had to edit and put the link in differently – I thought we needed to use the ‘link’ button in the editor.

Lori

[Lori-Anne Harker]

Hi Tracy

I am positive it is me!

I did a quick video of Pre-Game 2 – Nose to target. We’ve done this about 3 other times very similarily. This is pretty representative of what she does generally in shaping. And yes, you will see that I am getting a little frustrated as she quits working really easily. I am using cheese for the treat here and she SEEMS to likes that a lot generally.

She’ll even do this sort of thing when I do a session before she has breakfast.

I’ll do a video of trying to get her to foot target, having trouble trying to think of something I won’t use related to agility but won’t look like a toy that she should grab.

Thanks

Lori

• This reply was modified 4 years, 9 months ago by Lori-Anne Harker.

[Lori-Anne Harker]

Hi Tracy

She is adorable but I am somewhat stumped by her so far. Anything that I try to shape involving her using her feet (into something, onto something, shake a paw) seems to go nowhere fast, even with what seems to be high value rewards for her and even when she is successful she will leave the game.

Lori

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