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Hi Tracy –
Skizzle had a couple weeks of exercise restriction, and now has the go-ahead to resume activities. Fingers crossed this injury does not return. My plan is to resume slowly and try some of the games that are at a slower pace for another week or so. As you can see from the video, Skizzle wasn’t on board with four-on-the-floor or a slower pace. And I made the mistake of using too-exciting treats (sometimes it seems like it’s either exciting or not-worth working for).
So here’s his strike a pose. Watching the video, it looks like I could try to lower the target so he doesn’t need to jump up to hit it.
And here we tried parallel walking with the prop. The excitement of the treats made it too difficult to notice the prop – well, that, in addition to being back in the training space and working on a game we haven’t done anything like for 3 weeks, and my very-late clicks.
-Amy
Hey Tracy –
Just dropping you a note to say that Skizzle and I are sidelined for a bit. He’s limping, so we need to sort that out before resuming the course.
-Amy
Thanks for the feedback!
Have a few of the exercises we’ve worked a little on.
The plank, I need to find a stable option… between a couple rubber Cato boards would be better.https://youtu.be/1gelWZBuq1Y?si=OMghiDbFqSLxSKVXIncluded the wrap game. Still trying without any obstacle. I feel like this is a good representation of how it goes…which is not really back and forth, as Skizzle loses interest in the food before long and doesn’t have a release for toys. https://youtu.be/Y1peNtkLqX4?si=7i_YmcisQnChadHj
Also played with reinforcement markers https://youtu.be/mZeeoVpaIaY?si=GM4BgOfeo_yrg4Ii
…and backing up. He was way more jumpy here than a previous, unfilmed session. https://youtu.be/1b0LJe6z-v0?si=3-ByasYK6e-lUKry
Had fun playing goat tricks today. He’s seen these objects before, and has explored climbing on them during playtime.
Thanks for the feedback!
Here are the stealth self-control games. Still struggling with making the treat easier to find. I felt like I had bad luck with these throws, but I appreciate your feedback that i just need a better setup…esp. with speed and distance both likely to increase.
First step:
And with the novel, uninteresting item. Well, I thought a can of corn couldn’t possibly be interesting…but, puppy!
I’m having fun playing these games with Skizzle – they really show off his speedy, bouncy, playful self.
Prop Game – Added a dance before, and started on the opposite side. He got the jump on me for the first rep, so I didn’t move closer to the prop, but switching sides seemed to be confusing – or maybe I was? I wished I had been closer the whole time.
Blind Cross – Played in the yard, with more room to run. Skizzle seemed to catch on to the game and start to race to the toy (and win). I can appreciate the value of the game for handler and dog.
Goat Tricks – https://youtu.be/pmnI6LVro20
>He ate the cookie, drove to the toy and even brought it back.
I love that he is starting off working for both food and toys and able to switch between the two – both ways. I try to continue to use and offer both with some changes during training sessions. So far, so good!One short session, with sending to prop. I had to go back and spend a couple short sessions adding value to the prop before trying this again. This video is a good reminder to continue to practice both sides. https://youtu.be/cbcHOdcubio?si=M3t3wddsumFOrfkk
>To build up some collar grab love, a couple of ideas…
Thanks for this – will start working on it – for sport, for life.>I think his only question here was finding the initial tossed cookie.
I swept the floor – for half a day, there may be fewer pieces of the outdoors 🙂 He’s not super treat-motivated, so removing other potentially-interesting tidbits might help.Here’s a driving ahead with cookie-toss instead of restraint.
Here’s some blind-cross play…showing each direction. I am thinking-it-through slow. I think I also switched hands on the second one, which I will try not to do in the future.
And here’s some wrap play – with treats. Probably my third attempt – the previous tries, he ditches the game in the first 20 seconds (boring). My switch to toys was slow and awkward, so I will save that for another day. https://youtu.be/ysHuI68GruE
>The next step to this would be to do it with you sitting in a chair, so we starting moving you off the ground but still keeping the target low enough that he can hit it.
Thank you for mentioning this. Small dogs are new to me, but all the activities I plan to do have me upright – so I need to practice that way, at least some of the time.Here are a couple of the next sessions.
The first one – drive ahead – didn’t go that well, because he finds the collar grab aversive (as do I, since he’s reaching around to bite at that hand). Maybe I need to work on this separately? Skizzle came with a pre-installed retrieve and brings toys back to me to play. I haven’t broken that yet, but think the collar grab with toys might have that effect. Any suggestions? I did try a couple more reps – they were similar to the last one.
The drive to handler went well. Tried both sides and included one with a toy. I should place my hand closer to my leg, and I need to practice the verbals for food from hand (“here”) and grab the toy in my hand (“grab”).
>Is Skizzle one of the puppies from Dannika?
Yes! Danika recommended this course 😉>Do you mean mat work where he gets on a mat to relax?
Yes – to relax, or as a place to wait – though that is already morphing into lying down on the mat, enough that this foot-touch can be different.Here’s our nose-touch session. Still not using “get it” and I forgot to block off the cameo dog, Ada…next time. I am pleased with this session. Likely a quick transition from a hand-touch. He’s more excited to play the game, less distracted (noises often catch his attention) and he didn’t care much about Ada’s breach.
