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😊😊😊thank you Tracy!!! Her future is very bright!!! Her strong verbal foundation is thanks to you😊!
Can’t wait for the next classes!!! Camp!!! So fun!!!I will have to rewatch the threadle video!
I was at training field today and she got to be my demo dog for some students showing off her backside slices and she also showed off her wraps and soft turn verbal skills! She wowed them 😊 and me!
Yes, I’m trying to keep my priorities straight with the baby! It can be hard lol!
Terrible video Angle, but this was our start this morning. Hopefully I’m keeping my body right.
Also, I set this sequence up for Potter and ran Promise through it! She knows those words!!! So impressive!!!
This class has been so helpful! I wish it was ongoing 😊!
I had a feeling my positioning was wrong on the circle wraps! Especially on the left!! I will go back and do your suggestions!
Could you add the video on how to introduce threadles? I attempted the threadle exercise with Promise today. It was really hard for her. Unlike when I setup this exercise for the SERP🤦♀️ And she threadled it all, she did not do that today😊. She knows her SERP!! I feel like I probably need to start with the introductory threadle video first.
Editing this… I went back after posting the first video and Watched the left side. We did better than I thought, I was remembering no success lol. I still think I need to break it down more for her😊
For the life of me I can’t remember how I taught my previous dogs to threadle! Lesson to me, don’t wait 8 years again to get another agility puppy! You forget EVERYTHING 😂😂😂! I’m sure it’s all changed since then anyway lol!
Well she’s over the place behavior and is back to normal lol!!!
We went back to circle wraps which I had skipped. The right side was much easier for her than the left side. I wonder if she thought maybe I was rearing on the left side?
It’s been a long time since we visited our prop from max pup, but she did sooo well! I just want her to target it with her foot.
Toys are always laying around from her lol, and never seem to pose much distraction in training so I used food bowls which was definitely distracting to her, but I think that she worked through it so well! Let me know if I upped the game to fast! I could definitely add more distance to the bowls. They were really close.
Most likely she was not settled in the car. I did not hear any barking though which was good. Right now she is not settled in the crate in a strange environment period! I have better luck with her not reacting in the car, but the car is associated with A LOT of negative feelings!
I take her to this environment once weekly. She had not been in 3 weeks here due to weather and She definitely showed it. Yes, it’s very noisy there. Very noisy!!! So far I haven’t noticed the noise negatively affecting her. Breeze would be a different story there lol!!! It’s the other dogs mostly. I think she wants to go play with them. Unfortunately there is no division between the rings😞. The first time she went she took off after another dog and they had a 5 minute party chasing each other!
People also do not keep their dogs in crates and just keep them lined up on the side, some leashed some not. That so far has been a non issue when we are working. The issue has been when people take their dogs to fields next to me and start running their dogs.She had largely been doing much better! I even had people come into my area with their loose dogs while I was working🤦♀️🤦♀️ And surprisingly she did not lose focus! I’ve tried to talk to the the other people about staying away, but that’s a work in progress.
This environment is my only option as far as agility class down here. Any and all advice appreciated!!
The place thing is really Odd! I’ve just been keeping things fun and hopefully she gets over it. She’s also been a little more standoffish with me in the house at the same time it started. Not one reason that I can think of🤷♀️. I was wondering hormonal also. She went into her first heat middle of November. I wasn’t really expecting a heat yet though. When she was actually in heat was the best behavioral wise she has ever been🤷♀️.
I’m not sure🤷♀️. She’s a puzzle lol! She’s my first intact female I’ve had. I’m really thinking I’m going to spay her after her next cycle gets over. I will just need to make sure it won’t have any negative effects of her emotions.
Yes she did not bark at me!!!! Party!!! She was super,super good this session! Maybe me keeping things super fast between reps since I did not do a stay or even collar grab? Thinking about the other class and the discussions there. In between reps is when I lose her.
The place thing is really Odd! I’ve just been keeping things fun and hopefully she gets over it. She’s also been a little more standoffish with me in the house at the same time it started. Not one reason that I can think of🤷♀️. I was wondering hormonal also. She went into her first heat middle of November. I wasn’t really expecting a heat yet though. When she was actually in heat was the best behavioral wise she has ever been🤷♀️.
I’m not sure🤷♀️. She’s a puzzle lol! She’s my first intact female I’ve had. I’m really thinking I’m going to spay her after her next cycle gets over. I will just need to make sure it won’t have any negative effects of her emotions.
I thought she did really well with these and this is also the first time she has seen 12 inches!!!
I just sent and went. She’s been kinda weird about her place and her stay the past few days. She is worried about my foot when I move it all of sudden again🤷♀️. I stepped on her fur once which was quite a few weeks ago and it made a lasting impression. I don’t think anything happened that brought it back, but she is worried about it for some reason😞. I also noticed that when I pretended to jog and did not have my hand cueing she did much better about jumping up at me after the second wrap😊!!!
Here is the pattern game in an area in my yard she is rarely in. She was super focused on new environment at first, I was happy with her engagement with me😊!
Well, Promise must want me to have full use of this class lol! Yesterday we went to train at the field which takes me about 1 10 mins drive. It was changed up a little bit and I taught my class instead of running her in class first. She was crated in the car during that time period.
Her focus level was not near as good as it had previously been at the field. She was very distracted when she first came out of the car. I gave her about 3 minutes and then I started the training which is on video. Then I tried the weaves and she failed, three times I think? Which frustrated her I believe more than I thought. I think if I would have gone to a simple game after that I would not have gotten the next video. Anyway she helped me out with examples lol!
I did get her focus mostly back after this but her stay was a struggle then. Which always clues me in on her current mindset.
https://youtu.be/1kvjwfIMz1w first session
After weave attempts https://youtu.be/oGXmp6TBbpw
3rd attempt https://youtu.be/g_0Q1L0SBtk
in between the weaves and this lineup where she runs off I did not use any engagement games sadly. I wish I had read your previous comments before training lol! She gave us excellent footage of what I’m terrified of when I start running her lol!–This is a really interesting history – thank you for the info about her outside-of-agility anxieties, as those can explain some of her reactions to stimuli in agility! Addressing the underlying emotions will make a HUGE difference in her coping skills in the ring!—
This was the short version lol! I could write a short book lol!!! She had a very hard time in puppyhood forming a bond with us. I’m pretty sure that she has formed a bond with me now :). I had to work my butt off for that. Her fear period was really bad. She hid under the bed during that time period and would not come out. Her resource guarding, extreme car sickness and anxiety, and over arousal all struck at once in the same time period. It was really overwhelming and a rough time for both of us.
I took Julie Daniels behavioral class called crazy good during that time period and quit all training for agility and well pretty much any training other than that class. It helped us tremendously! We also spent a lot of time at the lakefront here just watching other dogs and people at a distance with lots of rewarding.
Her personality overall is not confident. With her fear anxiety and her ability to launch into over arousal, it makes it a not so easy training combination.
I spoke with the vet behaviorist and I will be trying a new method to ease the car anxiety. She cannot see me till the end of April unfortunately. Her car anxiety has a huge effect on how she arrives at a new location. I have tried so many things and it was time to consult a professional and look into medical management for her.
action tricks
https://youtu.be/qpPc7L28MZo She does an air snap I put on cue as a puppy
