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Yes, poor breeze got cookies which made him stand guard more and got him taken away lol!!!
I was super happy with her efforts her! I’m getting glimpses at how amazing she is going to be and its super exciting!!! I felt like all her turn were stronger also and I did not have the refusal issues. I think having time to let the morning wrap session percolate helped plus I do think changing things up with her helps immensely also. She really has shown that she like to anticipate! This session it seems like it all clicked for her!! It was a super fun session!!!
I did question my set up lol!!!
She did have more refusals to left turn rep and no there was nothing out past that wing. Though I will say that she tends to have more refusals with the left turn reps in general with any exercise! She has shown me time and time again she is much better with concepts on the right than the left. When training her weaves this became very apparent! She caught on much faster on the right than the left but it all equaled out. She was steps ahead on the right than on the left side. A good lesson for me with the wraps also.
I need to remember that all sides aren’t always equal!!!Afternoon session with wraps and soft turns!!! Gosh this requires a lot of brain power! What a fun game!!!
Forgot to add- poor breeze had to take him away! Normally I don’t have my other dogs out for good reasons 😂😂😂.
I skipped ahead to the fast lines and will go back to the circle wrap and backsides a little later😊. Feeling a little pressure to get all the things done after my vacation lol!
Fast lines wraps- This was very interesting to go back and watch! I started off good and then I got louder and started to handle. In the moment of training, I thought I was getting the refusal from her arousal and that she wised up that I would be going the other direction. When I watched the video afterwards, I saw that my verbals became much louder than what I started with and that I was really adding handling in. I feel like the best rep was when I just ran and did not handle at all!
Also apologies ahead of time! I haven’t gotten to watch the whole zoom call yet that I missed, but I did hear you say do not say “yes”! Apparently the memo in my brain was not received😂! I did another ohh also! Somebody put a shock collar on me😂😂. Then there was the instance I totally reversed my directionals😂😳, which may have been the best rep despite that 🤦♀️😂. You are right, humans are feral!!!
Can’t wait to hear what you think!!!Oh yes Maroon 5!!! The drummer is from Louisiana. I think they have played at Endymion twice. It’s open to the public with presale tickets😉. Seminar than Endymion ball next year?!?!
I am trying sooo hard not to say anything, ugh it just comes out! She is so sensitive to it! I might need duck tape, but then I couldn’t get my verbals out😂.
I may need a video for the rear cross arm cue! Is it in max pup??? I kinda do one now with a shoulder drop on one side and a sweeping motion with pickup arm.
I’m sure your reward placement advice will help clean it all up!
We are back! I had a great time in Florida! I had enough roller coaster rides to last for my entire life 😂. Mardi Gras was great and Maroon 5 was awesome at the ball😊!! I missed the zoom call, my plane took off earlier than I thought lol! I’m happy to be back and back to training!
Backside slices!!! I started with the jump as we had had previous experience with these in max pup I believe and course trends! I feel like I was really late throwing the reward, especially in the beginning. I do feel like I got better as it went on. The left was not as solid as the right was. I feel like she was anticipating a little when I started to test the verbals. Also, I had not tried out the left and right much with the rears yet. I did here and we will need some work on those. Overall, I thought she was great! I was also really impressed with her ability to recover after mistakes. She has come a long way😊😊😊!!! Yesterday was her gotcha day! Love my wild girlie! I made a short video of the year. So much max pup and Agility U in there😊😊! I’ve learned so much from you and Promise this year 😊.
https://youtu.be/3ezFkhjIMcE. Backside slices
Promise’s first year video
Come on down!!! The band needs more members! I know the band director will take more instruments 😂! Zoom from universal would be so fun! My family is huge into Harry Potter(potter, my dog lol)! I can’t wait to ride all the magical things!!!
Thank you so much Tracy! I’m so pleased with her on all these exercises! She’s going to be sooo amazing. Thank you for giving me the tools I need to get her there😊.
I will be doing Mardi Gras tomorrow and then going to universal next week with the band! So we will be on a training break for a week.
I’m still going to try to make some of the zoom call next week. I will be boarding my plane around that time so we will see😂.Promise gave me a gift today! 12 straight weaves!! Whoot whoot!
Training this dog to stay. Hardest thing ever! Weaves has to be the easiest time I’ve had with her. I used your weave class! Brilliant!!The good dog trainer showed up today! Unfortunately the bad videographer also did😂😂😂! I hate that!! Promise did really awesome with these. You’ll have to take my word on the first ones that I was adding motion slowly!
I clued in later on that I probably wasnt in view 😂. We stopped because she had enough reps and I was out cookies! A good way to force me to stop😂😊 https://youtu.be/UgPM0B6IEg4
I’m glad I finally got it right😊. She wanted to run off some energy sooo😂😂. We just did this real quick.
Here are the attempts at 8. I’m not sure I set the wing up for the left right correctly 😬. It looks like I’m to far away from the starting wing.If you want the 1000 and one ways to screw up this exercise I probably have live footage!!! Once I got everything straight success!!! Luckily I started with food, and rewarded inappropriately with my incorrect setup so no harm😂😂. Here is footage with what I believe to be the correct position of the wing jump and the correct verbals 😂😂😂. We will see lol!!!
Oh and her threadles are super nice 😂🤦♀️! It helps on this exercise when you have the wing jump in front and not behind🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️.
2 jumps! I knew she was a right sided dog before this. Further proof lol! I tried to do the bell curve with her on this as much as possible. The left turns with motion were not happening today😊. Also I felt like she may have been curling in too much on those go’s. I’m trying not to mark the mistakes but oooh is out of my mouth before I realize it! At least I’m recognizing that. That’s the first step right😂😂😜?
Yes, the weave training has been another light bulb moment with her for me. If I only knew all these things the previous year with her lol!!! I think for quite awhile I was not using food as much as I could have with her. She’s really my first sheltie that is toy driven. I worked super hard on that with her as a puppy. She was much more food motivated at first than toys(Hello Sheltie). I would lose her toy focus sometimes with food and I think I was just scared to use the food. I really did need to use the food though!!! When Breeze got injured in your previous class and Promise took his place was when I really started to see a change with her. You suggested the reset cookie and that changed a lot for her! Her reinforcement rate also has to be EXTREMELY high(as should all dogs)!!! I was able to get away with not being as consistent with my reinforcement rate with my first two shelties(Potter is an absolute Saint of a dog) but Promise says she will only accept the best trainer lol!!! No sloppiness allowed!!! I have adding food A LOT more to my training sessions and I’m seeing much better results because of it. I have also not seen the loss of toy drive with her either! Im starting with food with all things right now to teach a behavior and then adding the toy after the behavior has a general understanding. I’m seeing much better results.
Finally here is a list of my verbals
Extension: GO– take the line of jumps in front of you as fast as you can leaving me in the dust- center of bar
Over– take the jump relatively straight. Can also be a very slight curve. mostly center of bar
Get Out- change leads and go away taking obstacle away from me. center of bar
Turn cues:
Wraps- check check check- wrap jump 180 to right-jumping right near wing
dig dig dig- wrap jump 180 to left-jumping right near wing
left- turn 90ish degrees to left nearish wing
right- turn 90ish degrees to right nearish wingSwitch- this is my rear cross cue. I do have big questions on this after last nights
video chat. I do realize it is a “VAGUE” cue. Rears are more and more being presented in different ways. It was my word for either side too. Wondering what to do on this????backside slice verbal- back back back wrap around backside of jump and take bar at a slice angle going in new direction
backside wrap verbal- wrap wrap wrap. come in close to wing and wrap 180 back
Threadle slice- in in in come in between jumps and take jump at a slice
Threadle wrap- haha I need this in my life!!! will think of a word. Probably will steal Carrie’s and Jamies lol
Tunnel threadle–here here here. take opposite side of tunnel you are presented with
Go tunnel. take tunnel and extend out on line
tunnel- take tunnel
free- release word
READY- automatic down, when you do I lead out and we get the party startedOf course she has all the toy reinforcement words and many other things. Im too lazy to list them all. The toy reinforcement words helped a ton with her. Another game changing moment with her. One thing with the treat n train too was I changed its reinforcement word to snacks. When I said get it she was looking for toy and that was causing some frustration with the sloooow to deliver food robot.
Sorry for the book!!! Today is a day of rest for puppy!!!
——-She had more trouble towards the end of the session, when you were doing the wing wraps to the left turns. I think that was more arousal-based. That is something you’ve seen – when arousal is higher, she has more questions and errors (totally normal!!). So here is an idea: set up your session as a bell curve. Start with a couple of easy reps to each side, as a bit fo a warm up. Then, before the arousal kicks in, do a couple of harder reps (the start wrap to the left turns with you moving a bit more were definitely harder!) Then after a couple of reps, wind down the session with a few easier ones, similar to what you did at the beginning (like the last couple of left turns you had on this video). That way, you work the harder stuff before the arousal kicks in fully. Then when she is really stimulated, you ask her is she can still do the easy stuff!——
Ohh I love this idea!!! I know it will work! It does works with her stays😊! Your stay class drove this point home to me with her! I will write this on my field guide! Unfortunately I didn’t realize about the field guide on this one lol! I clicked on the next lesson and it was the field guide😂! So helpful. Thank you for providing it.
Yes, she still struggles with her temper! I do feel like it’s getting better and I might not get eaten in the ring anymore, but we will see😜. I need to remember to be faster with the reset cookie.
The weave training with her has been sooooo good for her. She has to stay in a calm state to do it and she is amazingly doing it! She’s learning so much patience and I’m amazed the Tasmanian devil does not make its appearance during those sessions! For some reason she does not lose her mind. I’m following your independent online class. It’s probably the reset cookie that she gets every time with that. No frustration, lots of fun. Her new zen self is starting to surface in other places too😊.
See you tonight! Can’t wait.
