[Amy Wilson]

Tunnel discrimination
The reset cookie is working brilliantly for her. I was very, very happy with her today! I had been doing that some but not consistently. What a difference when she gets a cookie every time. I had a handler error I did not recognize and she did not get the toy reward and responded beautifully to the reset as she started to get aggravated. Explosion averted 😂!
She did beautifully with the discriminations!!! So proud of her😊😊!!

I was also super proud of her collar grabs!! She had been very adverse to collar grabs and would not previously work if the games started that way. She came with a strong dislike of her head/neck being touched. After many months working on it, We had abandoned them because she disliked them so much. It’s been a couple months since I had used it. Super happy with her response here!!!

Breeze is under the weather today 😞. We stayed home from the trial so he can rest😞.

[Amy Wilson]

I think I did mess up my verbals lol!! I even had to refilm! I must have left a mess up in there! That is the reason I never used left and right before lol!!!
I didn’t trust myself.

“That was an interesting moment! Was that the first error? It wasn’t even really an error, just a question. It was a big frustration response, she was REALLY MAD hahaha If it was the first error, we can game plan to help her work through things when something doesn’t go her way – she can come back and do a trick for you, for example, for a treat. That can help relieve any frustration.”

This little girl has such a temper lol!!! This was the first mistake! I left all the video in. She gets frustrated so easily and then goes super, super high! We took a breather from “agility specific training” for awhile just to work on her going so “Red” so fast! The break helped a lot but it’s still a work in progress. She used to bite me on the butt. It hurt lol!!! Today, I think she thought she was playing the wing wrap game. She didn’t receive her reward like she thought she should and then temper tantrum lol!
I welcome any and all tips on this as I haven’t had a dog with her personality before! It’s definitely caused me to think A LOT and change my training! We are signed up for your reward class also! I can’t wait for that with her.

All such great advice, again so happy to be working with you again!

[Amy Wilson]

Lesson two
So happy with Breeze and was super happy with his lefts and rights!!!

Promise

We had trouble with easy part of the exercise and she rocked the hard part. Go figure! I think she thought it was the wing wrap game we play often and so she didn’t even try to look for the toy. She then became frustrated, I left that part in! She’s not a huge fan of getting close to me to start an exercise. She loves to anticipate. We are working on this! I will take any suggestions😊. I was very happy with the wrap, tunnel, wing! What a big girl on this part!

I’m also a terrible throw. I’m trying lol, but I’m a work in progress.

[Amy Wilson]

All of that is fabulous advice!!! So excited to have a working spot with you again!!!

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