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Prytania came over for fun and sweat lol!!! I kept it pretty simple! She did really well with it all! The first time we reversed directions she was sure it was the go! I broke it down again!!! She was a rockstar with the heat!!! Nice training temps are OVER! I wore out before her! She had the luxury of Susan taking her to pond for breaks 😊.Transition turns! Thought she did great! She was speedy for that second wrap!
Get out— She’s catching on😊. Had a moment of disengagement. It was with food this time. Got her back with toy play.
She does enjoy sniffing for things and then snacking on them. Edible or not!We are hitting that super busy time of the end of the school year! Todays session was last I could do till next Saturday. We won’t be able to do last live class. Susan is doing it😊.
Tunnel threadle- she did really well with this. I left this kinda long because we had a moment of disengagement that the camera captured perfectly! I just want to make sure I’m not doing anything wrong. This was her second turn. It’s hard to see, but it was the leash and harness on the ground that caused the initial brain fart! I think her nose just overpowers her sometimes. We kept super short and she was leashed in between breaks.
Race track- diamond https://youtu.be/SLeJQsq3wx8
Amy
The chickens are of course a distraction lol, but I did have some similar moments as to what she does in my yard there also.
I think it was before we started??? I let her off leash first and then went into turn. Didn’t work lol!
I may need to do a sniff and explore the new areas first on leash and then put her up in crate for her “real” turn. She really likes to sniff and check out new places!
I think another “key” is to keep the sessions super, super short. I rewatched my videos and at around the 2 min to 2 min 30 sec mark she was more likely to disengage.I had the sessions just over 3 minutes. I have to remember that the tugging time counts also! She is “slower” to warm up. Typically takes a good minute to get her tugging very well! The second rep I did the get it game and then tugging so I didn’t even start the sequence till 1 min 30 sec. So this means I need to go for only one rep, possibly two especially when it’s hot!!!
She is not a fan of the heat at all!I do have a timer!!! I need the timer lol!! I will put it to use! We will figure out her exact “recipe for success” just like promise😊.
Amy
Rear cross transfer to left (with one blooper left😊🤣).
I did move my car to limit step sister’s barking!
New field! New distractions and hot!!!
She did great!!!Smiley face in the heat 💪💪💪💪 cheese balls for the win lol!!!
Rear cross concept transfer
Got to kidnap P today and bring her back to my house. Sophie had a grooming appointment right by Susan 😊.
Wanted to work this one first before Annalise because it’s a hard one 😊😊😊! The light bulb went off as you will see. We had three sessions and promise worked in between her breaks 😊.
Prytania also went away with us this weekend to Uki. Got to stay in hotel and learn a little dock diving as a bonus 😊.
Also including video of an adolescent moment when she encountered the stuff dog that didn’t want to play🤣❤️.https://youtu.be/dsETlo0LVzY Session 1
Session 2 https://youtu.be/lfvaNDqNvLc
Session 3. https://youtu.be/Hvz1PMHnfnM
Dock diving https://youtu.be/0PRt-E_46Ls
Stuffed dog https://youtube.com/shorts/czN1YK-6AZ4?feature=share
The stuffed dog was there the day before and she paid no attention to it. Then she noticed it Sunday morning. Puppies are hilarious!
AmyPrytania came over today to play and the focus was FUN, so we played find the jump and the smiley face game again! Very happy with these! I saw a lot more fun and JOY out of her which is always the goal anyway right!!!
It’s very, very hard for her to ignore the toy and ignoring the mama if she is going another direction😊. Her green
Light had just never come on for the wing wraps but I think it did today! Much more enthusiasm😊. I pulled off just too early on the two of the tunnels. Tried the placed toy but it was a fail. Too hard today. We did a little bit on it outside of the jump work.Left the videos pretty much whole. Lots of play!!!
Find the jump. https://youtu.be/svR4ANWJtfY
Smiley face https://youtu.be/qNNctOHe-8w
This week took awhile to get 😊.
The first practice session with Annalise and Prytania, Prytania must have not been feeling well and was just not feeling it. Had issues with her tunnel commitment so we did this as game
Got to go to a new place a couple days later. Annalise worked with her again on tunnel commitment
All that allowed me to get this a few days later while she had school😊. Yay trainer Annalise!!!I was late with wrap and we made adjustments.
Set point https://youtu.be/RnvvPQ4nLC8
It’s at 5 feetWe are also making progress with the retrieve 😁.
See you tonight!!!
Super huge win for me and the beast!!! I’m over the moon. We did some grid work this a.m. which she totally rocked and I thought why not try the first two sequences of this class at height just to see!! Here are all three reps!! No knocked bars😍😍😍!!! She was such a fantastic girlie!! Especially on the first rep when she veered off for the tunnel, which was my fault saying switch twice!!!Normally a knock for sure! And the last rep, that’s always a knock! Her hardest jumping effort😍! What a fantastic beast!!!
P.S. she has now grown up and is no longer an angry elf😂, she is now beast😂❤️ and a very good beast!
Alright, so I noticed a theme from you. The outside arm was missing in my previous videos 🤣🤣. Here is the outside arm
In action😊. I’m not sure why I forgot I’m supposed to use it 🤷♀️! But I sure did forget. I was then Like oh yeah, I forgot all about that 🤣!!!This was a fun sequence!!! She rocked it!!! Gosh it made me think 🤣😊!I think I suffered brain fatigue🤣. I really tried to be more timely with all my verbals! I think all the equipment behind made her go super wide for the wing turn. This was our second time through it, I forgot to hit record the first time! I was like 🤬! That’s the worst🤣🤣. She rocked the first time too!
Combo 2
—-PS – you’re such a fun, engaging trainer that both my puppies ran over to the computer to find you 🙂—-
It’s my high voice that I was blessed/cursed with😂😂😂. The dogs dig it😂.
Prytania had her first sleepover while Susan had fun at nationals!!! Lots of good things from the puppy!!! She looks so mature lol! I have to remind myself she is a 6 month old puppy!! She reminded us 😊😂😂!!!
Wing tunnel discrim- https://youtu.be/CNvSXyJujaQ
Annalise is trying to process everything!!! She’s an adolescent too! She’s trying to remember to tell her good girl!! She said she was nervous the other night on zoom😊! She did good!
Set point. https://youtu.be/cfwab8D6jyg
Smiley face- Annalise had school. Prytania was great! I lost connection sometimes because of my hair😂😂😂🤦♀️. She really likes first thing morning training! Her toy drive is really at its best in the a.m.
Feel the wind in your hair… biggest issue on this is she is not living up to her retriever name 😂😂😂. She likes to go off with the toy. I even tried two toys, but today that was a no go. She was MUCH better on the zoom that night with the toys! I was actually shocked she didn’t run away with them that night lol!!!
Maybe we need to do this with me at the end and dragging toy so she can’t run away with it??
and I forgot to do the other side😂😂😂.
Amy
Week three handling combo 6 first three
So proud of her! This exercise was super hard and she rocked it!!! Broke it down into steps!! She was a superstar!!! Switchaways are always hard for her😊! Incredibly proud!!!
1st exercise. https://youtu.be/v5gqEOin5q0
2nd https://youtu.be/9_0_wXYjDNU
1st handling combo https://youtu.be/-z2qPEmJUfE
Thank you for all the feedback!!! I definitely agree and appreciate 😊 all the support and the advice. Definitely always a lot to consider with Promise. The good news for me is she always lets me know when I am not doing something right in training for her. She’s excellent with feedback in her own doggie way lol!!! Thankfully the biting feedback is few and far between now lol!!!
Here is our session from this morning, all the reps! She had two off days before this. I had been out of town. I took a break between each handling/challenge. I brought her cot out and she chilled in between turns as I looked at what was next. I had already decided I would look at my video if we had a knocked bar, but I did not get to try that out. I wasn’t sure at what height to do the skills at. I started at six for the first switch aways, but then I decided that maybe I needed a little more height for her since just runs through six. Tried 10 for next challenge… too high I heard her tick it. I then adjusted at 8, which I think was just right 😊.We did have some stay focus issues, which has not happened in a while. I thought it was when she took off at the fence after something in the woods, but I rewatched the video and realized happened it before that. I think it was because I did not hold her to her stay criteria the rep or so before more likely!!!
I think the session went really well overall. She remembered these skills from camp!!! I haven’t used switch aways very much since then!
The fatigue question did come into my mind on this. I did take breaks during the sessions, but with her doing 4 days in a row, breaks were not enough. like you said it’s like I did 4 days of legs for her, when she had two weeks off. When I look at it that way, yes I did too much!!!
I only did this class work, these days though. I did restrain myself lol!Where I get into trouble with her is my human brain has trouble leaving a sequence/session unsuccessful. Even though I know better!!! I will really try to work on this.
Thanks for saying all this… if I think of fatigue as one of the reasons for the knocked bars, I won’t feel as inclined to go for the successful rep.
Like you said, I need to make a calendar. So hard with my schedule and then the NOLA weather, but I’m going to give it a try 😊!
Thanks for all this. I was discouraged this session. I wasn’t the best trainer for her. She tried so very hard!!! I’ve worked so hard to get her to try hard for me and her not have frustration explosion. I don’t want to ruin that! She was so perfect with her frustration tolerance here! That was a huge success in itself.
Thanks Tracy!!!
Handling challenges 4
I got a little frustrated with the last 2 sequences. She took out an entire wing!!! She scares me with her lack of self preservation. Then we had lots of bars and there were only two jumps😞. After texting with Jamie( major whining on my part) and reviewing my video, I decided I am over facing her with all the jumping, plus the challenges and it’s just too much for her. I’m just getting to much failure in dropped bars. So my plan going forward is to keep the bars low and NOT increase the height during the session( no matter how tempting it will be). I will just jump her full height on her jump work and sequences that I’m sure she is very capable of. Going to try this route for a little while and see how it goes.
Last sequence- all attempts
