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I went back and rewatched the video with your feedback and hopefully you’ll see some improvements. One thing I noticed in addition to the things you pointed out was that on the backside #2 of sequence 2, I was trying to handle it more like how I have been trying to do it with Dice. With Zane he is used to a big old arm fling. lol. So, you’ll probably see a bigger arm flinging out on his reps.
With Dice, I did do a rep of the backside dropping the toy like we did in class, but I didn’t include that in the video. It was before the 1st rep when I actually attempted the sequence. Today I also really made an effort to try to keep moving with Dice when things weren’t going smoothly. It goes so contrary to my habits, but I think I did better.
Today, if you only see one attempt with Zane, it is because he got it the first time and I moved on and saved the other reps for Dice to show you.
We gave the first two RYG sequences a try this afternoon. I think Zane did ok with the first sequence, but the second one proved a bit of a challenge. I did two attempts and both times he thought I was sending him to the backside of jump #4. Dice on the other hand…well, he just makes me laugh. I don’t know if it was the lotus ball in my hand on the first sequence that caused us some issue at jumps 5 and 6 or my handling. On sequence two, he seemed to think that the backside on #2 was better run as a huge loop around it. lol
We tried the lead outs and big lines 1 today. I didn’t set him up well for the first rep but he did awesome the rest of the time. These are all the reps. I didn’t stand close enough to the wing for the wrap I noticed when I watched the video. I will work on that next time and my aim with the reward on the last rep hit the wing. lol.
Goodness the time is getting away from me! We did get out and tried some serps last night adding in the tunnel. I think st the end I had tried to straighten the angle of the jumps a little too much for what I was asking and he had too much speed coming in. So we had a couple failures and I decided to stop there for the evening.
Oh my goodness, I just watched that video and realized that I sped up a whole rep, instead of splitting at the reward and tugging and reset. Sorry! That’s what I get for uploading when I’m tired. Does that count for adding more speed? LOL
Yep, I can see where he can read it much better on the reps you pointed out. I will try to remember to reward across the body.
We tried a bit of the serpentines today. I only tried the one side so far and we only did some of the first steps. Are we on the right track?
You’re right I was having problems with that toy. I may have to use a different one if I’m switching sides, cause that one is hard to put in a pocket.
OK, we tried, wingin’ it tight blinds to wraps and double blinds today. You could call it anything but a tight blind and it was definitely my fault. I can’t seem to get comfortable with when to start rotating. I remember from the live class it should have been earlier, but even when I’m thinking I am cuing the turn faster, I’m wasn’t. I did try really hard to be more conscious of my arms to try to keep them from flying out so much. I hope it’s getting better.
I will get something figured out for the teeter so we can increase the tip. Yay!
We did one more session with the countermotion on the wings with a speed circle. I think I’m still blocking the wing more than I should. I also cam not rotating all the way. He definitely liked the speed circle though!
We will give the counter motion and racetracks a try again tomorrow. It’s definitely hard to keep my bearings of where I’m moving as I add in more wings but I can see what you’re saying about trying not to block his view.
We did mountain climbers again this is what we’ve got on that.
Here is the wingin it countermotion tonight. We did two wings and I tried to leave as I saw him committing to the wrap. I don’t know if I’m turning enough on the second wing and leaving but I was still trying to remember which direction we were wrapping. 😂
Haha, my neighbor did have great timing, just not great news, unfortunately. They are selling their place and looking for a place in OR or WA to be closer to their kids. 🙁 So, that was a bummer, they are great neighbors.
About the feedback for counter motion, that makes sense. We will try adding more motion when it cools off and we can go back out.
This morning we set up the straight lines game again and there were some things I was really happy with. In particular I loved how he was driving ahead of me like at the .36 point. Look at him go, I was just thrilled! I made a mistake right off the bat by not moving the MM to the side he’s struggled with though. I tried a “go” and a “wrap” in that direction and both failed, so I moved it back over there again before we tried another go from that side. Because he was driving so well through both jumps on the other side, I wanted to try a wrap on the second jump coming that direction and watching the video, it looks like I didn’t decelerate to cue the turn. Is that accurate? If so, here’s my question, would I needed to have started decelerating even before he lands the first jump after the tunnel since he was passing me by that point? Like at .57? Also, what did I do that cued the rear cross on the next rep? and then I tried moving laterally away from the jump a bit and that just pulled him off the jump altogether. So, I tried a few different things, but they weren’t the right things lol. I decided to finish up with a straight go in the other direction and end it there.
We also did the back up onto the teeter. It was getting hot, so it was short but I think he’s doing well.
We had my nieces kids here all last week, so we didn’t get much training done, but the break was probably good for everyone. 😊
I was going to do the ladder game but then I thought maybe we should do this one from lesson 2 first. I’m really glad you are extending class into September. We set that up on the front lawn today. He did good! We had a neighbor pull up at the end, so we just ended the session there.
Do you think we should try two wings in a row? I thought we could do some of the games with countermotion and then go back to straight line or circle.
And…this is the session this morning. I kept it super short. I did one rep with a wrap and one just short straight one. Now I think we will work something else. I was wondering if the other exercise with the backside wraps using the MM would be good since it’s reinforcement for him not chasing me as well?
Dice is a goofball, yeah I saw him try to get on the plank. Lol. I am trying to get the MM up off the ground just a bit so the food isn’t covered in sand when they eat it.
Ok, this is the latest session on straight lines. I did move the MM in closer and he nearly landed on it, so we moved it back out a bit again. I hope the distance is ok. He only had one time he went around the last jump this time.
