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It apparently may take us three weeks to work through the concept transfer game of wraps, front crosses and blind crosses. LOL. We did the blind crosses today and I did a couple wraps too. This is what I noticed. We did a couple reps and I came back in and watched the video and I was throwing my arm up like I was trying to send him out to the top of the pinwheel and then I was slow to get the BC in. So we went back out and this is what we got. I am trying to keep these arms under control.
We also set up the tight blind to wrap game we did during the live class Saturday. I know this sounds silly, but that was a big lightbulb moment for me that day when it finally sunk in that even when you were having me mark the spot halfway between the wing and tunnel, I kept thinking it was that when I crossed that line I was starting the BC. When it clicked that the start of the BC is when the dog is there, no matter where I was, I was like… “OH, now I get it!” Do you know how many years I’ve been focused on trying to get to a spot myself instead of starting the cue when the dog is at a certain spot? LOL It wasn’t like I’ve never heard what you were saying before, but for some reason it finally clicked. Now…putting it into practice, that’s the trick. Anyway, this is what we got today and you can see, I got confused on the very first rep. Overall, I did better turning to the left like we did on Saturday. Going to the right, I struggled. My timing was delayed. Like on the rep at 1:08, he was almost past me or maybe he was past me before I started the blind and I totally got in his way. But I still think he’s getting it.
Ok, We tried the wraps again and I think I was more clear with my handling and he was great! I decided to stop while we were ahead today. I will work on the front crosses and blind crosses next though.
I know we are still behind and my moms surgery this week didn’t help. I think that may have been part of the issue yesterday as well. I was tired and I don’t think I was in a great place to be training the dogs. But we will work on trying to catch up. 😊We did the love the slam game tonight. I think he’s doing well with it. We can try to backing up onto it next time.
Yes, life is good with squeeze cheese. Lol. We will try to plan a trip up north and find some teeters to work on away from home. Might be a bit before I get up there though.
Ok, we tried wraps and things went south. We got the wrong end of the tunnel a couple of times, (when I watched it back, it looks like I’m turning and sending him right into the wrong end 😕 and I was really trying not to). Then we kept having issues with the jump coming out of the tunnel when we were going counterclockwise. I’m not sure what I was doing wrong there. Anyway, we didn’t get far with this exercise.
Also, I’m noticing as I start adding any speed with any of the exercises, he’s getting more vocal and if he has enough room, he races ahead of me and cuts in front of me and barks and jumps. Do you think my motion is just more exciting to him than any value that the obstacles have at this point? He does the same thing to Zane in the yard. He runs faster than Zane and cuts him off. Zane hates it, and I can’t say I am a fan either. I’m not quite to the point of cussing him out like Zane does though. Lol
We tried Mountain climber again and added in a wing. I think he’s still looking nice and confident.
I also tried some of the lazy game step 3 I thought, but I think I may have confused it a bit with timing and connection game. Anyway, I can definitely redo that but I’ll still show you what we’ve got so far because maybe there are things we need to adjust anyway.
Ok, so thinking about what you said about pulling away on the tunnel send, I thought with these sequences I might not try to lead out as far, in hopes I will stay more straight when I’m sending to the tunnel. I don’t think I got as many head checks. I do think that I was pulling away again on the 4th sequence on our 2nd attempt and he came into me, instead of going to the tunnel.
I actually stopped and came back and watched each run after I ran again this time, but even when I think I have things in mind to try to do different, I seem to run similarly each time. Please tell ke that that improves the more we do this. Lol. I really want to get better.
Yes, Zane did get to work with you in SLC! We set up the ESC sequence tonight, but we only did the first two sequences. I did each three times, but in watching them back, I didn’t see as much difference as I hoped I was making. Lol. Especially in the first sequence. The second sequence I could see some little differences. I tried to layer the middle jump on the first rep and it caused some question for him. I didn’t layer on the next rep and that was clearer for him. The third rep I thought I was getting the verbal cue for the turn out sooner and leaving to start running down the line faster, but I don’t think the verbal was actually earlier. Anyway, I thought I should stop there for tonight.
It’s so nice to be back to the games. Dice is so happy. Lol. We got in three games this morning. On the lazy game we went ahead and moved the jumps out a bit and I tried the one step with the arm. I have to apologize in advance, the other dogs were in the house and they gave a consistent and very loud commentary the whole time we were in the front yard. I’m sorry. I think he did well though with this step, so if you think we are good to proceed, I’ll add the tunnel and do lazy game with tunnel.
We did the plank confidence, I was talking to Lee and we were brainstorming some ideas for not having to toss the treat on the sand. Would it work if I toss to a towel or something?
Lastly, we did the Mountain Climber. This was Dice’s favorite! We tried it once last night for the first time and apparently, squeeze cheese is the best thing ever. LOL He was going to beat me to the game today.
We are starting off like a herd of turtles here this time around! But we are getting started finally, so that’s good. We tried the lazy game last night. I think he did pretty well. I was thinking of moving the middle jump out a little and trying the next
step.
Ok cool! I hope I filled it out correctly. Cause I’m interested in all the live seminars, but I can’t do Wednesdays, so I didn’t select that button, I just clicked the weekdays button, since I’m available the other weeknights.
We got a chance to try the zigzag again with the distsnce closer. I wasn’t quick enough with the cues a couple times, but eventually I think we got it.
We also tried the smiley face tunnel threadle again with a little more speed. So, instead of him not getting the non obvious end of the tunnel, he went there when I didn’t intend to send him. So maybe I disconnected? It wasn’t every time. I switched sides when we had trouble with it twice and then went back and it seemed better.
Looking forward to class tomorrow!
I remembered that we hadn’t done the get out on both sides. So we played that game today. I should have drawn the line in the sand, I kept drifting in, especially turning him to the left. I also noticed he’s jumping up at my hands again, maybe because I was kind of confused which hand to hold it in. Thanks!
I have a feeling the wheels may come off a bit when I start adding more speed lol. Not necessarily on Dice’s part, but possibly on mine. Trying to remember what I’m doing without as much time to think….should be fun. Better have another cup of coffee first.
Ok cool, we will give it a try again a little closer on the spacing and with faster arms.
Today we did the Smiley face tunnel threadles. I think he’s doing ok with this. When he doesn’t take off to bark at the horses. Lol.
We tried the zigzag setup today. I think I need to be doing something different with my arms. I mean, he figured out what I was showing him, but it’s probably not ideal. I went back and rewatched the demo
Video and I can try to do my arms like that next time. Also, he broke his stay and so I sped up the time with me going back to tewadd when he did stay and also when I tosssed
A treat back to him.
