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Welcome, Diane! This class will definitely help!
Can you say more about Danny K? What brought you to this course? What struggles are you experiencing? How have you tried to address the issues?
Please include some history about your journey, along with the videos requested below. Having this background information will help me better understand both of you as a team.
Please post the following:
• Create a new thread and have the heading appear as the following:
o (YOUR NAME, DOG’S NAME – WORKING OR AUDITING)
• Share a bit about yourself as I did.
• Share 2-3 videos of your dog in a class, at a seminar, or at a trial.Welcome, Denise!
Can you please say more about Mali? As a working spot, please tell me the following:
What brought you to this course? What struggles are you experiencing? How have you tried to address the issues?
Please include some history about your journey, along with the videos requested below. Having this background information will help me better understand both of you as a team.
Please post the following:
• Create a new thread and have the heading appear as the following:
o (YOUR NAME, DOG’S NAME – WORKING OR AUDITING)
• Share a bit about yourself as I did.
• Share 2-3 videos of your dog in a class, at a seminar, or at a trial.Antje I applaud you for being an advocate for your dog. It is so important that you listen to your dog’s feedback and respond accordingly. There is so much science out there, based on studies, supporting the games and concepts we discussed in this course.
I recommend taking Tracy’s engagement course when she offers it again. It will help you build Ryuk’s ability to engage with you, focus on you, while you continue to build his resilience. She offers it through Agility University, so you can take it online. I think this course and her engagement course are complimentary.
First video:
When you are playing with him, something that could help is raising your energy level. Talk to Ryuk when playing with him. Praise him and be silly, like you don’t have a care in the world, like you guys just won a million dollars. By baking this kind of energy from you into reinforcing experiences, like tugging, you will build his engagement, focus, and drive.Second video:
Wow! He is so calm and relaxed around all of those dogs!! Doing work like this is really good! Perhaps you can practice this exercise at agility trials as well, if you can find a quiet spot away from the ring.Third video:
He is totally able to focus on the Snuffle Mat with all of the activity and noise, not too far away! Amazing!!Fifth video:
Wow! Look at him tugging! A very different picture than the last time you were there. So clearly, feeling comfortable in the environment is an important part of Ryuk’s ability to focus on agility. And good work giving him the chance to check out the field- he let you know when he was ready and you responded! 🙂Sixth video:
Well done adjusting what you were doing in order to support Ryuk when he started barking. And getting down low with him provides social support. It helped him bring his focus back to you and the treats.And good job redirecting him to the Snuffle Mat when he was barking at you for treats.
You did an excellent job of switching techniques based on what Ryuk needed, moment by moment.
He might do better waiting in the car in between his turns too, to give him a mental break from the dogs barking and walking around.
Overall, really great work!
Playing with food can work! 🙂
Ran back and forth, a few feet in one direction and then a few feet in the other- ask for a behavior that’s fun, such as a Hand Target or a spin, then reward. You can reward by handing the treat to him, but what’s more fun is tossing it or running off again and then rewarding him on the fly. Does that makes sense?
Yes! Absolutely! Email me at Bobbie@BehaviorVets.com. We can do private session through the company I work for. 🙂
If you have to call her back, praise her, then try the sequence again. After she does it correctly, then reward. If she doesn’t come back when called, that’s when have you to go get her the way we practiced at the workshop.
Can you ask your vet about putting Ryuk on Solloquin as well? It’s a natural supplement and it might help him a bit more.
Regarding exploring the ring, what if you take your first turn as the exploring opportunity, walking Ryuk around the ring on leash, sniffing everywhere he needs to go? That way folks don’t get impatient with you because you are taking the allotted time of one of your turns.
Tracy offers an amazing course on engagement. Have you taken it?
A lot of venues have hoses. Would he love water squirting out of a hose as a reward? I had a dog years ago that LOVED it!
I look forward to the videos!! And don’t worry, Tracy and I have plans to do more things!! 🙂
Super cool U-turns!!
I would like for you to keep practicing the games in different areas, around triggers (like you did in class) while being mindful of the distance between Addy and the trigger (Addy’s threshold).
Also, perhaps two days of trialing in a row might be too much for Addy at this time.
Great work! Her jump for the toy at the end of the poles is adorable!! Infectious! 🙂
Did you give her a treat when you squeaked the toy after she ran off?
A really good plan to “fix n go” to give Raven a chance to get it right, then reward!
Oh great! Glad he’s already on medication. What medication is he on and what is the dose? Have you noticed any improvement? Any changes?
How much time did you give him to explore the agility ring on leash before taking him off? How many times have you been to this field? Is the video at the top the first time?
Who was the dog barking in the background in that first video? All that barking was stressful for him. I would have moved back sooner than you did. When much farther away, where Ryuk notices the other dogs but doesn’t seem concerned about it, you can sprinkle treats into the grass multiple times, like a Snuffle Mat. You can also bring a Snuffle Mat with you, per the assignment from a couple of weeks ago.
When rewarding Ryuk with a toy, try running away from him while looking over your shoulder at him, dragging the toy behind you. You can tie 2-3 toys together so that they make one long toy that drags on the ground. Have you ever seen how flyball handlers reward their dogs?
Also, does Ryuk prefer toys or food? What is his most favorite, mind-blowing reinforcement?
Was the venue at the trial on 5/1 a familiar one for Ryuk? Great work at this venue!!
Yes, big trials are too much for Buccleigh at this time. How sound bounces around an arena can influence a dog’s performance. The plan should be to build his resilience in smaller trials, balancing the runs between those you can reward and those you run without rewarding in the middle. You can bring a toy into the ring for FAST and T2B. I know that food is more reinforcing than toys for Buccleigh–we have been working on cueing Buccleigh to go get his cookie outside of the ring. This might look like you do a few obstacles and then leave after 5-10 obstacles to reward Buccleigh outside of the ring with food.
Do you have the ability to go to smaller trials?
