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That is great, Kerrie! Love it! You’re ready for the next assignment: label the end behavior!!
We’re doing okay. I live in northern NJ, right outside of NYC. It’s scary and overwhelming. I’m grateful to be in the suburbs instead in the city, with a backyard, and my dogs. Hope you guys are ok!
Great question! I started with training my dogs to do the teeter, I gave both cues because the Target behavior was still new. Now, after a year of Topper performing reliable, enthusiastic teeter behavior in class, at home, and in trials, I tend to just say Teeter and he knows exactly what the complete teeter behavior looks like. Make sense?
Hi Fei!
What if you decrease the tip of the mini-teeter a bit by folding up two towels and placing each one under the ends of the teeter. Makes sense? Then continue the game as you have been playing.
End Behavior looks good! You’re ready for the new assignment! 🙂
Hi Mary!
I suggest holding off on doing teeters are trials for now. You don’t want him jumping off the teeter 50% of the time at trials. When Tanner is consistently doing the teeter in class and seminars, without needing so much help from you, he will be ready for trials. At a trial, there is additional pressure from all of the variables present. And dogs know the difference between trials and classes. 🙂
Hi Sue!
I LOVE what I am seeing! It’s a building block process and at this time, we are focusing on how she FEELS about what she is doing rather than having it look “perfect.” I like that you are ignoring when Viva reaches for the ground with her front two feet–by placing the reward on the board, you are teaching her where you want her to be, without missing an opportunity to build value and enthusiasm for the board movement. 🙂
Regarding the Rebound Game, just move it once or twice while rewarding, then release and toss the treat off the board for Viva to chase. Just do this a couple of times for the next few days, and then see if you can do it a bit longer. Make sense?
Spaniels and those ever-wagging tails! LOL! I love it!
Really good! I like how you fed continuously while rebounding, but also on other reps, fed after each time the board rebounded. Great work!
Great news!! See if you can start slowly moving forward as she targets. Also work on sending her to the target while you hang back, just a few inches at first, and then build the distance. Does that make sense?
Hi! Great job reflecting!
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Try this: just do one tip, then toss a treat off for Zoe to chase. Then have Zoe get back on and do one tip, then toss a treat for her to chase off the mini-teeter. Do this just a couple of times, then end the game. Play the game a couple of times per day, but for a much shorter period of time. Teeter training can take a REALLY long time. I worked on it for nearly two years with Topper before I felt that I had reliable, trial-ready, enthusiastic, driven teeter behavior. It will take as long as it takes. 🙂Video 2:
This looks good. Don’t worry so much about her position on the board at this time. Just let her get on the board as she wants to and then work on the movement. And yes, stay with this step for now. 🙂Hi Mary!
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Looks good! You are ready to raise the teeter a few inches for a bigger bang. 🙂Video 2:
Really great! I like how you mixed it up. I do see that Tanner became more comfortable with more reps. Do you think that’s typical, even for teeter games you have played before?Video 3:
Rebound Game looks good!! What a change from last year!Video 4:
So fun!! Love how he’s just jumping on and off! Clearly you have taken your time building Tanner’s confidence. Well done!!Video 5:
Try lowering the height a by a couple of inches and build from there.Video 6:
Looks great!She looks good! Yes, you are ready to raise the teeter! 🙂
It might be easier to switch hands. Reward her with the hand farther from her and lift the board with the hand closer to her. Does that make sense?
That tail doesn’t stop! Lol!
Really nice Bang Game! And good weight shift!
Was she self-releasing or were you releasing her? I couldn’t tell.
Why don’t you try taping down the target? Maybe using duct tape and folding it over so that the sticky part is exposed. You can then stick the target to the tape, and then to the teeter.
He loves it! Really great! Good job with the weight shift on the Rebound Game. Keep practicing in new locations!
How is the End Behavior Game going? If you feel that it’s solid, we can combine the games.
