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Apologies in advance for the long video. As Ripley’s gotten a little older and been able to start playing on some actual equipment we haven’t done as much prop free tricks (other than a few favorites we do regularly). I’ve got lots of stuff I’m working with him for his classes right now out on the equipment so I’ll probably bundle sessions of flatwork for this class when I can.
So, I taped some of the ones we do frequently and also dusted off some old ones. It will be obvious which ones are the old ones since both of us barely remember them. 😜
You’ve got:
-Hand touch
-Spin and twirl (I haven’t actually faded a slight hand cue and keep forgetting to do this one)
Hup – hand touch over his head
-Back (had to jump start him with a prop since we also haven’t really pulled this one off a prop yet)
–from standing
–from sitting
–from a lie down
-Speak on cue (competing with the Swissy so used his name with the speak cue)
-Close, Side, Middle positions
-Middle moving (he thinks it’s funny)
-Up/Down game (he offered the down but typically out and about he’s in a stand)
-Ping Pong – get it side to side – boring version with kibble, more fun with cheeseball and then countermotion version.
-Hug – jump up on my chest with front legs
-Chin on hand
-Chin on upper thigh
-Chin on foot
-Leg weaving (barely did this when he was little and haven’t done it in many months)
-Figure 8 between legs (same as leg weaves)
-Kibble drop from over his head (we do this out in public a bit ringside to see if he can focus really closely with stuff happening)
-Thrown treat catch
On my “tails” treat thrown behind you I see I’m varying “Get it” or “Tails” – tails is still a newer cue for him (and me)So, we’ve got active tricks step 1 and 2 (treats in hand, then treats in pocket), then some line-up stuff with all 3 of his lineups (I don’t think any are poisoned or negative so just worked them all). Then we did a little bit of calmer stuff and in between a bit here and there he offers some calmer engagement while I try to get my sh*#t together. His lie down in middle position +/- chin on my foot is something we’ve been doing ringside a bit lately to give him a place to be that is both close and connected to me. 🤣
We also do a little of our barking dogs are a cue for focus on mom +/- putting your chin on her thigh just because the other dogs did do some intermittent barking and that’s what I would do in class or a trial.
This is a longer training session since we’re doing so many different things and he was having fun.
Okay, glad to see you think the hind end thing isn’t a big deal. Today we did some wind in your hair. I switched to just a Hollee roller do I could throw better (accepting that I was putting my hands a little at risk on the return tug without a braided fleece or bungee). Only 1 time he got my hand a little and no actual injury. 😊
I love this puppy – he is so fun. 😁
Here’s a bit more set point. More toy behind on start line. Bounce distance 6’, jump at 12-14”, dragging toy forward. I did use a little shorter toy since I ended up carrying 3 toys but will remember to use a longer one for this again in the future. I feel like he’s pulling his rear legs in and forward over the 2nd jump a bit early. Like if he was a horse and I was riding him I feel like he’d be bumping me out of the saddle right when I would otherwise be going back to 3 point from my in the air 2 point position when his rear legs pull in and bump his butt a bit higher in the air. What do you see?
Also just a tiny bit of his baby weaves. Totally off topic for MaxPup2 but I was so thrilled with his footwork and drive forward today I just needed to share with someone nerdy enough to see how fun this is.
We started some single 2×2 work about 6 weeks ago and added a 6 pole set with x-pen cages and a channel set about 4 weeks ago since he was in a live class that uses that. He’ll be 13 months this week and I’ve been really limiting how many days a week we do weaves (2 max) and how many reps we do. He’s mostly been hopping with an occasional single step/swim stride. Today for the first time he really settled into a swim. So fun to see him becoming a big boy. 💗
Hi Tracy,
Good catch on that hand dragging mechanical issue. I think I fixed it today (yes, just a right hand preference on my part I think). Also used a longer toy. I am firmly convinced I do not know how to run. I plan to work on it (and soon now that this kid is ready for more sequencing).
I did a little with toy behind (cue to turn and get toy is “tails” which as you guessed/knew we haven’t done much of). He’s not the biggest fan of the dead toy (and it’s a lower value toy than the one I’m dragging) so we’d have to work on that more to keep it higher value.
Last session gap was supposed to be the same as during our live class at about 6′ but when I rewalked it it was more like 5′. This session we started at about 5 1/2-6′ and then I spread it to about 7′. The jump bar is at about 10″.
Cindi
Do you know your Argus dates yet so I can put something on my calendar?
It’s a 12 hour drive but we did it last year for a Shade seminar (the week temps hit 115 up there 😵💫).
I wished we could have done the summer camp there in Aug/Sept but Ripley was just too young (7 months).
I’ll set up the spider grid and try all of this. I really appreciate you finding these videos.
This has been a really great class. I’m looking forward to next level starting next week.
Thank you for all of your great feedback and content.
I really love your positive and supportive teaching style. 😁💗
Hi Tracy,
Looking forward to the next class starting. We’ve been working on some of the other stuff I’d been waiting on beginning until he got to that around 12 months mark. He turned a year old on 2/18/22 so we’re slowly building some other obstacle skills – especially baby weaves, running contacts (ground work with the mat) and teeter.
When I saw Ginger’s thread I realized I hadn’t done much with jumping drills for a few months and that the last time I was doing setpoint I didn’t let him jump more than I think 12″.
So today we set up a set point at about 5′ between the jumps and went from about 10″ graduated oxer 10″ wide to about 18″ high on the back bar and about 18″ spread. I just wanted to see where his jumping form was at since I’ve been keeping everything so low for so long.
I like your suggestion to Ginger to drag the toy and walk. I do feel like getting the head down and not having it rise too abruptly at the end of the second jump in anticipation of stopping is hard with the dead toy or treat.
I wasn’t planning on posting this – was just taping for myself to see but would love your feedback. And, check, check on minimal “jumping days”.
Okay, I think I just screwed up the link. This one is working for me incognito so hopefully it’s good. If not I’ll try a cut and paste.
https://cdelany.notion.site/c790bbbc62fd4f52ad4a193abd34863e?v=675fc356192247b5bd1aa38bc4ec9704
We’re back after post-neuter recovery time. We did dust off some calm on the mat and some control unleashed pattern games – thanks for suggesting that. We weren’t able to do the ones with leg lifting since it just made him want to bug the healing area but we’ll try some of that now that he is healed up.
He’s a bit hyper here and I brought the wrong treats out so threw cheeseballs and then switched to toy.
I’ll plan to catch up before class officially ends at the end of February.
Looking forward to class tomorrow. 😊
Busy work week (so no video of our quickie training sessions) then I neutered Ripley yesterday so trying to keep him chill for at least a few days.
Wondering if you have any ideas for low energy, low motion stuff to work on while he heals up.
I’m thinking mat work (which he’s already decent at but using a flat mat with no edge – not our regular hop up on cot) and a bit of working on reacting less to dogs barking (kind of a new and intermittent thing) but figure some DS/CC to it can’t hurt. We could do some stays but I like him to pop up out of them so not ideal. We’ve got hand touch, fist bump and chin rest that we can refresh and add some more duration to.
Most of the other stuff I think of is higher energy, faster, moving stuff and trying to think of other things. Open to any suggestions (classmates too feel free to chime in here). 😁
Okay, just a little bit more tunnel threadle and a little bit of backside wrap with new “beep, beep” verbal. My LSMs are not as clean as I’d like. I just need to do a bit more of a walk-through of what I’m training with the verbal cues, body cues and then LSMs in place all before I start the exercise with him. I go out there knowing the behavior I want and how I want to get it but need to do more planning of all of those details. This pup is very smart and needs me to get as much of that right as I can to help him do his part without frustration.
Work in progress!
Backside Wrap “Beep, Beep”
Tunnel Threadle “Chute”
