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Yes. She’s a lot of dog and has accidentally taken both me and my vizsla out. We both now creep around the corners to see where Roulette is.
We took your advice to work on stays at the match. Apparently my camera was smarter than me until our last run. But she held the stay I asked for a total of 6 times over 4 runs. I used more food than a toy today to try and keep more of her brain. I also worked the pinwheels we’ve been doing. I did, however, chicken out before the tunnel when I ended up on her line. With my neck issues, it’s my bad side and the side we couldn’t do at home.
We had the standard ring running simultaneously which was a great distraction for dogs and new noises. Their teeter is really loud. We did some acclimating today and over the past few weekends.
I ran into Cindy today and we raved about how wonderful you are.
Somehow I managed to beat the rain today. I also accidentally extended out training session and her head exploded. She did amazing turning to the left. Once I had her turning right, she kept going around the jump before the tunnel and I couldn’t get my body to add a brake arm and try to get a blind in. We did a few simple circles and we’ll try again once we get a break in the rain in a few days.
PS Yes you did hear me say Holy Shi* when we did it and she was kind enough not to run me down!
Roulette was so kind not to plow me over! I’ll practice cueing the brake arm.
I like to balance out training between getting really “high” and more “thoughtful” sequences.
We worked on go first with a treat n train because I didn’t think I’d have a chance with a ball. But we did decent with the ball. She’s more obstacle driven than any of my other dogs and commits a lot sooner so I’ll definitely need to work on timlier cues.
Whew, tunnel bags are definitely needed. This was fun, however, it turned out of control very quickly with both of us not using our minds properly. I don’t think I connected with her at all when I did my blind. I was so so so late.
After the blind cross session, I thought we should go back and just review both of us thinking, engaging, connecting and moving together.
YES! New tunnel bags have been ordered but will take 1-2 weeks to be delivered. I added a bit more weight to these, but they are so old that there are holes in the bottoms of them, slowing deflating.
Stays – we have a match this weekend, and stays are the top of the list!
Today we worked wraps. I focused on breathing for 1-2 seconds at least before releasing her and my correct directionals/wraps. I did forget my toy cue. The first wrap she completely followed what my body did, even if I was wrong 🙂
We had a blast at the NADAC trial with a few minor distractions. I thought we’d run at 10 and we ran the older girl at 1 and then tunnelers at 6:35 in the dark. I had 90 seconds to walk her course and get back to run. Roulette takes class at night but we’ve never been here at night.
Apparently I hold my dog’s collar as I take the leash off. I instinctively put my hand on her neck which is a big no no at NADAC. The judge was so kind.
Today we repeated the exercise from last time and I moved the middle jump the length of the wing. I still get some running by the jump vs over but the side jump but overall she’s doing great. I also see I was lazy and letting her shoot into the tunnel on her own. Note to self!
Oh, this was fun. I think I was probably supposed to have the jumps lower. She only knocked the middle one going in a right circle, and it’s also the direction she often goes by the jump.
We had fun in spite of my blunders.
I have learned the importance of a ring entrance routine with my other dobe! I have a half baked plan for roulette, and we’ll play around at some upcoming trials. We have two NADAC tunnelers runs this weekend and a match one day the next weekend. My other dobe is entered so I figured I’d get some ring time with Roulette also
I tried the plank again with me on the other side. I don’t know if that was the difference or she is getting it.
Then we did some one step sending. I think my wing with her on the right is a little further out than the left. It was hard for me not to keep drifting towards it once I added the tunnel.
NADAC was a blast. It was very different but fun. Very low-stress, low-key, low key and friendly environment, but very little time to walk the course and get your dog. We had enough fun we are going back next weekend.
We ran into some TTMFJ issues in jumpers. The jumps didn’t have wings, and some silly handler had the fluffiest, most obvious toy in her hand. Most importantly, she stayed engaged with me. She really did try as hard as she could with all the distractions. But she excelled in her little intro tunnelers course. 8 tunnels with some slight crosses, and she Qd both times. We had so much fun, we are going back next weekend and just doing tunnelers with Rou.
When I ran with the toy, I got the same behavior as the plank when she’s expecting food from my hand. It may just be another level of distraction I need to work with.
I can finally use my yard again, and we went back to the TTMFJ exercise.
NADAC tunnelers – excuse the around the neck hold. She absolutely could not put her butt on the ground and they asked me to toss the leash so I held on for dear life.
Progress! Mostly going towards the TNT. If I dropped a treat in front of the board going the other direction, she made more connection but she’s still focused on me. I actually have a brand new TNT I can use so I have one on both sides. I dropped this one and didn’t think the glue would hold – that was 9 months ago.
I had the wobble board straight on the patio. I think she was ok with the sound but I also moved myself. It looked like she was thinking (YEA) about what I wanted vs worrying about the sound. What do you think? I can add the blankets back under it.
Sunday we are doing NADAC FEO jumpers and tunnelers. I’ve never fine NADAC so it should be interesting. We’re in intro so I’m hoping the obstacles are spaced similar to AKC or UKI
Oh my, she’s going to give me a heart attack. To be fair, I was lazy. The aerobic step under the plank is too slippery, but she sent the board flying a few times. I fixed it, and these are our reps. My dish command is incredibly late.
I also used my higher wobble board on cement with blankets underneath and a water bobble that was floating around.
We should have more of a yard by Thursday. I’ll wait to do this again until we have more room for rewards and her stride.
Today we worked on the plank and wobble board. Somehow I may have turned this onto a run and leap don’t think game vs a true agility game. She’s going so fast I tossed the reward far enough she wouldn’t jam herself stopping. It also meant she didn’t stay on well with an angle. But fun was had!
She’s always loved her wobble board. This is my lower one and not making much noise on the grass. Because she was comfortable I delayed my tossing. I might be able to get a more controlled release with the treat n train.
Here’s some of the lazy game and I love the abbreviation. I have thought that so many times.
I removed the stay because it was a lot to train the stay and the game. That was the known hole in our match runs. But she gave me an amazing sit at the start when asked. I did not ask for the stay. All her body language clearly said she could not stay.
Yes we will be fading the platform soon. We’re heading across the US to our national shortly and I promised I’d use the platform until then since I’m not the one showing her. It’s the path of least resistance sometimes 🙂
Yesterday we were doing some front cross work and as I sent her around to wrap the first wing her TNT started beeping and releasing treats. She gave it a good look, hesitated and did the wrap and send! I love the way you had us add distractions.
This morning we worked on zig zag and moved the jumps closer.
My personal play is a tad calmer because she’s started jumping and biting at my shoulders and upper arms lately
