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I wanted to do another session here and make sure my mechanics were right. I just Finished an online class teaching layering and distance with my other dobe, and I think I just resorted to the last lecture which was combining layering and distance with poor Roulette. I tried to walk her path with her this time.
I had time to get the tunnel out this morning so we worked on layering. She’s much better turning right. I’m incredibly late trying to get the ball ahead of her. I left in abifuer blooper because I can’t believe I hit a jump upright again – this time the top of the wing
Today’s lessons:
1. Stop forgetting your reward marker cue
2. Keep moving your butt and the dog will move her butt!Roulette did great. It is getting easier and easier to line her up. I left one blooper rep in turning left and going straight. Left is her harder side, and I realized I needed to set the wing much further to the side than on the right turn. I have a mental note to work on left side mobility. When she is excited, she runs down the hallway spinning, and she only goes to the right. She will spin 7-8 times down my short hallway before we go outside, and every single time, it is to the right.
Today’s training was a lot of fun. I had no idea she went by the jump on the second set of rear crosses: first rep.
I tried the rear cross with two toys today and it seemed to work well.
I also raised the bar to 10”.I’m wondering if starting with an actual stay might help out start. Getting the toy out, and getting her straight and focused is a challenge and moreso when she turns left.
I’m thrilled with our training today
Before trying the treat n train again I tried a toy. She drives much better but I’m not sure about leaving a toy.
I thought about using two tug toys. Leaving one and tugging her away. I kept the blooper in the tapeWe also did more jump grid work
Today’s lesson – the less we trust our training, the more we flap our arms.
I’m not sure if I’ve set Rou up with jumps 20’ apart and I’m not sure why I didn’t start closer and go from there.
She did pretty good especially since I’m sending to the treat n train. She definitely has a limit of how many times she’ll send to it
We worked more on zig zag and zeros. Sometimes I crack myself up so excuse the commentary. As soon as I started moving faster, we did better Serps.
Her stays were great with the zig zag game but did I lead out far enough?
Today was a good lesson. I did the first side of serps the exact opposite way I taught Roulette. No wonder she struggled. I figured it out for the second side.
We also did some zig zags and she was able to stay on her Cato board for me! Apparently I’ve never faced the same way as her and sent her to go. Something to work on
I’m pretty quiet for me today in videos. Lower back is a bit creamy.
This has been so rewarding now that she knows when she gets the toy. We’ve been working on more stay control with and without the cato board. We worked on some minny pinny. The last time we did this, she about killed her self hitting the uprights and bars she wanting to chase a ball.
This was so much better.
Today we worked on tunnel exits and turns and a tiny bit of stay. I think she cheated the second-to-last rep, but I had already released when I saw her.
I didn’t get a chance to get my tunnel out before the heat. We worked on set point with a toy – 5 ft difference and our left/right and go – wind in your hair with a ball
The set point jump is 6 ft away. She had more propulsion when I was holding her collar with a tossed toy out there than a solid sit stay. I will try them at 5 ft this weekend.
Today we worked smiley face games. I forgot we haven’t done the tunnel in a while. Because life always throws my poor other Doberman a curveball, she was stung by yellow jackets or wasps inside my tunnel. So it’s been put away for about a month. I’d say most if not all the mistakes here are mine for losing connection or not practicing with the toy in the send hand to the tunnel. I can’t begin to tell you how much nicer this feels to work together with her.
I do have a goal this term of trying to get my words out sooner.
We have slowly been working up to placing a toy or food bowl on the ground in front of her. She did pretty good here. I see the cheat on the last one. She was confident letting me lead out to the Treat N Train also.
We started at step 1 with “Wind in your hair” with a ball in my hand. That was SO FUN. It feels like real agility teamwork vs Rou and me fighting for control (so to speak). I was also very very very late. I did not anticipate her speed going over the jump.
She’s CHONKY right now. I switched food and didn’t quite adjust calories properly. It’s also been 100-plus, so we’ve had more frozen kongs and less outside time. We are working on it.
12-month-old Roulette is much nicer to my body than younger Roulette! I am focusing on staying calm, not squealing/jumping, and keeping arousal at a consistent level (especially with the tug toy).
I’ve been working her stay on a cato board and just added sending around a cone. This is the first time we’ve set up in front of a jump. I was really pleased with the carryover. I have apparently only stood in front of her asking for a sit stay. I’ll work on that also. Zip – go behind me to get a treat
We also did some left/right wraps with a toy in my sending hand to refresh the concept of being able to ignore the toy until cued (even when the cue is very late!).
As you know, foundation is so very very very important, and I thought it was best for Roulette and I to get a good handle on this class before moving up. I have learned that lesson so many times the hard way, rushing to move forward.
I think my bright yellow tunnel was attracting the wasps. I’ve never left it out before because I had a male
Dog. We’ve erred on the side of caution with real early morning training. We are having a lot of success ignoring the the toy or using a cookie to reset. I’ve
Been varying which hand is holding the toyLooking forward to seeing you again in Max Pup 2.
