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We worked on finding the jump after the tunnel and the out. I was in a rush to get done before the heat and get to a meeting. We need help on the out cue but I’m not sure if the video was set up so you can see my shoulders.
Started with the ball and she went wide behind me.
Switched to food and she was a tad better
Moved the wing further away and her wrap was betterTunnel jump – I think I need to raise the bar. I think she’s actually stepping on it.
I forgot how much energy conformation takes for the dogs. We had a show Friday through Sunday and she was in the ring 6 times.
Yesterday We did a small bit of the Smiley face game with a tad more distance. She seems to be driving to the tunnel better.
Today we had an in person morning seminar with Jen Pinder and we got to practice some of the skills we’ve learned with you at a new place, new Dogs etc. It was so cool to see all the pieces come together. The resilience games paid off big. We did some jump ladder work and it was interesting that she drove to a food bowl much better than the treat n train. I had someone hold while I lead out. We didn’t train tonight.
Hoping we get some training tomorrow because we have 4 days of shows again.
We played with rear crosses sending to her toy. We had two not shown where I released her still focused on the toy and she left me.
Overall I loved it. I do notice how quickly she started to slow down though. I stopped after the last rep but think I could have stopped sooner.
Bars are 6” high except the first one. Jumps are 6’ apart. I underestimated how hard she’d drive into me. This is probably her second most high value reward, only beaten by a flirt pole.
This was fun!! We did practice some simple tunnels with the toy in my hand so we can eventually work up to using similar toys. This poor little tail is almost completely off the line.
It’s been a CRAP year. We have lost 3 dogs in 11 months. I have one poor little sweet Vizsla who lost her dam and half-brother within months, and she’s so confused.
Yes, I can definitely get him to help more. I’ll try it with her longer, bright yellow tug toy, so it’s also visible. The jumps are 6 ft, and the bar is at 6”
As smart as Rou seems at times, I swear she still isn’t sure that the TNT delivers treat. Putting the ball in a dish is genius! We need a little bit of practice going back to “leaving the toy to get the toy.”
I am able to leave my tunnel out more often now since I have all girls. Rou is doing a great job going through it. We played with some smiley face games, and the wind was so hard that we only got a few reps on video. But she’s driving to the tunnel much better unless I accidentally stop short.
We’re back again. We’ve had some crazy time off. Roulette showed 14 times in 3 days and finished her show CH her second weekend showing. And we were all exhausted. We planned a week off and then we lost our 9 yr old vizsla to hemangiosarcoma yesterday. We’re all a little off.
I had my husband help with the jumping grid. I’m having a hard time getting Roulette to send and commit ahead of me. I tried two rear crosses and then switched up to sending her ahead to her ball. The ball is near the TNT in front of it.
It might be a good idea for me to practice with the Cato board and set that as a starting point gently holding her. We have a long weekend of dog shows so I’ll do some play time working on her left turns.
Here is our jumping foundations zig zag. I had to chuckle watching this. It’s a busy busy time at work and I had an early meeting. I got up extra early to train and apparently my brain wasn’t engaged. I completely forgot my marker cues for most of the session. It’s a tad hard to get her to the exact right spot with the way she leaps and suddenly stops to get the food. We got pretty close except for that one she missed.
She will go in circles around me or take a few steps and come right back for a reward. I did notice this time that it is mostly when she is turning left and on my right. It’s her and my bad side.
I played with the serp exercise first. When she didn’t send to the wing wrap, my cues weren’t clear.
In the minny pinney, you can see it a bit more. I don’t have the strength to hold her on my right side for this exercise so she was turning into me quite a bit.
Minny pinny
Ball is life…she dropped the entire tricky treat ball onto my lunch plate the other day, but at least it kept her busy cleaning all the nooks and crannies. And if I don’t remember to put a specific ball away the night she is loose, she wakes me up repeatedly squooshing it in my face. So, yes Ball IS life.
I saw this post after we were training, but I think I rushed her reps here. I am not giving her the time to focus or get set up correctly. We did some serp practice just using the bar before we did the exercise. I gave her more help on the second side than on the first side.
Oh I didn’t think about her growth related to the tunnel. And yesterday I was just telling my husband I think she’s officially taller and bigger than her Aunt. Much less coordinated than an adult dog with all the size and substance.
Thank you for the ball/toy steps. Today we worked 3 5 minute sessions. First session with food only. Second and third session with the ball. In my head I thought I moved further away from the center point making it harder for Rou. But on the video I look like I am almost in the same exact spot. I need to set up some markers.
She’s ticking the bar. Should I ignore that for now? I also worked some focus games before I used the ball each session.
Yea we finally got the tunnel out. I got up early before our run to get training in while it was cool and apparently Rou said WTH is that thing, I can’t possibly go through a curved tunnel.
When it cooled off a little bit I straightened it, shortened it, shaped it and she was able to do simple wraps with the TNT. I gave her a break and worked her sister. Then I brought the ball out. We have an issue I’ve ignored for way too long and I left a short clip of the leaping and grabbing at me. She can wrap and do the rockinghorse exercise with wraps and use the ball. She can’t do the smiley face with wings or the wrap to tunnel. Is this something I need to address on its own or am I asking too much of her puppy brain using the toy for this right now?
Roulette loves the pill bug game. I think my circle was a bit small for her size but we both survived.
We don’t have a stay so I’ve been doing set point and tossing a toy. My video was at the wrong angle. We’ve also been doing more smiley face game work. I should have a tunnel helper this weekend.
Ok we made the circle a little bigger. I have two herniated cervical discs and my right side is my bad side. My blind spot is right about where she’s cutting in when she’s on my right. I’m sure I’m doing something here to pull her in.
She did great though. She’s a little “whacky” this weekend. She and her sister ran straight playing and chasing each other at a new sniff spot for 45 minutes yesterday and 35 today. This is a bit longer than normal. But she’s also been segregated alternately with my intact boy. So she’s both tired but “hyper” at the same time. This is her first heat cycle. Normally I’d take the weekend off but she was bouncing off the walls even after a few kongs.
We haven’t focused on her stay at all. She’s also doing conformation which just started so I just finished her show training. I don’t have a problem training sit and stand, I just ran out of time. I was also focusing on getting my older dobe happy in the ring before we hit 100 degrees and novice is last. We succeeded woohoo so we can go back to the fun stuff for both girls.
Her toe is 100 percent fine. The girls ran almost 45 minutes straight this morning at a sniff spot. She’s been rotating being secluded in an xpen since she’s in heat. She was wild so we did some training.
I moved the bar up to 8” and moved the treat and train 4 ft further to 12 ft away. Growth-wise she’s as big as my adult girl at the bottom end of our standard. I know her growth plates aren’t closed but I don’t see her growing a whole lot taller. Maybe an inch. I love what I see here!
We did some money pinney and went straight to the Smiley face game with wings. My tunnel helper is running all my car errands so we used wings. She’s definitely getting the idea. I’m not sure how my connection was though. About halfway through I realized I was watching her to see what she’d do vs actually cuing what I wanted. If we have time I’ll get the tunnel out tomorrow.
Set point
Smiley face – eek – tomorrow I’ll work on actually doing a front cross properly! I’m actually revisiting this in a class with my older dog.
