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So this was a first for me. Monster in the yard. Considering she started a bit worried, she made great progress. I did 3 three minute sessions 15 minutes apart. Not sure she’s quite ready for some games yet. But I’m thrilled with her progress. We started with it’s not spooky, to can you go in and she started going through quickly. I moved the placed reward and started using a tossed reward. We used a food bowl as I think the treat N train might be monster-ish for her. She will go to the ready treat but I haven’t braved the treat N train yet. She’s a tad sound sensitive although hunts just fine (thank goodness)
We worked on set point and wind game.
She definitely gets dig more than seek but I worked that direction way more than the other. She also met the lotus ball today.
Full disclosure we don’t have a stay. I had my husband hold her collar and watched for any signs it wasn’t ok. This game seems to not bother her with a collar hold. I used pool noodles for jumps. Grass will be cut tomorrow so we can see reward bowls.
Full disclosure- I also haven’t done the tunnel but we will do that tomorrow.
I wasn’t sure this little bean would enjoy this but she’s having fun and happy. I’m so excited.
Oh yes – she wears her heart on her sleeve. When I put the collar on she was more “creepy” so I did the whole thing hands off. I’ll work on collar and chest holding separately. The more I listen to her, the more resilient she’s becoming.
There is NEVER another vizsla. Family!!
Ok we worked on our pregame last night. I promise I wasn’t choking her like it looks like! It’s a little embarrassing. We did some collar grab games beforehand to make sure she was ok. I think she was a little confused as to why I was holding her and it didn’t help I was darting after she already passed me instead of just letting her go. I’ve “used” one word for my current dog for wrap either direction. By that I mean I trained it, but I most often forget to use it. I will try to train two words, remember which is which AND actually use them! She gets the wrap part pretty decently considering she always used to go the one direction. I’m not sure if I should keep trying to get the collar and do a better job or give up on the collar.
I promise I’m not this flaky. We had an excessive heat wave with temps up to 111 and now we are engulfed in ashes and Smoke from the Northern CA fires. So we are all stuck inside
Oh she’s always been a little worried with a nose touch. The first time I ever saw her softness she went belly up mid training on about the 6th request. The fact she kept trying is huge.
We worked on a larger object and some prop stuff. As I’m outside I realized the majority of her prop work was inside. She did ok but I think I need to step back and do more foundation. We didn’t get many correct turns but spins on the “rear” – Also we need to practice walking with food in my hands
We are finally back! There is a mosh mash of skills to see where we are.
New – Blind cross sandwich
New – parallel path
New – strike a pose – she’s NOT a fan of nose touch. We did 3 warm ups and 3 turns – 1 too many.And some old stuff too
The vet is cautiously optimistic it’s a soft tissue injury. 7-10 more days of rest and NSAIDS and we will see where we are after that.
Well fun times. Our vet appt got cancelled and we can’t see a vet until next week.
Just wanted to check in. I’m afraid to push anything until we see the vet.Perfect thanks for the tips! Obedience Competition gives me anxiety but I’d like to fade the wave out. We are taking the night off and giving her a rest. She still has a slight limp if she starts to run. Back to the crate we go.
Oh yea! Click treat for me. So stays please bring humor. I recently shaped a wave and then taught duration. It’s become her sit. She has some stay training on a mat which gets faded so this is new for us. I wasn’t sure if I should continue marking if she’s waving. Waiting her out didn’t seem to help.
We also updated sends and decel.
She’s intermittently hopping on her left rear so we may take a few days off (or more)
Oh uh Eden is LONGGGG and BIGGGG. At 8.5 months she taller than her dam already and weighs more. More bone and length. I spent some time slowing down some. Our wraps are going well. I can stand up now. Woohoo.
I taped our sends and blinds. I feel like I’m late on the blinds. Which would be the norm and I didn’t connect after I crossed. But look we Rewarded with a toy!! And she went from food to toy.
I forgot to change objects. Sometimes my mind feeds faster thinking she’ll go faster!
We worked on some decel games and then more wraps.
Haha you should see the vast crazy furry options I have after 3 Vizslas who don’t tug. I tried everything! I will work on less contact and I have a tail on a line that might be that long. If not I’ll add length. The good news is we tried the send game with toys and she was so locked on I couldn’t get her to go back and forth. Sitting in the send game is much less body pressure.
We worked on sends since it was 100 at 8 pm last night. Background I shaped a left wrap totally around the cone. When I tried to shape 180s she wants to circle. She’ll wrap one way but circle the other. So as soon as I gave an inch she squeezed through.
Perfect thanks. Here is our session of driving ahead. I’d like to build a bit more high drive for the toy but for my vizslas I’m excited she’s chasing and actually tugging a little. I’m used to tugging with dobes so I may need to change up my handling etc. they kind of hang on no matter what you do.
Also don’t worry – the 2x2s aren’t for her.
