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Thanks for the feedback. I was standing to play and I guess holding the toy hire since last week you said I was looming over her!!🤣

She like to chase more than tug especially when there are interesting things going on. She does bring me toys in the house but even then she wants to choke up and bite where my hands are…

When we arrived at this trial she got a few walks and then in between was crated in the car. Walks were with mom.

Then I took her out by herself and we walked around the rings. We watched a few dogs did some tricks for treats etc. she did not want to tug but was happy to be with me. She is pretty people and dog friendly.

I put her back in her crate and set up my tripod and food station near the practice jump.

She did so many good things here including calling off the dog/owner who were super close. These toys did not seem super exciting and the practice jump seemed to need to be used so we just played along the side of the arena. I thought this toy was more engaging for her. She loves to body hug the toys.

Thanks for your input. Another massive rain day tomorrow do I wil leave her home and not take her to the trial.

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We tried ring practice in a different fenced yard. This is the yard where we do most of our sequencing. She was definitely more thoughtful. I had a bag for her treats sitting on the klimb “outside” the ring. She was happy to tug and do her tricks but was not as fast on the coursework. I was thinking maybe I should go back to the other yard but do more obstacles? Or just relax?😂

Some very cool stuff is that I figured out her active engagement. I have been watching and thinking about it. I was not sure what to do since she generally does not like me touching her. On breaks during a training session she chews weeds in my field. While I am
Building or tweaking or even walking. When I ask her to play she is all in. I sat down on the table in the video. She is on leash and I did not ask her for anything. She offered to put her front feet on my legs so I scratched the back of her neck and there you have it!

After this video we did some A frames and teeters with high rewards rates. She was very engaged and quick

This is the thing I was using as a leash

https://www.cleanrun.com/product/bungee_handle_long/index.cfm?ParentCat=29

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Tracy,

Thank you for the feedback. I went for a ride Sunday and feel off my horse so I was not in shape to follow on the backsides. Maybe in a couple of days. The horse spooked because a coyote was nearby likely targeting my Farmdog so technically the horse saved the dog. Of course the one time I have ridden without a helmet in my adult life.

So no training in the away yard.

I got a bungie fluffy thing that likely is illegal for AKC and used a clip collar. Boy she like that better than over the ears! Good call there. I was trying to mimic a ring set up. Leash on a chair but also treats in a bag nearby. I did 3 sessions. I had no food or toys on me at all. I was thrilled with how she did. When I feel like running I will go to the bigger yard and do a sequence. I have a trial this weekend but she may not be out of season yet. I will test her on Friday and if she is I will take her and do this same thing at the practice jump. It will in a nearby arena where we set our crates. Also this venue has stands around the rings so we can do some stuff in those. I entered her feo same place in 2 weekends.

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Hey Tracy did you miss Us? We are waiting to follow your instructions…

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We need help on the backside handling. I worked on it earlier in the day with just a single bar and we both did great. But I struggled here to get the information to her.

In other news teeter and A frame are coming along well and we continue to gain clarity about the mat.

My plan is to try to go to my moms this weekend too.

Tracy- I just read the cartoon mash up. Can we take bets on which way Taq needs me to leave her? One question about this. would you use different methods depending on dogs mood or is the idea to know which one works and always be consistent? Her start lines have been so fabulous. You will see one on the video where I did not tell her to stay – I told her to sit and left so she sat and left. My excuse for not giving the stay command is that my previous 4 dogs (not farmdogs) all were trained that sit meant sit until release. Taq has never believed that any position of her body should be still and unmoving so of course there is no cross over. I do want to make sure I am clear about this since she has such dancing thoughts. She is like me listening to ACDC without bobbing my head or Abba without belting out sining to join them. Impossible.

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Tracy

I can try a clip leash/collar but I think she will not like that. I think she want the collar thing off so we could do fun things😂

I will definitely do reward behind.

For this mornings training I wanted to try the seq. First video is a dead toy. She obviously did not find that too rewarding so I got smart and the next two are with the mm. I think we could have done this with a thrown ahead sparkle ball too but I liked what I got with the mm.

Also loved her engagement to the start line etc!

Then I tried the forward focus exercises. I thought these would be useful for UKI

Apparently she and I can only do these on one side!!

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Thanks for the positive reinforcement!! We can go back there again with my mom’s dogs in the picture. That will likely be positively stimulating to Taq.

I got home after dark so we did some garage work tonight. I suspected I would not have trouble with leash responses. 95% of the time my dogs are off leash so the leash actually is more likely to mean fun games with mom are coming. So I have a major head start. Taq does not enjoy leash on off much so I reinforced both off and on! I also did the carry the little tank in. There is a theme since of course she also does not enjoy being carried. She is not one who loves touching most of the time.

I worked more on the remote reinforcement and then some more leash work at the end.

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Taq had a bought with Hives and Cane into season so we had some recovery days. We did do
Conformation training in a small class and she had no trouble focusing on me and her work. Lots of treats of course.

Today I came to a brand new place ( my folks place to do laundry since my washer broke). So dogs live here that she really likes.

I left my toys at home but my mother is ridiculously organized so easy pivot to new toys. I walked her around the yard, potties her and then she went into a pen while I built. The videos are in order with substantial breaks in between where she had water and a comfy bed in a pen.

I was pretty disappointed that she did not want to run here. I tried to pivot to easier things but still felt like she was dragging. I do have some answers though. I definitely need to get her on the road.

With treats

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Tracy

Thanks for the feedback. She is now in season so no seminars for awhile. I did arrange to go to my mother’s yard this weekend. We can do some simple sequences, she has never been there. I was planning on using it for our teeter tour but we are a ways away from that.

I really like your idea of a simple one – lower level than we are. Ooh that gave me an idea 😉

For these reps I left the collar no collar out completely. I wanted to focus on handling properly. I still follow the send to jump 4 with a big arm. 😣

She slipped on the second rep (I could hear it and she was slower zipping through the tunnel). You can see it on the video too. I made she she was not limping and decided to do another to make sure she was ok with the tunnel. She slowed down a bit. Of course it was dry and well anchored. I was extra cautious when I set it up today. She seemed fine on the last rep.

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Horrible winds yesterday and today. We found a leash with tugging potential that seemed to work well and did some leash on off, tugging and end of run. I think she might have been happy with the leash on tugging but I still added in cookies.

She generally does not w joy leash on/off so I was happy that I could chose a loose and easy on off collar for her.

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I will have to look up the lucky Matt but might be hard to clean in the RV! Taq does very body friendly Chuck-it unlike some of my other dogs she accelerates hard to it but slows way down before she carefully grabs it then runs super fast back to me.

My plan on FEO is a trial in Dec. we will be staying for 3 days. Covered felt with a raised walkway lots of people but novice will be end of day. Practice jump is in the crating area a second arena much quieter. Plan is to play the arousal modulating games like I did day 3 before and use the PRACTICE jump.

Do some vol dial ringside during all the commotion on Friday. Enter JWW sat (evening and will be quieter). And then go back to day 1 stuff on day 3.

I won’t be doing uki until Jan/feb.

Playing with her and a tug is hard. She wants to bite near my hands. I tried to show you a bit on the video. The place she does not do that is a hollee roller but if I attach something to it she does.

She is very gentle mouthed. You know she takes forever to chew her food etc etc.

So we did 3 things remote food first. She had exposure to this before so we started further along. I did decide my word was going to be reward.

Toy with toy play

And bad handler. I did a soft turn set up since I had AKC on the brain. Thanks for the feed back on this. This may be the most important things for us!!!🤣

I did revisit find my face 2 times before trying this over the weekend.

Little girl came in season but seems to be working fine. Normally not an issue and I only have intact dogs.

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Trial day 3

Decompression is a priority for me. We do flexi leash walks (lots of them) where the girls can sniff and lead the way and maybe. They always get chews in the RV and I did some one on one Chuck it with Taq so she could move fast. I am not crazy about Chuck it but without it at this venue she could not stretch out and run. This seems to be a daily requirement for Taq. She gets 2-3 opps a day at home.

I did two sets of patterns and volume dial. First pattern she got distracted by distractions very close by- other dogs. I put her in her ringside crate and then took her out close to the ring. I picked a toy that she was not do crazy about and pivoted to food. After this I walked her a cross the grounds to the rv and she was totally with me and ready! I gave her a chew and then did it again a few hours later with better toys. It went so well I took her to the practice jump.

So apologies for all the video!

Pattern 1 day 3

Vol dial 1 day 3

Pattern 2 day 3

Vol 2 day 3 plus practice jump

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Today I worked out a plan for the ring. Nice dark tunnel but she was more distracted so I tried to just play.

More commotion ringside, and some interest in hunting for food outside the ring.

We warmed up with the 5 tricks for treats at my rv. Then we crated ringside for 10 mins then warmed up for toy.

Maybe I should not have used treats?

We will have another chance beg of Dec. I door arena with bleachers. Novice should be later in the day.

My plan tomorrow is to do some play sessions ringside. She is not entered tomorrow.

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Woohoo!! She was awesome so fun fun! I bought 4 toys and she liked this one the most. I did some trick warmups for toy not food. I did introduce the magic hoodie pocket too. I took advantage of the judge running out to check something. I got greedy maybe on the double. I just wanted her to see one. We have one more tomorrow. Hoping for a tunnel.

Ps hoodie was warm and I am not coordinated.. but we knew that.

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Thank you so much for the screen shots and drawing!!! You really helped me understand!

As you predicted when we took our games on the road she was less interested in toy play. She did not care about running dogs or people. She likes to meet dogs and people but can also leave them easily. This videos were 10 mins after arrival. Later we sat ring side and she was still more into the food than the toys. I have an idea for our feo to bring her holler roller on a long bitey tail. Ps I found a food that she goes nuts over- goat cheese.

Food patterns

Toy1

Toy2

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