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We repeated the Rocking Horse game – this time with more distance, and a little more speed. Not sure if I could have left earlier.

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Turn and Burn – with more distance and speed. I tried to keep both my arms down more, and I hope they were more “relaxed.” Looking at the video, I can see that I could have left even earlier. I think in the last rep I left the earliest.

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Trying to post Strike a Pose Wk 5 again. Hope I get the right one this time!

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Here’s our attempt at the threadle version of Strike a Pose. The toy didn’t work, so I tried it with the Manners Minder – not sure if I was doing this right….

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We tried Turn & Burn again – this time I was trying to get more of a turn on the FC, so that she moved further round the barrel.
Then we tried the Rocking Horse games – not sure if I looked like a rocking horse though! I thought she did well -would love to hear your opinion.

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Then we followed your suggestions for Strike a Pose, and I had her come to the hand target, with the reward already in place. I started with an empty bowl and threw the treat into it. Then I placed the treat in the bowl before we started, then I placed a toy for her – had to switch from regular tug toy to toy on a string.

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In the above video we didn’t so great when we included the prop as a foot target. After coming in to my hand and doing the turn, she wasn’t seeing the target.

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Here is our attempt at the lap turn and tandem turn. Not sure if I was doing everything correctly, but I thought Yowza did great!

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Then we did the Concept Transfer Strike a Pose game pt 2 – for serpentines. I thought this went OK, although she didn’t always hit the target first time. There’s one rep at the end with a toy.

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We had fun with the Turn n Burn. I did this holding her collar to start her, but not sure if that was right…..

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Also repeated Strike a Pose – not sure if I was focused enough on the target (video in previous post with parallel path).
Then we repeated the Tunnel Game – I only held her collar when I was “revving” her up, but I found it hard to get the toy positioned so that I could grab the string when I threw it from our starting position. this went better when I threw the toy after she had left – then it was easier for me to grab the string. We definitely need to work on toy return – thanks for the tips on that – then we will also work on Strike a Pose with a toy, instead of the treats.

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Repeated the parallel path game – this time throwing the treat earlier and further to encourage her to look ahead, rather than looking at me. I thought this went well.
then we repeated the Strike a Pose game – I held the target further out, and I was trying to look at the target, rather than at Yowza – however, I think I was only looking at it when she was approaching it – maybe I should have been more focused on it? (i.e. starting to look at when she was further away).

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Tunnel Games – here she was very interested in the toy! Not sure if I was handling it exactly right – I forgot my clicker, and my yesses were late most of the time (I think you said click as she’s going in tunnel). And I was hesitant to “rev” her up too much, as she is still very sensitive about my collar “grab” – so I wanted to be careful when I was holding her collar – but she’s definitely getting much better with this (e.g. – I can now use her collar, instead of the harness). Also – if you have any tips for teaching her to bring the toy back to me, they would be much appreciated! – she’ll do it inside, but not outside – she’ll run toward me if I run away from her, but not all the way in to me.

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Here is a video of our attempts at Parallel Path commitment with a “jump” and Strike a Pose. I thought she did well with the parallel path – I was trying to go slow, but I don’t think I was sauntering….
I thought she did OK with the Strike a Pose with the treats, though I’m not sure if I was doing it exactly right. We didn’t do so well with the toy, as she seemed more interested in the treats, so I stopped our session there. She may be more enthusiastic about a toy if I throw it, but she does not yet bring it back to me, and I wasn’t coordinated enough to use the toy in a string.

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Here’s our second attempt at start line stays – adding a little more distance and duration – trying to throw the treat behind her, but she keeps leaping up to get it….

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