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So here’s the session we did today, with the poles totally closed. I did notice that she pushed some of the poles apart a little, so I had to keep putting them back in. I’ll have to tighten them all up, once she’s weaving straight poles consistently. She started off really well, but then I think she found it difficult to keep the rhythm going sometimes – but then got it right the second time. I thought this showed how hard she had to focus to get into the rhythm. I think maybe I shouldn’t have used the frisbee for this session, as that is probably her most exciting toy – the tug toy might have been better.
Today we tried tightening up the poles a little more. I put all into the center, apart from #4 which was left a little way out, as you suggested. At first Yowza thought she’d never seen this before, so I opened pole #2 a little as well. this seemed to help, and after that, she got back into the “groove”! I gradually moved poles 2 and 4 back in, until all were in, except #4 was still out a teesny weensy bit. I didn’t have time to do a 2nd session today, so will hopefully do it first thing tomorrow morning – and get them all in!
So I finally got my seesaw painted with some sandy paint – its very non-slippery now, but some of it is already chipping off – bbut I’ll just patch it up as I go along, seeing as its only temporary.
I figured it would be best to start the new 2o2o end position with the Bang game – so here’s what we did. I was very unsure what behaviors to click for – I guess I want a “laid back” 2o2o, which she did frequently b/c she was still offering a down sometimes. However she did once offer a 1RTO which is what I have been teaching her for the DW and AFrame – should I allow this, or should I only click weight back 2o2os? – at this point, I was clicking for anything where she had 2 feet on, and 2 feet off.
This evening we repeated the poles almost straight, with pole 4 still a little out – trying more extreme entries and handler motion, as you suggested. We did these in 2 sessions, with about an hour rest inbetween.
2 more short sessions today – in the first session I put poles 3 and 5 in to the center – I thought she did well, although I did place the toy for some of the reps, as she did not always focus forward until the end.
Later in the day, we started with poles 3 and 5 in, and then I moved #4 in as well – then she popped out a couple of times, so I moved #4 back out, but only a very tiny bit – she seemed OK with that.
Hi Tracy thank SO much for all your help with this. I’m off to Home Depot now to get paint and sand. Do you know how much sand one would mix in with a gallon of paint to get a good non-slippery surface? I’m going to try to get them to mix it for me…..
Well, it looks like I need to put Yowza’s see-saw training on hold for a while – at least until I can get a better see-saw. I have a new see-saw on order from ClipnGo – but it will be at least 2 months before I get it. I could put rubber on my old one, or paint it, as you suggested – but I don’t have a sander to prepare surface for glue, or for painting (I am assuming you can’t just put it on over the old paint). I don’t have anyone here who can help me, as all my friends are in New York – haven’t been able to make many new friends here in MI b/c of Covid 🙁 – my neighbor might be able to help, but he is not there very often. So I may go out and get a sander, but I have never used one before – so I hope it’s easy. I would appreciate the info you have on type of paint and sand to get, or type of rubber. Probably repainting is the best way to go, seeing as this will only be temporary, until I get my new see-saw.
Also – I had a lesson yesterday with Marco, and he thinks the 2o2o would probably be better for Yowza, unless she loves the down (which she doesn’t particularly), with the “bang” of the teeter on the ground being the release cue. We didn’t actually do the teeter during the lesson though.
My idea of using the yoga mat was meant for the foot target only – but I guess if I switch to 2o2o, I won’t need the foot target…What do you think?Thanks for the reminder to limit number of reps in a session – bad momma!
So today we did 2 shorter sessions, as you suggested, keeping each session to just 10 reps – poles were in same positions, but adding more motion, moving in more directions. I thought she did really well – I was even able to move in the opposite direction, though you can definitely see her thinking more during these reps….
Tried the Bang game again yesterday – I think you can see that both of us are uncomfortable with this – Yowza seems unsure, I think b/c I’m unsure….. – also, I think my see-saw is rather slippery – its an old painted/sanded teeter – I’m hoping to get a new ClipnGo soon – but he is backordered 🙁 – so I don’t know what to do for now – I could lower the see-saw, so that it’s less angled. Also – I think I’ll try sticking a piece of yoga mat to my down target. Interested to hear what you think…..
We did 2 sessions today – the first with the poles the same as before – but somehow I lost the video of this – think I accidentally deleted it. Later we repeated – this time with the #4 pole in a little more. I thought she was doing well, so I added in some of the more difficult entries – she had fun with this game, after doing the Bang game on the see-saw, which she doesn’t like so much.
Started tightening up the poles today – put the 3rd and 5th poles in first, almost to the center line. She did pretty well with that, so then I tried putting in the 4th pole the same distance, but then she popped out at that pole, so put the 4th pole back, and after a couple of reps tried putting the 2nd pole in a tiny bit – she did OK with that. How do you think she did?
Today I tried to follow your suggestions for the Bang game – clicking for focus forward – I clicked earlier, sometimes before she lay down. She was not thrilled with this game, as she’s not crazy about the MM, and it didn’t help that I brought the wrong one out – this one had boring kibble in it, whereas the other one has yummier treats.
So I took your advice here, and tried using the MM for the Bang it game. At first it didn’t seem to be working, as she was still looking at me, but then I moved it a bit closer – and right away she focused on that instead of me. She seemed to have more difficulty coordinating herself when she was getting on the R side of the see-saw and I was on her right.
I am in the process of making a wobble board (which may turn out to be more of a mini see-saw than a wobble board – but I think it will do) – just need to get a bracket to hold the pvc pipe underneath – then we can practice her end position on that too….
Today we repeated the Find’em games, this time focusing more on the left side entries, with less handler motion, and with the poles tightened a little, so that she is now striding. Sorry part of the video is so dark (it didn’t seem that dark while we were out there). I didn’t use 2 toys for the right side entries – but tried to watch to see if she was looking at me. Lmk if you think I still need to do R side entries with 2 toys, as you suggested.
We will skip weave training tomorrow, and do our next session on Tuesday.
