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Thank you as always! Here are today’s videos!
Bokeh – Bending and the Left/Right Minny Pinny!
Bokeh – Resilience Game: Find My Face
We have been working on a few MaxPup things without taking video, we did a few more sessions of the above with the suggestions… The only new thing we tackled without video was the find my face game. I will be sure to video next time. I felt like things went well!
New stuff with video. I’m going to use your word “kiss kiss” for tunnel. I have not done this one before. I use “pull pull” for threadles in general.
Bokeh – Tunnel Threadle: Verbal Cue… not a great video as my body is blocking view of things, sorry!
Bokeh – Threadle Wrap Barrel Games!
Thank you! Today we did the next two. Threadle and leading with the head. Watching the video I think I need to be further off the wing for threadles. But was pretty happy with her stays. For the 360s I feel like I was doing something wrong. I need to watch the demo video again… I did it after with my other dog and I think it seemed better, but of course I did not video that.
Bokeh – Strike A Pose Part 3: Concept Transfer For Threadles (Slices)
Bokeh – Leading With The Head and 360s (Backside Wraps)
We did both remote reinforcement and perch work. Both are not totally new concepts. I do have my treat jar out a lot, but this would be the first time with no reinforcement on me or using a marker word. I went with “jackpot” I wrote it down too, so I remember! I think I use “let’s go” too much in normal life. Maybe that does not matter… Perch work we have done since early on, but I did start in one direction only… Need to not do that, next dog is learning both from the beginning! This originated from me wanted to shape a return to heel for field work, so the first few dogs I taught this too only learned one side… Her left side is much stronger, at one point we took a break and only practiced right side.
Bokeh – Beginning Remote Reinforcement Concepts
Bokeh – Body Awareness Game: Perch Work!
Today! Threadles, Go Out and Rocking Horse. We also did a low key pattern game that I didn’t film. I will remember to do at home often!
Bokeh – Prop Game 4: The ‘Get Out’ Cue
Bokeh – Threadle Wrap Foundation Fun!
Bokeh – Wing Wrap Foundations – Rocking Horse Games Video 2
For the rocking horse game, I had not read that one yet! I just watched and I’m glad I got it right! I was just going off the add a second barrel suggestion. I have been tending to just do the games in order and read/watch them before I do them. For wrap verbals, I have only used one for wrapping both directions. “Check check check”. I will add that next time. I am really bad with verbals… I have expanded them over time, my first few agility dogs had zero.
We were showing over the weekend, so not on video we took the pattern game on the road and I think that went well. Today we worked on strike a pose and shpile (giggle). They were both fun!
I skipped over the get out game as I have a question about the mechanics. I’m a pretty meat and potatoes handler in general, we don’t have many fancy moves and mostly focus on AKC. My handling preference is usually staying ahead of my dog and lots of fronts and blinds. I am looking forward to learning some new things! For the get out, I feel like if I open my chest to my dogs, they should come into me? I’ve also never taught a “get out”. Anyways, I just don’t want to be confusing.
Bokeh – Strike A Pose Part 2: Concept Transfer For Serpentines
Bokeh – Proprioception and SSC: The Shpile Game
We did follow-ups per your comments on both barrels and parallel path. Pretty excited about the barrels, we are getting it!!
Then tried the back up part 2. Pretty certain she was actively avoiding backing up to the platform. I’ve never taught backup onto something… so we did a few walking into a 2o2o and then just plain backing up.
Rabies shot this afternoon, so plan to keep mellow for at least a day.
Bokeh – Concept Transfer 1: Parallel Path Commitment Vid 2
Bokeh – Wing Wrap Foundations Part 3 Two Barrels
Bokeh – Hind End Awareness: Backing Up Part 2
Today we did parallel paths and more barrel wraps. I tried less arm (did pretty good there) and being out of the way… also just using food. I think we are making progress, but not sure if we are ready for the other barrel wraps coming up?
Running contacts… yes we plan on doing a running contact with split rear feet as the criteria. I was planning on following Katarina Podlipnik, so I just enrolled to audit in her latest foundation class. We followed her last time and I’m very happy with what I got. I’m not sure what you will have in this class, but should I still include videos if it’s the same topic?
Bokeh – Concept Transfer 1: Parallel Path Commitment
Bokeh – Wing Wrap Foundations Part 3 Turn And Burn Video 4
Yes, it was the tandem turns that felt weird, but I do think we got the hang of it. Looking forward to learning threadle wraps as well!
Morning session we started on adding the bowl to the turn and burn game. It was better in some ways and not in others, IE not coming around, but I think that was mostly me. I’m thinking I might go back to trying this with just food as I feel like there is a lot of fumbling around with everything on my part. Food is easier for me. I also tried to stay out of the path… Your comment about her judging is hilarious! She tries hard!
Also morning, Beginner Retrieve Games (Baby Level)… That went okay, she like to play, but also would like to have a party of one for sure!
Afternoon! We are moving to week 5! I am SOOO excited to see shaped retrieve and running contact foundation up first! I have not worked on either yet! I think a good start, I might need to take the rope off that bumper!
Bokeh – Wing Wrap Foundations Part 3 Turn And Burn Video 3
Bokeh – Beginner Retrieve Games (Baby Level)
Bokeh – The Shaped Retrieve
Bokeh – Running Contacts Foundations: Baby Level
Yay! I always look forward to your feedback!
This morning we did turn aways and stays. I practiced the tandem turn alone first, but it still started off feeling pretty awkward. I’ve never trained a lap turn and I would like to, so I am doing this with my older dog too! With the stay, we have worked a stay… My method so far has just been reward often in place and release with “okay” drive to me. So this was fun to try something different. This is her first time with “catch”. I’m not good with words, but I’m going to try! I started with trying to have her offer a sit, but I was getting so many other things I switched to cueing it.
Afternoon training. We revisited collection sandwich and turn and burn. The toy throw definitely added enough complexity for me that the rest felt a bit sloppy. Turn and burn is still only one sided…
Bokeh – Prop Game 3 Turn Aways! Rear Cross On The Flat Foundation
Bokeh – Stays Two Ways: Making Start Line Stays FUN!
Bokeh – Teaching Collection Part 2 The Collection Sandwich Video 2
Bokeh – Wing Wrap Foundations Part 3 Turn And Burn Video 2
You are so good! I think you are onto something with the heeling on the left side! I will try those suggestions.
Today we did Strike a Pose and Tunnel Games 1. We went to an agility fun day and I tried the pattern game there. It may have been a little too much going on, but I thought she still did pretty good overall.
Strike A Pose Part 1 Foundations For Serps and Threadles
Tunnel Games 1 Shaping And Threadle Foundations
Resilience Game Predictability Part 2 Patterns Video 2
We are back! I still exist! We sandwiched a Tahoe vacation in between a hunt test and agility trial, so we have not been working on our MaxPup training. But we are back at it and just a little behind now. I assume I can just keep working along? Here are the last games from week 3. I was originally only going to do the next two… Collection Sandwich and Turn and Burn… so we did those in the morning. But when I read the next two, I thought those would be easy enough to add in today at lunch. So we also did the Pattern Game and Stealth Self-Control 3.
My main notes were, apparently we cannot go around on the right side… hmmm… Also with the Stealth Self-Control we used a toy that is always out… then it occurred to me that is not novel, so I did a few more with a ball…
Now I can move to week 4!
Teaching Collection Part 2 The Collection Sandwich
Wing Wrap Foundations Part 3 Turn And Burn
Resilience Game Predictability Part 2 Patterns
Stealth Self-Control Game 3 Novel-Exciting
Thank you! That makes more sense about the prop game! She is definitely going over it with intent. I will keep moving forward!
I watched the turn and burn and it seemed like I ideally needed the wrap with toys back and forth vs the bowls, so we worked on that today.
Bokeh – Wing Wrap Foundations: Next Steps
