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Been playing around with Backing Up…. I tried your idea of the 2 Cato Boards; well 1 Cato Board and 1 exercise step and not sure exactly why but if I didn’t stand up she didn’t seem to understand to move away. Sometimes she’d take a step but my timing on throwing the treat “under” her was really inconsistent and it just didn’t seem to be helping her get the idea. (I was trying to think in terms of dog learning and not me teaching š ) One of the things that she really gets is targeting/props so I tried having her put her back feet on a couple of things (turned out the mat/rug seemed to work the best, big enough and didn’t slide) and then used that to get her to move backwards. I think it helped her move backwards. My thinking is to continue this way and get further away so she has to take more backwards steps and then fade the mat? What do you think?
Concept Transfer with the Strike a Pose Game…..you’re using a none wing jump. Is there a reason for a non-wing and not a wing?
Second session of backing up, first one ended up being just me figuring out mechanicsā¦.a little better in this session but I could definitely use another hand! I think weāre starting to get the idea š
And a little later we played with the Serp/Threadle Foundation Gameā¦
Beginning Rocking Horses
Rear Crosses: Oh definitely possible that I wasnāt completely across to the new side early enough! Iām sure Iāve got video, just need to sort through all of them and find it. I kept feeling like we were stuck. I think Iāll run this in the long direction in the building that way I can spread stuff out more and see if that helps.
And the noise in the background is Sly fairly close to exploding cause he hasnāt gotten to play yet š³
Turn and Burn from yesterdayā¦.short session, off my left in this session. Played off my right a few days ago and it went pretty much the same. Rewarding with food slowed me down and as you thought that pretty much took care of her bumping the barrel āŗļø
Weāve done 3 or 4 sessions of the Prop Games with rear crossesā¦. Lots and lots of questions from Millie about what we were doing. Didnāt seem to matter how soon I crossed behind sheād turn towards me. Iād still reward on the line like she turned away but that wasnāt helping her understand. Tried both sides to see if it was easier on one side than the other, didnāt seem to matter. Decided to try a Manners Minder to see if that would help and I think it did. One short session of working through āgotta touch the hat before going to the MMā which she understood really quickly āŗļø This clip is our second session with the MM.
Turn and Burn, Take 2. Worked on being more clear about setup and starting, used a different toy, some tug, release the toy and some collar grab at the very end. Chalk lines at 9, 12 and 3. I rushed one in the middle. Sheās pretty comfortable at 12:00, next time weāll work on a little earlier for the cross. And damn, but my brain is so programmed to drop the toy on my first step š® Gotta work on letting her complete going around the barrel before I drop it.
I was wondering what to do with her knocking over the barrel, thanks for the suggestion. Iāll give it a try the next time we play Turn and Burn.
Hadnāt done any prop games for awhile so after a quick āremember the hat gameā warmup we played with countermotion and parallel path. Two separate sessions, I lost track of time in the second one š, way more reps than I shouldāve done. Good girlie for hanging in there. We still havenāt figured out a ready game that weāre both comfortable withā¦.
OMG, this dog is going to be the death of one of us! Absolutely no sense of self preservation. After she recovered from her leaf pile spins injury she wacked her other shoulder on the trailer hitch on the truck. š¤Ŗ. Anywayā¦ā¦.
Weāve done a lot of Goat Trick type games from the time she was about 4 months old. Mostly for the preservation of my back. Think getting a 40# bear cub into a vehicle š³ I setup one of her last jungle gyms today so you could see where she is with this and where we should take it next.
Also played a bit of Wing Wraps with her barrel. Iām thinking this is looking pretty good š
Hopefully I can keep her from injuring herself again for a bit and we can get back to playing some āagility gamesā. Sheās nothing if sheās not exhuberent!
Millieās been grounded for a few days, came up a little lame on her left front after doing airplane spins in the leaf pile. She looked good on Saturday and Sunday so decided she could play today.
Backward sends to her hat
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Wing Wraps with me standing up and some tugging, and some remote reward and who knows what else! Only that I was exhausted after this session š
Blind Cross Fun. Shouldāve practiced my mechanics a few more times before playing this with my big girl. Oh yeah, sheās gonna have a really long stride š³šš³
Moving to a chair for the wing wraps really changed the picture for her. Smart girlie figured it out pretty quickly š
I only did the Drive to Handler on the one side. Wasnāt sure about my mechanics???
Couldnāt find the crocheted hat but found something the same size at the local feed store! Camo š I do think this is a better size for her. She quickly figured out the game with the new prop so we did some forward sends. I think the ready game sort of freaked her out. Weāve worked hard with her on jumping up on people (her nickname is Millie the Missile), I donāt think she knew what to do when I encouraged her to jump and play? Questionā¦how particular should I be about foot hits? On the hat, or is in front of the hat close enough? Especially as we make it harder with more distance and counter motion? She really is a fun dog to train – exhuberance at its best š„°
Wing Wrapsā¦.This is another game that I remembered from Slyās MaxPup so weāve played this a few times before today.
Quick sessions of Driving Ahead/Focus Forward and the first Prop Game. I thought I had a floppy crocheted sun hat in my car that wouldāve been perfect for her foot target but it wasnāt there, now Iām not sure where it is š I did this session with the baseball hat, Iāll find something a little bigger before we play this one again. She does have big feet! Who knew that a working dog didnāt come with a natural retrieve like most of the Spaniels š
Millie’s Pregames….. We’ve played with both of these (I remembered them from Sly’s MaxPup) off and on since she was pretty young, last time was about 5 weeks ago so figured we’d see what she remembered. š Took a couple of reps for it to come back, but I think she’s “got it” š She’s a hoot, not sure I’ll ever get used to the tail!
