[Kyla McNeill]

Thanks so much! Yes, that makes sense. I had noticed the upward push on the first rep. He definitely still struggles if I move the toy too much before releasing him so will keep working on that and working towards increased distance.

[Kyla McNeill]

Thanks so much!
I wasn’t too sure at first if he would know what to do if the reward was to the side right away which is why I had it straight to start. That makes sense though of why he found it confusing at first. He is very good at communicating.

Today, we tried the accordion grid again with the bars on the lowest cups (they were on second lowest last time). He got to do tunnel running beforehand. Today’s version of tunnel running I thought might be a little bit too hard but he said it was perfectly fine.

[Kyla McNeill]

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Today I wanted him to work on the forward focus. He is much more willing to work on slower pace exercises if he gets to run first though. So, he got to do big tunnel running and then the forward focus went very well.

[Kyla McNeill]

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Aelfraed and I tried some starfish games with a lot more space. Aelfraed loved it! All that running was tiring for me! Lol!

[Kyla McNeill]

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This is Aelfraed’s first try at the accordion grid.

We also tried the lateral lead out.

[Kyla McNeill]

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We worked on the backside again on the side that was difficult. Changed to a different spot and slightly angled the jump. It went way better!

[Kyla McNeill]

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Aelfraed and I worked on the starfish game.

We also tried the backside challenge game. The first side went great. The second side was a separate session after a break. We had a lot more difficulty on that side.

[Kyla McNeill]

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On the “wrong way” turn, I was surprised initially and then looked at my feet and saw they were pointing to the rear cross line. I thought he was very clever!

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We finally worked on the actual tandem turns! Partway through where there are a couple extra treat tosses and a hand touch, someone opened the door and came in the building and I wanted to see if Aelfraed could keep working (normally he gets distracted and wants to see who’s there), so that was good too!

Worked on the decel again, this time rewarding him for committing to the jump.

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We worked on the tunnel threadle again and I tried to be earlier on the timing.

Apparently I’m having a brain block on the tandem turn game. Thought I was all set to do it today and then totally forgot to follow through on the tandem part of the turns. He did very nice threadle wraps though!

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Aelfraed and I tried out the smiley face tunnel threadle game.

We also did the lap turns again. Was going to try the tandem turns until I realized I didn’t remember exactly how it was supposed to go so have now reviewed to try next time.

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Aelfraed and I worked on the out to the jump again, adding in the blind cross.

We also did some more of the decel. This video is actually a combination of 2 different sessions.

We tried the rocking horses with the turnaways.

Another try at the ladder, starting from his sitting mat.

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This one is actually from yesterday. We worked on the rear crosses again. Some of the lefts went better this time.

Today we tried the out to the jump.

Also the zig zag with bars added.

Aelfraed was very smart at this wrap game and I definitely need more work on my motion and positioning!

[Kyla McNeill]

Thanks so much!
In the layering game, I was wondering at the time if I should have been saying jump but I wasn’t quite sure as the only cue I could hear on the demo video was go. We tried it again using the jump cue which he seemed to respond nicely to.

I went back and watched the ladder in slow motion and I do see the differences you have pointed out. He certainly did seem excited when he was held at the start. Will try the slower motion next time we try.

Aelfraed says that working on stay is much easier with the help of a station. Even with the slightly squeaky brother behind him. This was an unintentional hard distraction. It didn’t occur to me at the time but I see on the video that Aelfraed checked behind him a couple of times.

[Kyla McNeill]

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Aelfraed worked on the rear cross concept transfer game with the addition of extra wings. On the side for the right turns, there wasn’t space for a go wing but had a placed reward for some of the go reps. I think he was partially looking at me more on that side on the go reps last time because he wasn’t super thrilled about running to the wall. He was happy with the placed reward today. On the first right turn he seemed to be expecting to go to the reward again but did follow through on the turn.

We also tried out the layering game.

Some ladder practice.

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