[Kyla McNeill]

Today I tried Aelfraed’s first treat ball again. The velcro is very worn down now and actually worked perfectly for him to grab his croissant out of it. Ball went off camera the first couple of times but he was very happy to chase it and collect his reward himself. He only still thought I should do it for him if the ball was close to me, lol, but I still let him do it himself.
He seems to have the one direction figured out in this game but was unsure of the other direction.

[Kyla McNeill]

Thank-you!
Aelfraed only enjoys pasta that is freshly boiled/warm either plain or with butter. I did try to pack pasta as his reward previously and he said that cold pasta was absolutely unacceptable. He is also very offended about cheese or meat contaminating his carbs so stuffed pasta is a no go. In the last month he has refused cheese and pepperoni offered off pizza but been excited about the pizza crust, refused a bit of hamburger but wanted the plain bun (as long as it was a bit that hadn’t touched the burger), refused bagel that had cream cheese on it but was very excited about bagel that hadn’t been touched by cheese.
I’m sure he would be fine with me tossing chunks of bagel (the croissant is a little crumbly) directly on the ground as he’s happy to find tossed treats off the ground. He was briefly interested in a treat hugger but then lost interest. I could try it again since we’ve taken a break on it for a bit now.

[Kyla McNeill]

Sounds good, thank-you! I meant to tell you last week, Aelfraed had his first “pre-hab” appointment with our rehab vet. She said he was absolutely perfect and also has good muscle condition for a young guy.

[Kyla McNeill]

Thanks so much! He really was paying attention to all the cues. I was actually impressed at how well he did. Yes, I was using a turning cue in the pinwheel but I did start to wonder if it wasn’t needed. That makes sense. Will give the second jump layer a try, thank-you!

[Kyla McNeill]

Hello!
Aelfraed and I worked on some layering and some go straight at the end as well.

[Kyla McNeill]

Thanks so much!
For the target he actually prefers to scratch it with his paw so he wants it where he can put his paws on it.

[Kyla McNeill]

Hello!
We tried some deceleration again with more motion.

Also, here is our session of first time revisiting the bang on the teeter with target.

[Kyla McNeill]

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We tried the deceleration game. He thought that sitting in front of the tunnel instead of going into the tunnel at the beginning was a bit weird, lol.

[Kyla McNeill]

Hello!
Today we tried to work on some parallel path. Also tried some throwback and other sequences. He was staying very well today! He was also quite excited about the fuzzy treat pouch with croissant inside. At the end I was trying to do a rear cross on the farthest jump but I think I was too far ahead already and not on the correct line.

[Kyla McNeill]

Thanks so much! This is very helpful!

For the teeter bang game, we haven’t revisited it recently yet. He previously seemed happy with the bang but not really understanding the end position. We have been working on the end position on a plank and he seems to be starting to get the idea so will try it with the bang game again soon!

[Kyla McNeill]

Hello!
Sharing a few sessions here. These were not all done at the same time, I just got a little behind on posting.

We tried the wing and tunnel threadle game. He found the one side more difficult which was interesting as the side he got immediately he was turning away to his left and this is not usually his preference.

The zig zag seemed difficult to set up for him. I felt like he wasn’t starting in the correct place along the jump bar but this was the only spot he could bounce from and I couldn’t overlap the jump wings any more.

Do you think I should increase tip on the teeter yet?

We tried some of the lead outs and big lines. The first part was easy, except for the stay (still working on that). He wasn’t as sure about committing to all the jumps when I tried to progress though.

[Kyla McNeill]

Hello!
We had some good progress on tunnel rear crosses to the left. I did have the reward placed but felt like he was understanding it better as well. He was having trouble with go that day though. He’s been more successful at going to a wing straight ahead that has been further away on other occasions. He was also a little extra spicy during this session as he was super mad Sól got her turn before him. Not shown on video but there was lots of extra yelling upon resets for next reps.

We tried the lap turn and tandem turns.

[Kyla McNeill]

Thanks so much!
Aelfraed had noticed the weed-whacking as we were entering the ring and looked briefly and decided agility was more important. He didn’t seem to take any notice the whole rest of the time.

Tonight we tried the lead out game.
Aelfraed had to concentrate very hard to hold his position. You can tell by the eery quiet, lol.

[Kyla McNeill]

Hello!
Aelfraed worked on the teeter for the first time outside.

Also worked some more tunnel sequences. Tried to do the rear cross with wing offset and right was fine again but I had to move the wing in line again to get left successfully.

[Kyla McNeill]

Hello!
First day training outside again and we did more wings with tunnel. He was very happy to train outside but doesn’t yet understand we’re doing outside instead of inside. He thought we could go into the building for round 2 after we were done in the field, lol.
Aelfraed says the rear cross is fine both ways when we start with a straight approach to the tunnel.

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