[Kyla McNeill]

Hello!
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.

[Kyla McNeill]

Hello!
Aelfraed tried the serpentine game 2 days ago.

Tonight we tried the tunnel exit game. We got the rear cross turning right immediately, but couldn’t get the left turn.

[Kyla McNeill]

Thanks so much!

I didn’t think he was chasing me initially when he was coming off the wing, just the one time when I could feel his teeth approaching my leg. It surprised me as he does not usually do that!

Makes sense that the stopping was frustrating him.

I didn’t consider him being tired from the previous evening as his running time was short and the remainder of the seminar day he had spent in his crate in the car (except for a short walk) as extra dogs weren’t allowed in the building. I can definitely see that he could have been mentally tired from the experience though.

We didn’t go into the agility ring today in case he still needed a break.
It was a nice day outside though so we did play some find my face outside which he seemed to do happily.

[Kyla McNeill]

Jaakko actually talked about evolving, which I thought was cool. Someone asked a question in relation to a OMD concept they had learned years ago that they felt was being contradicted. Jaakko started his answer by saying “I reserve the right to change my mind” and went on to talk about how it wouldn’t make sense to dig your heels in and insist on continuing to do everything the same, especially when the sport has changed.
He wasn’t focused on teaching any particular type of handling. He was focusing on connection mostly as well as commitment and timing.

Yes, I agree that Aelfraed being happy to work in a new place was the best part! I wasn’t too sure what he would think or if he would want to look around first, but he saw the agility and wanted to run right away!

[Kyla McNeill]

Hello!
We tried the padding for the teeter and that seemed to work well. His bread was not falling off today but he seemed to remember that it did last time and was looking at the ground but he got over that.

Also tried some end bang.

Wingin it blind crosses. Not too sure why he suddenly decided chasing me was a fun idea. He was fully intending to bite my leg at one point.

Timing was hard for the double crosses.

Threadle wraps went well!

[Kyla McNeill]

Thanks so much!

Yes, that was totally on me when he didn’t know which side to be on heading to the tunnel. I forgot initially which side I wanted to pick him up on, then was too late, but he was a good boy and figured out how to get himself to the tunnel.

Sounds good about padding the sawhorse for the teeter. Will try that.

Aelfraed says he does not share his croissant, lol. It’s his favourite thing so far!

Yesterday some friends and I audited a seminar with Jaakko Suoknuuti. There was an opportunity to try running the course after everything was finished. I was a little sad Lennan couldn’t run but decided to take Aelfraed in. Although most of it wasn’t appropriate for him we did some little sections. Also he was very excited to see agility and didn’t seem to mind that he was in a new place, so that was good! Here are some bits that we tried. I was pretty happy he could stay on the big line to find the jump from the tunnel!

[Kyla McNeill]

Hello!
We worked on some more wing games, including threadle wraps.

We also tried running up the teeter with a small tip. He was very enthusiastic for his croissant and the movement was bouncing it off the holder so will have to have something that holds it better next time.

[Kyla McNeill]

Hello!
We inadvertently took a break as I had a busy week.
This week we tried 2 sessions of the wing wrapping games.
First session, single wing and tunnel then backside wraps with 2 wings.

Second session, backside wraps again and tandem turns.

Also, I forgot to post this one last week but we had tried adding in some turns while Shaelyn stayed ahead with the bread toy the whole time. He said it was very hard at first but then seemed to figure it out. We have not been able yo try it again yet.

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