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We worked on some reverse retrieve outside. There were a couple more reps before these that were also really good but the tripod had blown over so missed those.
Also stays outside.
We worked on some more barrel wraps, adding backside cue. Also unintentional distraction of friend screaming nearby which he didn’t seem bothered about at all.
Here is his tunnel slice. Auntie was sitting in a chair (and recording this). I think he was running out looking towards her more on the one side (he went a little wider when I called him compared to the other side). Also, at one point when we were closer he was interested but didn’t leave so I told him he could go visit.
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Today we tried some remote reinforcement.
Also some stays.
And he says he’s really good at find my face!
Our snow has gone away for now. It all washed away in the rain while we were gone during the day. We came home and Aelfraed was so excited to go out into the yard, got out the door, and looked around with utter disappointment. His little face was so sad! I’m ok with the snow being gone for now but I was a little sad for him.
Sounds good! Thanks so much!
Today we worked on head turns on the barrel with motion.
Also reverse retrieve but only 1 toy was correct apparently.
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Winter has arrived early and Aelfraed is totally in love with the snow! It seems he is aspiring to be a sled dog, lol. He stays outside for 2+ hours at a time and still has to be convinced to come in!
We got a treat ball. I showed it to him at home first and he was quite into it. Brought it to the arena yesterday and although he didn’t fully chase it every time, he was quite keen and his energy/excitement was up. We worked more backside slices and threadle wraps to work on the treat ball introduction.
He has such a funny little personality and a lot of opinions! I was going to do some tunnels and have him chase the treat ball on the exit but he saw that auntie was watching and went over and stared at her, asking her to come help him. So, he chased auntie with the treat ball instead and he thought that was very fun. Apparently we’ll need to work on some tunnels with no auntie present as it seems she is now built into the tunnel game, lol!
He is fine with tugging outside the building and he did actually tug with me a tiny bit in the arena but outside of the agility area (which is also still sand) yesterday so that was good!
At the moment, he doesn’t have any clear favourite toys that he is wild about and that would override the dirt. It did occur to me that Lennan could show him so I took them in together yesterday. Lennan had a very dirty tug toy and Aelfraed was grabbing on it and tugging hard with Lennan for a minute or so. Lennan is wild about the disc and Aelfraed will often grab the disc when Lennan has it at home in the yard so also tried that in the arena. Aelfraed was very excited about chasing and biting his brother and not at all interested in the disc but he wasn’t caring that the sand was flying around or that he was biting sand on his brother’s fur, so that seemed good.On Sunday we went to a craft market (with Aelfraed’s puppy friend Sól) and it was quite busy and crowded. Aelfraed was very happy when we arrived and was super excited to greet people who wanted to see him (and tried to stick his head in their bags, lol), but also was fine with just walking past people/through crowds. At one point he was suddenly in a hurry to get somewhere and directed me to the one booth selling dog treats! He was very clear when he was done and had no more interest in people. He pointedly looked away from people who tried to talk to him and refused to acknowledge their existence. We found a booth selling little cups of handmade ice cream. Aelfraed already figured out what it was when it was in my hand and we had to walk across to the other side of the building to the area we could sit and he stared at me the entire way. The ice cream revived him and he decided to greet a few more people who came up but once we were done sitting, he said this is the way to the exit!
Sounds good, thanks so much!
Makes sense about the connection with the barrel.
There is no non-dirt area in the building. I believe he will tug in the parking lot as he’s done this before but will test it next week.Today we tried backside slices.
Also threadle wraps with the barrel.
Making progress on backing up.
Tried some raised foot targeting. He seemed to be thinking about pivoting to start with.
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Worked on some more barrel wraps. He had a little trouble to start with.
Second session of Perch. He seems to be starting to figure out his back feet.
Tunnel threadle session, but also learned he is still not accepting toys in the dirt environment. He really seemed interested in the toy as we were getting ready to start but then refused it immediately. I also tried to play with him after he refused the toy from the auntie. Tried to offer toy halfway through. Tried a different toy. He didn’t even pretend to be interested later on. You can’t really see most of the time in the video but we switched to having him chase (and then eat) a cookie in the auntie’s hand.
This was the first time adding the threadle cue (pull). Apparently he figured out the cue quickly because first rep of double tunnel on the second side I accidentally said tunnel for the threadle instead of pull and he told me off!
Thanks so much!
Here is some more serpentine.
First threadles.
Head turn, trying to reward first turn.
Thanks so much! Will keep building on the barrel wrapping.
Rewarding stays with motion is so great! I will do more of this with Aelfraed, we just took a small break.Hello!
Today we had nicer weather so we trained outside. We did play a little bit with toys but he still wasn’t as excited about the toys as he usually would be so mostly trained with cookies.Serpentine:
Head turn:
Threadle wrap foundations with motion:
Thanks so much! He never dropped the toy on that first rep until I asked him to so it didn’t seem like anything happened suddenly during that interaction but it’s possible after he dropped it he realized something didn’t feel good. He likely has teething stuff happening. He’s been extra chewy the last couple of days. His teeth seem to be very slow growing and it seems some teeth still are not fully grown in yet. He also possibly has a couple of adult teeth that are fully missing. He is 7.5 months now and the vet recommends an xray at a year old if teeth have not grown in to check that they are just missing and not impacted.
I did toss a (different) toy for him as I was getting ready, not realizing it would be offensive, and he was pretty unhappy about that so I’m not sure if that started anything but he still played on that first rep that was after the offensive toy toss incident. When I offered other toys after he turned off the first, he seemed interested when I first offered but wouldn’t fully engage so that seems to indicate more something with teeth I think? He has been extra interested in his food the last 2 days though, where previously he would turn off food when teeth were bothering him. He does seem to like to change things up on me, lol, so not a huge surprise if he’s not being consistent with that.I will get him a lotus ball as it seems likely it will be helpful for him. I have to acquire one as my other dogs never needed it, so hopefully we can try that out next week.
Just to clarify on adding distance and speed to rocking horses. Is this done separately or at the same time? Am I running between the barrels but also still sending? Or, doing the running reps and building out distance to send in separate sessions?
His stay is not stellar yet. In fact, he was doing well with it and then turned anti-stay which seems typical for his age so I actually haven’t been working on it at all recently and definitely not in combination with other things. Definitely should be able to use a cookie target to get ahead on the out game though.
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I tried the rocking horses game again with adding the wrap verbals. Aelfraed was in a very funny mood today. We got one great repetition to start and then he wasn’t interested in his toys any more. I tried switching to a variety of other toys and he was not into it. He was however very into his cookies today, except cookies in the dirt were extremely offensive so tossing cookies for any of the games we did was not possible.
Parallel path jump.
Out to prop.
Sounds good, thank-you! Will try that with the pivot next time if he hasn’t already got it figured out.
Aelfraed definitely likes the rocking horses game! I had planned to try it outside but the weather was so horrible outside when we had break time that we couldn’t even walk and definitely not train. He’s only been in the arena once before I think and the black/red barrel was entirely new to him. I thought we were going to warm up slowly and see how far we got…lol. He said, let’s go!!! We practiced a couple of tunnels afterwards as well.
Thanks so much for the additional foot targeting videos. We will definitely try that out.
We worked on threadle wrap foundations.
We also worked on Perch. He has previously learned to step up with front paws. I had previously tried to show him to pivot by stepping towards him. He does not appreciate that. He seemed to enjoy this method much more.
Thank-you!
Will try that sequence with the food and toy sandwich although may not have a chance to be at another trial for a while now.We were playing with the disc again today and he was very happily chasing rollers and bringing it right back. He’s not obsessive like the border collies but he does seem to really like it!
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Tried to do some rear cross with the prop. It didn’t really go that well. He didn’t want to go straight to the prop at first for some reason and then once he started going straighter he didn’t want to go ahead.
Worked on the barrel sends again. He didn’t seem that interested in the cookie plate but also did fine without it.
What are your thoughts on where to go with his foot targeting for now? Tried a mat in the box he worked on before and also a larger flat mat. He seemed happy with both. Should I do more with either of these?
Here’s a bonus video of him being a very good boy as a helper for a dog who is nervous of seeing unfamiliar dogs.
