[k8marie]

Good morning!
Thank you for the three videos! I have never used slip on leashes (tend to get tangled in poodle ears). I’ll loop a leash to start with. Treats have really helped with leashing up.

Here is our work with the send and commitment work. There is a purple baseball cap on the rug that is her target. She’s pretty good at driving to it, not as much understanding of staying on it. Need to work on my reward timing and placement. Also need to work on cueing the send as I realized most of the time I’m not stepping with my dog side leg before sending. Plan on doing this in the hall where we have more space.

thanks again – your feedback is awesome!!
K8

[k8marie]

Tracy,
Your detailed response is enormously helpful with the biting issue. There’s a lot of information to digest!
I had been working more with toys as I didn’t want to encourage a food driven puppy. It makes perfect sense that the arousal level with toy play gets over the top and to tone that down with more food rewarding. Treats have really helped with the leashing up – I agree that the gloves, while they protect my hands and arm, are another inviting thing to grab and bite.

Working on getting the toys sorted out for the wing wrap with toys. I have one larger holey roller, and a couple of fluffy toys with long lines just need to get another holey roller.

I have noticed more bitey behavior at certain times of the day. Afternoon and the 8pm hour are the worst so I’ll rely of food more during those times.

Had to help my partner this morning take her car for service so we did a Resiliance Walk at the Honda Dealers. She is a pretty resilient pup and quite the social girl. At the start of the walk I was especially pleased with her willingness to investigate the plant that spooked her when the leash wrapped on it. Took me a bit to get the leash shorted out but she went right back to check it out. Hard to keep up with her so the video is kind of choppy… she’s a girl on a mission!

[k8marie]

Tracy,
No video on toy races as I had the camera set up at the wrong angle… she smoked me – not sure if I’ll ever beat her to the toy.

Also did the wrap foundation with toys waiting till she was off the dead toy before activating the other toy. she did great. No video as I must have missed the start button. Tried it again about 4 hours later, video of that is included here. Bitey behavior starts up when she heads to the second toy. I’ve been using my rose pruning gloves to protect my hands and arms. I realize I shouldn’t raise my arms up – unconscious response to her biting behavior but only encourages jumping and biting. Also included clips of problems I’m having with leashing her up again. We do lots of recalls with collar touch and I’m still having challenges getting her leashed up. Appreciate any suggestions!

Really need to get the bitey behavior sorted out. She is a pretty willful girl – My Last three have been boys so bitch behavior is new to me!

[k8marie]

Tracy – I love your feedback! I see what you mean about connection/response when the toy is in the opposite hand and coming across my body. Her response and change of sides was much smoother than the others. I’m in CA and have artificial turf so due to the heat training time in my yard is limited to early morning or evening when it’s shaded. We’ll get back to this when it cools off.

Here’s our video for Shaping in Arousal. Feel like this went pretty well. My criteria is front paws on the plastic tub top. I didn’t realize I was blocking the camera angle for some of it but I think you can see enough to get an idea of how we are doing. My partner was doing yard work so I “lost” Jazz at one point but moved my location (saw your feedback to Ginger) and got her back.

Next up will be toy races – when the yard cools off. The challenge I’ve run into with this is that she becomes very bitey when highly aroused. Sharp puppy teeth and old skin don’t go well together.

Here is our video for Shaping in Arousal:

Thanks again. K8

[k8marie]

Tracy,
I really appreciate your timely and detailed responses! I feel like I’m playing “catch-up” with my videos so I hope I’m not overdoing the postings. All my cones are in our RV so I may try using a bucket for her to wrap around.

Here is our Blind Cross Foundation session from two days ago. I feel like my timing is off (gee… I haven’t heard that before LOL). Should I be rotating right when she leaves the treat? I’ve been waiting till she is actually running to me so I’m late with rotating. Also not sure which hand I should have the toy. I start with it on the original side and then transfer it when I rotate. Not sure if that’s the best approach.

Worked on the Shaping in Arousal game this morning. That will be our next post. Thank you!!

[k8marie]

Thanks for the feedback! We will review the Week 2 Toy Race and try it with a taller toy. I know I have a bigger holler roller somewhere, left over from when I had standards.

Here is our Wing Wrap Foundation video from yesterday. This is the third or fourth time we played with this. I was surprised by her interest in the food as she wasn’t really food motivated when we played it in the past. I think having my back against the wall helped. I included switching off the “dead” toy as the previous times I had a really hard time getting her off the dead and onto the live. No problem with that this time. I guess there is something to be said for latent learning.

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