[laurarose.cole]

Hello!
We tried both games again today – adding motion to smiley face seemed to go well! And wing wraps were an improvement over yesterday. He still struggled a little to the left but that is definitely his weaker direction. He is also able to fail without melting down which is a huge improvement!

Thank you!
Laura Rose

[laurarose.cole]

Thank you so much!!! And thank you for your help wrangling the feral one lol. He’s a sweet dog and does try really hard.

We did smiley face and wing proofing today. The smiley face went well but wing proofing in front of the tunnel was a bit of a struggle.

Thanks!

[laurarose.cole]

Hello!
I added motion to the wind in your hair game and tried the smiley face one today!

Not sure why he wrapped the wing to the left a couple times when I told him right?

Thanks!
Laura Rose

[laurarose.cole]

Thank you!!
Okay we tried at 12! He missed a couple fronts turning left but watching the video my handling looks like I wanted a rear so he was a good boy!

Thanks!
Laura Rose

[laurarose.cole]

Thank you!!

We tried just the fronts and backside wraps again and he was a good boy!

Thanks!
Laura Rose

[laurarose.cole]

We tried them all today! I had one truly terrible throw – poor Zesty lol but he tried hard and got the rear! I don’t think he has great understanding of the backside though – and now I realize I was supposed to keep going instead of fronting again. Sorry about that!

Thank you!

[laurarose.cole]

Hello!

We tried again this morning. I cheated a little and had the favorite toy as the one I threw lol but he seemed to get it pretty well!

Thank you!
Laura Rose

[laurarose.cole]

Okay we did both games today!

He has a really hard time working when he knows the toy is on the ground somewhere else.

Thank you!
Laura Rose

[laurarose.cole]

Hello! Today we worked on the RC/getting close game you posted earlier!

I only have one set of wings here but I can use a cone? Or I’ll have a lot more equipment when I get back to Alabama in a couple days!

Thanks!
Laura Rose

[laurarose.cole]

We haven’t tried the get close game yet but did try the rear cross again and he didn’t try to go around at all and once turned the correct direction without circling!

Thank you!
Laura Rose

[laurarose.cole]

It went a little better today! He ran around some but mostly did take the jump. I did have trouble getting him to read the cross and turn the correct way after the jump though.

Thanks!
Laura Rose

[laurarose.cole]

Thank you! We tried again with more distance. He seemed to get it well off my right side but struggled a little with the left.

Thanks!!

• This reply was modified 3 months, 3 weeks ago by laurarose.cole.

[laurarose.cole]

Hello! I moved the setup from the side yard to the back and I think that worked a lot better.
We tried the rear crosses today and had some trouble. If I threw it too soon he’d run around but if I waited I’d get a lot of head checks.

Thank you!
Laura Rose

[laurarose.cole]

We tried again today! I angled the set up. a bit to try to avoid the plastic cover but realized when I was editing that I just turned instead of doing the front. I think I still threw it a bit late a couple of the times but he was good about giving it back!

Thanks!
Laura Rose

[laurarose.cole]

Thank you! We added running and a bar on the jump. I worry about running because sometimes me running does seem to cause him to take bars but I think he did okay here? I think in the previous video I also had worked my other dog first so that could be part of the increase in arousal? I think you can even hear Lad barking in the house in the background of that one. He was in the car for this session so either he wasn’t barking or it’s harder to hear him. And I worked Zest first this time!

Thank you!
Laura Rose

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