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A warm February day meant, work outside. We did a bunch of Tunnel work using the MM this time. I think I combined the baby level and the Tunnel Threadle version in this session. He did well this time around with the tunnel and I added the verbal.
While I was in the yard on the phone with a friend during this session, I did the Find My Face exercise. He nailed it, but I did not video it. Yesterday we did the Resilience pattern exercise exercise while we went to the mailbox. He handled this well. Again, I did not video it.
Finally, We worked on Minny Pinny. He blew me away with how easy this was for him. Next time I will add the verbals. I have never had much luck using Left and Right, but I am going to see how it goes with Teagan.
Laura & Teagan
Today we tried Arousal Mgmt. Again, we worked inside for less distraction.
Then we did Happy Stays. I realized I need to do this with set-ups on both sides. He’s better on my left, but we will keep working the right side.
Follow-up question regarding MAXPup2, in a number of the exercises in the current class, we have not yet worked the Advanced level exercises. Will this impact what we can do if we take MAXPup2?
Laura & Teagan
We took Sunday off, but were back to training today. As we were doing 2 new exercises I chose to work inside, for less distraction.
We worked on Backside Wrap. His start line is getting better and I think he did well with this exercise.
We also tried Backside Slice. Again, he is doing better sitting and did well wit this exercise.
Question: I see that you are starting a MAXPup2 in March. Do you think Teagan is doing well enough in MAXPup to move on? Second question, I also saw there is a MAXPup3 coming up. Will there be another MAXPup3?
We are back outside today, yay!! Worked on Strike a Pose Threadles. He actually did well with this. He seems to be getting it. There are two videos for Threadles.
I finally got around to pulling out a tunnel. We didn’t quite do this the same as you demonstrated, but I did manage to get him going through the tunnel. Next time I will get out more tunnel bags, as I will be able to open it up more.
Laura & Teagan
It’s raining today, so we are back inside. Worked on Jump Bumps aka Cavalettis. I thought I paused the video, but I wound up with 2 videos. I put more space between them and this worked well. He’s still looking at my hands, but hopefully that will eventually go away.
We also tried the Beginning Remote Reinforcement exercise. He did better with this than I expected, though he did knock something off the table I used. I used Charlee Bears as a low value treat, for our first try at this.
Laura & Teagan
Yay!!! We were finally able to to work outside today. We started with Start Line. This was very hard for Teagan. The grass was very distracting. We will continue to work on it.
Next up was the Out verbal. I think he did well with this.
Finally, we did Strike a Pose Serps. It was interesting, for this he did better holding the start line.
Laura & Teagan
I have a funny (smart for Teagan) thing to share. It appears that Teagan recognizes your voice when I listen to the videos before I go off to work with him. He is normally quiet in his crate, but today when I was watching one of the videos, he started to bark and carry on. I thought he might need to go out, but when I let him out of the crate, he ran to the gate that goes in to the training room. He’s so smart to have made that association. I just had to let you know your voice is forever ingrained in my pup’s brain and associated with training fun. LOL
So, we worked on 3 exercises today, Out (hope to take this outside soon, for more room), Strike a Pose for Serps and more Resilience with distraction, this time using cheese in a bowl (a very hard thing to ignore for my chow hound).
Laura & Teagan
And it is STILL RAINING. We worked on Resilience with distraction, this time I tried a toy and then a bag of treats. I only taped the try with treats. I guess cheese did the trick as he managed to ignore the bag of treats.
We also tried the alternate RC exercise, focusing on the right side. We tried this several times, no matter what I tried, he kept circling right after picking up the cheese. Either I am doing something wrong or he has a lot of difficulty going left. I threw a few treats to the left and he was fine. You will see at the end that I am frustrated. I apologize for showing it. HELP!!!
Laura & Teagan
We took a few days off…life got in the way. Today we worked on the Stay, he kept offering a down (a default position for him), but at the end he seemed to get the idea that I wanted him to sit. More work to be done.
We also did some work on the Retrieve, trying to get him to pick up a toy. He’s picking it up, but quickly drops it….but some progress.
Laura & Teagan
Today we tried the Rocking Horse exercise. He did well with this, better than I expected. I can’t wait to take this outside.
Laura & Teagan
Brrrrr, we are still indoors today. We worked on the Predictability with Distraction exercise. I used an unfamiliar toy, as I knew a bag of treats would be too distracting for my chow hound. At first, he was really focused on the toy, but once the food reward came in to play, he was fine. We need to do a lot more of these exercises and eventually take it on the road, once we thaw out.
Stay Warm
Laura & the “Chow Hound”What do you do when it’s 16 degrees with RF in single digits? MAXPup!!!
We revisited Handling Combos. Only did FC (I think) as I was more focused on getting him to wrap the can without going back for the distraction (Tug toy) first. I moved the can further away from the toy and had him right next to the can. Wrapping right went well, but once again, going left is harder, but he did manage to get it. This video is a bit longer as he had victory laps with the tug toy after each rep.
We then tried another round of jump bumps (aka cavalettis). I had a little trouble trying to get him to trot versus jump over the bars, but he did trot several times. I still need to work on the spacing.
Laura and Teagan (staying warm inside)
We worked a few exercises today, Rotated Sends. He dis much better this time around…maybe some latent learning in play. I have been trying to not repeat the same exercise on consecutive days, to allow for latent learning.
We also tried Alternate RC. He did great on when I was sending him to the Left, but when I sent him to the Right, he was spinning to the Right before he came to me. I tried twice, and he did the same thing both times. Can’t determine whether it’s because he’s a Righty or that I was doing something incorrectly.
Laura & Teagan
First off, yes, you are correct that Teagan is a Righty. I did try to start closer to the can and farther away from the toy in the combo exercise. I’ll need to get closer yet on my next iteration.
Jumping Update: In the training room, he is going to a mat, doesn’t always stay, but it is getting better. He still does some drive by jump lunges when we are ready to work. I now use the Go to Place in the training room, kitchen and family room. I also have put up an ex-pen in the kitchen to block him from jumping on the counters. Hopefully, all this will work eventually.
So, we are still in cold weather with snow on the ground and more snow in the forecast for tomorrow. We did 2 exercises today, Parallel Commitment and Rotated Sends. He did fine on the Parallel Commitment. I stayed very close to the can on the Rotated Sends. Again, he’s better going right versus left. He did okay on this, but we still need some work.
Parallel Commitment
Rotated Sends
Laura & Teagan
We are still working inside…icy, snow outside and bitter cold. We tried the Handling Combos exercise. We managed one wrap and that was it. He was more focused on the toy. Encountering this challenge, I went back and did some pattern games. We will try Combos again soon.
General question: When does the class end? I feel like I am so behind. We are just finishing week 4 with 8 more weeks to work. Getting your feedback on videos is so important to me. It sets your on-line classes apart from many I have taken. I don’t want to miss out on your feedback.
