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I’m sorry I should have written that last post a little differently. She does take food and treats in new environments. The problem that I’m seeing is that we take the treat then immediately scan or go back into the environment if I’m not feeding a bunch of treats in a row. We can be a decent distance away from things that would be considered distractors and she will still scan. I think it’s probably both a training and just maturity/adolescence problem. I’ve noticed even if I take her into a non-busy local pet store she is very overstimulated and kinda worried, especially near the aisle that has open displays of chewies (we can’t walk down that aisle at all), which is just weird. I am planning on taking her to a different pet store to see if the same thing translates. That started a few months ago and I just revisited the store the other day to see if she still had the same feelings and she does. I’ll probably just “shelf” it and let her mature a little more and gain confidence doing other things right now. She will most likely come into season soon as her littermates are so that might also be a contributing factor. However in non-scary environments, I’ll try your toy idea. Thank you
I can’t remember what the last day to post for this class is, hopefully this is posted in time lol.
Sends N Serps Take Two
This video is from a couple weeks ago. She did a lot better here than previously. One thing I do notice but it has been getting better is that she doesn’t tend to jump it on the slice sometimes she’ll get close to the wing I’m closest to and jump most straight. Hopefully that will fix itself once she learns how to maneuver her body better.
We are still really really struggling with over stimulation in different environments especially outdoors. She can’t take a treat from me and keep focus/maintain eye contact which tells me she is nowhere near ready to work with me. She is really scanning the environment. I need to get her out to work more but I was lacking the will to do it since she pulls on leash so much. We are now trying to really work on the pulling so we can go out more places without conflict and frustration.
I’ll probably go back to just auditing level for Max Pup 3 since I really struggle to find the motivation to train at home by myself and she is wayyyyyyy behind the rest of the class.
Rocking Horse Turn Aways
I could’ve handled these a little better with my arm placement and less motion from me. She tends to jump at me alot while she turns away. I do have food in one or both of my hands most of the time however on the turn aways I reward on the ground. We did have another session after this and it seemed a little better. Hopefully it gets better as we practice more.
Smiley Face Game: Baby Level
I was really pleased with this session. We’ve still be avoiding tunnels in order to build up value for other things so I was kinda a “lumper” this session. This is the first time she has been asked to chain anything in after the tunnel and after a little refresher with each piece she got it! The first rep she wiped out coming out of the tunnel, a prime example of her uncoordinated teenager-ness.
I have a follow up question about this game/setup. I’ve seen videos online of some trainers in Europe training with off course jumps near the entrances of tunnels and the weave poles that are maybe one step off the dog’s line. It’s almost as if they need a “pass” cue. Not sure if I can find a YouTube video of it but I do know of one on Facebook. Hopefully I’m explaining it correctly. I am wondering for this game, when it’s time to take the tunnel, should they be going around the wing to take the tunnel or just go straight into the tunnel without going around the wing? I know for most of the agility I’ll be doing I may not need training to that level even in local UKI trials but I like to think about my training criteria.
Jumping Foundations 3: Beginning the Ladder Grid
We did work outside a little in my backyard tonight. I realized afterwards that I forward chained instead of back chained but it all worked out in the end. If she has issues with this exercise again I’ll try to remember to back chain. Makes sense that she was having such a hard time committing to jumps with me in motion when she struggled with me even standing still. Next time I’ll change up the angles a little bit. I can’t remember, is this one we can use the moving reward target for?
We haven’t really trained in almost 2 weeks. I haven’t really been feeling it. We are really a hot mess express and on the bus of struggle right now. I figured taking a break wouldn’t hurt. I think I need to work on some random tricks and shaping things just to get our team work together and her brain back from somewhere in outer space.
I’ve been hesitant working with toys around agility lately as I really need to work on her return to hand and drop a little more, especially with a single toy. Our two toy game is pretty strong, but we just need to grow the game more.
Working outside has also been a little harder since everything has thawed, so we’ve been working on some remedial engagement skills.
Sends N Serps
We have been really struggling with counter to motion in a lot of the games. We have recently started some counter to motion games separately to these exercises. I send her to the treat and train, a dish, or her toy while my feet aren’t facing it and I start walking away. It’s definitely a lot easier for her with the treat and train than with the dish or toy. My thought process is if she can’t even respond to the direct reinforcement marker I can’t expect her to correctly respond to an agility related cue with motion.
I could’ve placed the treat and train more on the landing side of the jump in this game. I also clicked the treat and train when I didn’t mean to a couple times. We have worked on the more standstill version of this game back in Max Pup 1 but this was a little above her pay grade.Pill Bug Game: Baby & Advanced Level
I was really surprised that she didn’t jump on me. Should I try to reward her coming into my side as straight as possible or does it not matter? Next time maybe I’ll try a toy and/or the double pill bug.
I know in Max Pup 1 we worked just a little bit on multi-wraps. Do you think that they can help bridge the gap in understanding that it’s actually the turn in that specific direction that pays? Could I or should I potentially implement them into some of these proofing games? Of course at a distance from any distractions (aka the tunnel lol).
