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Hi Tracy,
We did a round of the Tunnel to Wing game this AM. I think I need to move the wing further away from the tunnel. I was excited that my clunky blinds (after the first attempt) were good enough for Copper to read them 🙂
Kirstie and Copper
Hi Tracy,
Today Bandit and I worked on the threadles and serps shaping mix. We did a dry run before I turned the camera on. By this 2nd round he seemed to start making some of the turns on his own. He is a smart little guy!
As he gets bigger, he looks more like Elektra every day. Is she a BorderPap? If so, how big/tall is she now as an adult?
Thoughts appreciated 🙂
Kirstie and Bandit
Hi Tracy,
Since there is some overlap in games between MaxPup and our 1:1 coaching, I am posting today’s contact work here.
Mountain Climbers – we did two rounds. My first round was to introduce him to the game. I noticed he hesitated about half way up, which is what he does on the live teeter. I know you are hoping to reduce/eliminate that pause. In the 2nd round I started moving a bit faster to see if that helped keep him moving. I think it did?
Bang Game – I am learning that Copper does not like collar grabs. But once we got him lined up correctly, I think he started to get the idea of the game.
Dog Walk – Copper continues to hit his mat with high consistency in this game. I started adding movement and lateral distance, and he still did great (I think!).
A Frame – we did two rounds. In the first round he was not hitting the mat consistently. We took a break, then came back to it. He did much better in the second round!!
Round 1 – A Frame Round 1
Round 2 – A Frame Round 2
Thoughts appreciated as always!
Kirstie and Copper
Hi Tracy,
Yesterday we did a round of the countermotion wraps and another session with me working on connection. I didn’t see your revised course until this AM, so will try that tomorrow.
Countermotion wraps: In watching the video, I think I needed to turn further away from the wrap when I was sending him. My side was facing the wrap versus my rear. In the moment it felt like I was pointing behind me though!
Another day of working connection: This felt smoother for me and I think I was less hunched over. He dropped bars on his wraps but I think it was because I pulled off too soon, and not because of connection. Do you agree?
Talk soon,
Kirstie amd Copper
Hi Tracy,
Today I did a quick round of the wrap course setup, but with a focus on watching his eyes and pointing at his nose. I didn’t worry about crosses or wraps, as I really want to get into the habit of connecting with him at a basic level first.
Honestly, I am not sure I did this right as he was looking right back at me much of the time instead of forward. In watching the video I was kinda hunched over, so maybe that threw him off?
Copper eye contact and nose point:
Copper eye connection and nose point
Thoughts appreciated 🙂
Kirstie and Copper
Tracy,
Yesterday we did another round of the tunnel wrap game. I was working on my timing of the decel mainly. I missed a couple of them but did get a few as well. I am finding this course to be small for Copper – he is kinda trotting between jumps because they are close. I don’t have much more room in our yard, so we are working with it as best we can 🙂
Today I spread out the jumps a bit more (still a tight space for Copper), and worked on both the fluffy blinds and fronts. I am a novice handler and it shows with these games. I need LOTS of work on all my crosses, so appreciate these games for sure!
Thoughts appreciated as always 🙂
Kirstie and Copper
Hi Tracy,
Here is another round of the threadle wrap game. I added motion for the last few reps. I realized just now (re-read your previous feedback) that I didn’t focus on deceleration when he came to my hand. But he seemed to get the hang of it despite mama not reading the directions well 🙂
Bandit threadle wrap game Day 2
Thoughts?
Kirstie and Bandit
Tracy,
Copper has started barking A LOT at me in both training an trial runs. It seems like he barks when he has to slow down for turns (like pinwheels) or when I call him back (like when we have to retry the weaves).
This started when he decided he loves agility back in January. He also started nipping at me in trials here and there. There have been a couple of times where he got me, and I immediately stop him, make him sit and get my “Mom is really mad” voice out. He does settle after our mom talks, but please let me know if you have other suggestions for how to stop this behavior.
I think part of the issues is he may want me to call his next move sooner. I could use coaching on the timing for calling next moves. For example, do I call a direction change or the next obstacle before a jump or right after he lands?
Here is a session we did this AM with the Wrap game.
Copper wrap game:
Copper wraps with tunnelThoughts appreciated!
Kirstie and Copper
Tracy,
Bandit and I worked on a first round of the threadle wrap game this AM.
Bandit Threadle Wrap first pass
Thoughts?
Kirstie and Bandit
Tracy,
Here is Copper working on the Wing It game.
Wing It Game
Copper Wing It gameBest,
Kirstie and Copper
Hi Tracy,
I did some mat work with Bandit and Copper this AM. Here is Bandit doing both simple back and forth, followed by a session moving around the mat.
Bandit simple back and forth:
Bandit working mat from different angles:
Best,
Kirstie and Bandit
Hi Tracy,
Copper is very comfortable with the noise and bang of the teeter already, so sending a video of him doing the full teeter. Let me know if this is OK in lieu of the Love the Slam game?
Copper on the Teeter:
Copper full teeterBest,
Kirstie and Copper
Hi Tracy,
I had not planned on doing anything with Bandit other than basic games until he is old enough, so no worries. The lazy game seemed basic enough for him to do, so glad you are OK that I worked that one with him.
I worked with Bandit this AM on the ShPile game. I was fascinated that he stuck like glue to the two items he already knew – wobble board and his flat board. I will introduce him to the other items outside of this forum and run another round.
Thoughts?
Kirstie and Bandit
Tracy,
Thanks for the coaching on the eye contact. I did another round of the lazy game where I focused (literally) on Copper’s eyes! Let me know if this is better? Bandit is not a happy camper in the background!
Lazy game with eye contact:
Copper Lazy game with eye contactI also did a round of tunnel sends again, also focusing on my eye contact.
Copper tunnel sends:
Tunnel sends with eye contactI want to chat with you regarding the decision on which type of contacts I should train Copper on. He already knows 2o2o, so that is the easy answer if we can train him to stop in a trial setting. But I am thinking Bandit will probably thrive on running contacts down the road. So training Copper on running now will be a great tutorial for when we start working with Bandit since I don’t know the process for training running contacts. I would keep the 2o2o for the teeter only for Copper if we move to running.
Excited to chat tomorrow!
Kirstie and Copper
Tracy,
Since I was working the lazy game with Copper this AM, I did a round with Bandit as well. Let me know if its OK to share some of the games outside of MaxPup 1 in this forum. If not I will keep these postings to just the level 1 games moving forward.
Best,
Kirstie and Bandit
