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We did Lazy Game 2 and 3. We definitely need to work on startlines again. She is clearly enjoying her agility.
Cannot tell you how excited I am to start this with Grace. We did the 1st Lazy Game. There is a question about how much string cheese I should be feeding her but I thought it would be easy to find. Not so much apparently. In fact she was more motivated for the toy which is probably a good thing!
We started on the dogwalk obstacle which went fine till we tried a left wrap cue… I thought moving closer might help but she was hearing “backside”. Tried a few things – placed reward: worked for that rep, alternating with a backside cue, didn’t work, alternating with a right wrap cue, didn’t work.
I also realize that you were rewarding out from the jump and she was getting the reward here for coming back towards me.
She threw in a bonus weave from a soft turn out of the tunnel so I took advantage of that.
I think my course walking has got a lot better through practising. I just get really disappointed when it doesn’t come off (pretty much every time). This setup looked really simple and straightforward – line to the tunnel then a couple of wraps. We should be able to do this standing on our head but… the first 2 reps with Maisy are representative of every trial we’ve ever been in – something comes out of left field and we are eliminated and then she is off with the fairies doing her own course. Not so much in the yard where she has nowhere to go. Mostly I do not anticipate the off-courses.
I am not sure about the left cue out of the tunnel – do I also need a wrap cue on the wing or should it be a wrap cue when she is in the tunnel?
Thank you – I had no idea it was my feet causing problems! This went better… and I reverted to the 2 jump setup.
We did as you suggested but I am not convinced she knows it. The reps after the balance rep revert to front sides.
My change in tone and cadence probably don’t help.
I think this was much more successful for us as a team! Thank you for the video. My hand cues are far from subtle but I think that is what she needs to change her trajectory, lol. Maybe they can be more subtle over time? It is pretty obvious she has made her mind up as she goes in the tunnel where she is going next ie over the front of the bar on the obvious jump. This trips us up a lot – although at novice level, more what she takes next, rather than backsides.
I really liked that I did not have to apply pressure to her line by moving toward the wing of the jump to get her to go round to the back but we did start with the angled jump as you suggested. It was almost straight by the time we finished.Any errors seemed to be due to late cues or inadequate connection?
The independent backside is definitely something we struggle with despite years of practice. Unless I run directly at the wing, she seems to take the front side. This puts me in the way when she comes screaming over the jump. Luckily the toy distracts her! My attempts to leave earlier do not go well once she has a bit of speed up.
We did a brief session on the threadle wrap this morning and I was pleased she remembered what to do. I was at a seminar recently where she should only do the push, not the wrap and I have to say that the push is easier for us as a team mid-course ie I can be sure she will do it. Sass could not remember the threadle wrap at all!
This session she yelled a bit at the beginning so maybe I was slow with my cues or out of position?
Tried to do a sequence but stopped when she started hitting jump#4. She was probably tired but it was only a 4 minute session all up.
