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My videos didn’t all turn out (camera may not have been on)… our rear cross game is going much better. I can totally see what you mean on those screenshots.
With the side to side pattern game, I feel I am getting a bit of running side to side in the pattern without looking up at my eyes (maybe at my hands) – is this OK or not?
Our turn and burn is less successful than I’d like. We did some yesterday with the laundry basket and then I remembered you suggested a cone so I thought it might be easier. Turning to her left seems to work better. I notice I am not looking at her – is that the magic cure? She seems to be looking at my hands/the toy.
We made a good start to the backing up. Our 3rd and 4th session of the prop games are here: https://youtu.be/N_kSkyhNyCg
We haven’t got any rear cross going because I’m not sure she is driving forward enough. She is a bit picky about her treats and I need to keep sessions shorter. We gave up on the garden because it was too laborious finding the treats. I’ve cut a lot of that out plus most of the tugging.
It’s been hot and humid here… we are working on the last of package 2: 2 toy game and wing wraps with new props. She was not in the mood to swap toys! Usually this goes well but there must have been a value inequality. Will get back to it. The border collies are working hard to distract her outside.
Played toy races with all the dogs – head start got me nowhere with the borders, lol. With Grace, I threw a treat back onto a towel where she could see so I had a fighting chance 🙂
Whoever heard of a noiseless baking sheet? Managed to find one for our wobble board games.
I changed out a few items for the goat tricks, using a soft cushion, a step and a fitbone. The SSC at a more advanced level was easier with the food dish. I had to block more and move the cone closer for the toy or she would dive through (edited).
Apologies for the lighting – I forgot to pull the blind but it is not too bad… As suggested we revisited the Goat Game to see if she would come back to the prop – not a fluent behaviour yet. I used a bottle of dishwash liquid in lieu of the scented candle and that went better. The we tried the SSC game with the cone and she did well. I have to say I got a bit mixed up with holding the collar and pointing the hand to the bowl because it seemed to be the same hand. I’ll rewatch the video.
Did a few good rounds of sends and Vito. Moved on to Goat Games 1 and SSC, using cheese as you suggested. It tends to stick to my fingers because it is 35C/95F here at the moment. But it is less to chew! She does lose her train of thought a few times. I noticed during the SSC when a novel item was introduced she forgot she was looking for a treat…
Thanks for your suggestions. We had a much better session today. We tried a hat but it had knobs on to nibble, then another hat and a towel, both of which apparently resembled tug toys. We settled on a dusty old kneeler pad from the garage. She had an excellent session with the first hat this morning – go figure.
We’re having an issue on the sends. This is her 2nd session with sends and she is jumping at my hand and not looking at the prop. I did take the treats out of the hand. To be clear, she is not biting. I did start with a refresher on the object and that went well.
Doing better with Vito – at one stage she does take a treat away to eat. This is her 1st session with the pole.
PS sorry about the lighting. Will do better!Week 1 Games: https://youtu.be/0fwHqRuBpAs
So we have been practising wraps and slices and doing fine with your instructions, so I moved on to the first slice exercises, handling both sides.
Had a hard time getting her out to the blue jump #5 which slowed me down for 6 to 7.
Do not seem to be able to get the blind in and pick her up on the correct side 7 to 8. Last rep we came close to disaster. Is the way we are doing it wrong? she lands in front of me instead of behind. Seems to work.
I found it harder to get to the blind on the takeoff side, unsurprisingly. Eye opener of an exercise.
We did skill practice for Package 2. I am not sure about doing a backside to threadle wrap when she is halfway thru a course – just not sure she would respond at speed. Anyhow, we managed the righthand side. The we had a second session a bit later and I thought I should try a leftside wrap. They quickly became slices and I am not sure how my cuing differed? Anyway, I guess we can do slices too, lol.
What often confuses me about these me is: which side of you the dog takes off from and which side of you they take up when they land.
