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Hi Kim!
Thank you for the feedback! She does make me smile when I watch her videos 🙂 You’re right, we had tons of connection and engagement, that was reaffirmed by the video for me!Friends thought she looked great!! I’ve shared recent video with a couple friends (they live in different states) who have been on my journey with Kelsie from the beginning and they were off the charts happy with what they saw 😉 We’re taking a break today and playing some other (non) agility games!
A few questions for you 🙂
Should we go up to 16″ for week 5 exercises?
Also, I entered a trial last minute (hopefully I get in) on the 15th (Wed) Since the pandemic hit agility has been the furthest from my mind and even now with trials slowly coming back, but I would like to try out our new stuff in a trial environment while we are in class for you to review 🙂 This trial is only Nov/Open, outdoors, 50 runs max and it’s at night (I’ve never done a night trial!). So it fits all the things that are “ok” with me during these strange times. I don’t even know if I can do this after the closing date, but should I see if I can change my entry to one run 16″ & one run 20″? We are running STD & JWW.
Thanks!
Hi Kim,
That’s weird, I emailed it yesterday, oh well! I ended up making up my own course 🙂 btw-I really didn’t want her doing the AF because she stops, so I just didn’t hold her there very long, I think she did ok regardless! The fact that she took off pretty good is A+, there was a time she hung out there until she got her cookie! LBG Rocks 😉It took me a little to settle in. I think I needed acclimation to our new surroundings, yes it was my yard, yes it was with friends, new routine & I haven’t seen these people or trained with people in quite some time! So very first run, I’m distracted right off the bat (talking to me while I’m engaged with my dog) you see what happens, slight disconnect, thankful I was able to recover & get her back, I think the leash saved me. Watch what happens at around :38, this is what happens when I am not in the right mindset. I was still bothered by my concentration being broken and was thinking TOO much 🙁 Kelsie does not like when I act freaky, she’ll check out, she doesn’t like it. I ended up aborting because I couldn’t think fast enough to salvage it. 🙁 What should I have done here?
I ended up going with food. The toys were not doing it and in order to be successful with play, I switched it up. Maybe because we were at ‘class’ and that’s what she knows, who knows, lol, but I feel it was the right choice. I also gave her cookies at her crate- like at a trial or previous classes. She jumps in and waits for them 🙂
At 2:42 I forgot what I was doing, so I was way late for the turn, but tried to make the best of it and not let Kelsie know that wasn’t what I intended. At 3:26 is when we went into conversation, how’d I do with keeping Kelsie engaged? The sequence that followed is what she wanted me to try, I don’t normally handle Kelsie like that, not running to every obstacle (which is not “NADAC style” unless you have a slow dog) I cringed when I watched the video, lol, but I think she did ok with it?! At the end of the last jump I had a pre placed lotus ball which my friend put too far away- do you see Kelsie looking back? Do you think she didn’t see it or was my Get It late? Get It means drive to that R+ reward on the ground.
Some take aways for me personally from today’s class. Because my friend only runs NADAC as do all of her students ( I did too until I realized 4 yrs later it wasn’t fun for me & Lexie, it was frustrating, and Kelsie has only run AKC) she handles differently and shows them the same. I need to run for My dogs, not worry about the Chances line (I didn’t with Kelsie obviously lol! but I did with Lexie & quickly aborted that idea) run them like I always do & if I have to improvise the course then so be it. Bring a list of reminders for each dog so I don’t loose sight of either. I don’t want Kelsie to ever feel like she has to check out with me!
Hi Kim!
I emailed the course 🙂 I’m going to try to get video of class tomorrow!
Thank you for the feedback! I’m so excited too that we are making progress and most importantly Kelsie is having FUN!!
Ok, now I have to go watch your video!!
Thank you for sharing – that was fun to watch and I totally can see her run differently when your tentative vs aggressive. I knew Kelsie was running at my speed, but what I didn’t know is how to change that, run faster?! What if I couldn’t, lol?! Now I know, running aggressively, like that $100 is there at every obstacle right?! 🙂 This hits the mark! Thank you so much for that!!Hi Kim!
Tonight we played with Drill #1! Much better with food after toys. She doesn’t have much use for the lotus tug toy, I mean she likes the lotus ball part, but no tugging with it after. It’s ok, I’ll just add it to the lotus ball collection, lol! Tried to incorporate lots of play in between. It was hot & humid tonight, even with the sun behind clouds. You’ll see Kelsie run off, when the sun is out it’s shady there, but today the entire yard was overcast. I wonder if she’s running over there to get cookies like after a run at a trial? I’m not sure because when it is sunny and if I’m not right there with her, she’ll lay down, but lately I’ve been trying to remain engaged with her and get back to the sequence and you see she complies so… I’m not sure what to make of that, maybe I need to get that on video so we can observe & what I should do?! 🙂 I bought a wide angle lens for my tablet, should be coming any day!
2 things I need to ask you. Sat my friend is using my yard to have a class for her students. She’s setting up a NADAC chances course, can I email it to you (I don’t know how to attach here) to take a look at it and let me know how I should run it with Kelsie? I don’t care about doing it correctly, I care about running it for Kelsie with what we have been working on. Which leads me to my 2nd question. 🙂
How do I incorporate what we have learned/what we are doing into a class situation just because of the time restraints? I feel like our new routine is: play as we go setup, run a short sequence and reward with toy and play with me? While the instructor gives feedback, continue to engage with Kelsie, with tricks or tug? Sorry, this balancing act is new to me (I always just used food & the lotus ball) and I don’t want to mess up the good thing we have by outside influences, outside people pressures while I do my new thing with Kelsie. I’m not back to my normal class, with my normal instructor yet. (I’m not in any hurry, not trialing and I’m working on other things with my dogs! 🙂 )
Here’s our fun from tonight! Proud of her for hanging in with the heat! I can tell you this is a different Kelsie than from March (our last trial) and even months after when I was doing the UKI trials!! 🙂 Thank You!!
Hi Kim! Ok agreed toys then food! I’m not sure what happened to our energy lol! Re: lotus balls-do you mean placement or just in general so I’m not tossing food directly on the ground? I only have 2, should I get more? Looking forward to running Drill #1 tomorrow!! Thank you for the feedback!
Hi Kim! We played with Drill #2 tonight. I started out with food this time and then switched to toys. I think I really need to use food last. I know I said this to you before, I forgot, I need to write it down, take notes for a play/agility session!! I feel like I got stuck, when I think too much I get in trouble, things don’t flow and Kelsie feels that. I feel like I can get more silly with toys! 🙂
Sorry about all the clips together and not alot of visable play. All the play is out of site & I know you want to see that too. I’m posting what I got anyway, I want to show you what we did 🙂
Clearly when I stop moving, sitting down, Kelsie’s got her own agenda. This is what happens when I use food. I don’t care if this is at the end of the session, go do what you want… but during, I don’t want to encourage that, right? Especially here in my yard, it’s not been nosy (acclimating) it’s making sure she got all the bits picked up! lol!
Tomorrow night (wed) we have chiro (first time since March when the world turned upside down) so no practice for Kelsie.
I setup Drill #1 for Thurs!
1st run thru I placed a lotus ball after the wing jump and at the end 🙂
Glad you enjoyed the Kelsie Show, lol! We do have a pool (my husband got it for free last year, lol) but no access for the dogs. I keep putting it on the honey do list but it keeps getting pushed down the list. Yes, I have thought about it as a reward for her, but I don’t know if it will backfire- never getting her out of it, lol! Last year I took them for the first time to dock diving. The next day after work I let them out (like normal) and Kelsie made a bee line to the pool and jumped in from the ground. Me in my work clothes (skirt and blouse!) had to jump in and get her out! Had to put up an xpen in that area to deter her from jumping in again. She eyes the pool every time we go out, but I tell her no or just stay away from the pool area. She’s nuts for swimming I tell ya! 🙂
We had crazy weather tonight, hail storm followed by thunderstorms, so no practice instead we played in between storms!
Kim, which drill should we try first? I watched both videos, both look fun! If the weather holds out Tues, we’ll try one and play, lots of play!! 🙂Hi Kim!! Yay! Improvement is our goal! On my part especially because Kelsie will respond accordingly -woot! Thank you for the encouragement & guidance!!
Video portion is just Lexie getting wet, lol! Turn your volume down, you may scare the neighbors LOL! Kelsie reaches a whole new level at dock, even coming out of the crate, she’s wild – she does this for nothing else, lol! Once she is out of the crate, all noise stops, crazy right?! 🙂
Hi Kim! Crazy weather today, so I worked on the course I had setup. I used different rewards. You have no idea how thrilled I am that Kelsie is switching between different toys and food. I (think) I’m getting the same energy and joy with both! What do you see? There was a time when toys had no use for Kelsie unless she was stealing it from Lexie, lol! First toy is a long tug with a little hollee roller at the end with a ball inside, second toy is a hollee roller and third is food, the S&C fishy ones, big pieces!
So I gotta ask, is approx 1:37 my pink panther move?! 🙂
At 3:00 Kelsie took off to start!! That’s never happened before! I obviously didn’t correct that and just went with it and she was with me for the entire run and not looking for ‘something’ after the tunnel- this is so huge!
Gotta say this training sessions left me smiling and I think with Kelsie wanting more! It was one of our better ones in terms of LOTS of play in between and short in the training part. I have to Thank You for that!! 🙂
I ran like I was running for that $100 bill (thank you for that too – that helped me get in the right mindset for that!) but it doesn’t look like it on video?! Well at least to me it doesn’t lol!
Here is our play session with some agility mixed in @ 14″! 🙂
Hi Kim! No agility practice today, instead we went to the dock! No jumping, just swims, but it’s her happy place! The sounds that comes out of my little nerd while waiting are similar to those of a hyena lol! I can share a clip if you’d like to hear it! LOL! She actually rarely barks! Only when I don’t get my shoes on fast enough to go outside, that’s it! 🙂
Tomorrow if the weather holds out, we’ll try another sequence and practice pink panther! 🙂 S&C treats came today, woot!
Thank you for your kind words, means alot to me! I just want to do right by Kelsie & have fun!!Hi Kim! Thanks for the feedback! OK I gotta ask, what do you mean by ‘pink panther’ lol! Apparently Kelsie likes this but I’m not sure what I’m doing that you are referring to, LOL!
I’ll try not to get too hung up when Lexie intervene’s, Kelsie is still playing with me and doesn’t take off with Lexie so I suppose that’s a plus! 🙂
Thank you for your thoughts on Kelsie’s motivation, I needed to know I was on the right path (felt pretty confident that I was 🙂 ) but needed to know if this was really helping her and making an impact in her world!
Good to know to let her win at the end of our sessions! 🙂
I will run as you suggested – I like $100 bills LOL! We’ll setup Drill #1 from this week and see how that goes!
Thank you!!Hi Kim! Got our toys from CR yesterday so I tried them out 🙂 I want to mention that when she leaves me for shade I reengage with her there, I just don’t leave her alone (which I have done in the past). The 2nd rep was with the lotus ball tug. Figuring out how to better play with that toy 🙂
Start line setups, not sure what to do for her yet! In the 3rd rep I went back to our ‘old way’ of between my legs, you see some confusion 🙁 I feel right now if I stop the motion after we play it’s like an interruption, which I don’t want. Too much thinking on Kelsie’s part. What do you think? Rep 4 got a little hairy at the end, Lexie lost her ball thru the fence and well you see what happened. I wanted to still reward Kelsie at the end and focus on her but Lexie was getting higher from my play with Kelsie, so…. The last rep- as I was putting stuff away, Kelsie showed interest, she wanted to play, so I took her thru again. I don’t know if I should have or not. Knowing when to stop!
Going further on that topic, Kelsie puts forth alot of emotion & force when we tug as you can see, but I feel as soon as we add agility in the picture it’s not all there, or is it? Do you think she likes playing with me, I mean the agility part and will that “fierceness” ever transfer over to agility? I can’t believe I’m asking this, but I feel safe here in doing so 🙂 no judgement here and yes the thought has crossed my mind but never said it out loud! 🙂
How do end your play sessions? Basically now, I just take the tug & put it away and then we just hang out in the yard or I switched dogs out to train Lexie. Sometimes I feel like Kelsie gives me that look like “oh that’s it, hmmmm” Maybe I’m reading into more than I should but I don’t want Kelsie to be disappointed when we just had a fabulous play time! I have a snuffle mat, would that be a good end of the game thing to do?
Here’s our fun session at 14″ how do you think she looks? Thoughts on where we should go from here? Thank you! 🙂
