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That would be fabulous if I could get Kelsie to that point! – Your start line setup! 🙂 Am I thinking correctly that I need to wait until Kelsie pushes against my hand or pulls on the harness (I’m not sure yet which one she is more responsive to) before letting go/reward? Thank you!!
Hi Kim! We gave it a whirl, but with no intense tugging, although she wanted to! This is not as easy as it looks with a dog like Kelsie. For me anyway! My timing is critical, believe it or not- it’s what she’ll remember if I do it wrong. She’s too polite (sometimes)! First rep she wouldn’t apply pressure until I said Get It. This rep I made sure (I hope!) to release as soon as I felt pressure. You’ll see her at one point even sit because she knows being polite gets her cookies! Nerd! 🙂 I meant to bring out her lotus ball instead of throwing the cheese in the grass, but she did ok finding it! Also I have to watch what I say- for start line, I’ve been experimenting with Ready Set Go! I said this I think in the first rep and of course she’s not going to move until I say Go, which in this exercise I don’t want, I want her to push the button, right?! https://youtu.be/dYR9VTDA5Rc
This looks like a fantastic game for Kelsie! I’ve tried to hold her at the start to pressure me, doesn’t really happen. I see now I need to build value for it, the agility is not enough value- yet! 🙂 Can’t wait to try it! Thank you! 🙂
Hi Kim,
Ok 12″ got it! Once we get to that point. Probably another week or so before I let her run the speed circle from this week’s lesson. I don’t want to push it, I want her to feel good when we do these exercises 🙂 Rewards for speed no matter what, got it! 🙂 Last year winter I took Denise Fenzi’s Engagement training class. We spent about 8 months, wherever we went – trials ( Once we started running in trials, I let her sniff in front of the ring we are running in while they course build), parks, store fronts, playgrounds, public trails, just focusing on acclimation and then allowing her to choose to opt in to work. This made a world of difference in the dog I had who wanted to work! When she was all in, depending on where I was, we did heeling, tricks, personal play, etc.. A month before I started class (with my new instructor last year) I did ring rentals and just had Kelsie acclimate to the ring. By the time class started she was ready right out of the crate. What do you mean opposition reflex games? Like tug? She likes to tug as long as there is no sign of food around, lol! I recently got her to tug and drive to the toy while running her drive line! Food toys like the lotus ball have been her main focus in agility (class). Please tell me more about opposition games!! 🙂Hi! Thank you so much for your feedback and the first line of your message! Not because I want that (well I do, lol!) but because you recognize it and I know it too, I just need to pull it to the surface 🙂 which is why I am here. Kelsie jumps 20″ – in both videos. Regarding her weaves, she learned them about a year ago. Honestly, once she learned them I didn’t go further with them at home, just in class & then at trials. We don’t have a place to train in the winter, so we started up in the spring with only 4 classes and that ended when the pandemic hit. (I live in NYS) I recently bought a MM which I have only used so far with drive lines (along with toys that hold food). Kelsie LOVES her cookies!! Please let me know your thoughts on her weaves. Yes I totally see what I did at the tunnel with the blind, I had no idea! Thank you for that! Something to be mindful of. And again with the FC between panel & broad. Agreed clarity is important, the last thing I want to do is squash her confidence! My other lab is a doer before she thinks so I can relate to your tunnelers experience and I can see how that could be very stressful for Kelsie too. Having a lab who’s nose is always working on overtime, because she is nosy and wants to know her environment! Vs my other lab who yeah loves to sniff too but the reward of working with me is more powerful. I need to build that for Kelsie 🙂 Sure! I can setup the SS course and run it in a couple weeks! Looking forward to that lesson on jump heights & pressure! I am sharing with you her last drive line. I ran her at 18″ (to encourage speed and confidence) I’m sorry for the barking, not Kelsie! my other lab the doer 🙂 Thank you for your thoughts! https://youtu.be/g9OrviHr4oM
Until we can fully participate, I’d like to share a couple videos with you! This was our last trial before the world changed 🙁 We started trialing in the fall, just jww and sometimes only one run a weekend, then I added std in Feb. We were taking the trialing scene slow. I tried my best to make sure Kelsie had a good ring experience. We are still figuring out entering the ring (I feel I need more connection!) & her startline. I don’t make her do anything she doesn’t want to (in class she normally sets up between my legs) as you see in this video I just held her & that was to get her nose off the ground. Lots of sniffing & sniffing as we weave! This was the first time she ran on dirt 🙂 https://youtu.be/ckmxhbmjrfs
This video was 2 weeks ago before her spay in my yard UKI Home Trial 🙂 Here I utilized the 10 seconds required before the run to engaged with her 🙂 I wanted to show you this in particular because it’s on home turf 🙂 Kelsie does best right out of the box. Right out of her crate (class or trial- still trying to figure that timing!) and at home our first time outside and off the deck! I also want to mention that I started doing drive lines with her for the past month (before her spay on May 28). I can show you our last one that we did if you want to see her.
YAY! but No 🙁 I just checked, no email from you. msdjja@hotmail.com
Hi! Sorry, couldn’t get video at class 🙁 We’ll try for next time in a few weeks!
Here is Kelsie’s 1st time with the snuffle mat 🙂 (sorry about the video quality, it was with my phone) but I think you can get the idea! 🙂
Sorry Bobbie, I wasn’t sure that link worked, it looked funny 😊
I meant should I get video of Kelsie running in class? 😊
Hi Bobbie! Yes video does help! You did see my link right? 😛 I worked her last night on her “normal” mat in the kitchen. We had some moments of when she actually layed down, but switched from laying down to standing. Is my timing correct for giving her kibble? I didn’t video because I knew I could only post after you replied 🙂 We have class tonight so I won’t get a session in (jeeze I should have videoed last night, lol!)
Do you want me to get video of her in class?
Hi Bobbie! Long days and short nights at the Cluster so no practice in the hotel, but we tried tonight!
I saw a few interesting behaviors coming out. I honestly thought she would just lay down,it’s what she does with a mat, lol! She has one in our kitchen as a “place” and thinks it’s magic (that’s what shaping will do at an early age, lol!) She will randomly sit or lay down (her default) on it for cookies to appear. This is not “her” mat nor is it in the same spot as the other one (obviously, lol).Kelsie is a thinker and I knew this would happen, she started offering different behaviors. I tried to give her the cookie (just kibble, she’s a foodie so this is high enough value for her for this) when she wasn’t offering a behavior. I know my timing wasn’t always right 🙁 and I felt like I was rushing to give cookies not ‘spa like’ 🙂 I couldn’t chill because I was worried about the timing! I never gave her eye contact but I see myself looking at the mat – is that ok?
Thankful this is Day 1 and you can fix us before I mess it up more, lol! 🙂
Thank you!!
