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Hi Tracy!
Thank you for the feedback! 🙂
At 1:36 she ran away for a few steps and looked forward for a bit – it was hard to know if she thought you had thrown the toy or if she heard something, but you kept thing going by throwing the toy and she got right back into it. Yay!
This is because I said Ready Ready LOL! Just something I started the first week she was home. A very little reflex opposition when she “retrieves” a toy 😀 Which brings me to the Prop Game 1. I didn’t know how to enagage with her with the food, so the session was a little bit of a hot mess & learning curve for me AND I forgot to set my timer 🙁 so it went on about 2.5 min! I shortred the video to the last 2 min. Skipped showing you the warm up and beginings of the session. Honestly I wasn’t sure which part to edit for you 🙁
Wing Wrap Foundation was FUN!! I think I want to build on this tonight – thoughts?
Thank you for your suggestions on how to proceed with the games. Yes! I needed to get started to figure out a flow. I have an idea & I am using a white board & paper, LOL! I feel if I write down the bullets points it sticks a little better in my head & I can just review before we start the session.
Yes! We Lori & I are about 1,600 miles apart, but still fun to share puppy shenanigans with a sibling! We had our 1st puppy class last night & one of the games the instructor showed us was hand touch! Sunnie was demo dog for that since we played with that from the pre games!
Sunnie and I attempeted forward focus this morning & at lunchtime. I am remote today so I used the extra time at lunch to play with my puppy LOL! Since my original post, food has become valuable 😀 I tried toys first for this exercise but she wasn’t interested so I used a portion of her meals. It’s small kibble. Using the bowl and tossing the kibble (some went in the bowl, some went on the floor) was a bit of a challenge for me! I have not used any treats yet, just kibble, only because some of her siblings had tunny upsets from something new. She still had fun. I ended the FF session with tossing some kibble for “Get It” After that I just wanted to play with her so I engaged with her with the hollee roller (she wanted nothing to do with it last week!) I threw in some “informal” FF because I didn’t want to force the hollee roller out of her mouth and I ran out of kibble to use as a trade. So when she did drop it, I tried FF with her. I am including both videos – with food the actual FF game & the informal, sneaking in FF while we play.
I am trying to wrap my head around on how to progress 🙂 I watched the welcome video several times lol! Since we played this game 2 x’s already today, should we be done with it for today & try the next game on the list tomorrow? For example, tomorrow go to ‘Teaching Deceleration & Turn Foundations” in the morning & then try Prop Game 1 in the evening? Repeat those 2 or just go down the list And try the next 2? I know we are not trying to perfect any of the games, but I feel like if you give me feedback I should try what you suggest 😀 Probably more for me than Sunnie, so I remeber what to do! This is all new territory for me, actually training games that will have purpose down the road! It’s exciting!
Here are the 2 videos from today. Thank you Tracy! 🙂
Hi Kim!
No worries, this was kinda our ‘bonus run’, you were kind enough to take one more peak at our progress-Thank You!!
I was hoping and working hard toward this as our final homework. I certainly know this is not the end of handling for motivation. At this point I feel like you gave us alot of tools for our toolbox and now we need to continue to implement them and figure out a strategy for trials and other activities off my property!
THANK YOU Kim! 🙂 I hope our paths cross in the future sometime!
PS We will work on those Blinds!! I have a feeling we’ll be doing ALOT of them! 😉 🙂
Hi Kim!
Here is our final runs. UKI Speedstakes at home trial. Earlier in the week I ran it in 3 sections and played after each section. I didn’t want to suddenly hit Kelsie with an 18 obstacle course after just working on short speed circles! My goal going into this training session was to run confidently, trust my dog, fix nothing and only run it twice and of course lots of Play!
Thank you Kim for all your guidance and insight these past 6 weeks 😊 This course was a huge game changer for Kelsie and myself, you helped us up our game in more ways than one 😊Hi Kim!
Thanks for the additional resources! I will keep an eye out for Tracy at A. U. for sure!! I checked out Kathy Keats, looks like she’s got some great stuff too!
I like to put money in the bank! Short & Sweet with lots of ++++RRRR for Miss Kelsie!!
Once the heat wave breaks I’ll submit our final video! 🙂
Thank you!!!
Hi Kim!
Kelsie is a beautiful jumper (IMO 😉 ) and when she’s all IN her jumping is effortless! 🙂
Just to clarify the options above for Rewarding the Line- 1) chasing me with the toy- I need to stay on the line, for example when she exits the tunnel I run on the line and have her chase me and then turn and tug with her? 2) Taking it from my hand, same as above- get on the line and have her just take it? Say I have the hollee roller, run on the line & when she grabs it let her have it? 3) Throw it ON the line 🙂 self explanatory except apparently when it’s a tunnel for me, LOL! I’m not sure why I was doing that, but thanks for pointing that out! I will be more aware of that and throw it ON the line no matter what obstacle precedes it, LOL!
I setup SS last night, but the next 3 days we are getting extreme heat, 90’s are feeling like 100- not normal for NY. I’m not sure when I’ll get to run it. There are 18 obstacles. What I’d like to do is run it first in 3 parts, rewarding after each part. Then run the entire course right out of the gate at a completely different time or day. Kim, thank you so much for this change in mindset. I wasn’t doing this back in May when we were running in the at home trials. I ran the whole dam thing! 🙁 and not just once either 🙁
I have and will always believe in Kelsie! She’s my heart <3 She totally senses when I’m not whole or if I start acting freaky (yes I was like that at the start of running her at trials- not good!) That’s when I seeked out resources for mental management- I got 2 Lanny Bassham’s cd’s and played them over & over when we were trialing. I got the chance to test myself at 2 trials before covid-19 ended that. Now thanks to you I have some additional mental tools for Kelsie in terms of running at trials. TY! 🙂
I’m hoping to get our last Hoo Rah in before this course ends!! What is the last day we can submit video? 🙂
p.s. did you get my email? it’s an important one 🙂 asking because I know we had some issues previously with sending & receiving!Hi Kim!
Here’s today’s class at my house. My friend built ‘her course’ off one of the speed circles I set up for Kelsie 😉
First 2 reps were at 20″ and last round was at 16″. For the final run the class ran the entire course, I opted out. Kelsie was doing great, I was getting hot & tired, so I knew I couldn’t get her 1000% plus that would have been too much for her at that point, right? Did I do right by her by dropping her to 16″ for round 3 and not running a 4th round with all the obstacles?
Couple things I’d like to share 🙂 @ 1:03 my hair tie fell out, that’s what Kelsie was distracted by, but she got right back into the game! @ about 2:31, HR run, she was losing it with that toy and was heading for the crate area. You can’t see it, but I pulled out another toy, tried to peak her interest. If I was alone I would have ran around a bit more, but I felt I couldn’t because it was ‘class’ (although I should have, its my house lol!). 2nd toy had no value to her. She wanted to get her end of run cookies by jumping in her crate, but I chose a little different path thanks to your suggestion in my previous feedback! 🙂 I didn’t want to end on Kelsie not interested in a toy (or me) so I got cookies and did some tricks before letting her go in her crate. 🙂 Then @ 3:00, my throw after the WP was so lame, I own it, lol! It was hot and I just kinda melted at that point, lol!
All in all looking back at the video, it felt like a great training session. Speed circles are where it’s at! 😀 Question- At what point do I add in more obstacles for a bigger speed circle and/or more handling? Asking because soon we are going to be on our own 🙁 and I don’t want to push too hard too soon, we’ve worked so hard to come this far! 🙂
P.S. Got my SS course today! I entered 2 so could pick one and it’s soooo nice! Falling in right where we are now! Can’t wait to share it with you! (if I submit it, after the trial closes and if I don’t submit, then sooner!)
Thanks Kim! 🙂
Hi Kim!
Ok! I put more toys in the training bag! I think this is something maybe we’ll practice outside of our agility session so I can really focus on just PLAY! 🙂
Tomorrow we have class here so I’ll video that and share tomorrow!
I also get my SS course tomorrow too! 🙂
Hi Kim!
What I meant was, after we do several reps (I’m mixing them up now, not doing the same sequence) Kelsie was running to the chair because she knows I was going to bring out the food. But the info you gave me above totally helped with the session we had last night. I didn’t give in to The Chair, lol! I was able to get her back in the game with just toy play and Me!
1:32 – chair – got her back
2:00 – chair- got her back
2:46- chair- got her back
3:15 lost interest in that toy (which is actually a little HR on fleece lol) so I got out the Hollee Roller, which seems to always jazz her up!
4:00 back to the chairThis was our complete training session last night. I wanted you to see all the play portions to let me know if I’m playing correctly (that sounds funny, but I know how important it is, esp. for Kelsie!) and did I end our session OK? From 4:00 on I played with her, let her have it and then put it away. She had Zero food during this session- gotta say that’s a first!!! Thanks Kim! 🙂
Hi Kim!
Yes, I totally get what you’re saying about defaulting to food. Kelsie’s smart and food driven so that wouldn’t take long for her to figure it out if she hasn’t already!
Couple questions- Hollee Roller seems to be her favorite toy, so I’ll start with another toy to start the training session & use the HR to get one last play before we quit. Question on that- so say we get 2 reps of the exercise (which seems to be the pattern with Kelsie) she heads to the chair, I should get the HR and get some play out of her and then end our training session? If she doesn’t engage in play with a toy or just me even, what do I do? And if I do get her to play and then quit, can I go back to the training session after giving her a break (I’ll work Lexie in between) or are we done for the evening?
When I go to class, should I just use food from the start? Or can I use a toy for the first exercise and then when it’s our turn again use food? We know she will work for food ALL the time!
I just need to know how to handle certain situations so I’m not reinforcing the wrong thing! The sooner I do it correctly the better- for Kelsie! 🙂
Thank you for the other tips- jump height, MM & course! I entered SS 🙂 Also, I enrolled in Foundation Fitness thru Bobbie Lyons Canine Campus with Danielle Hall 🙂
Hi!
Here’s our weave speed circle 🙂 I used 2 different sets of WP just to see if either one matter to her. Apparently not, lol! The first set however, she popped out, I don’t know why, she never pops out! Do you think it was the colored pole? Of course I didn’t see it (until I watched the video) because I was running straight ahead! She didn’t miss any other sets so I’m not terribly worried.
You can see when she was done with the hollee roller. Is this Ok? We play some with the HR then she opts out and wants me to use cookies. She’s still fired up with cookies so that’s good right?
I ran her at 16″ for the entire session. I wasn’t sure what height to start her at. I had in my head, can’t remember which week it was, that you mentioned running them low until they are running fast and enjoying it right? I think I’ve got her at that point now, compared to weeks ago, so should I start her at 20″ and then lower if I feel she’s getting tired? Same for class? I plan on seeking out just speed circles for class- at least the class at my house. Once I resume back to our ‘real’ class (off my property) I will touch base with you for a plan of action 🙂
Think I should use MM next session? Where should I place it? I need to practice using it randomly and not always in the same spot too! 🙂
A new SS would definitely put ME to the test too! Is SS the logical choice of course type to run Kelsie? 🙂 I’ve never run in UKI before until May with the home trials. So I’m not familiar with the other courses for Beginner/Novice level. Are jumpers courses at that level just as flowy? You tell me what I should enter to run 🙂
Here we go….
Hi Kim!
How cool to see the continued progress of your student! I want Kelsie & I to be THAT Team! 😉Can you please help me game plan what to do this week with Kelsie? Base on the weather, I plan on training her Tues, Thurs, Sat- class will be at my house so I’ll submit that & Sunday we (the humans lol) will not be home. Before Kelsie was spayed (end of May) I was just working on drive lines with her. Also, I sold my DW, new one has not arrived yet, but I have everything else!
You had mentioned in your first response to me that you wanted to see me run the SS course I posted @ 12″. Do you still want me to do that? Maybe next week? Monday, I took off so I’ll have time then to set the course & run it. Or I could enter this weekend’s trial and run that next Monday too?
I LOVE your saying!! My answers are exactly what I’m doing with Kelsie! I need to put that on a card and throw it in my agility bag, so I can ask myself this at a trial and keep my head about me for my girl! And when (& if) we train off my property it’s not forgotten. Also great for my other dog too! Thank you for that! 🙂
Hi Kim!
Took a few days off 🙂 Thought we were going to have class on Sat so I gave Kelsie a break on Friday, no dice, the weather had other plans! 🙁 Today I took Lexie Dock Diving, another week and then Kelsie can get crazy in the pool, lol!
Thank you for your compliment! Only one person knows exactly what I have put into bringing the best out in Kelsie AND keeping me on the right path. Now 2 people know 😉 maybe not the specifics, but you know I’ve got my whole heart in this dog 🙂 Thank you for your continued support too, THAT means a whole alot to me!!! Kelsie too, if she knew you were the one helping us, especially the part to use bigger cookies, lol!
In the beginning of the course I wanted time to go quick for 2 reasons- one so I could fully work/play with Kelsie and two I wanted to learn more & more! Now I’m sad we are about to enter our last week with you, but at the same time, glad that Kelsie and I got to share US with you 🙂
Bring on week 6!!
