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Hi Tracy,
Well, this was hard! I don’t really have enough space, so the wing and jump are closer than ideal and at a very flat angle. I’m not sure why it took me so long to do the blind rather than a front cross. The threadle wrap is not easy for me. I felt like I couldn’t set a decent turn on two and then was really doing a flick rather than my threadle arm. I’ll try that again when I can. It’s about to rain and I had to clean up before the rain and lawn people came. So, I did NOT look at my field notes. Saw the wrong hand on threadle wrap on the video afterwards and we didn’t do one of the threadle slices… that’s what happens when you don’t check and are in a hurry!
Sprite did well at the seminar overall. Her first time in an indoor building with all the noises was hard for her. I had to move her out to the car. She loves her tunnels! But, hearing dogs repeatedly run through them was a bit much. No shock that she struggled with collection for turns. But, great overall. She stayed with me, worked each time she was out.Tried to weave near a mirror. The first time she left to go stare at herself! Then, she weaved.
Here is exercise one. I modified as best I could due to yard size. We might get some rain again, but I’m hoping to film exercise 2 tomorrow in the AM.
I struggled to show a line with the tight space especially when the jump was on the outside of the tunnel.
I noticed in exercise 2 that you said to use your threadle command on the rep where it’s wing, jump, jump. Isn’t that really just a discrimination though? Do you use a threadle cue for both a true threadle and a typical discrimination? When I took Jordon Biggs threadle class she made a big point about what is and is not a threadle. But, I still get confused sometimes.
Ah…the magnet fingers. I remember hearing this concept once or twice before. 🙂 Thanks for the reminder.
Sprite, Gemma and I are doing a seminar the next three days. So, I did the combinations today. I actually reviewed each video after trying it and then looked at the next map. These were all one and done as I thought she did well and she’ll have a lot the next two days.
Thanks Tracy,
No, I don’t have more tunnel bags unfortunately. But, I think I forgot the third one when I started and added it later.
Collection is a work in progress for her! Sprite just started a “big” dog in person agility class. Last night the first challenge was a tunnel to tunnel send about 20 feet with a dogwalk restriction. Sprite nailed it! She even got the jump afterwards and I was nowhere near it. Long fast lines she loves. Turns….not so much.
Ok, I sometimes used the wrap verbal for the wing and sometimes did not as I wasn’t sure if you wanted us to use it. I will use it in the next training session. Here’s exercise two.
Hi Bobbie,
I’m glad I could listen to most of the conversation last night. Sprite, Gemma and I are going to a seminar this weekend. Hopefully, I can get some filming from there.
This is at the training yard last weekend. You gad wanted toy play to pattern games. It’s a bit hard to play with toys and have food in your hands to start the pattern.
Hi Tracy,
Exercise one.
The hardest part was getting her to line up between my legs. We haven’t done that much. Also, I know you are going to tell me to toss the toy on the other side of the jump. Jump was much harder than tunnel for her. However, she tends to jump long and in extension and I’m stationary and not moving which SHOULD be a turn cue. I really don’t want to dilute that as she tends to ignore it in general. So, I tossed the tunnel ones so she’d turn back and mostly had her come back for the toy after the jump. Hopefully that is ok. One time she took a bonus tunnel after the jump. 🙂
P.s. are we allowed to use our wrap verbal on the wing in exercise 2 and 3?
Hi Bobbie,
Sprite’s class got canceled at the last minute. Here’s todays RAF session. She CLEARLY does not think “frame” gives her permission to leave the Cato board. She did great with the “ok” first. It’s just a mouthful to get all markers in at the right time. There is dehydrated lung in the lotus ball and just kibble for the resets.
Then, I did the bend grid and sent it off to see if that’s what the instructor meant. She honors the stride regulator. But, wasn’t as good yet without it. This is all I did. Ultimately, she needs to back up.
Hi Bobbie,
I’m happy to hear your thoughts. The instructor felt she was having “thinking thoughts.” I agree she wasn’t clear. But, historically driving when I’m stationary isn’t easy for her. She suggested to move to the next exercise and try her lotus ball instead of the food bowl. Also, if I were in front she thought tossing a treat or rewarding from my hand might help her as she did well with that in prior exercises. However, the purpose of the bowl is to help forward focus. So, I think the lotus ball is the better idea. This was the first time with changing the reward strategy to the bowl in front so the picture was different.
Haha. Yep..Sprite was not taught with guides. She was shaped with 2×2 method. So, she’d jump over the guides as well as she wouldn’t understand why they were there.
Here’s this weeks video. Training session in the yard for running AF. Change the reward strategy and starting from a station rather than treat tosses. Sprite was correct, but not sure abs much slower that prior sessions.
Some training from today. Last night she joined a new class. Her puppy brain was very distracted with new dogs and new class. She did well overall though. I couldn’t get film from class last night. But, sane yard private lesson today.
Yes, she has done slice grids. But, she generally leaps into grids and doesn’t add the collection stride. Bending isn’t easy for her. She prefers to run fast and straight. Even with me standing still she doesn’t typically want to add a check stride to turn. I’ve taken a few jumping classes and I’m currently taking a tight turn class. The instructor wants another stride before she enters the grid and suggested a bar on the ground. I don’t have jump bumps. The advice was withhold reward if she doesn’t add the stride.
Hey Bobbie,
I stopped because her footwork looked funny after the bar went down and she still got her line up cookie. Do you ever use differential rewards after errors? She actually likes food more than toys most of the time. But, I’ll try to be more mindful in the future. However, if you are rewarding everything for resilience then how do you differentiate between correct and incorrect criteria?
I’ll admit error protocols are the most confusing for me. Plus, inconsistent criteria can lead to all sorts of issues. Ask me how I know. 🙁
Sprite did really well overall though. One time all dogs were out and she stayed on task. But, while chasing her toy reward once she got close to the space of another dog. Sprite cane right back when called!
Hi Bobbie,
I thought on 1-2-3 they were supposed to eat, look at you and then continue? I can move the bowls further away. It’s a bit hard to keep things in view of the camera on a tripod though.
I’ll try the tug to pattern games and see what we get.
This is from agility class. Unfortunately, my camera person didn’t film us walking out or in. I used 1-2-3 game, but I was stopping to feed. Also, she’s tucked in right by the tunnel bag on the second sequence. Sprite opted to check that out rather than take the tunnel twice. Then, she nailed it on her last turn. I put her in a down when the instructor wanted to show me something.
Also, the site didn’t notify me which is unusual as the box is checked. Hope you are enjoying vacation.
Hi Bobbie,
I went to the park and did the 1-2-3 game, super bowls and the pattern feed game. Did you want one 3 min video a week or multiple smaller clips of not more than 3 minutes in total? I wasn’t sure so I combined them. Also, does each new week start on Monday?
I only brought two bowls as I was using a game for Gemma. We were tripping a bit on the leash with turning back so much. But, I’ll get my act together.
