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Hi Tracy,
I’m looking at the week 3 combos and I’m confused about using a switch away when it’s the jump and not the tunnel like in the first sequence. It’s seems like a serp or a serp to a blind would be better there. I’m not seeing a line being set that tells the dog it’s the jump and not the tunnel in that instance.
I don’t know how to add a photo. But, it’s the one with the jump then pass the tunnel and take the second just that’s straight ahead. Hopefully you know which one I mean.
Thanks for the photos Tracy! My shoulders can be an issue and the photos were a great visual. Also, thanks for the verbal reminders. I’m sometimes not sure if a wrap verbal is correct even though I know it’s more than a right or left turn, but not technically a wrap. It’s probably dog dependent, but Sprite tends to jump long and early. I was pleasantly surprised that she got the threadle and the back side. Yay baby girl listening while the tunnel sirens sang the song of her people!
I have Cindi’s weather and it’s not cooperating. I’ll see if there’s a break in the next few days to try week three. My yard is not usable, but the park drains better. So, we shall see!
Well, I had a tech fail moment today. Went to a new field with Sprite to work her running A Frame. She showed lovely self control staying in a down while we chatted or changed the A frame height. We got some nice striding at 3’3” and kept changing it ending at 4’6”. But, I didn’t turn the iPad back on for that session. I was going to show you the in between moments.
Instead, you get our session from the park yesterday. We are working on LLW. I changed to a “ground” marker as she kept jumping up to get her treat and I need her to just walk. Then, our session.
Hi Tracy,
Thanks for the videos. Basically this weeks switch aways are tandem turns, correct? I’m not great at those, but I can get Sprite to turn away easily on the flat.
The park is squishy, but fine to set up. Might get in one round of this weeks exercises tomorrow before more rain.
This is the last set from week 2. You asked me to start with the BC, but she slide by the jump. She did that a few times with the blind. Am I not doing something right with my shoulders? The forced front cross worked better in this set up for her.
Also, threw in a threadle to the front side that I didn’t do last week and a backside. She did them and didn’t take the tunnel!
Still raining and more predicted this weekend.
I’ve never taught a switch command. Would it work equally well to use left and right coming out of the tunnel for these exercises? If not, do you have a game on the flat to teach “switch?”
Hi Tracy,
How long is this class? CA having rain again. I know we need it….but, it makes tunnels on the lawn impossible for days once it stops.
I’ll have a look at week three and we didn’t get to the last exercise in week two.
This is a perfect class for my tunnel seeking Sprite!
Hi Bobbie,
She does fair turns with no motion. But, when she’s running she doesn’t make an effort to slow down and collect. Here’s a snippet from the seminar. She was getting tired, do the start of the clip is re engagement. You can see she made little effort to turn. Then, Loretta made it a lot easier for her and had a toy on the ground. She’s still trying to pick take off spots and typically takes off too early. Must run fast!
The end clip is the last minute of a 10 minute crate session with you tube agility sounds on. We are getting rain again, so going to the park may not be available for several days.
P.S. do you know how I can get a repeat link to when is a reward a reward seminar? I watched live, but I’d like to watch it again. I emailed behavior vets, but didn’t hear back. So, I probably don’t have the correct email for this question.
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.
