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I’ll try to do the barrel games tomorrow. We went out front as the new environment today. Plus, I was in an in person class and used the great chase as a break for her. It wasn’t filmed, it she did well.
We tried parallel path. If I was right on top of the jump then she chose the jump. Any lateral attempt and she walked with me by the jump.
It is hackberry season so treats compete with the delicious hackberries.
I haven’t really started teaching thing in a thing. That works great to pick up and drop an item in a box. It’s on the list.
Don’t ask what my feet are doing at the end of this video! Jeez. Strike the wrong pose!
We’ve been doing baby toy sessions several days a week. I’ve noticed a few trends.
1. She likes to regrip a lot! Thoughts on her grabbing lower and keeping that hold? She really targets the junction on the toy with my hand or the junction of the toy to the handle fabric. A longer toy doesn’t matter
2. Many toys she’ll tug with me. But, if I toss it she’ll chase and and then start plucking the toy. The higher value toys have fur. She loves them, but not so much to bring back.
3. She’ll pretty consistently return a French linen tug. It’s my go to toy with Sprite. I’m not how high a value it is, but she will return it so it’s more fun for me. Do I mostly work that toy for now?
Here’s our baby tunnel work. It was close to 100 degrees. I tried the toy a few times, but she was meh about grabbing it. So, I mostly used the food food.
Little toy play thrown in at the end.
What’s the purpose of the verbal? A turn away cue? I’ll have to think about that as I’m out of verbals.
I’ll work on being more timely.
Here’s strike a pose.
Thanks Tracy,
I’ll try to haul out the tunnel tomorrow. I’m not feeling it today. I’ll also do strike a pose with food today. I’ll work up to the toy, but we have the leap and grab by the hand issue. Since I’m still sick I’ll leave that for another day when I’ll have more patience.
Here’s adding the prop to the turn aways. She’s starting to leap through the turns a bit. What do I do with that?
Omg, this blew baby Reese’s brain. So hard to leave the toy behind. Luckily for me, she’s slow as she processes so I can at least get the moves in. Oops. I’m blaming my illness on my inability to follow instructions. I was supposed to do a FC and then blind. I just did a BC. No harm, no foul?
We then played baby tug. She brought the toy back once, but then decided to eat it after chasing it down. Switched to a French linen toy which she’s less apt to eat. But, her brain was gone after one toss so we were done. Retrieve is expensive for her!
My head is too fuzzy to do anything hard. So, we did SSC with the ball. It was pretty funny!
I also tried the Lao turn to the prop. But, she was trotting by my side and looking up at me. She’s not seeking out the prop. Should I work on building more value?
O, when we move on to the lap turn with prop we walk towards the prop?
Unfortunately, I got sick right after my trip so my head is a bit fuzzy. We mostly rested the last 2 days. However, I did SSC and baby stays today.
Reese is supposed to offer the sit, correct? I started with food and she just stared at me. So, I moved to a toy.
So, she’s not overly consistent when sending and doing the wraps as outlined in this weeks lectures. I’m hesitant to attach a verbal to a behavior that she’s not doing at least 80-90% of the time. Would you use for forward focus cue followed by the wrap verbal? She really doesn’t know either yet.
My forward focus cue is “gaze” since “look” is a threadle slice cue for Sprite. I don’t like different cues unless absolutely needed.
Here’s the lap turn.
She is pretty good with stepping over poles in a pivot as well.
I’m officially back and decompressing from my weekend. The dogs played and swam at my friend’s house so they are a bit tired as well.
Here’s hold the line with a toy. I meant to do right turn, but…. Guess she’s getting better to the left. The French linen toy isn’t super high value. However, she’ll bring that one back to me. So, it’s what I picked for today! Tugging between setups is edited. The high pitched whine is Ms. Sprite expressing her displeasure at being left in the kitchen.
Thanks Tracy. Part of the issue is I’m running out of space. The barrel is set pretty far from the hackberries which is also the fence where neighbor dogs might fence fight. But, there’s a big pine tree near where I’m running. I’m pretty sure that’s why I’m slowing down as I’ve no place to run. I agree she’s more thoughtful in general. Reese isn’t going to throw 15 behaviors out thinking through the puzzle.
We filmed a few things before Reese went on doggy vacation. Here is SSC with an open bag of treats. I put them by the edge of the entertainment center near the speaker and TRIED not to toss the treats too close. Afterwards I grabbed a French linen toy. She’s less likely to want to chew that and brought it back! That’s the whole toy session so I wasn’t too greedy.
Hi Tracy,
She does take her time chewing and then often hasn’t swallowed when she starts to run. So, that leads to coughing up the treat! I filmed today before your feedback. A neighbor and his pool guy were out next door so Reese was a little distracted.
I can’t seem to get the ready dance part right. We’ve done some CU classes and she has a bit of a stand by going on. I’m still getting toy leaping. I’m not sure I was consistent with the verbal in this clip. Danika wondered about a lotus ball. Thoughts? I think she needs the arousal boost with the toy.
I might be able to film one quick thing tomorrow AM. Then, Sprite and Reese are going to a friend’s as I’m leaving town for 4 days to attend my 40th med school reunion.
Could i just say “get it” as I let go? Essentially, I am dropping it on the line. I’m not excited by another verbal as I have a ton already. I played around yesterday in the living room. Sprite got the idea. Reese was hysterical. I was using strike and she leapt to get the toy and I let go. She leapt over the toy as it fell on the ground. I tried 4 times and got the same result. She goated over the toy each time.
We went outside today. However, it’s the start of hackberry season as the leaves fall. Parallel path was hard as she’s searching for her treat among the hackberries. I tried the forward send. She’s getting the idea, but she’s nonchalant about going to the prop. Why I did a post turn rather than a FC after the send with DOR is unknown to me.
We then tried toy races. First few good. When I used the treat to beat her she just basically quit. Next effort wasn’t better. You had wanted me to try the same thing if I won. I’m not sure that’s great for Reese. After I won twice she decided the blue soccer ball was more fun. So, that was a bit of a bust. She’s faster than the effort I’m seeing in these games.
