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Oh…I like the send to the bowl option. She did well with the stays, but I don’t want to overuse them as they are new.
I’m not sure there’s enough space for 2 BC, but I can try. It’s pretty muddy back there still. I’ll have to ponder what hand to hold the toy in though. I always have to think about it with the reward across the body.
Here’s a brief goat game. I used the “non preferred” red toy. Haha. She’s still trying to figure out that the caboose is attached to the front!
Haha.. there is NO chill that goes on in that room unless she’s asleep in a covered crate. She runs and bites beds, steals pillows off the couch, messes with the blinds etc. She has VERY limited access as I’m exhausted trying to get her to play with her chews and toys and not things she shouldn’t. Dot does not redirect. She wants what she wants.
We tried BC and I gave up on treat tosses. It takes her too long to find it, then I’m behind. So, I just used her stay. I’m using it sparingly!
Haha. The licking treats are all frozen! However, I never thought about freezing the fidelis chew. Does that work?
She struggles to settle between 7-9 pm and needs a Kong and chew at night. I tried broccolini stems in bone broth and froze them. NOPE! She wouldn’t eat them. She will eat a whole frozen carrot as a chew. I’m just not sure one a day is good for her. The kongs, freeze bones, toppl’s etc are dog food with yogurt and sardines. One can makes 3-4 frozen treats.
So, it’s the black toy she wants. No idea why. I couldn’t get her to chase the treat off of that toy. So, I changed to two French linen toys. One still has its handle. My dogs seem to target that junction rather than the center of the toy so I usually cut the handle off. She is strong when she decides to tug. Since she was switching I tried to see if she’d offer to go without activating the other side. She did, but maybe lumping and I should have made the other side active?
We did the wrap with treats as I dint think toy is useful for this game yet.
Hi Tracy,
I’m not sure what you mean by this. “ make it stationary then toss a treat when she releases it.” She is NOT letting go of the toy that she wants. So, when do I toss the treat?
We went outdoors for toy races and decel. Toy races are hard with the longline as ids getting tangled around my feet or hers. You can see she has zero interest in returning to me with the toy.
Decel was hard with the toy as she swings wide when tugging. Is that a problem? Also, treat in the grass is still hard to find. I tried to hit the targets, but… plus, I’ll been told she needs to lose weight so pieces are small. She requires kongs and chews at night to settle. Literally, she can eat an entire fidelis chew in one setting. Too many calories so now I’m limiting them.
I’ll see what we can do outdoors later today.
Here is prop sends. So much better!
We are struggling with two toy game. Dot wants what she wants and does not redirect well. This is very consistent with her underlying personality. If she’s trying to bite her bed and I try to get her in a toy she either won’t leave the bed biting or comes to the toy and immediately goes back to biting her bed.
She wanted the black toy even when dead. Other than the color the toys are the same. One may be more worn than the other.
We are still working on toy skills. If she wins the toy she tends to stand and stare or chew it. It’s a work in progress. Outdoors might work with the toy on a long line. The hackberries are mostly gone now!
Here’s deceleration and turn. There isn’t much room. Also…ugh…I’m moving before my find it cue. I’ll try to tighten that up. I was putting Dot on the cot while I reloaded to change sides. That worked well for her. Otherwise, she might be wandering the living room. She still has limited free access in that room as she usually tries to bite and destroy the bed, steal pillows off the couch, eat the blankets etc rather than play with the toys and chewies on the ground for her.
We are still working on bringing the toy back and getting the toy. I can get some delivery to hand with MUCH lower value toys. Dot seems to prefer chase more then tug at the moment.
Hi Tracy,
We tried the lateral lead out. Her line up and sit stay are a work in progress and and me leaving was hard for her. Also, the toy is on a long line and she’s trying to eat the line or was getting tangled in it with line ups. All a work in progress.
And..it’s about 45 degrees and foggy. So, the grass is very wet.
Sent you a DM so you can see what Sprite is doing. We can work on it in the privates? It was never her best skill before, but it’s much worse now.
Dot tried the Decel exercise. We still need work on parallel path and taking jumps. Two sessions with slight break in between.
The best news is Sprite trialed two weekends in a row and I’m not seeing any lameness. We are rusty and got a few off courses due to my inability to turn her. She finished her novice Fast title with two legs the first trial and picked up two open fast legs in the second trial. We had a few almost Qs in standard and one in jumpers. But Sprite really struggled entering the ring and lining up. She’s fine with games until she’s next in the ring. Then, she’s literally screaming with eyes dilated to saucers. I don’t exist and she struggles to line up. One time I took her out and didn’t run as she just could not sit. She’s also moving away and wandering after the leash comes off. So, entering the ring and line up needs a ton of work. She’s literally too aroused to respond. I think it’s a combo of a weak skill to begin with, excitement to be back and the upheaval with the puppy addition.
Dot and I tried toy on the ground. This is challenging for her. I’m not exactly in the strike a pose position since she is just learning and it’s hard for her.
Hi Tracy,
Sprite trialed the past two weekends, so not much time to train Dot. This is Minny pinny with jump bumps. I did it with a single jump two times each side with food. Then, I put Dot up and trained Sprite with all three bumps. Dot then came back out. I’ve edited out some of her toy play for time. I couldn’t rember if she was supposed to sit or not.
We aren’t ready for the threadle or moving serp stuff yet as she can’t leave a toy on the ground or bring it back. On the regular serp I could maybe add an empty food bowl and cue her bowl marker for the advanced games? Believe it or not, I’ve never used a manners minder.
I’m thinking of trying the decal exercise later this week. Sprite could certainly use that one!
She will be 6 months in Jan. 4 1/2 months now. There’s a lot we’ve not been able to do in max pup 1. Parallel path, rear cross, threadle, back side etc. She is starting to send a little better, but we don’t have any distance yet. Also, whatever side I start with seems to be her best side. She gets tired or bored. Should I just do one side per session? I know, I know. Less reps per session. Baby brain.
If you think we are ready for Max Pup 2 I’ll sign up. Dot seems a bit young still. I’d definitely repeat max pup one if you’ll then have 2 after the Jan class. But, you’ve only got so much time!
When I submitted my last Minny pinny video I was using verbals and you told me it was too soon. I actually listen sometimes! :). So, you are correct I did not use them this time.
I’ll give this a rest a few days and then I’ll add verbal next time I revisit it. Should I add the jump bumps too? If so, all three or just the center one?
I’m hoping to try rocking horse tomorrow or Friday outdoors with the portable laundry baskets. But, it’s supposed to rain again so it depends how soggy my grass is.
Yes, she’s definitely more engaged. Yay! Some progress.
Are you running Max Pup one again in Jan? I thought I saw a FB post about that. I feel like I’ve left out a ton of material. But, otherwise we’ll just move on to Max Pup 2.
Hi Tracy,
I set the basic Minny pinny and took Dot in the yard. I offered to let her run the yard first and she chose to stay with me. We did two find it tosses and then the set up. This is the entire session. She’s definitely making progress! Rabies shot this afternoon and rain tomorrow. I’ll see if I can set the barrels Friday to repeat the BC exercise.
I can’t seem to tame my arms! She wasn’t great with the barrels before, but we can revisit it. We have had a fair amount of rain so the tree has dropped more than half its leaves. More rain Thursday. But, hopefully Friday we can try the laundry barrels. If it’s nice tomorrow, I’ll repeat the Minny pinny without the bump. But, hackberry land has expanded. It seems to rain on lawn service day so they don’t come and blow up the leaves.
Today we did in and out of the potty yard several times before going in to the house. She then got a snuffle and a chewy!
Sprite actually walked to me on the couch last night between the cot and coffee table while Dot had a chewy on the cot! Huge progress. No chewy stealing or growling of any kind. I’m glad Sprite felt comfortable enough to come in that close space. Dot stayed on her cot and chewed!
