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Well, this was interesting. She’s been fine training in the living room and she started strong. Then, decided to leave work and run zoomies. I can’t catch her and she’s not potty trained. I took her outside and put a foxtail mask on her to let her run. She has to drag a long line.
Then, we came back and tried the kitchen. I think I need to take a break from sports skills and just work engagement. A few weeks ago she was able to work in the living room and outside. Now, she seems to prefer running away from me and keep away. If she didn’t swallow the leaves whole it wouldn’t be an issue outdoors to just let her run. However, I don’t need an obstructed puppy and a major surgery.
We haven’t really played crate games. But, even after being in the crate all night she doesn’t leap out. I’ve used my chase the treat marker and she’ll just stare at me. It’s unusual. I’d say it occurs 85-90% of the time. She is getting better at releasing from the xpen.
I do want and offered sit for the sit stay, correct? I don’t ask for it?
So…we tried this weeks concept transfer. She was VERY distracted by the set up and pool noodle. We started with play and then the first attempt she came over and started chewing the pool noodle. I edited that part out.
I thought I started with the easier side. However, she did better after the tug break and opposite side.
It definitely needs some work!
So, I guess I should rewatch the video before filming. You were very clear to do the shpile in arousal. I totally forgot about that when I was filming.
On the rocking horse do you start with the easier side or harder side when you do two in a row?
She just not too interested in tugging these days. I keep trying. Plus, retrieve is slow. I can only get it in the kitchen. I tried the bathroom and she was intrigued with the toilet! Not too much formal training today. We played flirt pole, some chase the mama and had a locksmith over. My back door has been sticking and it won’t open. Hard to potty train a puppy when I can’t open the door quickly! Plus, I couldn’t get back in once I was out.
Dot does NOT understand a release. She’s the only puppy I’ve owned who won’t leap out of the crate. I’ve had to drag her out, try to lure her out, stand and wait several minutes for her to decide to leave. Sometimes she’ll chase the treat and others she just stares at it. It’s very unusual.
We played sit stay. “ pitch” is my thrown toy to you marker. I wasn’t sure with “ok” as I knew she wouldn’t leave. So, I said ok and then get it. What’s the correct order?
So, when you are rolling the treat between the front feet in backing up are you using any verbal marker? Or, just get it in there? I’m not sure I have a flat board like a piece of plywood. I might be able to angle her wobble board, but it’s round. I’ll look around the garage.
Also, with the diary do I put everything we do all day? I’m terrible at notes and literally she’s entertained from 7 am until 7-8 pm. I do need to shape a mat and that’s on the list. Thanks for your help Tracy. Each one brings new challenges!
We did the rocking horse inside. I tried to switch hands with the food and I cut my head off. I think I was looking forward when she struggled with the left turn.
Also, we did the pile. I’ve been shaping two paws up and still, do I needed to move around to get her to walk on stuff. I hope that was ok.
Hi Tracy,
The hackberries are everywhere and just starting to drop. There isn’t really a way to block off my yard. One area is better if she’ll stay with me. I can try the prop and food outside tomorrow. Recently, she is leaving training to go eat the leaves or grab sticks. I’m not that valuable yet.
I am playing with a flirt pole and she’ll chase that. Tug has fallen apart with teething. I can get her to tug her plushies in the house. But, those are out to chew on. The other toys aren’t holding much value at the moment. If I toss a toy, she’ll chase it, grab it and run off. She doesn’t want to tug with me. I even had her watch me play with Sprite.
When she wakes up she does usually have to potty. However, she goes out, stares at the sky, grabs bark etc. I’ve started setting a 2 minute timer. If she’s hasn’t gone, she goes back in the crate. However, she will then start barking in about 5-10 minutes as I believe she has to go, but she’s too distracted. Once she’s gone and she’s back in the crate I think she then has trouble going back to sleep. I’ll let her bark if I’m sure she pottied. However, often she will pee and then decide 10 min later that she also needs to poop, Eventually, she falls asleep. Her bark is shrill and Sprite gets upset. She slept perfectly fine and put herself back to sleep after potty easily up until about 10-14 days ago. Since then sone nights she’s fine. Others she is not.
I bought a pool noodle today. It’s actually higher than my jump bumps. Did you say to cut it in half? I’ll see if I can get it even.
Anyway…enough on my pity party. She just needs to grow up a bit.
We worked on back up today. I have a Cato board, but it’s pretty high off the ground. I’m not sure it angles evenly. Should I try that? I have the regular one and the really long one which gives her a wide target, I also tried a few rocking horses. I’ll film it tomorrow. She was done after about 4 turns.
Hey Tracy,
Dot and I are really struggling. We can’t really move on as we aren’t proficient at the basics yet. Suddenly, she can’t function in the backyard as she’d rather eat hackberries and run away from me with leaves in her mouth. We tried turn and burn today. After, I got the toy back and let go she ran to eat the berries. Not engaged at all. It’s very frustrating. Plus, she’s back to wanting to be up at 10:30 at night. Sigh.
So, we tried resilience with cheese in the yard on a leash near hackberries.
Hi Tracy,
We have rain for a few days. I might try tug in the living room. How long of a leash would I put the toy on? Every day is a new guess as to what she’ll tug on. If it’s too plushy, then she just wants to chew on it. But, it’s it’s too hard she won’t grab right now and hold on. It’s Goldilocks choices daily!
We played send to prop and strike a pose. I didn’t realize that I needed to cover both sides of the prop with yoga mat. But, after filming I fixed that. I’ve no idea why I sent with the wrong hand on one rep. Jeez.
I do think the prop is gaining in value finally.
I thought she did really well in that environment. I purposely went when the kids weren’t in school.
Today I covered the top of her game case with yoga mat. I’ll have to play indoors for the next day or so.
Here is retrieve progress. She can do it in the kitchen most of the time. The other day she stole Sprite’s French linen tug. Like all of my dogs the BEST place to grab is where the handle joins the tug.
Haha. I did your little experiment! She went to the closed hand.
Wow, I left I was supposed to go on a diagonal line for the RC. I’m definitely not moving on that line. We are getting rain for a few days. So, turn and burn will need to wait.
Yesterday I took Dot to the school for resilience training. It was pretty empty, but she heard some birds.
The food was NOT in my send hand. But, the other hand had a bunch of Colby jack cheese. Dot isn’t wanting to chew crunchy stuff the past few days including her kibble. I’m sure she’s teething,
Yes, the grass is wet. I’ll dig out something to put on the game case.
We tried turn and burn. Ginger is twitchy and did too many reps! She left to go eat hackberries.
I also redid RC. It still isn’t correct. I’m trying to immediately cross. But, she likes to turn right.
Haha. I’m wondering why you haven’t responded. Oops. I didn’t post anything. Hmm.
I revisited the prop with counter rotation. Dot is VERY excited about the cheese in my hand and leaping up. But, this looks better. Filmed a few parallel line and she’s still bypassing the prop. I’ll give that a day or two and try again. She did better with sends when I tossed the cheese versus using my come to hand marker.
I also filmed the RC homework. However, I’m not sure I did it right. Am I supposed to call her? Right turns do seem easier for her. I can’t toss straight apparently.
I tried the wingless. Mostly she’s just following the toy. I’m not really seeing her understanding a send. So, next steps?
Hi Tracy,
I’m not understanding the toy on the line with cookie in a bowl comment. She’ll take the toy, run all over the yard and not come back. So, I don’t want to rehearse that behavior. If I send her to the cookie, I’m assuming I’d toss the toy in the correct line as she commits.
I was using white cheese. Obviously, it was too small. She’s refusing crunchy treats these days. Might be teething?
Last night went much better. Her schedule was off as Sprite had agility class. She hung out in her car rate with a freezebone and part of dinner. Home at 10 pm. Well past bedtime. But, she’d been crated for a little over 3 hours including travel time. I let her stay up about 30-45 min then into downstairs crate. We went up stairs around 11:30. The bigger varikennel is right by my bed. She did bark within a few minutes, so I took her outside again to be sure no need to potty. She didn’t need to go. So, back upstairs to crate. She fussed a little, squeaked her toy, but fell asleep and slept all night. I gave her a little bedtime snack too. She’s growing so fast. It’s hard to know if she was hungry or just unhappy with the different crating arrangement the other night.
Here is today’s training.
Line ups are the bane of my existence. I rarely get it right!
I think last nights issue was I trued to change her crate. She’s outgrown the 209 varikennel. I thought I could just put her in the wire crate that’s in the room. However, it’s not right by my bed. My guess was that was too big of a change. So, I dug the 300 varikennel out of the garage so it’ll look similar, be in the same spot, but give her more room. Fingers crossed it goes better tonight. She’s been a good sleeper overall.
Today we did resilience in the front yard. Windy, but not much else going on. There was some delicious smell in the wood section of the driveway. We also played retrieve in the kitchen. She’s pretty good here. But, outdoors she snags the toy, runs away and has a party of one. Should I add a leash to the toy outdoors?
