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Thanks Tracy

New have tried the go say hi but it isn’t well trained yet.

For the go straight four ways that backside is a backside wrap cue right?

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Hi Tracy

Yes, but also you can weigh things: he has had a busy week so you can bust out the AMAZING rewards not the usual rewards 🙂 and it always good when a young dog shows us what they find challenging.

Very true. I also have to remember he is craving people time more since he doesn’t get as much attention with me working. I will try the higher value things.

Side note: his joyous toy party after rep 3 was absolutely adorable!!

I totally agree. He was having a blast.

Today we did the other side with more distance and some of your other handler position suggestions.

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Thanks Tracy
That makes sense. Not sure why I wasn’t further away.
Yesterday we had class and I saw a more distracted Dublin. No video though. He was coming out of tunnel turning left to take further away jump set up as 270. He saw Dana sitting on DW in his path and kept going to her. Guessing toy wasn’t enough at that time to keep him engaged with me. We used toy as lure as I was on landing side of the jump and that worked Just proved to me though that he will need to work more distractions maybe.

Today we did looking ahead. My tunnel isn’t that big so I really didn’t have three positions lol. He did well I thought. Thinking I play this with jump further out more? Maybe it will help with my blinds

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Thanks Tracy
Yes the beeping was loud and annoying. Glad you don’t see anything off by his reaction.

We tried the fluffy blind crosses again. I was having a very hard time with my timing and positioning. Today just felt awkward. I was going to do another game instead but since rain was coming thought would avoid moving set up. He was very sniffy today. Not sure if what he was looking for but showing me more of his tracking behaviors.

For the motion override game does it matter how much space I start it in? We have done something like this already with some of the field retrieval training. We called it a rolling sit. It’s been a little bit since we had done it. Should I start basic and show you where we are? I had been doing it outside vs in and he was on leash.

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Hi Tracy
Ok I will get a spoon to try for the teeter game.
For the run with Drink in hand. Run with him or just try myself?

We tried the one step send and BC to the tunnel. I tried to be better with my connection. He was missing the jump before the BC. Sure I did not support right. Do I need to work more commitment with him too? Our session was longer because he seemed concerned with the beeping going on at the house behind us and also sounds at the farm across the street. Hopefully I handled it ok. Couldn’t get his attention back the best which was off for him.

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Hi Tracy
Thanks! Lol yes he is a golden goat hybrid 😂. I had put some string cheese at the end. I will try to use a spoon or something. I have one of those treat huggers that I can attach to the end but it won’t stick over. Would that work?

That totally makes sense with my arms. It is a bad habit since I have done that with all my dogs. Should I try the BC again or switch to one of the other games and come back?

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Hi Tracy
Sorry been busy couple of days between class and seminar with Loretta we didn’t do any agility at home. Lol Loretta got a kick out of Dublin and said we will have lots of fun 🤩. I was also told that I will need to get my verbals out sooner by her too 🤣 oh and that I was late often. Have to work on that.
Today I tried to prop up the teeter and found out Dublin is still a goat. We also tried the blind crosses which my timing and support was off for so hopefully you can tell me what I was missing. He seemed really into the tug too so I was having trouble figuring out what hand to have it in.

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Hi Tracy.
I am think you missed my post yesterday.

Today wasn’t raining but wet. We did slam it on the teeter with tug reward. I thought it went well. Wondering if I should change another thing up?

We also played with the wraps. Other than me accidentally cueing RC and causing the knocked bars somehow I think it went ok. I was late on more than I thought but he seemed to follow. Later I realized I had not gotten some water out of the end of the tunnel. Will check that next time.

Should we try the blind crosses? I am questioning moving wings a little more so I have more room for the cross. Let me know your thoughts.

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Hi Tracy
Thanks for the feedback for the teeter. I wasn’t sure if I should give cue or try to shape. I will do the things you suggested. Agreed I don’t think he has issues with it. lol he was eating string cheese for some of those so it took longer.
Should I redo that commitment exercise or move on?

Rainy day here so we played with mini teeter and wobble board.

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Thanks Tracy
Today isn’t a very nice day here. Between the rain we went out. To be honest we had done a little banging on the teeter before at home and also with Dana at class. I decided to try it today again. I lost him in the middle for him to go check out something at the fence line but he came racing back on his own.
I also tried the new timing and commitment. I messed up a bunch of the right circles since I turned too much. I was glad he followed and rewarded. Not sure why I thought we did more left turns too but probably senior moment. I also realized I did a lazy version of this game. Did I do ok on the set up with the distance? I wasn’t sure. I tried to keep session short due to the weather. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.
For the wraps exercise I will be interested to see how that goes. I question if I have been building tunnel sucker.

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Hi Tracy
Thanks. He is definitely not freaking out with the noise. Maybe a good startle and recovery sometimes.

Today we tried the wingin it. I think I did it right with the one step. At the end he thought I was doing one more step vs me trying to give him the tug. My bad. Still getting used to dog who likes tug this much.

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Hi Tracy
Thanks. I will try to play with the DW later. Too funny to have my husband course build. He will help at times and has helped at trials. This time I set up the tunnel though. I think I was more lazy 😂. Dublin had some distractions right before this since my BIL is here making beer with my husband on the patio to the right side of our set up. Dublin did great. Earlier we had some noisy motorcycles go by too which he froze and stared at them so sound is definitely something for him at times. Aspen and Frisco were with who didn’t even budge so good older dog mentors.

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Thanks Tracy
lol I thought I was lazy for sure. Too funny not lazy enough. I will do the one step better and also pull out the tunnel. I thought my husband was going to mow and was lazy about moving it around 😂

Plank- not sure if the farm has one. I questioned getting my DW plank out. I might be able to prop it up better without sag or movement. I know if legs are attached it is like 12” which is probably too high.

I have not taken the wobble board outside but can try. Lol it is heavy

Question on jump height. Right now I have been working him at 8”. Dana had asked me about moving him to 12” for some things. I was thinking I should maybe do some set point or other grid in more controlled fashion at that height 1st. How do you usually proceed?

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Hi Tracy
We did a few mini sessions today. 1st we did some of the lazy game and then I moved the jumps more and did some of part 2.
Later we played on the plank. I need to figure out how to raise it some. He turned really well so he retained that too.
Then we did one try at the wobble board with his favorite tug. Hopefully I did it right.

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Thanks Tracy
Wobble board. Was the amount of towel ok at the end of the session? So maybe get on once then tug party? Do that a few sessions then proceed to get on twice?

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