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Hi Tracy
Should I try the volume dial outside the ring before my turn at class?
Also inside ring for break between reps?

Today we worked outside on the backside slice. Other than him spitting up a cookie I thought it went well. The 1st side was easier for him but pretty sure I messed up the one rep.

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Hi Tracy
Today we tried some of the volume dial. The tug definitely gets him aroused. He kept offering spins instead of sit.

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Hi Tracy
Thanks.

Was it Brighton who you thought was good and wasn’t? You can always add more movement to the game if he needs more.

yes it was Brighton in class on Wednesday. He does like the motion a lot. I will try that. It was tough course for Brighton. We still disconnect sometimes at the front of the ring at that class location.

Dublin does love to tug. I will try the cookies toss and when he looks at me tug. He has been crazy this week with tugging even in the family room. Hard on my wrist but I have been making him work a little for it too. Drop. Trick to tug. Drop, trick, park on dog bed then tug. Hoping to work his impluse control and hand touch to call him off of pestering the older dogs.

so you can jump start the left turns by placing the toy at the tunnel entry to get him remembering the left turn.

so put toy on ground use threadle hand and cue to let him turn left to the toy? Then do I tug?

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Hi Tracy
Thanks. Yes I need to do a little more outside with him. Seems like when ever I have few minutes to go out is when the husband needs to mow lawn lol. Also need to go outside more since he has been getting distracted more. This weekend I will work on the dial game. I had done it when Brighton came to Brain camp and have been working it again with him since he is doing agility again. Wednesday in class I did it and even though I thought he was good he wasn’t. Lol still learning

Last night at Dublins in person class we played with our tunnel threadles. Sorry this is long video. My instructor times it but messed up on the timing. Overall I thought he did well. We need to work more on bigger tunnel.

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Thanks Tracy

Today we went back to the backside slice and I started to use the new verbal. Did the 1st few without verbal. Then added. I decided to go ahead with back. I thought it went ok. Looking forward to your feedback.

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Thanks Tracy
Very interesting that he was turning that way. I will try to toss more laterally.
Today we tried just the verbal on the threadle wrap. I had to help just a little to start but then he seemed to get it.

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Hi Tracy
Thanks. Lol yes king of circling for sure.

We tried the tunnel threadle on the baby tunnel in the basement. I need to pull out my tunnel outside still. Lol it’s heavy. We also played reverse retrieve game. Overall I thought they went well and look forward to your feedback.

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Hi Tracy
Dublin will be 7 months on May 18. I will slow him down so he doesn’t crash again.
Thanks so much for the drawings and the verbals. I am leaning towards slice or push for the backside slice and then using my around for the backside wrap since I think that is what I had used it for the most. Guess I need to go back and change the verbal we had started. When do we add the verbal for the backside wrap?
Today we did the Threadle wrap. He is fun. He loves to go in circles around the cone. Does make me wonder though if I need to play with some more parallel line things to offset all the circles 🤣

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Hi Tracy
I thought I had shared video of the cone with the double wraps I had done prior to this but guess I didn’t video. I will do them again with him. I am wondering if I should add a wing in yet. My in person instructor had us do one last night and he wrapped too tight and it crashed 🥲🥲. I had told her we were using the pop up crate and cones. She suggested doing wraps of more things including wings.

Still having trouble figuring out verbal for the backsides. Do you have another suggestion for the slice verbal? I think we are early enough if I want to change it. I don’t want three backside verbals either but the 180 vs 360 has my mind going round 😂

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Hi Tracy
Thanks!

And I have a game coming soon to teach the pups to have fun even when we humans mess us LOL! 😂

oh do I need this 😂😂😂😂

And a backside circle wrap verbal (I use dig dig dig dig because I can chop it up for added collection support). 
“Back back back” is also a good choppy word for the backside wraps, and a nice contrast to ‘around’.

ok. I will have to figure 2nd verbal. I use Dig dig for front side wraps. Wondering if too confusing to use back since that has been back up?

Since he did so well here, we can isolate his head turn even more: you can line him up at your side, send him around the cone, As he is coming around the cone, the same hand that sent him will now meet his nose (you can have a cookie in the hand) and draw his nose past the cone, then slowly turn him away to get to wrap for a 2nd time. The instance he turns his head to start the 2nd wrap, you can mark (click or verbal marker) and toss the treat around the cone.

So like the exercise I did last week on the jump stantion?

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Hi Tracy
Thanks. I think he is doing great. I am trying very hard to keep things clear for him but have some work to do on my handling. He is a sensitive one at times. I will add more toss back to him in the stay and maybe even some cookie toss starts so we don’t blow or muddle the start cue. He seems to get the stay but then I see him yawning. Need to make sure not too much pressure or stress.

To help keep him thinking more and the hand and cue, and less about the toy you can try putting the toy down on the ground, then line him up in the sit. That way the last thing he sees if you lining up, as opposed to the toy toss being the last thing he sees before the release. That can make it easier to focus on the cues and not on the toy 🙂

I had tried it both ways the day before and he was still going to the toy. I think because it was the 1st time we had played tug since my surgery it was just too hard for him also 😂. I will place toy and transport him away next time.

I agree on the wow for the wobble board. We have taken it very slow like you suggested.

Today we continued next steps for our backside wrap. He was thrilled to play tug again 😂

For the backsides. I have only one verbal now. I mainly do AKC. My in person instructor told me I do need the two verbals for backsides. I have used around for them. Trying to figure 2nd one. To be honest I am a little confused when I would use each also. Is the wrap verbal the same for 360 and 180 wraps? I am probably overthinking it which is one of my faults lol.

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Hi Tracy
Thanks. We tried the backsides again in my in person class last week and I think he is doing well. Sad no video. Can’t fire my volunteer who had tech difficulties.
We tried to do some threadles with the toy yesterday. It didn’t go awesome and the video was messed up for that too. He was breaking stay and going right to toy when I had him in position 2. So today we tried again serps and threadles with food then a quick toy rep. I also included where we are at with the wobble board. No towels under it and smallest ball under it. I think he is looking good. I question next steps. Maybe add next larger ball and some towels again? Or ask for a few reps instead of one and reward?

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Thanks Tracy!

Today we worked on our backside slices.
I thought it went well once I got my mechanics better and eye contact better. Since I don’t have a ton of space I used the larger cone. Hopefully that was ok.

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Hi Tracy
Nope didn’t edit. It was just me getting confused when he was on the right 😂. Good to know I hid it well 🤣🤣🤣
Should I move on to do next steps?

Lol poor Dublin doesn’t get not tugging. I feel bad.

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Hi Tracy
Thanks. Toy play might need to wait till after my Dr follow up Thursday lol. Hand is doing well but tug pressure might hurt too much. I will work on the other things you mentioned.
Today we tried the tight turns. Not sure why I got confused for my mechanics on this one even though I watched the video a few times. That messed us up but overall I thought it went well. My in person agility instructor had commented on how tight his turns seem to be the other day. He seems to like going around things for sure lol.

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