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Hi Tracy
Thanks!

When the instructor is talking, you can kneel and hold his collar – then re-engage when she is done. He kind of mentally wandered in that moment

lol kneeling and getting up isn’t easy for me 😂. I have been wondering about stating peekaboo with him. I do that with Brighton or at least try to remember to do it. That way I have him between my legs and give cookie to keep focus. Would that also be an option?

For the running contacts with the toy. I was getting mentally confused on how to do it with two toys? I am probably overthinking it. So do I toss toy when he gets in box and then use 2nd toy if he doesn’t bring back to me to play?

For the parallel path do I try more lateral next time?

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Hi Tracy

Thanks. A lot of this feeling good so glad I am doing most of it right.
Tonight we had class. I did the pattern game and the parallel path with the wing. I didn’t edit so sorry it is a little long. We did do some toy play also which I didn’t include.

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Hi Tracy
Thanks. He seems a little better today but still is issue with his tummy. The pumpkin treats seem to work ok.

I will try the parallel path with wings for sure. I have a smaller narrow wing I could use in the basement too. Should I try that? I thought he caught onto this exercise really quickly. I will be curious how it works with more space.

Rear crosses. I think I get what you mean. I tried a couple more today to show you. I knew this would be a harder one for us thus why I picked it to start on sooner. Mentally for me in addition to him. I walked this without him a few times yesterday before I even added him. Sure my husband thinks I am goofy walking around the family room next to that sectional pretending to do a RC 🤣

Running contacts. I think I get how with the toy. I will try it and show you.

Today we did the Concept Transfer 2: Rotated Sends, more rear crosses and also went back to the tandem turn.

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Hi Tracy
We did another short session later today with the running contacts games.

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Hi Tracy
Today we tried the transfer concept 1 parallel path and rear crosses. I think he picked up the parallel path well. The RC I question if I was just going off on a few.

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Thanks Tracy. Looking over the games for week 5. Other than the retrieve can we use toy for them or should we do food 1st. Sad to say Dublin is having some more tummy troubles.

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Hi Tracy
Yes I will video class for sure. Yes the Farm still has sheep. They also have cats that try to sneak into the building.
My jump bump is the 4”. I will use something else to start.
We did some retrieving today. These were two new toys. Still trying to figure what type of tugs he likes. Seem most with a lot of fuzzy. Problem is he likes to eat them too 🙄

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Hi Tracy
Reading over the next homework. Is Dublin solid enough on his prop that we can move on?
On the jump bump. I have the larger one from max 200. Is that ok to use?

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Hi Tracy
Thanks. I do realize that I gave him more of a challenge afterwards.

Pattern games were definitely a good starting point, maybe outside the ring before going into the ring? You can also up the value of the treat or something really new and exciting in a new place. That will help with the recall too – amazing treats that he only gets in new places

I had used what I thought was a more amazing treat but I guess I was wrong 🤣. We had used the same treats the day of our start puppy test and he was totally focused and that was even a harder environment. I had done mini sessions of the pattern game in other locations and he did well. this seemed the hardest so far. I wonder if the noises from the other room and not seeing things that made the noise was harder than the huge room with tons of people like our test location. Overall it was hard since I didn’t have a crate I could put him in for break when setting up next exercise. I will move him to the van for breaks next time. We start in person class at this location Thursday night so I will try the pattern outside the ring again and get video.

I was totally thrilled with his toy play here. I wonder about practicing my recalls with a toy more too in these settings since he has shown such high value. Overall his recalls seem to be getting harder as he gets older and more distracted. Even with my mix ups he seems to still be having fun. Thanks for all your help.

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Hi Tracy
Thanks. Lol yes using the cue makes me feel good. I do know I need a sitting, down stay and also standing stay for Rally. Would you use this method for teaching those too?
We passed our Star puppy test and novice trick title Thursday night so yesterday was a rest day. Today we did a rental at another facility that he has been too but hasn’t been in weeks. It was challenging. There was a nose work class going on in the next room where we normally crate. They normally don’t have anyone else in there during. Ring rentals. He was very distracted by that and also all the smells in the ring. We started with the pattern game then we did some combos and ended with a bigger tunnel. I realize that I lost him in the middle because he had to go poo. Silly human doesn’t listen to the signs. I also learned smells are more interesting than our recall. Many things to work on and this was harder for him.

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Hi Tracy
All of those points make sense on the stay. We had already been working on it for star puppy class and have a cue added. We need to do a stay and go out to the end of the leash and do recall. Our test is tonight so we will change it up more for sure. Should I use cue with him? For the right side I don’t have a come to that side but will work it. He did my finish correctly when I asked. For start lines I usually do a peek a boo set up. For adding the toy do you use catch and toss back also besides the go forward?

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Hi Tracy
Thanks. We tried to work on our stay some more and also the tandem turn. Not sure I did it right when we added the target.

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Hi Tracy
For this how do I reward?

– sometimes using your release word (“OK” or “break” for example) so he moves forward out of the stay. No click needed on those reps.

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Hi Tracy
Thanks. This helps with the pattern game. We tried it today. We also did more of the stay with what you suggested and a couple of reps for the wrap. If I did the wrap better with the toy I will add in more combos. Dublin also went swimming so I included that for fun.

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Hi Tracy
Thanks. He had a good time. We sat and just watched the other dogs run too and got to visit others.

We tried the clicker stay steps. Hopefully I did them right to start. We also did the baby step for the combos. He had some trouble with the toy on the ground but then did better when I cleaned up what I was doing.

For the Game Predictability Part 3. I am confused on how it is different than what I was doing with the novel items.

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