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Hi again Tracy
I did end up getting a session in today. We used his kibble for stealth self control with a toy. For my set up he had to walk past in going in for me to start and I used his lunch kibble. Was too hard. I reset and did some reps without toy using better treats then added the toy. He did way better. Hopefully what I did was ok. We also worked back up with me sitting and I put folded towel down. I think he is getting it. Wondering when or if I should add cue?

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Hi Tracy
I am very proud of him too. I was shocked he passed up the open bag. Of course it was just his dog food. So do you think toy or more interesting treats in a bag next?
We took break from agility type training the last two days. Wednesday he got to go to the pool for the 1st time. He did great retrieving toy in the pool. If you want fun video to watch I can share.

Yesterday we went to a large forest preserve. Did a walk and got to try retrieval of a quail. 1st retrieval was great. 2nd and 3rd was tough 🤣. I thought it was hard to get him to release a tug toy. Glad we practiced that a bit before trying this 😂

No video but Tuesday night at our in person class I sat on the bench and did his back up. That worked way better with me sitting. I will try it again at home.

I plan to do a rental this weekend and will try RC. Do you have suggestions for 2nd game? I don’t think I will have friends with for distraction since they are trialing.

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Hi Tracy
It has been nicer here but mushy. When it drys up a little more we can take the rear cross outside. Otherwise I will try to get another rental in over the weekend.
Today we tried stealth self control exciting. I just did it with the back and forth across the target vs the recall. 1st was empty bowl. Then bag of kibble. Value but lower. Then I opened the bag. I thought it went great. Excited to hear what you think.

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Hi Tracy

Thanks for the ideas on backing up. I will try that with him. For the backing up to something do I want something flat or would a Cato board work?

For the RC I am afraid the hallway is directly above this space so it would be the same length. Should I move the target more one direction

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Hi Tracy
No worries. Thanks for the feedback. We had a good time for sure. I think he likes wraps. You had mentioned putting cue on it. I used Dig dig for my other dogs with both directions. Do you use something different for right and left? Backsides is around. I am assuming I use Dig dig for these.
Hits on the target. Yea sometimes he seems to get it with touching and sometimes not. Does make me question his understanding of the foot prop. Not sure if I will do running with him or not but I have DW rubber running contact mats to train that. It is much bigger than that prop too. I attempted with Brighton and went back to stopped.

Today we attempted to do rear cross and back up. I will admit my training plan seemed to have gaps for the RC. After the start of the session I decided I should do a warm up of parallel path.
Back up he is getting but I know I need more sessions. I do question doing it with more of a shoot maybe with the cones or in a hallway.

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Hi Tracy
Just checking in. Not sure you saw my post from Saturday night.
Yesterday was a break from training day. We went for a little walk with my friend and her Tri-pod Vizsla and went for lunch at a microbrewery. Dublin did great for both experiences.

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Hi Tracy
We had fun time at the rental. My mechanics were off for a few things but he had a good time. We tried turn and burn with a pop they had. I need to work on being comfortable with the toy in my other hand and across my body. We did a little with the prop and tried parallel path then the pattern game. Last we did some collection sandwiches. I did a few of those wrong with too much of a turn before the go. Overall there was a lot I thought was good.
Got picture of Dublin watching your videos lol. Added picture of Dublin and Brighton doing happy crating 🤗

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Hi Tracy
If I do the turn and burn at the rental should I bring my pop up crate or do you think it is ok to use the big cone at Dash? If I do use the big cone should I do any of the earlier steps in wrapping 1st?
If I do the parallel path I am thinking I should do some basic hits on the prop 1st since we have not done that anywhere else.

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Hi Tracy

Anything that you think he does well with at home and that you both enjoy is perfect for the rental! The environment will be a bit harder so keep the sessions to 90 seconds or 2 minutes to avoid him getting brain tired

Sounds good. I will keep them short and try the games he likes along with the pattern game.

You might be putting a lot of value for walking on your left, maybe? So he might have thought that looking at you is more valuable (at first) then he remembered to go to the prop.

Yes. We have been working on his walking and healing a little each day. He is getting too big and pulls so hard. But that’s on leash so interesting that he would generalize it. Is there something I should do differently on that side? Maybe not as far away or change up the distance to do easier and some harder?

Today is going to be break day. It’s nice out so we will go for a good walk. Maybe try the pattern game outside

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Hi Tracy

Yes I think the go did great so was bummed on the video fail. I will try it at the rental. Speaking of rental. Do you have thoughts on what I should work on? We said the deceleration part 2 with go and maybe the parallel based on your feedback from today. Would the pattern game be too soon?

He thought the cavalettis were baby jumps (a little too high and too far apart to truly trot) plus the allure of the food bowl was very exciting 🙂 I also love how comfy he was working around all the people and the other pup, even driving to the other person. It was a great confidence booster of a game

Agreed cavalettis were not placed on right. The other guy was just a husband of the other classmate so Dublin don’t know him at all. He did have a blast.

So we did parallel path again. I tried to be more in front and also more behind. I think I should have done a warm up rep or two before walking. It went ok. I realized I did too long the one side so we only did a few on the other side.
Then we did pattern game. I have done something like this before but don’t think waited still for engagement. I thought it went well too

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Hi Tracy
So far his tummy seems good. I will check into Charlie bears.

Parallel path. I was thrilled how he went to the prop. I will try the added steps tomorrow. We have rental at Dash on Saturday with our friends again so I can try any of the games with more room.

Countermotion: duh. I keep forgetting the little dance before 🙄

So I had video fail today. Tried to do part 2 deceleration. We had tried the bc to turn before but was going to add on the go to see if I have right idea to try it at the rental. Sad to say my video zoomed in. You can see Dublin but really can’t see me 🤣. Needless to say I am not sending you that one. We also did turn and burn. That was fun. Not sure why I didn’t think to turn our path the other way so I could move more 🙄. I will do that next time. I had stopped the video and Dublin wanted to wrap the other way so I recorded a couple of those too.
I added a fun clip from my class last night. It was a movement puzzle through a noisy curtain and baby tunnel. His cavalettis skills need some work but he had a blast. This was our 2nd time through the puzzle. We thought about doing a video later so Dublin got an extra turn.

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Hi Tracy

Thanks. It definitely seemed more clear what he was doing when watching the video on this one vs when training lol.

Today it was nicer out so we went for a nice walk then played with parallel path and counter motion with his kibble. I thought it went well. I need to set up a better block for the tossed treats the one direction so he doesn’t lose them. Kibble rolls too much 😂. We are still slowing trying other treats. So far no more tummy issues. We have in person class tonight so hopefully that won’t change.

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Hi Tracy
Thanks for the feedback on the fun run. Guess I had just thought the one time was the back door noise and the broken cookie for the 2nd. I appreciate the feedback and will make them shorter next time. They do fun runs once a month there and sometimes at another location.

Today we tried back up using his kibble. Not sure I was marking and doing right. So when I put the treat on the floor should it be my get it? Since I am not giving it to his mouth I realize I probably shouldn’t be using yes.

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Hi Tracy

Thanks. I think things are going well.

Today we did two runs at the fun run. Overall things went well. There was a little distraction and also crumbled treats that didn’t help for disconnection. We only had one dog between these sessions and it was his friend the 6 month old BC that we did the rental with. He did well with her being outside the ring

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Hi Tracy

Thanks. We are trying beef now and so far so good

I will keep treats low on the tippy board and Cato plank. Also will try another set up like it

Today we did a little more folding in. I still need to work on my mechanics for timing around the cone. Other than that I thought he did well. I did a little too long with the food and need to watch that also.

Tomorrow we will go to a fun run and try some more of the toy races with more space.

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