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Hi Tracy,
Worked on jumping today with a large toy as per your suggestion. He ticked the bar on the first zig zag but other than that looked pretty good I think.
Thanks.
SandyHi Tracy,
I did a couple of the games with as much distance with the set ups as I could.Find the Jump, we got up to 15 ft but not enough room to get up to 20 ft distance to the jump.
Rear Cross – not a lot of room and on the one side he has to turn into the wall so not the greatest but the best I can do without my yard. There is no agility place closer than 90 minutes for me to rent. And that one is dirt. He has been on the turf at United Dog once.
Thanks.
SandyHi Tracy,
Still snowing here. I was looking at the RC video but I’m not sure about trying it if I have to run. Hamstring is not even close to doing much besides walking. Not sure if I have the space to try it. I’ll see if I might be able to set it up. I think we have done all the other games that I’m able to.As for the food and eating situation. I finished up a package of gently cooked beef (different brand) and he did eat that. I just opened a new package of the Viva Raw turkey and he would NOT eat it. So I gently cooked it on the stove and then he did eat it. I have a lot of the Viva Raw puppy blend (beef/turkey) in the freezer. I was going to use it up and move on to adult food. So he is boycotting raw? Seems weird that the new delivery I got was when this all started although I seem to remember a bit of hesitency prior to that. I e-mailed the company to see if anything changed. I hate dealing with dogs that won’t eat. So stressful. And I don’t want to set a precedent of jumping thru hoops to make them eat.
Let me know if you think a walking version of the RC could work. I haven’t done anything with RC since the target game. I certainly won’t be going anywhere today!
Sandy
Hi Tracy,
I think zig zags are one of his favorite games. I did a 5 foot bar with no space between the wing and jump bar. He slipped one time probably because I was slow on my cue.
Seems I am more coordinated with my out signal on one side vs the other. The video for sure shows me how crappy my mechanics was when we started out here (my weaker side I guess). It was a very incremental distance increase due to the space we had to work with.
On the tandem turns, I could not figure out if it mattered with the wings whether the jump cups were on a specific side or not. Brioche is not all that thrilled with this kind of work but maybe because we did this last and he was getting tired.
He ate a gently cooked food this morning by Raised Right. Have not tried his raw yet. And now Benni had me up twice in the night. But he does have a history of GI stuff. Not fun.
AAANNDDD…another 12-18 inches of snow coming tomorrow. Blah.
Thanks.
SandyHi Tracy,
Here is what we tried today.
Advanced Out Game. I only did the FC for the safety of my current hamstring situation.
I attempted to do the tandem turn but for the life of me I couldn’t get the mechanics on one side so I’ll save it for another day. He was getting pretty good on the side I got correct.
Today still eating the boiled chicken and pumpkin. Tomorrow I will try a small amount of his raw and see if he will eat it.
Sandy
Hi Tracy,
Between snow on the ground and lack of larger space and now my pretty significant hamstring/adductor injury, we have to pick and choose the games we can play.Here is the Out game. I do not use “get out”, I use just “out” with Benni. But Brioche gets the concept.
Turn Aways:
Also, all of a sudden, Brioche (who was always a good eater) does not want to eat his meals. Since Monday, I have had to mash some salmon into it for him to eat. Same food he has been on throughout puppyhood. He is not sick. He will gladly eat freeze dried nibs which I use as rewards and training treats but not the raw he has been on. We are going to the vet today for his acupuncture therapy and will speak to the vet. Could it be adolescent hormone issue?
Thanks.
SandyPS…. much as I tried, apparently I can’t help myself on the threadles to keep my arm back and not cue the tunnel with it. Ugh.
Hi Tracy,
My internet is totally down today. So annoying. So I’m trying to do this in my phone. Here goes…may be lots of typos…
Strained my hamstring yesterday at the show so no games requiring running for me. We did get 3 QQs though!Ladder grid zig zag:
Serp/Tunnel/Threadle:
Thanks.
SandyHi Tracy,
I see what you mean about moving my arm back for both the serp and the threadle and also cueing the jump after getting the threadle. Have to concentrate more when I do this game. I didn’t realize I was not supposed to move my arm back. I feel like that is what I do with Benni and today I used just that for the opening of JWW to eliminate the need for a BC (I don’t do very many threadles when running him):
Serp arm back at 0:23
And as for the ladder grid, I forgot to bring the long toy downstairs with me and then tried to tie the 2 short toys together. Guess it still wasn’t long enough. I thought I was supposed to set him up close to the first jump? So when I try it again with the long toy and leading out more, should I still just use 3 jumps or add one?
It seems like I don’t drop my arm back as much with the send n serp as I do with the stationary exercise.
What do you think I should focus on when I get home from the trial before week 5 begins? I couldn’t do the diamond game or any other game that needs much more space. I was bummed not to be able to do the “find the jump” game. Do you think I could modify that somehow in my basement?
Thanks.
SandyHi Tracy,
We are leaving for an agility trial this afternoon thru Monday. So here is our homework for now.
I was pleasantly surprised at how he did on the serp/threadle game:
Ladder Grid (yesterday was 4 ft, today tiny bit under 5 ft), ticked the bar just when I was going to stop so I did one last rep at the and and he fixed it. That will be it for jumping until next week so he will have a rest.
Last one is yet another round of trying to get my FC better. I have trouble sending him with the toy in my dog side hand but I guess he will get better at that. Hopefully there is some improvement on my part here. Why is it so hard? I feel like I don’t trust his commitment so I stay still too long. Is that what you see? I will persist and keep trying! Funny how we forget that we can’t take things for granted with puppies/young dogs!!!
Thanks.
SandyHi Tracy,
We finally had a lesson with Jessica today after a 2 month hiatus. She helped me with the serp vs FC game so I gave it another try tonight. I need to keep my upper body rotated more towards the jump on the serp I see on the video but he definitely likes the serpentine stuff. And he did much better with the FC tonight than he did at the lesson today…but there was major distractions going on in the arena next to the puppy room so maybe being home in his comfort zone helped him do better….or maybe he had all day to process it and that helped too. I also want to know about my position while doing the FC. I’m kind of standing between the wings when I’m doing the left wrap and a bit more on the landing side for the right wrap (and he went behind me which is what he was doing at the lesson).
FYI I changed my left wrap verbal to “loop” (Left ….Loop…makes more sense to my brain) and I put the “tight” back to the right wrap as I didn’t love saying wrap wrap wrap (tight and right rhyme so that works for my brain too LOL).
And here is the ladder grid. Not sure if you prefer a side camera angle?
I have the serp/tunnel game set up for tomorrow. Kind of tight in my basement but I think it will work. Need to review the demo again. I hate skipping games!
Thanks.
SandyAlso, I never did any threadle work (that is when you are saying “close” right?). I have a word for it with Benni “in-in” but I haven’t done any games to introduce this for Brioche. I think the game for this week trying to do that may be too complicated for him. He can probably get the serp and the tunnel part of it. Any suggestions for introducing it?
Thanks.
SandyHi Tracy,
On the backside wraps, are you using a verbal? Is that verbal different than the backside/slice verbal? And then does there have to be a different verbal for right vs left backside wrap?Also, I know you are using right and left for the rear crosses. I have forever used “switch” as my rear cross verbal. I have a separate verbal for a turn on the flat “turn” I don’t know how much I want to change my verbals this time around as “switch” has always worked for me. I did add the right vs left wrap verbal. And I am anticipating I will need a RC wrap verbal….which I currently have no verbal for that but I do see a need for it but then am I going to give a separate word for right vs left RC wrap? My head is spinning…too many words!
Not sure I have the space to do the RC exercise in my basement but I can try. I hate skipping games because I can’t do them outside right now.
Sandy
Hi Tracy,
YT was a real bugger today. Hours to upload videos.Zig Zag games. He didn’t do well when I added the 4th wing but seemed okay with 3 wings.
Then I tried another round of send/serp vs send/FC. Even after watching the demo video again, I still feel like I’m not doing something right on the FC part.
Thanks.
SandyOh good lord, well, maybe round 3 of send n serp I will actually get it right! Oye! I will do that when I get home from the weekend trial.
Today for the first time I asked a friend to play the role of leash runner at the practice jump while practicing his start line routine and stays. His mind exploded! LOL. He kept sitting facing backwards where she was standing. So I used a food lure and worked thru it. But he was able to do it! Mostly he wanted to say hello to her but also he really wanted to make sure he could see her too. I’m teaching him the same warm up routine that I do with Benni also. I can’t believe he is 11 months old.
Sandy
