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Hi Tracy,
Here is what we did in our first novice class today. He did better than the older dogs! He had never seen a tire before so I introduced it prior to the sequence. He didn’t have a problem with it. The first time we did the full sequence it was flawless. Second time he went around the tire. I was pleasantly surprised with everything including that pretty distant lateral lead out! How amazing is that!
Now if he gets the weaves down, he could actually run a novice course when we’re ready for it and build up to his jump height over the summer.
Sandy
Hi Tracy,
Finally, it dried out enough to head out for training. We were in Harrisonburg, VA all weekend. Nice facility.Zig Zag grid. I switched to the poles from my channel weaves as the bars. He did well until the last rep when I opened up the angle a bit more and he added a stride.
Finished up the lead out games. Started out running off with the toy. Maybe being crated a lot over the weekend and a 5 hour drive home…burning off pent up energy. Forgot that I hadn’t done part 2 so we did part 3 first. Is is just a baby dog thing or am I not doing something right for him to keep dodging the last jump? Maybe he just doesn’t have a full understanding of “go” yet. IDK…
Part 2 – I’m not sure what to think about his RC wrap. Maybe he is still figuring it out but he actually did it and now I am thanking you for convincing me to have a left vs right wrap verbal for this very reason…Benni does not have this skill trained specifically!
I have not done the wingin’ it games for threadle wrap yet from last week. And still have to do the forced FC. Hope I can get everything done by the end of the session. I am traveling far more than I normally would trying to regain my #5 spot for the invitationals. I do not understand why all 3 sizes of poodles need to be grouped together for the top 5. Doesn’t seem fair compared to other breeds who have multiple sizes. Sigh.
Thanks. I think we are making progress on the course work. Should be putting 6 poles together soon. Doing 4 + 2 now. See Saw almost to the half way tipping point. DW contact work is not his favorite.
We start our novice class with Linda Rose tomorrow. Yay! She is incorporating jumps and tunnels for the dogs who don’t have everything trained yet.
SandyHi Tracy,
Did part one of the lead outs. Very hot and going to rain later and then I will be at a trial Fri-Sun. So here is what we did:
At this moment my weather app is predicting rain all the way thru Tuesday. Hopefully that changes.
Thanks.
SandyHi Tracy,
I put the 2 x 2s in the yard and Brioche’s performance fell apart. I finally got him to do 4 poles but not very confidently. So we’ll keep working on that.
SMH on these tunnel threadle games. By the end, I think he got it. I know it has to do with my mechanics. It was in the evening but still quite hot so we took several breaks even though it’s one video. Maybe we can complete the other stuff in the morning before it gets too hot. My verbal is “by” as in bypass the obvious end of the tunnel.
Thanks.
SandyHi Tracy,
Well, we didn’t do AU specific homework but I videotaped his first time in the channels. He started trying to weave in them! So I had to backchain using a single treat auto dispenser but the stupid thing wasn’t working well after he got the idea I switched to a toy and just did a call-to:
And here is our 4 weave poles. I had been practicing in one direction (towards the camera) and then when I switched to going the other way (away from the camera) last session he was uncertain. So I will put these poles outside and move them around and practice going both ways. I am borrowing the full set tomorrow. He is definitely more thrilled with the toy than food but when I was first teaching it, I used food for more thoughtfulness.
And about the DW mat. Since my last lesson, it is now placed on the DW with a part of the mat on the ground to cover the “drop off” at the end of the plank. The DW is low. Tonight I got out my 3 foot tunnel and a wing. He was hitting it in one direction but then after wrapping the wing leaping over it. So I tried to break it down more. He definitely was more enthusiastic about this than when it is on the DW.
Anyway, this was after a long trial weekend. Just didn’t have the energy to set up the full tunnel and jumps tonight. Plus it was HOT today! Good thing we did some stuff later in the day outside.
Thanks.
SandyHi Tracy,
Heading to a 2 day trial so did some homework today. By the way, I do have a set of home channel weaves. And I found some 2 x 2s to borrow. The see saw is gradually tipping…not quite to the mid way point yet.
He’s not all that thrilled with the DW mat work. The manners minder was totally boring for him so Jess started using a toy with him and having him go to wrap a wing after hitting the mat. At home, he is just kind of blah about it. Won’t see Jess for awhile so I’ll keep working on it. Maybe it’s a confidence thing. And FINALLY, Linda Rose is starting a novice class so we are registered for that. They also have channels at JAG so maybe Linda will get them out sometime. It’s really a novice/open class so hard to say what levels everyone will be at. Obviously, he will not be doing contacts or weaves.Tried the zig zag with not as much angle…maybe it’s my set up or something else but he can bounce going one way but adds a stride going the other way. I made it a bit easier for a single rep but still no-go. I wonder if using a 4 ft bar would be better? So I just left it for now.
Lap Turns:
Tandem turns – he would not come to my hand when using dog side arm so I ended up just using the outside arm and that made a difference. It was a total fail using dog side arm so I deleted the video and changed my handling.
Serpentines – I should have reviewed the set up so this is not what is on your demo video…Oops! Hopefully something good came from this. He thought it was fun and seemed to do well!
Well deserved decompression, followed by a small chew and zonked out in his crate.
https://studio.youtube.com/video/IMrhrjklv54/editThanks.
SandyQuestion: I have only ever had 2 sets of 2 x 2 weave poles. I’m working on getting Brioche thru 4 poles. It’s going pretty quickly. Jess is over in the Netherlands. I don’t know what the progression is once he gets 4 poles. Do I need to borrow another 2 pole set?
Thanks.
SandyHi Tracy,
We have been working on more tip so I did one rep straight and one to each angle:
Lead Outs, part 2. On the second video I did not maintain good connection and he broke his stay. Lesson learned. He really wanted to go on one of the reps but he stayed!
Thanks.
SandyHi Tracy,
Started with the see saw angled entries. No problems. He took it upon himself to climb right up the see saw while I was reloading the food. Guess he likes it!
Zig Zag Grid went well. I put the bars at 6″. He has not been seeing bars at all aside from locked in on the lowest jump cup previously so it’s time to let him see a bit of height. Wasn’t sure how it would go but he did fine.
Lead Out with BC. Figured we would do one type of lead out at a time. Again bars at 6″. I was relieved he didn’t knock the bars. Except for the last sit/stay I was using food to line him up. I know I shouldn’t get him reliant on that…but we were outside and you know….birds were flying etc…
He’s doing well with the tip-it so far. I have that foam pipe insulation on the cross bar where the see saw hits to cushion the tip and reduce the sound. Should I keep using that? It’s metal on metal otherwise. In the very beginning he didn’t like that sound so much. I don’t have problem with keeping it on for now unless you think it is detrimental.
Thanks.
SandyHi Tracy,
I tried the set point down in the basement tonight since it’s raining. The difference is I did not use jump bumps like I have for the past sessions. I used the grid jumps from my Susan Salo days so they are about 4″ I am guessing and then the third jump at 8″. Interestingly, he added a stride in the first space. I gave him a couple tries to sort it out and then decreased the space from 5 ft to about 4.5 ft and then he was fine.Here is the past video from March:
And here is the one from today:
Was it a bad idea to use the Salo jumps? Or why do you think he was adding that stride? Did I set him up too close to the first bar?
Thanks.
SandyHi Tracy,
Such fun at the seminar! Thank you.Back to serpentine practice. Kind of seems like he understands it better with the send and on that one I did not angle the jumps.
Continuing to gradually increase the tip on the see saw:
Thanks.
SandyHi Tracy,
After reading thru the feedback I tried to to do better with repeating a couple of games. Let me know if these are any better.Thanks.
SandyHi Tracy,
Started with the serpentine refresher and the second angled jump:
Teeter Games. I do have a question on the mountain climber. Jeri Prekop sent me a couple of videos of her training one of her dogs and she was asking him to lie down at the end of the teeter while he ate the food. You haven’t mentioned teaching that behavior so just asking if there is a reason to do that? I know she is probably doing it to keep the center of gravity low for the dog. Also, I happened to have yellow duct tape so I am using that. First rep the bits of roast beef bounced off the board so I switched to peanut butter again for the bang game and then he stays on there forever!
Thanks.
SandyNext question. I do not have a target cue for anything. I say “hit it” for both dog walk and A frame as he approaches them. I say “see saw, see saw, see saw” for the teeter. Benni was taught the see saw using the 2 table method so I did not do these games with Benni as they were not incorporated in Max Pup at that time. So just say “ready” then?
And do I continue keeping the board about that high off the ground for the bang game? Do we ever make it a bit higher or there is no point to that?
Also, because of the shape of my teeter board, the red band does not fit snuggly at the very end. I was using that small container to take up the slack but that will not work when the teeter is actually hitting the ground. It was fine for mountain climber.
Yes, Brioche got a modified German clip. His tail is also clipped straight without the plume effect. He has very heavy coat and his ears were very thick and messy. This will be good for summer at least.
Thanks.
Sandy
