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Hi Tracy,
Worked on next steps of wrap foundation. I initially was going to use one of the large cones I have but decided maybe you would rather we used something totally different than stuff we actually train with eventually.Thanks.
SandyHi Tracy,
Here is our plankrobatic video. Will be good to work on the turning around I see.Thanks.
SandyPS I was using tiny pieces of homemade dehydrated kidney but it was still a bit frozen….too chewy apparently. I wanted something higher value that I normally use. Oh well, next time I’ll thaw it better! I think the dehydrated muscle meat is much less chewy. Maybe I’ll try that next time. 🙂
Hi Tracy,
Here is our goat trick with movement video on 3 unstable objects, the last one being the most challenging but doable. I need to remember to keep my hands either behind me or at my sides as he does like to focus on my hands with the food if I keep my hands in front of me.Later on in the day we tried movement with low level noise. The last object was a cookie sheet cushioned on the tile which I thought would make a bit of noise but it really didn’t however it was something totally different for him to step on.
Thanks.
Sandy
Hi Tracy,Here is our game with sending around the cone. One time I tried using the dog side arm to send which is normally what we do but was kind of awkward…it wasn’t planned, it just happened that way! Seemed to go pretty well I thought.
Thanks.
SandyHi Tracy,
This went fairly well…I may have committed a cardinal sin by not picking up the food bowls for play breaks :-). I went fairly quickly from floor to stool to crouching to finally standing where he made one error but I should have left the prop closer for that one. Oops.After we finished that I decided to do a really quick drive to handler to see if I could get the decel better which was never my forte as a handler if you remember…
Not sure if posting 2 videos in one post is going to work so we’ll see.
Thanks.
SandyHi Tracy,
Here is another try at driving to handler outdoors with cookie toss and no food in my hand, toy reward after the turn. The grass was not working very well with Brioche not really running back to me so I switched to the pavement for the last couple of reps. That was cleaner.Thanks.
SandyHi Tracy,
I accidentally started a new thread…oops…going to try to delete it but if I can’t then maybe you can. Sorry about that.Here is the next level of the wrap shaping using a prop. He seems to get it just fine. So do I just keep using that same prop and move it further away or use maybe a large cone instead? Or this was actually made long ago from a Susan Garrett thing where I put a pool noodle on the post. Not sure I still have that noodle so whatever prop you think is good.
Thanks.
SandyHi Tracy,
I think this one was more challenging for me than Brioche. I am not good with managing a handful of food so I kept it between my legs to reload which was distracting for him. My timing isn’t the best but the video isn’t as bad as it felt while I was recording it! I think we need to do more of this before adding the prop. I moved the bowls back slightly for the last minute or so.Thanks.
SandyProp Game 1
Hi Tracy,
I did all the various sends, some play in between. On the last one, I used a toy but all other was food. Again 4 min but includes some play so you can scroll thru that. I figure if it’s going well, it is worth trying the progressions in the session then can revisit anything that looks like it might need more work. Let me know if you think I’m doing too much and should break it up more.Thanks.
SandyHi Tracy,
Here is the drive to handler series. I progressed all in one session. It seems long but there is play interspersed so it is not 4 min of working. He doesn’t come in lined up to my side with stage 1 of the exercise. Is that important? The last part I had no food and then rewarded with the toy.Thanks.
SandyHi Tracy,
Thanks for all the feedback over the 5 weeks of this course.
What kind of proofing are you talking about in the proofing games? And also, is the mental prep course lecture or what is that about?
Thanks!
Sandy and Benni
Hi Tracy,
We did the sequences from week 5 today to wrap things up.
Video 1: sequence 1 done 2 different ways
video 2: really hard for me…I tried to figure out how to get a double blind in for the backside of 5 but I just couldn’t get the mechanics of it so I did it a different way but whatever I kept doing on that wrap, he was reading as a RC. Also, I should have been saying tight not left…oye.
Video 3: Sequence 3
Video 4: Sequence 4
I see you have a long list of courses for the winter. Is there anything in particular you recommend for us?
Thanks.
Sandy and BenniHi Tracy,
We had a seminar for novice/open dogs with Jessica yesterday. I’m just putting the videos here in case you would like to see how he is looking on various things. I hope you don’t mind that they are not edited as I wanted to keep the instructor feedback for future reference. So just scroll thru and look at the work part of it if you have time. I’m not sure if I’ll get to set up the week 5 stuff this weekend after he has a day of rest. He’s been constantly licking his left forearm in one spot and he’s a bit resistant to passive range of motion. I massaged and stretched him to see if there might be some trigger points or spasms. He gets an adjustment on Monday so hopefully that will take care of whatever it is…possibly referred pain from his neck. He doesn’t appear lame and acts normal.Here are the videos:
At the end of this video we are working on “GO”. He has such a good go usually….I guess that jump off to the left presents a different picture from any other “GO” drills we’ve done. I would not have guessed that this would be a challenge. Good to know so we can work on it…rather not find that out at a trial!Thanks.
Sandy and Benni
