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I thought this was an amazing first squishy session!! She carried it over the jump. She might have a harder time outing if it’s getting pinched in her teeth LOL. You could also try pairing a new or more exciting tug with it too. I would guess in a few sessions the squishy will naturally lose it’s new flavor and she will swap between ball to tug like normal.
My preference is for her to do her beginning box turns on a squishy too. I train all mine on them – and if they need to move to a lower compression ball down the road that’s fine (but at that point I have a really snappy turn).
I loved that she took the long way to the Cato by taking the jump LOL. She is never going to be a naughty jump skipper to the box!!
I would agree the disc is likely too inflated – the more inflation the more advanced.
You can also ask for the sit, then bring your hands down for the KickBack and only give her a treat for the KickBack portion.
Nice chin in the hand! These little ‘flyball adjacent’ behaviors she has mastered will be fun for her to showcase this weekend at Handle Like a Pro.
I loved the way you did this prop session. The head placement as she goes over and gets the toy and then pushes back is perfect. She’s ready for you to start putting a Velcro ball on your slant board!!
Tiny change on these hit-its with the white board prop and headboard. I would flip the head stanchion around when you change sides (or get rid of the stanchion altogether). You can see on the left turn setups they looked about equal for these and the bar prop setup. However when she tried to go right on the white board prop, I think the pressure impacted her just a little bit. The comparison of bar prop to the white board were different.
Once you said JUMP for the way back it was night and day – great job making that connection for the verbal.
Gorgeous mechanics. She looks very smooth and she is hanging out with you while she waits to do it all again. I’m so excited for you to take all these skills into the lanes.
So the first video that was uploaded in this series had a moment where she was impatient and figure 8 wrapped the jump again and again and again. And she always went over, and then around. Never back. So I figured it might have been some underlying training of go over and not back.
Two Tug Game with distance and motion – stellar. Absolute perfection. She understands the drop and carries so well even with the excitement of you running away. I can’t wait for you to keep that criteria when it’s a ball and she is coming back through the jumps.
The coming back over the jump with the ball or toy was harder for her to nail it on the way back. You did a great job of coming up closer to the jump to funnel her in – and I’m wondering if you had a second toy would that help her focus in as well?
I’m going to respond on the 8th – I’m traveling without my laptop and I want to review them thoroughly! Didn’t want you to think I forgot about them.
The tuck sit isn’t 100% but it is SO IMPROVED. Your most successful reps were when her front feet were on the 1/3 of the pad closest to the rear feet. Once her front feet were about half-way to the foam pad she actually steps up with the rear feet and then rocks back moving her front legs back into her rear sitting legs (which has been the struggle). I think if you focus on making sure she is on that furthest edge from you before you cue – you will have a perfect session. I’m so glad you have still been working on these – I know they have been hard but they are going to pay off!!
I would turn the Cato sideways so it’s a little wider (unless you race on the 24″ boxes in which case leave it that way).
You do a nice job of being patient when she only gets the 3/4 legs up. I would love to see you put a tiny prop directly in front of the Cato (touching it once it’s sideways) and then repeat this exercise. Prop could be an agility jump bar, cavalettis, FedEx box, etc (5-8″) With a little more oomph to encourage her to hop up with the front legs I’m wondering if that will give you a better indication on side preference. NOt too bad of a session for being rusty!!
