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There is that speed I was looking for!!
If she will trade between 2 toys you might want to look at having her catch the tug and run through with it, and then come back to you for a game of tug with a second tug toy. She is hitting so hard that’s why she is popping off. Or you need to be in motion with her when she hits – just wait a little longer to run since your place has a shorter runback and you are speedy.
You can 100% not encourage the auto-re-run lineups. I am of the same mindset – I do not want a dog to come lineup at the box for another recall unless 1 – the owner tells them they can go and 2 – the person at the box then starts calling them. To stop that you can clip her on the leash and then keep tugging and playing. It would also reinforce that getting caught doesn’t mean the game ends… so it’s a 2 for 1 in my book.
Great job! The HERE has a value for sure! As we build on this game in the coming Units I want to see Thistle driving to you a little more. I know it’s a smaller backyard, but you can strategically start on one end of the yard and toss that throw away cookie near you, then take off running when she gets her first step towards you. I want her to think that she HAS to go all the way to you in order to get the cookie. Right now you often stop when she is halfway to you, then she just walks the rest of the way to you.
What does she think is the greatest thing in the world? High value treats? Tug? Disc?
I liked these! The camera angle was hard to see but it seemed like you were able to capture a lot of nose touches when you were turning back to change directions. Just make sure the nose is coming into your hand, and not that your hand is going towards the nose.
Don’t feel pressure to take this outside and add motion – I tend to keep this one shorter distances (could also be similar to teaching a collar grab).
You did a great job noticing that she switched better when you have motion. And I could tell you were trying to toss her away to one side of the room so you could move to the other – I imagine if you had a hallway or a little more running space you might have quicker trades.
You might always try giving the “Yes” and then some follow up encouragement words like get it get it get it as you wiggle it around.
Sometimes when mine are having trouble switching because they find them equal (or one higher value) I try to use a dinkier tug to start a session and then switch to a beloved tug. You just then have to out, reset back onto the dinky one, and start again. That usually helps me get more of the behavior of Switching down…. then I can work back up to the equal value tugs.
I also liked how engaged you were when you just had the one tug in your hand – so don’t feel stuck that you couldn’t set it aside until you were ready to switch so you could really engage in the toy play while she is tugging.
She’s a mini tigger bouncing up – I am astonished how far up she can make it.
I wonder if you could add some fleece or rope to the end of your tug to make it a smidge longer? A few times she appeared to be careful on where she grabbed it avoiding near your hand. Since it’s a smaller tug she has a smaller area to grab from and that might be causing some hesitation?? But I loved at the end where she was super confident and she was nailing that tug!
The hardest part seems to be the transition from tugging, back into the sit. If you offered a cookie for the sit, would that make tugging lower value because she likes cookie more? I know some dogs have a hard time switching between rewards.
Your cueing and movement was spot on. I liked how you already incorporated a tiny lean/step on the “set”. You can certainly keep building up – taking a whole step on the “set”.
If the sitting part continues to be difficult you can also just work on a general SIT/STAY where the only reward is food. And you work on distance and keep moving back to her to reward just sitting still (not releasing yet). I find if I add in 1-2 of these sessions for my dogs that have a hard time holding a sit, it goes a long ways.
She is the size of a Powerflex box!!! You did everything I would have recommended. As she was struggling with the rear feet you turned the box sideways and then tried to pull her through. Maybe when you start your next session start with luring and and through the box in box directions for a few reps. Show her that she CAN get those back legs in there, marking yes for when the back feet go in. Similar to how we do the box turn on the Cato. Then hopefully since she has a few good reps under her belt she will confidently offer it on her own.
Thank you for the nudge!! Does the link take you to the correct video? It says 4 feet in a box but takes me to the same Here video.
The video using Here looked perfect. I liked that sometimes Snorkel was in front and sometimes in the second position of getting rewarded but stayed keyed in on you.
1 – I would not use it with Combo if he bumper car rides Snorkel – because I don’t want the Here to become a recall where she hangs back until she’s behind everyone/Combo so she feels safe. And then as a result runs back to you slower. I have had that issue with mine before and those dogs that don’t want to be ridden by a certain dog just walk back to me instead of running/causing the others to chase.
2 – I’d let them say it to their own dogs cause it’s the equivalent of saying come, or their name 5 times – because if they haven’t put the work in, it’s all a foreign language to the dog. I wouldn’t let them use the Here like yours if they are just calling her to say hi. But if you were playing puppy ping pong or similar games, it’s okay. But truthfully I like when HERE is reserved for the owner (because it’s the calling back from the box to you) – so you could tell them to just call her name and that would be just as well.
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.
