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I really enjoyed the part of the session after you were done luring and let her shape the behavior. She struggled and you helped her a little with you body pressure and position – but honestly those shaping sessions are where I see the most success. Because otherwise they are just following the cookie and they don’t really remember what they were doing.
You can turn the Cato longways for the back and forth, and then short ways like you had here when you want to start doing the turn portion (go up on the Cato and then turn back to the position you started from).
And remember to try to say YES more for the back feet. All dogs can do a box turn with their front feet, it’s the back feet that are the most important part for a 4 footed turn.
Retrieve – love the intensity coming back. I was so glad she didn’t get a deck splinter from her sliding LOL.
Line Up – looks so good on both sides.
Backing up – you are a clicker WHIZ! Your timing and eye is really impeccable. Here is another video to demonstrate backing up in case it’s helpful to see another view.
Left/Right – both look so good – I’ll be curious to see if she ends up being a righty! I have been training my dogs to turn both directions for a ball so when I add 15′ of distance or a jump it becomes VERY clear which way is the preferred/easier/snappier.
Two Tug Game – Excellent tugging and switching when you cued it. The only item that I could see being unclear for Jinka is when she makes the mistake onto the tug before she is cued (sent herself to it) she then is doing the same behavior (sending herself to the original tug). It feels a little like she is guessing, and I think you can make it more clear for her. When you cue the YES and she does it correctly give her a little extra verbal praise like good dog, woohoo, etc (whatever you normally do). When she does go for the other tug before being cued, it’s no fun just like you are doing, but then do cue her back to the one she should have stayed on (YES, or get this etc). The only time she can strike and play is when you indicate when and where. I will also admit my strictness on the proofing depends on the dog – my Wocker would NEVER drop a ball, toy, anything, and in fact I had to work harder on getting him to spit so I did not do much carry and focused more on spitting/trading. My whippet mixes were more the “spit when the tug is coming into view” types and more likely to leave balls so I did proof them much harder on this exercise.
Super focused and I loved how she did flybys with you to bring you back the tug. And once again ignored that excellent distraction baby LOL. She did 2 right and 1 left, the rights seemed tighter but they were more stop/go versus the left was continuous motion so it was wider. I will be curious which way she ends up turning.
I just did a B&T and I did both directions up until I added 15′ to the slant board/box and then every turn to the left was low, sloppy, or 2 footed and every turn to the right was perfect. So nothing wrong with doing BOTH directions to keep her balanced.
The video is perfect! I can see every aspect. I like that she folded into the releaser as well – this makes life so much easier for everyone and it’s an important skill I like to teach my dogs that sometimes someone else might grab you. (Like if I were to trip and someone else would catch my dog while I’m down).
If other dogs are distracting/challenging – maybe have that dog do a longer recall and Jinka does a shorter recall (like half the distance of these).
WOW! So much progress already! I was going to say to wiggle the tug more as you say “YES” for the switch but on that second session she had it down. Even proofing with the baby and dog – loved it!!
All good! I don’t see her having any issue with the cue and then the switch. If anything it might make her faster!
Looks like my comment didn’t stick when I watched this video. She did a great job following, especially when she was determined to get the stuck ring treat.
I can tell when you give the immediate YES with motion away you are getting snappier pushes versus the lingering licks. She might be one that likes a touch with you moving a bit, so it’s a little bit of a moving target.
She’s going to be a little fitness guru. Backing up with your hand lower helped her because the weight stayed distributed (versus when your hands were high that shifted weight back and caused the sit). She also has a gorgeous bow, as all whippety things should LOL. You can keep cookie on the nose or just hands lower for now as she keeps up with the backing up!
What a good girl! She seemed happier to go around the left leg, so if you wanted to toss that cookie behind you on the ground when you do the right legs that might help her get the hang of it. Sometimes the whippety ones can be pressure sensitive but it looks like she will have a lot of value and love this game. And I’m 100% fine with you placing hands on her for a READY SET GO chase this cookie I throw in front of you. So she has an extra bit of fun after being ‘caught’.
Your foam pad worked okay to start but let’s move her to a square Cato board for the rest of the mat work. I haven’t been taking them back to the floor – so when you see instructions that say remove the platform in the coming weeks – ignore those and just stay on the Cato. I want her confident in pushing and stepping and that foam pad was flopping around too much. But it was neat to see her tuck herself smaller to get all four feet on it.
I love how well she is switching between toys!!
One change to your setup. The toy she has ‘dies’ and goes still. Then say YES and bring the new toy in the other hand alive. That YES is what is marking “spit this out and get this new one” which will eventually down the road be “spit this ball and get this tug”.
Right now you are marking YES after she makes the decision to switch toys, but I want YES to be the marker word that cues that it is okay to switch. I really like how she goes back and forth so easily.
Perfect! I liked how crisp and loud you were with the HERE and as soon as she moved to turn her head you were moving in the opposite direction.
She is a strong tugger. How does she do if you tug and let go of the tug, maybe even run away. Will she bring the tug to you to ask to re-engage with you?
Nice job getting that big body into that tiny box!! He knew exactly where to put those back feet.
Touch – very nice on the sides and the high reaches! Even the low one on the floor I was impressed he recognized.
Here – You can start to add some more enthusiasm when he takes that first step towards you. Well done.
Two Tugs – So “Get This” is going to be the words you say when he finishes the finish line and you tell him he has carried the ball far enough and can spit. He’s an A+ tugger and has the concept of switching down really well.
Impulse Game with food – he said that’s dumb what a breeze haha. And the end he said was a trap LOL.
Recalls! How fun she and Maze get to grow up training together! You can hear thunder foot rolling up behind you on the mats. He has a lot of body and I want to encourage (as much as we can) the super quick acceleration steps for him in particular. So I would likely do 60% short recalls, 30% medium and 10% long recalls until he’s doing multiple jumps. The short ones would be letting go when you are 4-5 steps away, tug really low. So he feels like you are just in reach so he digs that much harder. With you being further out – he is really extending the stride to cover ground (but that’s not going to help with striding/acceleration off the box).
