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Blinds 2
Rusty does better on this one than the Decel exercise because the treat is in the hand that he is ultimately driving to. Is that ok or should I be calling him to an empty hand and ultimately rewarding from my other hand once he crosses my body?
Look forward to your feedback.Decel Turn Foundation
This still needs work. As long as it is strictly on a lure, he does very well. As soon as it is following empty hand, not so much.
Look forward to your feedback.Driving Ahead 2
Rusty was enthusiastic about driving ahead and seemed eager to do the next rep. I want to do more of these so he becomes more familiar with the go cue.
Look forward to your feedback.Stealth Self-Control Framework Part 1
Novel NeutralThere were two brief encounters with one of the neutral objects from which I quickly redirected him. The other two he seemed to ignore completely. I was pleased with his eagerness to continue playing the game.
Look forward to your feedback.Wing Wrap Advanced
Sorry about the cat. I thought he was in the kitchen. They are quite good friends so not too horrible a distraction. Should I be increasing distance even further or is this good enough at this point?
Look forward to your feedback.Goat Tricks II
I guess Rusty is part goat! He seemed to like these challenges. I added two unstable challenges at the end which he seemed to enjoy as well.
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Rusty seemed to get the hang of it and seemed to be having fun along the way. Should I be working toward greater distance?
Look forward to your feedback.Rusty and Tug
There might be hope! After having tried all sorts of tug toys of different lengths and different materials, quite by accident, he grabbed this one yesterday and hung on! And this was this morning! Yay! I haven’t incorporated it into any of the exercises yet but will begin to do so. Any further hints are much appreciated.
Goat Trick 1
I tried a variety of toys to heighten arousal with little luck so tried to create arousal with food. I should add that I will work on the toy play separately in addition to these exercises. Rusty seemed to get the goat part.
Look forward to your feedback.Stealth SC Novel Neutral
Three novel neutral items – jump bump, jump standard and cardboard box. Except when I introduced the box, he seemed to ignore these neutral objects. Now to make them less neutral. I like this exercise!
Look forward to your feedback.Blind Cross – Sorry about the throws off screen. Bad video operator! I think he gets the gist. Next time I will lengthen the path by going toward the opening to the other room – corner to corner.
Look forward to your feedback.Our Resilience Conditioning 1 – Loved it! I learned so much about Rusty that I never would have known otherwise and he got to have a great experience. Video clips are here. Entire walk took 12 minutes
Synopsis – on the way out the driveway he found a stick pile and selected a small one to carry and play with. Shortly thereafter he dropped it and we continued up the road. On the way back he picked up a small branch and carried it a short distance. When we got back to where he had dropped the original stick, he dropped the branch, picked up the original stick and carried it back, stopping at the branch pile and then carried it home. Only Rusty knows how he located the stick on the way back as to me it was buried in the leaves! Great nose and sense of place.I had a head start on Wing Wrap because I have doing some Movement Puzzles with Rusty. This was an easier version of some of them. I started Prop Game 1 with a review of the prop and then went into sending to it. This exercise still needs work. When my sends were better, Rusty did better! Go figure! I still felt that to him, it was all about the food, not about the prop.
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