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Ted Update: gave up on the play pen purchased another one. He is a bit whinny in it because he is used to being with me in the kitchen. I am giving him short bouts in it while the other two adjust to him in there as well.
Toy Play: he is now running out for the other toy when throw, thank goodness, and bringing it back. (sort of) He loves long bungee cords with a soft toy tied to the ends. He is still switching back and forth between toy and little snacks.
Resilience games: playing up and down in new locations. I have had him at CEF and he was able to play in the barn when there wasn’t much going on.
I have finally started games package 1. the back and forth with the 2 food bowels is going well except he jumps over my lap instead of going around my body. when I tried on my knees, he went behind me LOL I will have to play this next to a wall next time and will try to get video and a cone. 🙂
I am patting myself on the back for being 7 weeks behind in a class and being quite chill about it 🙂
Forgot to add he is playing the two toy game. I have noticed that it is taking a little longer to switch to the new toy.
Ted Adventures:
Sniffaries on a birding trail at Level up: Went very well very confident and walking better on a harness. I didn’t have him on the patty area there just because he hasn’t had his 2nd set of shots yet. Handle Levy’s agility class well watching the 2 classes going on and meeting new people. On the table where dogs were coming in and out of the building. I so hope it continues like this. LOL
Toy play: Playing outside and switching from toy to food and back to toy. I tried the run to toy game he chases when it is moving but doesn’t engage with it once it is stopped.. So I have modified it to throw toy both run for toy engage in tug for now.
Up and down game: he is playing this outside now, and the back and forth beginning to recognize “fined it”.
Walks in the yard are going much better with a pocket full of treats LOL Ted recalling for a yummy.Still working on setting up day to day routines. 🙂
Adventures of Ted.
Ted is quite adventurous. I have never had a puppy at 9-10 weeks be so comfortable in my back yard which are about an acre in size. He has already managed to crawl under the agility gate. Doug is now putting and extra board at the bottom, climbing the stairs, wiggling through the barrier to the basement stairs and started down the big outdoor staircase. This was just this morning. My other puppies would explore and come right back to me but at this age stayed pretty close by. Ted, however, explores and comes back but at a long distance. I am going to introduce tugging and recall games outside today in the mud LOL. I have a feeling recall is going to need to be number one on our list. I am still just doing reliance games and play at this point. not sure when we should dive into other games?Theodore has arrived. What a journey we have already been on; cars, shuttle buses, trains, and planes. We are beginning house training. At the present he is learning about his new world and crate training, I had to introduce the harness so we can go outside safely at night. I am super happy at how well he is adjusting to this very different life. One question. He does cry for about 5 minutes when he is first put into his crate. I have ignored it and he has quieted down. My concern is that perhaps I maybe inadvertently creating a little barrier frustration? Ted previous crating has been in a big expen with all his litter mates. I do have a big play pen but right now he is too small for it as he can crawl out the bottom and he has torn up the blockers in 3 secs so it will be introduced again later once he has grown into it. His current play pen is the kitchen LOL
I am posting a little early because the weather is so nice. So this is Week 3 Walk through challenge. I am just posting the at speed plan A and, if in trouble, Plan B. I thought this plan would work for both dogs but this is definitely not the Plan for Levy.
Watson
Levy
I really enjoyed Week 2 sequences 3-4. the weather was a bit sticky yesterday, and I had a little trouble staying connected especially at jump 9-10.
Watson: 2nd time through I disconnected at jump 4 and he took the tunnel. I kept going yeah!
Levy: 1st time I got a sequence the 1st time LOL.
I am a bit behind, so I decided to add the walk out challenge to this week. Here is Week 2 Handling Challenge 1 and 2:
Here is Watson’s go at sequence 1 and the double Whammy:
Here is Levy we were only able to get a little of the 1st sequence….Sigh
Hi Tracy
I am finally finishing up Week one. I played with Jumpers Pop outs course 1 & 2 with Watson and Course 1 for Levy. No need to comment on Watson’s course 1. I am sorry I did not delete it from the video. We did get it and as long as I didn’t try to layer the weaves 2x we were fine. Push to FC was not the best handling option on Jump 4. Course 2 went well for Watson however I think I missed the threadle near the end and did a Front side instead.
Levy I pretty sure I shouldn’t have tried to layer the 2nd time and needed to change the handling option on jump 4.
Thank you so much for the feedback. The courses were designed by Rosanne Wesemann. My outside arm tends to go up when I am behind, and I see them curving in towards me. Habit I am working on. Also, I have a tendency to open up my shoulders when trying to support the get out cue and unintentionally open up my shoulders to bring them into me as in a serp. Two subtle cues I am cleaning up. I did the handing skills 1 and all went well. I played with distance between the 2 jumps on the other side of the tunnel. If the line required a lead change both dogs struggled to get the far jump. I plan on setting up the jumping pop outs next but it just too hot right now.
Hi Tracy,
We have done Handling 1 sequencing. Levy did not have any trouble with position change and only one mistake without connection. However, I realized I did not do the spin just the post turn. He did not seem to need it. Is there a reason you used the spin?I wasn’t sure if The Verbal Only had a lesson and demo as well as a field guide. My log in is only showing the field guide for the first lesson 🙂
Hi quick question. Levy as you know hasn’t done agility for a few weeks as I have been resting from his injury. How do you reintroduce agility after your dogs have been off for a while? What do you suggest I start with to begin again now that he is clear to start sports again?
Update: Good morning, the weather is just wet right now so I haven’t set up any courses. I did managed to get out and do another session on handling skills games 1. I am very happy with how well both boys did. Watson was able to get through the last 2 sequences 2nd time through, and Levy and I got to the last jump but had trouble going from the big line to the tight turn at the end of each sequence. (I only allowed myself 2 tries) Putting it here to note that I will need to circle back to this skill. Question: Is it best to run them only once? More trial like and not get in the habit of getting it only on the 2nd turn?
Games 2 SIOS
I played the Obstacle Discriminations with a jump, a cone and 6 weaves poles, yesterday before the storms hit. (I just couldn’t make myself pull out the tunnel LOL) both boys were able to find the jump easily. The weaves are dependent on a physical cue. Levy especially needs support as he really struggles with weaves. Question: When adding a new cue in this case strengthening the verbal you use new cue “weave” pause and then the physical cue, correct? eventually fade out the 2nd cue. I want to make sure the sessions are not too frustrating, so I kept it super short and stepped in to help and their 2nd attempt.
