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Great suggestions Tracy. He does settled down with his harness on after a while. so I will put that on and once he seems not to notice it we can head out for a fun training session. He is doing well with the big loop so I will start making it smaller. I did use his slip lead this weekend and he was handling me slip it on pretty well. I am seeing some improvement. I will try to get a short video of a session with either the loop or the harness this week.
I have a quick video of skill set 1 with teeter. He hadn’t done the teeter in a while so the 1st one was a bit rusty. The only struggle I see is when I stopped my motion. ( ran out of room on the right side) I noticed he curved into me. Over all I was pretty happy with this session. https://youtu.be/d2wKaQ_GGEwYes he avoids collars, harnesses and slip on leashes in general. He doesn’t like wearing anything. He doesn’t wear a collar. So for the games I will put the harness on in the house and attach a light line. Then we will play the games and I will have a party inside and take off his harness away from the games. I do not plan using a harness, if and when we run, but once I get the slip on leashes at least tolerable. I will try to add them back into the games. Love the idea of using just a fabric loop it takes away the idea of wearing something. Watson’s philosophy on life is be free.. run naked LOL
Good morning Watson and I started with transitions to trial yesterday. I don’t have video but I am in a bit of a dilemma of how to work in the leash. Watson hates collars, leashes harness etc. I have quite a collection and yes I have counter conditioned. So I worked each part separately for now. He did quite well leaving the cookies and doing 5 to 6 quick tricks. He played tuggie with his leash and left the leash for a few tricks and then to the treats. The challenge was asking to put the leash on which of course will be a big problem at the end of a run. Taking the leash off isn’t fun either which is adding stress at the beginning as well. My plan is to continue working on the leash issue away from the games unless I put the leash on in the house and keep it on during the session? I am thinking of adding a jump in my arms trick to end the session. Suggestions? Any cool games to help him love his leash? I have had the best luck with easy slip on and off. Should I continue working with this or start over with something else? He loves his salty dog leash and attached martingale as long as he doesn’t have to wear it LOL.
Hi Tracy,
We are a little behind due to the week of rain. Watson and I have gotten out this week and are working on extreme connection. I am happy with how the “out” cue is coming along but we are still struggling with the backside. On these short sequences I can see how my chest is pointing to the bar so I understand why he missed it. Here are our attempts at the short sequences:
I hope Speed Stakes doesn’t have backsides next week LOL.Hi we played a little with exit line with go. I thought the go was not bad. Watson, did a little head check but took the jump. The second attempt we missed the tunnel entry I think I was looking up and thinking about giving more exit line connection. 🙂 https://youtu.be/eIWmYeOD_Fs
Watson and I took a little break from sequencing and jumps and have been doing weaves and contacts. My timing on the BC was off but I think that is due to baby dog needing a bit more support to go take a jump. Here are my 2 videos Novice seq. 1:
1. walk thru https://youtu.be/3xJ1ETs5qoY
2. run https://youtu.be/jV5QR64rXmcYikes skills set 3 way too hard for us right now. We just do not have the backside or threadle yet. I was vey happy with his drive ahead on the go cue. I am able to get pretty far away and send him to a jump or tunnel. https://youtu.be/aEGDCJKl1ZI
Ok this is what we are working on right now.
Verbals: I plan to use the same verbals on all obstacles. Take the obstacle and exit using verbal given.
Go extension cue take the object in fount of you
Right/Left soft turns
Check check wrap right
Dig dig wrap leftPush take the backside as a slice
Round take the backside as a wrap
In In threadle slice
Do not have a threadle wrap verbal at this point we don’t have a threadle so I have lots of time to think about this one. LOL
serps right and left cues
Out = turn away and take the obstacleObstacle names:
Jump= I have had to use this more with Watson as he will happily run fast by a jump.
teeter
walk it=dogwalk
frame= Aframe
weave= weave poles
tun-tun or tunnel= tunnel
I want to keep the use of verbals as simple as possible as I have enough trouble getting around the course LOL
Hey Tracy we gave novice seq. 1 and 2 a try this morning. 1st attempt at seq. 1 I had to bail I just wasn’t expecting him to catch me so fast. The 2nd attempt I sent him to the backside so I could make it to the BC and we made it. Yes I was late giving my turn cue but not too zig zaggy.
The last run on the video was 1st attempted at seq. 2 I gave the wrong verbal and did not give him enough slowing down and changing motion to cue a tighter turn. I did take out the 1st jump and ran it one more time and he did very well reading the check check turn However I did not video it. Bummer. Sorry it is hard to see Watson on this video I will have to use Pixam next time we try out a sequence. I will work on my skill sets later this week as it promises to be quite toasty outside. https://youtu.be/5uJt5dyD0ooHi Tracy I had to take advantage of the weather and Watson and I gave Novice Sequence 1 a try.
The first attempts we had trouble getting 3rd jump and a nice left turn into the tunnel. I was not connected as per usual on my 1st run. Last run I was late giving my left cue and tight turn out of the tunnel. I was waiting too long to see if he was fully committed to the 3rd jump and the tunnel. I think the connection after the tunnel saved me and helped him find the last jump.HI Tracy,
We were able to get out between the rain showers yesterday and try a few skill sets. I worked on backside and threadle. This wasn’t a very productive session. I abandoned the threadle as I think it was just too much so we worked on our backside slice cue. At this point I am having to run to the wing to get the backside. Luckily you covered this very topic today in CC2 and we really made some progress. I am posting this hear to see if I am cueing incorrectly.
However check out CC2 as either latent learning kicked in or the warm up session clarified a few things for him. I am guessing it will just take time before I will be able to be on the other wing and just use the verbal like you do with Voodoo.Hey Tracy I am so excited and I have been looking through the 1st challenge Package under sequences for success Novice doc it looks like Novice 1 is not showing on the pdf. Did you want 3 courses for the young dogs or decided 2 would be better for them? Not that Watson and I are ready for them yet but I thought I might let Mickey try them out. 🙂
Hi Tracy I hope all is well with you. 🙂 The temps are starting to go up and this was our first session in warm humid weather. I thought Watson handled it well but I not sure where my mind was. LOL when I cued on time and rewarded properly I really started to see his understanding of serps. I think I am ready to start intro the threadles even though I need to keep reinforcing go back out and take the 3rd jump. I honestly think if I rewarded better and cued the second turn he would have gotten the last jump. Your thoughts?
We did the moving grid and the bending grid today. The rain is on the way here so Watson will get a nice break. I thought that the session went well. https://youtu.be/Ujl8a06GSlk
