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Good morning!
He is doing really well with his lines here! When he had questions, it was a connection question meaning he did not see the connection from you. And connection is the key to showing him which line you want him to be on (and which side of you to be on).
He is paying close attention to your shoulders and motion, and looking ahead and a high arm changes that and pulls him off lines. So the connection on the first reps is really important. Once he knows the sequence, the handling doesn’t matter as much but he is needing more connection on those early reps to get it right the first time.
The key will be in the critical spots (like where you are ahead or where you are sending him) to show him more of your face & eyes, and keeping your arms down low and back to him so he can see the connection. I think there were spots where you could see him, but because he is so small, he could not see the connection because you were looking a little forward and your arm was high.
I grabbed screenshots of the spots where he had the questions so you can see the visuals:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/12V7myoz89nmuisH2umfxZ3gG-tcYEcI9Wjt2jsOrLEg/edit?usp=sharing
For example, using more connection at :30 where your arm is lower/back to him and your face is more visible will get commitment earlier when you are further away. And the same will be useful with the send to the middle jump at :39 – your shoulders were pointing forward past the line and he didn’t see the connection when he was at the first jump, so he didn’t go to the middle jump.
He freezes & barks when he is unsure, so don’t stop and fix: keep going, reward, then adjust the connection on the next rep.
Once he knew where the GO line was, he was good at staying on it! You can add more connection back to him as he exits the barrel wrap, to make for a straighter line to the jumps and so he is entirely clear about where to be. For example, at 6:00 & 6:55 you can see him looking at you for side info (all he could see was your back). So he found the line a bit late at 6:02 when you passed the jump and he saw you turn your head. But he didn’t find the jump at 6:55 because he didn’t know where to be.
You don’t need to slow down to stay at the barrel, getting ahead is great! But you will want to show him more connection as you drive up the line: have your dog-side arm back and down towards him (left arm in that moment) and turn your head back to him. That will make for perfect tight turns to the next line even when you are way ahead.
Here is a video I did a while back, with young dogs. The camera is at eye-level including for a small dog, so you can see that they can only see my back if I am not connected with a low arm and head turn back to them:
Nice work here! Let me know what you think!
Tracy
Good morning!
He was so clever at the beginning here – he knew right away what to do. Good boy!!
Walking past the target while he is in bow position is going really well. He is looking forward to the toy really nicely! When he did start looking back at you more – yes, it happened after an error but also it could be that you were topping near/behind the target.
So when you are planning to move past the target, b sure to stay in motion and don’t stop at all near the target so motion changes don’t cue him to look at you.
To add more staying behind him while he looks forward and not at you:
>was thinking to try restrained recalls to the static toy next as his favorite game. >
Yes, this is good to revisit. And as you are holding him, be sure he is looking forward and add in quiet praise for the focusing forward to extend the duration of it – we really want him staring at it before you send him to it. And when you do send him, don’t move at all 🙂 Let him go without you.
>Then put the target in-between and do the same restraints to bow, and release to the toy??>
Yes – but if he had just done a bunch of restraints directly to it, then he might get confused if you immediately go to the target for the bow. He might end up running across it then getting mad 🙂
So do the restraints in a different place, or a different session. Then when you add the target, he won’t be thinking about going directly to the toy.
And when you add the target: you can do the same thing of sending to it without you moving at all, you stay behind him and restrain him like you did without the target. And you can have the toy closer so it is easy for him to focus on. And if that is too hard and he keeps releasing to it, you can make the reward less exciting with an empty food bowl for a few reps: if he can do it to a food bowl, it will be easy to add the toy back in. He might not need the food bowl, but it is a possibility if the toy is too challenging.
Great job here!
Tracy
Good morning!
>I really have to get my body to cooperate! I want to tie something around my shoulder so I can’t flail my arms so high!>
Try the drink in hand game from week 3 – it is great for controlling hands and is it hilarious AND you can drink a tasty beverage! My favorite version of the game was using Root Beer Floats on a hot day. I have also done it with coffee 🙂 Some people do it with adult beverages but I prefer sweet stuff LOL
>maybe Minky & the cream cheese were the reason!>
Thank you Minky! I do sometimes use the cat to make the dog angry. During an online lesson on Friday, a Sheltie left the weaves early to grab a tunnel. So the cat got his salmon treat. Let’s just say there was NO WAY the Sheltie was going to leave the weaves early ever again hahahahaha Cats are fun!
Looking at the first video:
>Our first rep, I think he read my body language as a blind cross & was driving to the toy?>
I think he read it as a threadle! On the first rep, the outside arm came up and the toy was visible, so he pulled off the jump. Compared to the other side (where you did not use the outside arm to throw til after he took the jump) I think it was a bit of a threadle cue for him on rep 1.
I grabbed the visuals here:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1t6FYcl_XnIY7meXMCO01eNXWokBLu3XZZG5dbpEeogI/edit?usp=sharing
>I felt like it was rude to keep throwing his toy in the dirt.>
I am sure he appreciated that 🙂
>We can do another session and see if we can build more lateral distance. >
You can start building more distance by placing a bowl as a target for the first few reps, with a cookie in it. That should help him continue to look forward as you get further and further away.
He was very happy with the love the slam game! One thing that might be making it super motivating is that the offering of the behavior is very fun – and the excitement of the high value reward and a little bit of surprise element to it is releasing some dopamine which motivates even more moving and offering.
>He is getting steak, but he gets steak for all the Concept Transfer & Wingin It games too. >
One thing to do is mix up the rewards more, so steak doesn’t lose its value because he gets it all the time. Rotating through different rewards can be very exciting 🙂 For the driving forward on jumps, it can be a bit of cream cheese in a bowl as a different but still high value reward.
>He was trying to snatch steak between reps though. Is he that excited to get to be on the teeter? Is he outraged about the quid pro quo? >
He didn’t seem outraged at all. Maybe he was extra hungry! And also the steak was right there, so any self-respecting dog would try to snatch it at least once hahahaha
Looking at the Wingin’ It game:
>I edited out the agonizing time of me getting my directionals together for each rep >
This game has huge element of human verbal training LOL! It is actually the hardest part 🙂
He totally loved the hugger on a tether! And his commitment is looking really strong – it builds on all of the backwards sending work you did with him in the MaxPup 1 days 🙂
He did really well here and you got all of your verbals 🙂 The cat looked disappointed that there were no Minky treats available hahaha
So you can definitely move to the next steps of the game, doing multiple wings in a row 🙂
>We definitely need to keep working on the Next Level Pup 1: Looking Ahead & get to the Next Level Pup 2. Are there any other Week 2 games that you think we should keep doing (or all of them!)? We have some week 3 games started, but I don’t want to get ahead of ourselves if we still need work on things that we’ll need for the next games.>
You can look at NextLevel pup 2, and then keep going with week 3. He is doing great!!
Nice job here 🙂
Tracy
Good morning!
>She’s a lot of dog and has accidentally taken both me and my vizsla out. We both now creep around the corners to see where Roulette is.>
OMG! She thinks she is a tiny flower LOL
>But she held the stay I asked for a total of 6 times over 4 runs.>
Wow, good girlie!!!! That is great!
> I used more food than a toy today to try and keep more of her brain. >
I am thrilled to hear that they allowed food in the ring. Excellent!!!
>We had the standard ring running simultaneously which was a great distraction for dogs and new noises. >
Perfect! That is also critically important for her agility future. And a loud teeter is also good to expose her too.
>I ran into Cindy today and we raved about how wonderful you are.>
That is too kind!! You two are amazing people with amazing dogs!
Looking at the video:
I love how you brought her into the ring and got engagement during the height change. It is a fantastic way to make ignoring people in the ring into a really fun thing!
>I did, however, chicken out before the tunnel when I ended up on her line. >
Is that when you did the rear cross on the tunnel? It was a smart adjustment: you stayed connected and got the line. She was happy to do it!
She had really great commitment in this run, and a ton of confidence. This is exciting!
And a big click/treat to YOU for how you handled the only commitment question: at :39, you were sending to the pinwheel jump but didn’t quite have enough connection. So you kept going in the moment, got her back on the next line. Then went through to the pinwheel again, adding more connection at :47 and she got it.
The reason I love it so much was that there was never a moment where Rou was told that she was wrong (you didn’t stop and fix or mark it) when it was a small handler blooper. Instead, you kept going and made the adjusment on the fly to set her up for success – she got the line and had a great line to the end. And she even went to her leash at the end.
It is really cool to see how her understanding is building up into bigger courses. FUN!!!!! It is almost time to consider a bit of AKC FEO. Remind me how old he is? We can put it on the radar but no need to rush.
Great job here!
Tracy
Good morning!
>rather my Rube Goldberg version of it.>
Ha! Brilliant!!! It worked really well.
>He was breaking stride at the pivot point so I think this is a wonderful activity.>
I agree that this is a good game to convince him to drive through the pivot point.
I think your setup worked amazing well for what we are wanting to accomplish.
As you noted, we can see he was faster and faster driving to the top as the session went along. As he added speed, the board made a little noise and perhaps moved a tiny bit: he hesitated at the pivot on that one rep, then went back to driving directly to the top. SUPER!!!
For the reward: he was happy to eat whatever was up there, but you can also add in fewer reps for insanely high value rewards. A big dollop of cream cheese is often very exciting, or a handful of meatballs, or something equally mind-blowing. That huge surprise can make it even more motivating to run to the top!
For the dismount: he is too big to lift off, and turning around might be hard if you are too far away and he doesn’t wait for you. If you have a tall agility table (I think you do?) you can put it on the other side of the teeter, so he can get his reward then step forward off the board onto the black thing holding it up, then hop down onto the tall table. The only thing to add there is a non-slip element to the black thing holding the teeter up – a yoga mat would work great for that.
>Not sure how I can safely make it higher though. >I don’t think you need to make it higher. It is pretty close to full height, and it is accomplishing our goal of driving through the pivot. And eventually you will be able to add a little bit of tip by using less stuff at the top to prop it up.
Great job here!!
TracyGood morning!
>I also have to remember he is craving people time more since he doesn’t get as much attention with me working.>
Good point! And also, as an adolescent, his brain is currently wired to have more approach behaviors (and less impulse control). But the good news is that Dublin is still a happy dude – many, many adolescent dogs are more concerned/barky/reactive during this phase. Adolescence is a hard time LOL!
Since he is a happy social pup, have you put a ‘visit’ behavior on cue? Because he loves people and is a real sweetie, you can use it as a reward: I have used “say hi” as a cue to release the dog to go visit with people and socialize 🙂 That way, if he ignores people, you can reward sometimes with a “say hi!” And he can get his visiting in.
It is REALLY easy to add: you say it, then encourage him to visit. It helps if the person who he is being sent to visit also starts greeting him after you say it.
Looking at the video: pretty perfect session!
Finding the line at a bigger distance? No questions. YAY!
Finding the line with you way ahead? Also no questions. Double Yay!
Distance PLUS being ahead? Zero questions 🙂
And you had a couple of reps where you got in closer to the tunnel so he drove ahead – he did great on those too.
The only thing to add would be more running – does your increased motion add more distraction to his line finding? I don’t think it will be a problem for him.
So you don’t need to repeat this setup specifically, you can play with the handling stuff and adding distance into the blinds (and running with a drink in your hand :)), as well as the new games being added tomorrow 🙂 The new handling games don’t have as much jumping, which will be a nice break from the jumping stuff.
Great job!
Tracy
Good morning!
Look at baby dog working brilliantly in a big new environment, with other dogs around. Yay!!
On the first video, he was super good about remaining engaged (without you holding the leash) even with all of the excitement on the other side of the fence! Yay! You made it fun!
Climbing on the stuff was good, no problems or questions at all. He was happy to hop on all the things and stay engaged. Find My Face is just another fun game for him, which is exactly what we want it to be 🙂
You can definitely use more toys! You get more reps in with food, but being able to work in the higher state from the toy and go back and forth from food to toy is incredibly valuable.
For the rocking horses:
He is committing well to the wing! I would take the bars out for now: he is too young to jump, and a bar on the ground can either getting him happy to put his feet on the bar (which we don’t want of course) or he rolls the bar and hurts a wrist which we don’t want either. So the easiest thing to do is take the bar out.
He had valid questions about connection! He needs to see clear connection to know which side of you to be on when he exits the wing. If you move away fast and connection is not clear, he has to pick a side. Be sure to reward him if he ends up on the ‘wrong’ side because that is handler error, not puppy error 🙂
He had a question at :45 –
not enough visible connection a he exited the first wing, all he saw was your back. When he did get to the correct side, your dog-side leg never stepped forward so he was not as sure. It was not a toy in hand issue, you can keep the toy in your hand. He had the same question at 1:33.When you had clear connection at :56, he found the correct side sooner and was able to commit on motion.
I grabbed some screenshots and you can see how the connection was visible at :56 and 2:02, and not visible at :45 and 1:33.
You will see 2 gorgeous connections and the 2 spots where he had questions. On the question spots, he can’t really see th connection (bearing in mind that he is small and behind you, so you can see him but he can’t see the direct line of connection).
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1olO_zoEgx0_ZRBnH9FwphkY9t9EgYzWWg335fcqVF-w/edit?usp=sharing
>Apparently there were a lot of cookies on the ground.>
Actually… that was a stress response from knowing something was not quite right (because you stopped) and not knowing how to be right. So… sniffing at 1:37 followed by the big full body shake at 1:45.
You had very clear connection at 2:02, he knew what to do, no questions, you kept moving… no sniffing 🙂
So definitely get that gorgeous connection where he really sees your eyes – that is more important that you moving away fast at this stage, so he knows where to be. And if he doesn’t see it and ends up on the other side, roll with it and reward 🙂
Great job here!
Tracy
Good morning!
I am SO GLAD you already have results and it is benign! That must have been a scary ordeal – you need another vacation to decompress from that stress after your cold goes away!
Excellent choices for the games here – the running will be easy to add when you are fully recovered.
>On this occasion, he did bark a little as we were coming from the parking lot into the ring on leash and passing by some dogs waiting their turns for the class that was going on (including a littermate),>
Does he know the back & forth pattern game? That comes from MaxPup 1 and can be helpful to help him settle and not bark when he is passing other dogs working.
>I did leash him up when I was moving the wings/jumps so he wouldn’t run off when we weren’t actively working, so that might have helped a bit>
Smart! A bit of management goes a long way 🙂
>I thought he did well when we were working, especially as some of the waiting dogs were waiting between our ring and the other ring.>
That was an excellent, real-world distraction!
Looking at the pre- and post- vacation wobble board sessions:
On both videos, he was immediately (and happily) interacting with the boards).
On the wobble board, he was definitely working the puzzle of what gets the ball. On the first video, you can see him ‘solve’ the puzzle that it was the 2nd front foot (and slight board movement).
On the rocker board: all 4 feet, tons of confidence! Love it!
I think we should focus mainly on the rocker board for now (we can re-visit the wobble board at a later date). For the rocker board, keep going with the high value rewards and short sessions – and just add the tiniest bit more tip by supporting it with something a little bit smaller under the top end.>My mom is here at the moment, and I rewatched the love the slam video this morning and was reminded about working on the slam away from the object with a helper making the noise. I was thinking of working a bit on this tomorrow.>
Yes! Thanks, mom 🙂 You can start it with him in a different room with you while she makes the noise, just to be absolutely sure that we don’t scare him by accident.
Looking at the motion override video:
I don’t think your hoarseness was throwing him off. I think he was surprised that you’d cue a stopped behavior while you stayed in motion LOL! His facial expression was pretty funny – “wait, what?!?” Haha!
He was processing, and sometimes he could stand still and sometimes a delayed sit, but it got faster and faster during the session.
He was actually a lot better on your right side (heading away from the camera). Those were pretty quick sits! Good boy! When he was on your left (heading towards the camera) – it was harder and he had more delays. Probably just a subtle side preference, so you can keep things a shade easier (walking) on your left side and make them harder (adding more of your motion, faster walking then build up to jogging) when he is on your right.
He did break the stay a bit when you said “yes” at the beginning, so you made an excellent adjustment to use your reward markers and releases. Yay!
Great job here!!!
Tracy
Hi!
>I felt totally “stuck-up-for” so thanks! >
Oh heck yeah! There are weird people in dog sports who say weird stuff like that. It is a “them” problem, not a “you” problem.
He did so well with the sending here and that made the blind so much easier!
A subtle tweak is to think about using your arm and sending to the takeoff spot in front of that middle jump, instead of to the jump. Sending to the takeoff spot will point your feet and shoulders to the jump more. Sending to the jump turns your shoulders a bit away from it.
Side note: the cat was HILARIOUS and almost got run over by Lew LOL!
Excellent timing and connection o the blind at :10!
He didn’t take the jump at :19 and I think it was because the high arm was blocking his view of the connection, which made the blind look like it started early (so he was changing sides early). You ran a little closer to the jump on the next rep which helped! And you can also lower the arm after the send so he can see the connection really clearly to commit even better.
Looking at the mountain climbers:
>Lew went crazy for the cream cheese! Yay!>
Cream cheese is LIFE! LOL! I am glad he liked it 🙂
Getting comfy being that high in the air is really important for littles, so I am glad the cream cheese helped make it worth his while.
He did need the social support of you staying close to him as he went up the board in this first prt of the session, but I know that he will need less and less help.
Also, when the cat joined in – I think there was a competitive element for the food! He was like OH NO THIS CAT WILL NOT GET MY CREAM CHEESE so he was driving up the board without you. Thanks, cat! LOL!
Yes, you can start with a cookie toss for sure, although he might skip the cookie in favor of going to the cream cheese 🙂
Great job here!
Tracy
Hi!
Thanks for this video! It answers the questions about the wraps!
>First go, he ran way past >
Do you mean he went wide on the jump, or he didn’t take the jumps at all?
>So my question is – is this just because he is still figuring things out or is it something about my handling that is causing it?>
There are differences in handling on the reps where he dropped the bar and the reps from the next video above, where he turned tight and the bar stayed up.
On the previous video with the tight turns, you emphasized the decel a lot more. It was earlier and more obvious. That is a more powerful cue and turn committed & turned really well. (:43-:48)
On the video where the bar went down, you had a little decel but you were emphasizing the outside arm more by having it come up really high (:04, :13). So when he landed from the previous jump, you hit the brakes and lifted the outside arm – that was not as clear of a cue, so the bar came down.
This is good info from Rusty, that the decel is the more important cue than the arm – so when he is at the previous jump, keep the decel and connection but you don’t need to lift the outside arm until you do the actual cross, when he nearer to the wrap jump.
Let me know if that makes sense! Nice work on these!
Tracy
Wow, these runs are looking great! Your timing and connection were spot on, producing great results. And he really likes that reward!
The Go run looked lovely.
On the push to the backside runs at the beginning and at the end: you had perfect timing, position, and connection so he had zero questions. And I like how he was able to head back down the line to the tunnel without you needing to work that hard to get it: verbals and connection were clear so he drove away to the line. Yay!
Nice timing on the rear cross cues as well – he understood it and had no questions there. You can play with doing the rear cross from even further behind because that will be useful when he gets onto really big courses.
Your decel on the first 2 wrap reps was great, and he produced lovely turns. I couldn’t hear if you had a wrap verbal on those runs, so you can add it if you were not using it.
The turn at 1:08 was the only moment of a late cue in the entire session – the deceleration happened when he was approaching the wrap jump there, so you can see him jumping in more extension. On the previous runs, your decel came as he was at the jump after the tunnel and he had gorgeous wraps.
I am glad he is more focused for getting into work – the mental warm up really helps. And bringing him out on leash can help take out any pre-work exploration of the environment.
>However, today the minute we finished and I said, All done, he spied someone running on the road – opposite end of the property from the tunnel, took off at top speed and went chasing him down the road, not barking – all in good fun but still! Fortunately the road is a neighborhood loop and not a main road. >
Oh, Rusty!!!! You can add something more interactive at the end of the session, like scattering treats in the grass for him to sniff out then you can clip the leash on and exit the session together. That way he is less likely to consider the ‘all done’ as a sign that he can go be the neighborhood social director.
>How long will adolescent hormones prevail?????>
In the sporting breeds and male dogs… it could be a couple more years of adolescence until the good decision-making part of the brain is developed enough to override the impulsive part of the brain. You will see more and more maturity develop but adolescence will persist for a while so you can continue to have some rules for him to avoid teenage decisions 🙂
Tracy
Good morning! This was a really great session!
Her sending to the middle jump is going really well – I am loving her commitment skills!
Since she is committing so nicely to the middle jump, the FC (:08) and the BC (:18) can both come a lot sooner. Ideally, you start it as she is landing from the middle jump. On these 2 reps, you started the cross as she was taking off for the jump before the tunnel. The bar came down on the FC. The BC is definitely the better option for that line!
When you added more of the sequence to it, the commitment to the middle jump was even easier. At :32 the blind was much better timed, and it was finished before she took off for the jump and was freakin’ awesome!! She adjusted before takeoff.
>Yes you did hear me say Holy Shi* when we did it and she was kind enough not to run me down!>
Ha! I think it was mainly because as you finished the blind, there was a big powerful dog coming at you at 1000 mph 🙂 Good information produced even more speed 🙂 Fantastic and also probably slightly terrifying LOL
She had made the turn before takeoff so knew exactly where to be and was not going to take you down… but that is still a lot of power coming at you after the blind 🙂
>I also accidentally extended out training session and her head exploded. She did amazing turning to the left. Once I had her turning right, she kept going around the jump before the tunnel and I couldn’t get my body to add a brake arm and try to get a blind in. >
You can isolate the brake arm as part of the send to that middle jump, just doing something like tunnel, jump, send with the brake arm. Then you can add in running away and rewarding her for finding the jump after the send. And trying it as the first side will help because she won’t be tired at all.
Great job here!
Tracy
Good morning!
>Yesterday we had class and I saw a more distracted Dublin. No video though. He was coming out of tunnel turning left to take further away jump set up as 270. He saw Dana sitting on DW in his path and kept going to her. >
That might be a combo of him loving Dana and him being a bit tired after a busy week: seminar last weekend and lots of good training this week!
>Guessing toy wasn’t enough at that time to keep him engaged with me. We used toy as lure as I was on landing side of the jump and that worked>
It could be that he needed a higher value toy in that moment, or really good food. A person that he knows and likes on his natural line is a challenging distraction for sure 🙂
>Just proved to me though that he will need to work more distractions maybe.>
Yes, but also you can weigh things: he has had a busy week so you can bust out the AMAZING rewards not the usual rewards 🙂 and it always good when a young dog shows us what they find challenging.
I think the jump session here went GREAT!! He found that jump every single time, no real questions. And yes, it will totally help blinds because it shows that you can cue the jump from further away, which makes it much easier to get to the blind cross.
Side note: his joyous toy party after rep 3 was absolutely adorable!!
He had 1 bar down, but that was because the toy throw was a bit too close to his landing spot.
But overall, he did great! He was starting to get a little tired when you changed sides, so you were smart to keep it short. You can pick up that side on the next session.
>Thinking I play this with jump further out more? >
Absolutely! And two other things to play with:
– Send to the tunnel from further away and get way ahead to see if he will find the jump behind you
– Go all the way to the tunnel with him and run next to the tunnel before moving forward, to challenge him to drive ahead of you to the jump.Great job here!
Tracy
Good morning! This was a very strong session – super!
The stay looks really good! She is doing a fabulous job of holding it and you are great about rewards as well as keeping the release separate from your hand getting into position.
>I am thinking next time I might have the toy hanging from my hand instead of on the ground.>
I don’t think you need to – you can just allow a bit more decompression.
She did really well walking away from the toy on the ground (you can cookie reward that – it appeared that there were cookies in your hand but she didn’t actually get them, it was hard to tell)
And you can tell the impulse control on the toy was hard when she took the toy on a bit of a parade 🙂 Give her a couple of moments of letting her play & decompress like that before calling her back. That could be a sign of how hard it is on the brain 🙂 but she was highly successful, so I don’t think you need to make it easier. Letting her have a small decompression party is perfectly fine – 10 seconds or so, then try calling her to bring the toy back.
She did go to the toy after a stay reward, but I think that was more of a ‘free time’ moment than an impulse control struggle: you can play with her then reset the next rep. The previous rep was recognized as over (the ‘hunt’ marker is a release and there are no rules about what to do after she gets the cookie) so she went to the toy – no biggie. Play then reset and I am sure she will be fine with the toy on the ground.
Great job here! You can also apply the toy on the ground to the threadle slice version of the game.
Tracy
Good morning!
The rocking horse game is going well! She seems to be really understanding how to wrap the wings, which is great!
So we can expand the game in two ways:
– You can literally expand it by adding more distance between the 2 wings (10 feet or more). That can challenge her commitment more, plus it gives you room to be in the center of the wings (you were a little bit off to the side here). And you can add the advanced level which has more of your motion 🙂
– You can reward from your hand with the cookie or use a toy, rather than toss on the ground. You can see there was an increase in sniffing because al lthe rewards were tossed onto the dirt. Having her chase you after a barrel to get the cookie or toy from you hand will eliminate the sniffing.
The Minny Pinny is also off to a great start! On the first video, she had no questions about going eon all 3 wings – you probably didn’t even need to help her with your arms as much. It seemed like turning to her left was a little easier than turning to her right? But she did well in both directions.
The 2nd video added the bumps to go over, she also did really well in both directions! At this stage, we are going to add the verbals, let her offer more and have your hands be less involved (she was watching the hands especially on the right turn, because she is STARVING haha)
So the next step here is to line her up at your side, hold her collar, say the left or right verbal (whichever is correct for the direction she is facing) 3 or 4 times…. Then let her go. At that point, she will offering going around and you can reward like you did here. And when she is happy to fly around without you needing to move at all, you can add the FC and running away to see if she can maintain the commitment while you move.
Great job here!
Tracy
