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Hi! It looks cold here! I could see his breath!
This went really well – it is super hard and he did great! He had an easy time finding the backside line, so you can start moving yourself over laterally (like moving to the center of the bar, for example).
The harder part was getting him to take the jump when he arrived at the backside. I think you were waiting for him to offer taking the jump before rewarding on those first couple of reps, but you can try to get the reward in on the landing side before he even arrives at it. Think of it as a quick reward for choosing to get to the backside: you can drop the reward in on the landing side just before he arrives at the entry wing. Throwing it closer to the entry wing will also get him looking more at the bar as he comes around the wing, rather than your motion, which will make it more independent as we add fancier moves there 🙂
On the countermotion exit – the food in your pocket was a bigger distraction than motion or the presence of the tunnel 🙂 He was locking onto the food on your right side even when you were dropping the toy in behind you, poor starving dog LOL!! I thought your mechanics were good but the food was a big distraction. You switched to the food reward and that totally helped! I think that moved the visual of the food to the hand near the bar – so the next session can address that distraction and have the food in the hand closer to the tunnel again: then see if you can get him committed to the jump. The treat can then get tossed back from the hand closer ot the tunnel – it might not be the most accurate toss, but that is perfectly fine 🙂
>Forgot to say the bar is on the ground due to league course. It’s hard having all the things going on in the yard. Didn’t seem to bother him>
Ah yes! He didn’t even notice it, good boy!!!
Great job here!
Tracy
Oops! Forgot to add the visuals of the different sends:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1PKKqpU5JG-RrtbaEFa6GHi_n_YIEgX8aVr-q9WW7kyU/edit?usp=sharingI think you can tell which one got the start wing and which got the backside 🙂
T
Hi!
One thing I notice: Using the middle line up cleans up that whole line up and send to the start. Yay!The rear crosses are coming along nicely… but no more toy throws allowed 🙂 He is cueing off of the throw and not off the handling 🙂 What I mean by that is he is either jumping to the original direction (like at 1:57, 3:27, 4:01) or straight then turning as he lands (2:56, 5:03) so he is not really seeing the info in time to turn before takeoff, and he is tracking the toy throw.
I think what was happening was you were trying to get to the other side of him but that required to him to get past you – so you got to the other side a bit late then threw the RC to a good spot.
So rather than wait for him to get past then change sides, keep driving to the center of the bar and let him squeeze past you – then as he is almost at the bar, he will turn before takeoff and you will be easily able to step to the new side. Then let him tug from your hand (you can be connected and drive to the next wing when you put it out there). Tugging from your hand will prevent the toy tracking being what creates the turn.
At 3:27 you were almost too early – you were turning your feet before he passed you which can push him off the line to the jump. It will feel less scary if you keep running to the center of the bar – you were nice and close to him and the line, and you have more time to change sides becuase it is the line pressure that gets the RC (because it is visible sooner) more than the actual side change.
At 5:03 as he was exiting the tunnel – you were waiting for him and far from the line, so the cues were late – he takes off turning right then turns left when he lands. As he is in the utnnel, you can be closer to the actual tunnel which puts you closer to the RC line, so as he is exiting you are already moving forward to the center of the bar. He should be able to get past you (he is plenty speedy :)) and then you can more easily get the side change and reward with tugging 🙂
Serp –
>Making sure I handled the error correctly on this>
I see no canine error 🙂 Look at the difference in the sends on the first one and last one, you very clearly stepped to the start wing and that pointed your foot and shoulders to it, so off he went.
On the rep at :49, the send was not the same: You turned your shoulders to the backside as soon as you sent, and your foot stepped to the backside before he really got moving… so he went to the backside and serped, per the verbal “right” cue and the setup. I would have let him have the toy there :), he was definitely confused when you called him back. If he does that, you need to freeze in position and look at your feet/shoulders. There are common handler errors that produce specific responses: an unclear send where we turn to the wrong line will produce the backside on this setup and not the start wing 🙂
When you did step to the start wing – the serps looked great!!!! So make sure that first step is very clear like it was on those reps and the rest will be lovely like it was here.
Nice work!
Tracy
Good morning!
>She did 2 great wraps on the pink & yellow jump. My palm is facing down instead of back to her for the less in your face brake arm but this seemed to work for her…maybe because my shoulders made sense for her?>
I agree, those looked great! I think all the cues were clear: the hand/arm position was clear, and it was supported by decel and connection. Really lovely!!
>She was very out of sorts/restless/on edge on Friday and I think she might be like Tari in being hyper-sensitive to pressure changes (we had that blizzard looming and lots of gusty winds as the pressure dropped).>
I bet that was why – that was terrible weather coming your way!!
Lift sequences Part 1:
>session 1 -also did a bit with the soft turn arm for the 180 turns
>Those looked AWESOME!!!!! Yay!
Looking at the get out cues: You were feeling the magnetic pull to the jump and she was reading your feet more than the upper body. Ideally your feet are moving pretty straight up the line and not stepping to the out jump all that much, to help solidify the upper body elements of the cue.
She read the first get outs as a rear cross due to the pressure on the line with your feet heading that way (note how she turns right at :17 & :37 until the reward lands)
You weren’t quite straight at :55 but your line was to the exit wing so she did not RC there. You can work on being closer to the get out jump, but moving straight up the line without stepping to the jump. That way she won’t rely on you stepping to it a lot – she is definitely watching your feet!
Watch your left foot at 1:32 turn towards the next line and away from the out jump so she was not sure of what to do – you got her to the jump but that made the threadle slice late – good job continuing anyway!
And staying straight on the line will help get the next cues as well. I think you wanted the backside at :56 based on the verbal but the physical cues all said front side. As she exited the wing of the wrap jump, you were turned away and facing the front of the jump with your arm pointing parallel to your shoulders. If I didn’t have the sound on, I would have assumed you wanted the front side 🙂
Compare that to 1:11 where you made a nice line adjustment: you moved forward on a parallel line to what you wanted her line to be, to where the wing and bar meet. That got the backside! She was a little tentative because you were not looking at her, but she got it based on the line and motion. Yay!
>Her martingale leash loop is pretty roomy (deliberately so), but I have sometimes seen her still seem a bit peeved at it going over her head so I am experimenting with unclasping the loop instead. (left that here in the beginning so I had that for my own record). I had originally gotten away from unclasping it because reclasping it so it’s ready for her at the end of the session was another thing for me to do after the leash was off and before we were lined up.>
Unclasping it with 2 hands then reclasping it as you cued the spin was great! It all happens so quickly that it won’t feel unnatural when you get used to doing it.
The right cue at :26 followed by that shoulder pull did correctly pull her to that line – good listening, Lift!! You were thinking ahead to the get out cue and didn’t cue the middle jump
She is relentless about insisting you stay connected: you were not really connected at :44 as she exited the tunnel, and pulling away (thinking ahead :)) so she gave you the what-for and some cursing LOL
When you started with the 180 at 1:06 – you can do a blind cross on the exit of the pink & yellow jump because the post turn sent her wide on the line based on your position
She turned to her right (rear cross) at 1:11 because of the pressure on the line and the plank of your right foot back behind her. Good girl!
>Had difficulty with the backside after the get-out on the first try. Not sure if my keeping my shoulders more open to her path on the 2nd try did it or if it was because I wasn’t quite as far across the jump.>
It was the line of your feet/shoulders that was cueing the difference, She was really paying attention! The line on that get out to backside line should be running forward to where the wing and bar on the backside jump meet. Your upper body shows the difference: as she exits the tunnel, upper body is doing the ‘get out’ without turning the feet, then when she takes the out jump, you are on the correct line for the backside.
Stepping to the out jump at 1:23 was then causing you to turn and pull away to the backside, which cued her to come into the gap. It was clearer at 1:43 and will be even easier when you don’t ned to turn your feet ot the out jump at all.
She did really well with the pattern games!! One thing to add is doing it in hgher arousal. Get her doing tricks, barking spinning, chasing the frizzer… then into the pattern games to teach her body to self-regular when she is in that higher arousal state. That is the most valuable element of it all: doing it in arousal that matches the trial state as much as possible.
Kaladin’s video:
He also responds brilliantly to the brake arms! NICE!He saved your baocn at :17 when you pulled away and the physical cues said front side – he went to the backside after glancing at the front side. He gets extra treats! Lift is not experienced enough to save your bacon plus she likes to keep you in line with the precision LOL
The get out to threadle slice to FC looked great! You had your feet facing more forward there and he read it well.
>Kaladin flicks his eyes towards Reacher when he was moving towards us(still about half a ring away) at about 0:50 which I think contributed to him taking the line to the get out jump instead of wrapping to the tunnel (I noticed the eye flick but didn’t react fast enough to pause my motion, over-emphasize the exit arm, or do something else to help him complete the turn.>
I don’t think it was a Reacher distraction – he was assessing the handling and going with what he saw. He figured he already saved your bacon once, he wasn’t going to keep doing it LOL
At :50 & 1:17 he took the orange jump when you waned the tunnel – that was likely due to the post turn exit of the start wrap. As he exited the wing, he looked at you becaue your verbal was saying wrap. But you were facing the orange jump for a step or two, so he went there, good boy! He considered it at 1:02 and 1:46, but came off it when you stood still and called him. A spin exit will get him to stay on the line without you needing to stop.
Nice line at 1:31 – you are keeping your feet straighter as your upper body cued the get out and he was great! And on the last rep, your feet were defniitely straighter on the line as you cued the get out, which set you up really well for the threadle slice to the FC. YAY!!
> I think I actually managed to use the same opposite arm for the Get out, then the threadle slice and right into the brake arm for the left wrap back to the tunnel!>
Yes! It looked really good!
>It wasn’t until after I got Lift out for her 2nd session that I realized we had forgotten to reset jumps so Kaladin ran at 8in!>
He seemed very happy to run low LOL!
Great job here!
Tracy
Good morning!
>It started great and then the woman you see decided she needed to tell me her life story. She is that woman in the neighborhood that you avoid talking with. 25 minutes later I finally got rid of her and proceeded, thinking my phone was still recording.>
OMG that is annoying!!! Neighbors!!!! You can always pretend you left the puppy loose and have to run inside to let her out LOL!
Looking at the video:
Your exit line arm was great on all 3 reps here! The first and last rep also had fantastic turns over the bar. WOW!
At :32, he hit the wing and the bar came down – the handling before that rep was slightly different than the other two, in terms of the line you showed him. On the other 2 reps, you were a bit more decelerated and your feet were turned to the new line (towards the street here) before he got to the backside. That was perfect! On the rep where the bar came down, you stepped to the backside more o for a moment, it looked like a slice (like a rear cross slice). Then you rotated towards the street – and his back feet slipped on takeoff so he didn’t clear the bar. No worries, the next rep was PERFECT!!! He is ready for the sequences with this skill.
Stay safe in this crazy weather – everything around here is closed (stores, schools, etc) so I am wondering what is in store! Eeek!!
Tracy
Poor Rou! Ouch!!!!!
We see pad issues at a lot of the indoor turf places in this area. Also, because I play flyball and because I have sighthounds – I see a lot of dogs with pad burns/chunks torn and also skin tears. I use something called Absorbine Silver Honey Rapid Wound Repair – it is a spray gel which has Manuka honey and microsilverBG to heal things very quickly. It reduces healing time dramatically: when my whippet rubbed a raw spot under his dew claw from running, it healed it within a few hours and he was back to normal within 12 hours.When I bashed my forehead into an open microwave door at 10pm in the RV in the middle of nowhere (not my finest moment LOL!), I put it on the deep wound and covered it with a bandaid. I really thought I would need stitches but it took 2 days to heal entirely. Crazy!
So you can try putting it on her pad, then wrapping it with some pwerflex. You will probably need to use a cone to prevent her from licking at it (sorry Rou) but I tell ya the stuff is miraculous. I have used Manuka Honey on whippet skin tears for a few years and it is great for healing but the Silver Honey spray gel is about 1000 times easier to use and less goopy.
Keep me posted!
Tracy
Good morning!
>I’ve been feeling like my hands and arms can be a distraction for her sometimes. She like to try and grab them like toys and I also don’t think she totally understands what they mean in handling yet. >
You can totally have the toy stuffed in your pocket for handling games – we don’t need precision rewards in handling at this stage and it will help clarify where to look. We *all* mess us the verbal marker for the toy and revert to “yay!” Or move the toy before a marker, which can make it muddy for when she can look at the toy or not. So having it in the pocket allows you to focus on connection and not worry about the toy 🙂
>I try to keep the sessions short but before I know it 3 -5 minutes have gone by and I know that’s too long for her. I’m going to try and be more organized and ready to work with her, and set a timer.>
Yes, setting a timer is very useful! The other thing I do when training is I use music – I turn on silly pop tunes which are generally about 2.5 to 3 minutes long. And when the song is over, the session is over and the pup gets a break and the next dog can come out for the next tune 🙂 It is fun if you like music and a great way to track the session length.
On the morning video:
She was very engaged at the beginning of the turn away session but she wasn’t sure if you wanted her to work or not – you can keep her in the house as you plan, then bring her into the session so she is ready to roll right away.
One mechanics detail on the lap turn:
Keep your feet together until she gets to within a couple of inches your hand, then step the leg back along with the hand. If the leg is too early but the hand is good, she will be a little slower. If the leg and hand are too early, she will go to the other side of the wing like at 1:21.
The rep at 1:55 was great timing of hand and foot – backing up a bit helped her drive in! Really nice!
The turn away itself is (correctly) slow moving – so pair it with running and tugging as part of the reward 🙂 That will also alleviate the repetitive factor. Our sighthounds will do it, but then need the outlet of running around and killing the toy LOL whenever we ask them to drive to us while we are facing them, or if we ask for multiple reps. I think there were too many cookies for a moment when you did the left turns but then she was right back on board when you took off with the toy at the end 🙂
Evening session: she started off with good focus – add in more toy play here to keep her pumped up too. The toy play can start as soon as she comes into the session.
She is responding really well to the handling cues. When you are spot on, he is doing great! If something unexpected happens, it is almost always a handler blooper 🙂
On this video, at :41 on the tandem turn, you stepped her to the other side of the wing by moving towards it – you can still reward the ‘wrong’ side of the wing because that is info from the dog that we cued it by accident 🙂
You can see her light up at :58 when the toy came out!
Then you moved faster on the next rep AND rewarded with the toy! Happy hound!You can mix things up more for her: instead of the same thing a few times in a row, do it once and then do the other side, or a front cross – that will keep things from getting too repetitive.
When I need to sort out my handling – I walk it without the pup and then I might ‘test drive’ it with my more experienced dogs. Then the pup comes out and I am a lot more accurate in my handling 🙂
But whether I am right or wrong, I still do a lot of toy rewards (more than food) because it keeps the dogs in the right head space: for my terrier and herding dogs, it prevents frustration behavior of getting bitey 🙂 For the sighthounds/lurchers, it prevents the frustration behavior of slowing down or checking out the environment.
Nice work here! Let me know what you think!
Tracy
Good morning!
The grid session went really well!! He did a great job figuring out his striding as the jump moved each time. I am happy with his movement and his head position and his striding choices. All lovely!
>Do you like the 5′ distance for the ladder grid for him?>
Yes, for now, it is working well! Will it change when we add more height? Maybe, maybe not, he will let us know 🙂 But if it changes, it would only be by about 6 inches (so it would be about 4 feet 6 inches instead of 5 feet).
As you rotate this game into training, you can show him a little more height on the 3rd bar, just 2 more inches here and there. The first 2 jumps do not get more height, they can remain as jump bumps.
>He broke his stay once so corrected and then reinforced.>
Overall, the stay looks GREAT – you were able to jog out to position, pick up the toy, drag it…. That is lovely!
The broken stay might have been anticipation based on the rhythm of the release: we humans are very predictable 🙂 You were running out, grabbing the toy, moving it, then releasing all in the same rhythm. Try to mix that up more so he doesn’t think that the release happens after a certain # of steps or when the toy is in a certain spot.
>And yes, movement is definitely better for him when training outside.>
Yes – but also he is figuring out how to work outside and ignore distractions because the jump grid has soooo many stays and he did great!
Looking at the rear crosses:
Good boy for putting the toy in your hand!
What was happening here was that you were actually blocking the line to the bar – you were setting the line to the backside of the jump by turning your feet to the backside line. Then you had to pull him over to get him to the front side- but that set the line straight and not the RC. So by the time he was the RC, he was already taking the jump the other direction.
You can see it on the video from 6:17 – 6:20.
Compare to 6:36 – 6:39 where you did not block his line – your feet were facing the center of the bar as he exited the wing wrap and had better pressure to the RC line (towards the center of the bar) and he read the RC really well!
He was more forgiving of the line on the left turn side but you will want to be sure your feet are facing the center of the bar when he exits the wing. The last rep on that side was fantastic!
One thing to add in is more connection on the exit of the wing. He was drifting a little wide because you were looking forward and your dog side arm was pointing a bit forward, so it was hard for him to see where to be when he exited the wing. But on the last rep, you were beautifully connected as he exited and he was tight on the turn!
Here are screenshots so you can see the moments described above:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1OGYeB_MmBKYI_Ofk2lyOcbRvjXPXFxUtxcUimeAf9Q8/edit?usp=sharing>I don’t know if I missed the info on Max Pup 2. Is there a deadline for submitting videos or can we submit up until Max Pup 3 begins? >
Let me know if you were getting the emails each week when games were posted – it comes from the agilityuniversity@gmail account and maybe it ended up in spam?
The last day for videos here in MaxPup 2 is tomorrow – you can see more in the course overview:
Then we give the dogs a little break before getting MaxPup 3 going 🙂 and maybe Mother Nature will cooperate too!
Great job here!
Tracy
Hi!
The handling combos went well!
I think it was adorable when she went to grab the toy on the first rep – silly and fun, but she wanted to play and that is GREAT! You had a chuckle then tried again, which is a good way to handle that moment.
Then after that, she had it figured out and at 1:00, she saw you throw the toy behind her but she was pulling to get to the wing to start the game. Brilliant girlie!!! LOVE it!!
The toy play and the running here got her really pumped up – all of the distractions fell away and she did great! I think the toy play works better for her outside when she is balancing all of the distractions that are bombarding her brain 🙂
As she exits the wing, make sure you get connection to her eyes before you take off and run to the toy. At 1:49, for example, she exited the wing and you were looking forward/pointing forward. She didn’t know which side of you to be on so she guessed. You get a big click/treat for rewarding her anyway even though it didn’t go according to plan. You had more connection on the next rep but you can make even more – hesitating at the wing to get that big connection before running forward so she gets the nice tight turn. You can use the exit line arm you are using with her brother Scotch to show the connection even more 🙂
And a TRIPLE GOLD STAR for when she ignored a jogger running past with a stroller. Wow! An off leash herding dog ignoring that challenge?!?!!?!?! I am so proud of her!!! That was impressive! Most dogs her age would not be able to do that.
Great job! Hope you don’t get any of that crazy weather today!
Tracy
She did great here! It was very challenging with soooo much in the environment but she was offering a lot of engagement! Super!
Dogs tend to have a natural preference when the environment is hard: some fidget or run around more, some get more stationary and a little frozen. This is normal and not even something they thing about 🙂 She wants to be stationary when the environment is hard – so you can help keep her moving by tossing the treats further away so she moves more to get them. The treats might have to be bigger and more visible (like chunks of white cheese) but getting her to chase them more will help even more with focus during distractions.
By contrast, if she was a dog that wanted to run around more when the environment was hard, we would have the cookies be a little more stationary 🙂
Great job here!
Tracy
Good morning!
The lap turns are going well! One small detail is to keep your feet together until she arrives at your hand: then step back. Your leg was already back and you can see she was not as sure about driving to you. Your arm position was perfect!
The tandems went great – I think she really likes the added motion of these, especially when there is more distraction in the environment. Yay! Fast and snappy!!!
>She wasn’t interested in the prop, so I tossed a toy instead>
She was definitely interested in chasing the toy here! When she got to it, if you keep it squiggling and moving away from her, you will get lots of tugging. Keep it nice and low so she can really grab it.
It looks like she did hit the prop at a bit so you can do a separate game for that – in the distracting area, prop hits for cookies is a great way to work through distractions too.
Nice work here!
Tracy
Hi!
>Interesting! Do you mean after she goes thru the uprights & gets her cookie? >
Nerd alert! Yes, increasing arousal actually puts the brain in a more optimal state of focus, making it easier to tune out distractions. It is a balancing act to get it right and not get toooooo much arousal – the resilience games have already started working on that and I have more arousal games coming soon too 🙂
Arousal is widely misunderstood in dog sports (but the science is very clear) so people think higher arousal is BAD but actually… it is very helpful! Overarousal (stress) is bad and we will work on making sure Sunnie can self-regulate and we can help optimize her arousal as she grow up.
>Maybe I should be using cookie tosses when she gets fixated on the birds or flying leaves too? >
Pattern games help but you can see if she will play tug! It can be cookie toss to start, then when she looks at you: tug tug tug woohoo! Then cookie toss, lather rinse repeat 🙂
>We went to Lowe’s today, there were moments she was fixated on a thing, she wouldn’t take cookies (I had her lunch kibble) as a lure to move her off of the object. >
Being distracted at Lowes is normal – that place is distracting to me too LOL!! And I can see why kibble is not interesting enough to override that 🙂 I have a hierarchy of food rewards for the different environments:
– kibble for home and any place really easy
– string cheese or crunchy cheese balls or processed treats for other places or small distractions
– meatballs or chicken for the really hard places 🙂I am lucky in that my dogs have really solid GIs and don’t get upset stomachs, but I also introduce the food in tiny quantities.
>First lab that never took cookies like that! And she is my 5th one >
She is a good girl and is telling you about her reward preferences. You can also bring a fabulous toy to Lowes and see what she thinks.
>We had an amazing tunnel session tonight
She’s flying thru the tunnel no matter where I send her from! I would have loved to show you but my phone fell
You can hear my verbals really well tho’ LOL!!>HA! That sucks about the phone but also it is hilarious. The BEST sessions somehow never make it to video LOL!
Tracy
Good morning!
The tandem turn mechanics are looking really good!!!!
>I don’t think she’s really seeing the prop she’s just doing the turning exercise and I see why my arm stays there the entire turn! It’s hard for me to execute the turn without following thru (making the complete circle)>
She is definitely aware it is there, and was deliberately hitting it on the way to you on a couple of reps. But the prop was really close to the exit of the tandem turn, and your hand was still in front of her so she was watching it.
So what you can do is do the tandem turn further from it – rather than have the prop in the middle of the floor, have it a little closer to one end of the room. Then as you do the tandem turn, you can have her move with you all the way to the other end of the room (near where the couch is in this video). Then when you do the tandem turn, the extra room to the prop will give you more time to ge the turn hand out of the way and then you can move forward, like the parallel path game to the prop. That will cue her to hit it.
And no worries if it is a game that needs to go outside for more room – we add this to barrels soon and that will make it easier for her to see.
>At this point we are not calling this turn ?(or the lap anything yet right? I don’t have a word!)>
No words yet LOL!! Eventually it becomes a threadle wrap verbal for most of these types of turns (and a regular left/right verbal for the ones that happen on the front side of the jump). The verbal is specific to the context it will be used in.
Speaking of barrels: the rotated sends went really well!
Yes, she seemed to find it easier to turn to her right, as expected, but the left turns also went well – she was interested in your cookie hand for a moment then sorted it out. Yay!
You can add a bit more distance away from the barrel on the send now, which will allow you to begin moving away from the barrel even sooner 🙂
>She was funny when I was trying the motions without her she jumped right in and circled the barrel lol! (not on the video) I dropped cookies on her line rather than feed from my hand – was that ok?>
Yes! She was like GOT IT WE WRAP BARREL 🙂 And for the reward – at this point, you can use a tug toy 🙂 That will accomplish 2 things: make it really exciting, and add the challenge of ignoring the toy in your hand (this will come in handy in the future!)
As the weather continues to improve, you can take the prop and the barrel outside – but refresh the concepts with the simple sending games to see what she ‘remembers’ about them outside 🙂 Although the weather today around the country makes me wonder if the weather is actually improving hahaha
That first beep looked great!!!!
>But in all fairness we have been working on a few other things with me facing her like that – stand by & down stay, stays with catch to name a few! >
I didn’t see anything in particular to cue the difference other than right before the first rep, you pulled her towards you and handed her a cookie, then cued the beep beep. That might have been the cue to do it. On the other reps, you didn’t do that (she was further from you) and that might have been the context cue for sits and downs.
If that happens, you can toss a treat off to the side to get her up again without rewarding in the down position. Then call her right to you give her a cookie, then cue the beep beep. Towards the end, you were leaning lower and tossing the treats back – that helps! She might need a mat or target to back up to, so she remembers to back up and doesn’t offer sits or downs which probably get lots of rewards too 🙂
>Did I push too long trying to figure it out?>
Nope, you were good! The session was about a minute long, definitely not too long (unless there were another 50 reps after you turned off the video hahahahaha). She still got a LOT of cookies, and you didn’t get mad or tell her she was wrong. It was all good trying to sort it out.
Super nice work on all of these!
Tracy
Good morning! He did SUPER with all of the steps here!!! He is showing strong value to drive to the barrel. That means he is ready for turn and burn 🙂 which is what you were beginning to incorporate at the end.
You can start the turn and burn by having him lined up at your side like he was here, then you can step to the barrel. He was already going to the barrel when you had movement towards it, so I think that will be easy. When you put a cookie down in front of him when he was at your side, he was not sure if you wanted a stay or not – so you don’t need that cookie, you can step to the barrel and I bet he will go 🙂
Remember to have a line on the ground to tell you when tp do the FC and run. It is explained on there video 🙂
>I liked using the ball to keep Tribute from focusing on my hand. I have a Hollee Roller that migh work well too. It’s in the car under a pile of leashes. I will need to dig it up! >
He definitely liked the ball! I think a hollee roller is good too. You can use a tug toy in your hand – but for now, have it scrunched up in your opposite hand (in your left hand if he starts on your right side, for example). That way you can use it to reward but it won’t be in his face as he figures out the barrel commitment. And it will also help get him to look at the barrel and not at your hands.
Great job here! I am excited to see him do the turn and burn!!
Tracy
Hi!
>I tried not to do this in practice today but not sure I was very successful. >
He was not collected to turn to you on the tunnel exit, so it was definitely successful!
>For the Get Outs done today I think I was overhelping again and getting into his space way too much, not following the straight line. >
Yes – you were using some distance but your feet were pointing to the get out jump on the successful reps – then when you didn’t point your feet to it, he went to the backside at :50 or too the tunnel at 1:54.
Your line was good at :50 and 1:54, but he was thinking the foot stepping was part of the cue. So to be sure he doesn’t need your feet to step to the get out jump, you can be less far from it laterally but still moving forward with your feet (and upper body giving the get out cues). That way he will have a better idea of which obstacle/line you want.
>Also, how is my arm position?
It is good!
>Am I bending over too much?>
Nope! He is little so you have permission to bend so he can see the arms.
>Basically stopped on the second to last rep which is why I think it worked.
because on the next one he took the tunnel instead of going out. So, we just went back around and he got the second time, but I didn’t see much different in my handling.> When you stopped, your feet were pointing at it. When he got the tunnel, your feet were not pointing to the out jump. So I don’t think it is motion he was reading there, it was your feets 🙂
Adding the threadle slice went great after the out jump! That seemed to make the turn and threadle slice really easy 🙂 Yay!
He picked up the backside at :13 – as you went to throw the toy, it activated the outside arm/shoulder so he went to he backside. This will serve you well in week 4! At :34 you didn’t throw early and he stayed on the line perfectly.
Nice work here!
Tracy
