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Goooooood morning! On the video: Excellent! I think the lala and roro will be great – when you are moving and being louder, they will sound even more different and that will be useful to him on course.
I love the way he slithers around the barrels 🙂 That is going to set up some really gorgeous turns over bars!!
He wasn’t always sure if he should leave the sit when you were doing the lala or roro, so you can add in a gentle collar hold: hold him (you’ll have to bend over so his feet don’t come off the ground :)), start your lala or roro, then let go. The lala or roro *can* be a release but really never need to be, so we can start it without a stay 🙂
Great job here!Good morning and welcome!! Great to see you here!!
On the video, he did a great job. Nice choice of verbals! Easiest session ever LOL!! He did a great job with the directionals being added – and when you moved back, I noticed that he was leading with his head through the turn. YESSSS! Good boy! And I see no difference between you being close and low, or further and low, or standing – it all looked good. The toy reps also looked great – yes, you will end up with fewer reps with the toy but the quality of the reps were terrific: fast and tight and accurate. Nice!
Question – how does he feel about you holding his collar? The next session would be, ideally: you gently hold his collar, you start saying the the verbal, then you let go and he wraps. This will help us be ready for some of the other games. Now, if he is happy to have his collar held, go for it! Usually my order of festivities is: collar hold, cookie (while holding the collar) then verbal then let go – this is to keep the collar holding high in value. If he is NOT happy to have his collar held, no worries, we will build it: touch collar with a finger or gentle stick your finger under it – cookie delivery and let go quickly (or touch collar then present the toy). Let me know what he thinks of it 🙂(Also super happy to see him being able to do cookies AND toys when associated with the wraps :))
Great job!
TAh! That might be why she was turning so much better one direction – all dogs have a stronger side and a weaker side, but I have never noticed Keiko showing *that* much difference 🙂
(Some of the games from the commitment class will be presented here in a more puppy-friendly way, I love the games so much and couldn’t help myself now that we started filming the commitment class LOL!!!)
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Welcome! You didn’t leave, you just graduated to the next level. Wheeeee! I am looking forward to seeing Brother Stark fly through these challenges!!!!
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Welcome back! Dottie is so cute – I think it is entirely possible that Corgis are the absolute cutest puppies of all. The breed is definitely on my list for the future: smart, driven, and absolutely adorable!! Can’t wait to see her in action 🙂
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Hello and welcome! I am so excited to see what you and Keiko do in this class!!! Big things ahead 🙂
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Hi!
Yes, we will be running Crazy Commitment 3 🙂 That is more of an adult dog handling class, masters-level stuff that builds off of the spring and summer handling classes. My 8, 7, and 6 year old dogs will be handling those demos – my big pup will be a year old by then and *might* do a simple demo or two (or not LOL!) and my 6 month old pup will not be demo-ing for that class at all. It is too advanced for them 🙂 (lordy, now that I have written that… I have a LOT of dogs LOL!!!!!)We will do something better-suited for the pups to carry us through the winter – I have a MaxPup “Putting It Together” class which will be fun for the Contraband, Keiko, and other teenagers group 🙂
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Hi! Great job! My only suggestion is to make the sounds a little more different – maybe extend one and leave the other shorter? Lalalalala versus riiiiii riiiiii riiiiiii, just to make it even easier to process when you are moving.
Was it just my imagination or was she perfectly smooth on the left wraps on the wing & barrel… but gazing off a bit on the right wraps? I couldn’t tell if there was a distraction she saw on the right wraps, or she is just stronger turning left. It is good to know which the stronger side is, for when we add distractions 🙂T
Sorry for the delay, I didn’t see this til now! Sorry to hear about your dad and your dog, that must have been so difficult, I can’t even imagine. I am sure Charlee and Dikkens gave you lots of love during that tie <3
Dikkens did a great job on this course too! He seems to prefer a more intense connection style, where you are a little closer to him and looking at him more - when you do that he is perfect. When you got too far ahead and looked ahead at :07, he dropped the bar. That is one of those moments where you can plan on getting closer to the tunnel before moving up the line to 3-4 so you don't get too far ahead. On middle section around the curved tunnel, you were closer to him and very connected - he nailed it! Yay!!
>>. Laughing about jump 14. I thought that seemed terribly difficult. I have the same error with Dikkens. >Ha! You were probably thinking: what the heck crazy course is this?? LOL! But Dikkens also made a great weave entry, well done training that and trusting him!
Great job here – yes, you can totally play with the handling suggestions we talked about for Charlee, but keeping yourself close enough to connect strongly – he is pretty amazing when you do that.
Have fun!
TracyVery cool!!!! Yes, the grids and so many things are much easier if the pup is happy to go to a dead toy. You’ll see some of that in the next class too – dead toy drive is SO helpful! He looked really good here! My only suggestion is to move the toy about 5 feet further past the last jump – he is doing a little ass-over-teakettle on the last jump, and that can often be resolved by moving the toy away (he might not be thinking about hind end, he might be thinking about the toy :))
Excellent job building the love for the dead toy!T
Hi! Yes, he did really well on the circles here – no thoughts of rear crosses and he showed really nice commitment. It is fun to see how he can really bend and power through! The circle cue sounds significantly different from the lala triplet, so I think it is a great choice.
He is also doing well on his slices – if you start him from a stay, you can move your line of motion over to show the parallel path further across the bar (moving towards center of the bar then eventually moving forward to the exit wing). Nice work dropping the ball in pretty early – when he comes around the entry wing, he is not yet in the mode of automatically changing leads/shifting his focus to the bar – that means he needs another session or 2 or 3 of the reward dropped in nice and early. When you see that he was already planning on going to the bar before you even dropped the ball in, then you can delay the ball drop and wait for his decision to come in (then reward it with the ball drop).
He did great on the parallel path – both in easily finding the front of the jump (it was a no-brainer for him, easy peasy!) and in ignoring the ball 🙂>>On another topic, are we going to do any circle work games in the next session? Because I’m seeing something there that I’d like your input on, but I can hold it for the next session if it’s coming up anyway.>>
We have some variations on circle work planned, but not the Derrett-style circle work. Fill me in on what you are seeing and I will be able to tell you if it is already or not – and if not, we can add it in!
Tracy
Hi!
>> question for you about verbals – related to the Minny Pinnie game and wraps. Do you have separate verbals for L and R wraps (180 Or more), L and R jumps with loose turns (as in the Minny Pinnie foundation), and L and R turns on the flat?On the wraps: yes, I have a verbal that means wrap-to-the-left and a different one that means wrap-to-the-right
On the loose turns, I use left and right (very creative hahaha)
On the flat – are you thinking something like a lap turn or tandem turn? No, no specific directionals for them – partially because they are handled and partially because there are a wide variety of turns, so one verbal wouldn’t cover all the turns. A lot of lap turns are actually threadles, so I would use a threadle verbal then a directional about how to take the jump. For tandem turns, I use the dog’s name for attention and a bit of a sound (ch-ch-ch).
I do have a verbal for a turn on the flat (lead change away on the flat) – ‘get out’. That will push the dog away from me on the flat, but it is not a rear cross cue like a tandem turn would be.>>I have never taught L and R turns before (except for the “spin” trick) – but am just now trying to teach Matrix “dig/check” for L and R wraps – but the poor dog is totally confused – I think b/c I didn’t teach it to him as a pup – so now I want to try to get it right with Yowza – but I think I’m going to have to make sure I have decided on all my verbal cues before I start!>>
You can decide all the words/cues, then teach them bit by bit so you don’t try to do all the things at once 🙂
Let me know if that makes sense!
Tracy
Hi!
I feel your pain about hauling tunnel bags! I have a little cart to lug them around in 🙂 I think the tunnel game went pretty well, not awkward at all! To be honest, I think running a young dog just feels awkward 🙂 All the reps looked strong for the most part. You needed a little more connection at :39 (you were ahead and not connected, so he went to you rather than the tunnel) but overall it went well! Two things can help make it feel less weird: using a toy 🙂 Food is not a stimulator in this situation for him, so you will get accuracy but not a lot of speed. I think he is ready for the ‘more speed’ part of things. Also, as you mentioned, spreading it out – more distance will also get more speed, which will feel less awkward (but is also more difficult). You had more distance on the last rep and he liked it 🙂>>On the plus side, he was SO focused! There were some people walking by and cars pulling in and out and he really did great. Lots of smells, as this is a park/nature preserve. Super proud of him. Even after about 15 minutes of training (with breaks and play), he was still looking at me like, come on lady let’s do something.>>
That is *awesome*!!!!! Based on his focus, it looked like you were in a deserted area. But he was simply ignoring all the distractions – I love it! Good boy!
Great job on the minny pinny: Exactly what he needed! More speed so he was bouncing not trotting. Yay! With the added speed, he was sorting out how to to track his rear end behind his front end (still figuring out the bending). He did a great job for the first time being asked to bounce! He will get even more bendy as he gets more experienced.
>>I think this class is actually finished?! Is that right? I’ll see you over in the next class – can’t wait!
Yes, we are wrapping up! I am excited to start the next class on Saturday!!! See ya there 🙂 Great job in this one, it has been really amazing to see the progression!
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Good morning!
The bending on the wings looked really good, and I think you added the bars at just the right time – he had sorted out the bend on the wings and was moving faster, so he easily transitioned to ‘bouncing’ when you added the bars. Nice! When the bars are in – do a couple of sessions where you do *not* move away as he is doing the pinny. Moving away as he enters it was adding a lot of countermotion – so he was generally good on jumps 1 and 2 but was consistently hitting jump 3 (he was likely rushing a bit to get to you as you moved away). So, you can stay there for longer, no motion – which is really challenging because he is going to have to sort out how to fit all that body into the turn (and he will sort it out :)) Watch that 3rd bar – when he can do a couple of sessions and doesn’t touch it (you will see it vibrate), you can add in motion away, starting as he is taking off for jump 3. Then eventually you will work it back to starting your motion pretty early. The same goes for sending him into the pinny – don’t use too much countermotion yet, be relatively stationary, because he rushes a bit and touches the bars when you are moving (like at 1:21).
The toy is also relatively exciting 🙂 so when you are adding motion, start with food (yes, we do kinda want it to be a little boring for now LOL!!!)
I think he will sort out that 3rd bar really quickly and then it will be easy to install the motion. Have fun!Tracy
