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Hi! Nice run here!
The opening looked really good you can be earlier on the blind at 3-4 but all the way to 10 looked connected and fast!
The threadle handling at 10 worked to get 10, but it made it harder to get 11 – you really had tp push her away and she had a question there at :14. You were backing away from 10 to get the threadle and that is why you ended up behind for the push to 11. You can try to stay close to the entry wing of 10 or do double blinds 🙂 or push to the backside. Good job getting back ahead on the threadle 11-12 though! And the blind crosses 14-15 looked good – that is an appropriate place to be able to disconnect and run, because motion and verbal support the line so nicely. I think part of the reason she went and grabbed the ball was when you got 16, you were not connected and instead you pointed with your arm and pushed in – so it showed motion towards 17 turning left… and there was the ball LOL! Connection rather than arm pointing will help you get her turned right and then she is less likely to grab the ball.
Nice work!!
TracyGood morning! Double gold star for him for ignoring the squirrel in the audience!! Impressive – I am sure he could at least smell it but the game was really engaging so he never considered leaving for it. Nice!!
Rocking horses is looking really good! The first couple of reps where nice and calm, and then when the toy got added in he added speed but didn’t lose being thoughtful. Great job on your connection and nice low arms! You can make it easier by trying to not switch the toy in your hands but he didn’t seem distracted by the toy moving. You can now move the barrels even further apart – this will allow you to move more, which will make the sideways sends even easier. He was really good about committing while you were sideways, which means he is ready for you to add more speed and transitions – fast forward, then decelerations while going forward, then rotate (all before he passes you) to commit. You were doing this on the last couple of reps and he was getting it, so more distance between the barrels will add speed for him (and it is easier for you because you have more time to make the transition into the deceleration).Wow, the serp versus threadle is looking great – not only is he nicely able to read the difference, but he had great self-control on the toy on the ground!!! Impressive, and it was a well-earned victory lap LOL!!!! He is really getting the idea of in-then-out, and less teeth on flesh usually means that the pup is stimulated but relaxed about the behavior 🙂 Alrighty then, since this looks so good – add motion! Very slowly of course – starting him back on the easier slice, position 1. You will have your arm in the correct position, move through the line (slowly :)) and either give the threadle cue when you get to the entry wing or the serp cue (release) when you get to the exit wing. I posted the video yesterday (on th Course Syllabus page) so you can get an idea of how to move into the position and when/where to cue the cue. It feels a little awkward for us humans at first to walk into it like that (arm back and moving slowly) but we don’t want to add more speed until they can do it with us moving only a tiny bit 🙂
Great job on these!! Enjoy your Sunday!
TracyGood morning! His wing wrapping looks GREAT!! I think you can leave nice and early… but sudden transitions into acceleration were making it harder when you tried to leave early on the first part – you were smooth and chill then exploded away and he chased you a couple of times at around :35. But then you smoothed it out a little and he worked through it generally and only had one more chase error (1:57). So we can work on teaching him to allow you to explode away and still stay committed (because it is something that he will see; we aren’t always smooth LOL!). Starting on just one wing, nice and close, where you are pretty sure he is going to commit… cue the wrap and then explode away, throwing the toy back to the exit spot as he is entering the wing. Fee free to be pretty exciting as you leave LOL!!! If he will let you explode away like that, you can add moe and more distance. When you do the rocking horses, you can try to be smooth but leave earlier and earlier (like you were doing) which will also end up looking pretty explosive. When you leave fast, you can mix in throwing the toy back to him so he is less tempted to chase the exciting motion (the timing of the throw is basically as soon as he arrives at the wing, throw to just about where he exits it).
Your connection and arms and verbals on this were all spot on!!! Well done!!!! I think you can also add a little more distance between the wings too, especially as he gets more comfortable letting you explode away.
Great job!
TracyHi! This is totally common 🙂 You were smart to stick with first position. You can make the first position even easier to get the ball rolling. The other thing to do is to put yourself slightly more on the outside of the wing, so more of your body is visible outside of the wing, and less of your body is visible between the uprights. And if that doesn’t help, making the hand target more obvious will help – you can sightly dip your shoulder, lok at your target hand and shake your hand up and down a few times.
And if he still says that he needs to take the jump first, then you can put a cookie in the target it hand and show him the value of going there LOL!!! He has a lot of value on the jump now, so we will add more value to the target hand before the jump and then I am sure he will be brilliant with it.
Let me know if that makes sense!
TracyHi! Yay, this is going well! She is starting to really ‘read’ the verbal! One note on the verbal – when you are working it from a stay, don’t say the ‘ok’ release word. That generally means “start heading towards me” which implies front side of the bar (like the start line) and we want a very fast response to that. if you say “ok in in” she is going to have a wait to see if there is anything after OK, which slows her down a bit (like you saw towards the end of the video – the last reps had that moment where you said ok, she started to come to the front of the jump, then you said in in and she switched to the threadle side. Good girl! But was don’t want her to slow down to wait to hear if there is more after the first verbal, so it is easiest to just say “in in” who she is that close to the jump.
What I suggest now is to start her back on a slice angle (position 1) and show her the various things she would see on that angle: Go, in in, serpentine, maybe even a FC or BC 🙂 Harder angles are not as important when you add the different possibilities, so you can focus on the speedier slice angles. And, while you are doing the threadle and serpentine, you should be slowly moving the whole time – as you walk to position on the landing side of the jump, you should be moving while you then give the serp or threadle cue – so she gets used to motion the entire time. Motion the entire time will make it significantly harder, so remember to move very slowly at first 🙂
Nice work here! Let me know if the next steps make sense 🙂
TracyGood morning!! Yes, she totally has the wing 🙂 Yay! The value was already there so this game is super easy on the wing for her. You an start to add distance further away: be slightly more. than a full arm’s length away and send her – and as soon as she is arriving at the wing, you can take off the new direction with the front cross. When she finishes the wrap, you can start dragging the flirt pole – her favorite reward 🙂 And I bet she is ready to let you do the FC and leave before she even arrives at the wing. It will push the boundaries of connection but I think it will be no problem for her at all.
Nice job!
TracyThanks for letting me know! It makes sense to take a break 🙂 We will have plenty of time to catch her up. I bet she is adorable, flirting with the boys LOL!
Hi! This looks GREAT!!! The Pet Tutor is a ig visual target and the value of the toy on it is making him explosive in the best way 🙂 He looked equally fast on the regular side and on the threadle side – nice body bemiring and no questions – all you had to do was let go. Perfect! Have you decided on your tunnel threadle word? Feel free to slap it on now when you have him on the threadle side (we will be building that this week). Try can also start further back, closer to the middle of the tunnel, and eventually work your way further back to the end 🙂 Great job! The scent work certification sounds *amazing* – have a blast!!!
TracyHi! It is here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/2sMuIYih2WROToXk0U7VU4E-IJrmX6a81HQf-_NZy0w4hjUn_J2FrrFvrnUwW90F
I will go check that is posted properly on the Course Syllabus page too!
Tracy
Hi! You can totally step into the gap! When you are up close, you can step in a little. When you are further away, the pressure of the convergence and feet facing into the gap will get it done 🙂
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HOly cow your rocking horses look awesome!!!! Good job with the verbals and leaving nice and early! She’s had an oopsie at about :35 and 1:29 (she ended up on the wrong side of you) – that was a connection break where she didn’t see your eyes enough, so she had to guess which side to be on. It was happening when yo were sending – before she was committed to the side you wanted, you were pointing forward so then she lost which side to be on. So, as you are running, maintain eye contact a little longer until she is on the correct side, then send. The other reps looked truly fabulous: I am loving her commitment (you were leaving *early*!!) and I love how she is fast going to the barrel and coming back to you, as well as tight around the barrel. Super nice! Great job!Tracy
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Strike a pose – she was so funny on this one! She was so intent on touching your hand that she almost seemed confused about going to the MM that early LOL! But you did really well on both sides and she was able to begin really getting the in-then-out movement. So on. the next session, you can click the MM the instant her nose gets to the correct side of the wing – if that goes well, we will change it up even more for the session after that. Great job!!!Tracy
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Get out is going really well! Nice mechanics and connection throughout. On the last 2 reps (I think you can see it most clearly at about :40), you were already moving up the ‘line’ as she was getting the cookie, so you were in motion before she was in motion, and cued the behavior while ahead and in motion: I think those were the smoothest reps! The reps where you were cuing as you started moving earlier in the clip were good but not quite as smooth as the ones where you were already moving. Either way, she did a great job of discriminating between the get out and the come to momma! Very nice! Her prop hits were generally strong – I think there was one that was not quite perfect but still really good, and the others were rock solid, Great job !
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yes, it is Tricia! Small world. Yes, mushrooms were one of the things he would eat but he would eat lots of things 🙂
Hooray for the new agility equipment, that is so exciting! Perfect timing because Pirate is right at the age where he can play on grown up stuff!!Threadles are going well! He is doing a really good job of ignoring the toy to come in then going to get it. As the angles got more complex, the coming in portion was great but the going back out was harder – it indeed could have been a bit of brain fry LOL!!! Or maybe the value of coming too you is higher than the value of going back out to the dead toy? The pet tutor will likely raise that value for going back out 🙂 It might also raise the distraction value of coming in but either way, that is a good thing! I posted a bit about adding motion to this, so he will be ready to see a bit of motion on this and the serp as well.
Great job!!
TracyGood morning! Glad to hear the tornados are gone and the paw is better 🙂
The turn Aways are looking really strong, both the tandem and lap turns. When you added the prop, I don’t think he realized it was ‘in play’, so you can wait for him to offer it more – after turning him away, stay quiet and don’t reach for a cookie (those were drawing his attention up to you and away from the prop) and just casually walk towards/past the prop and allow him to look for it (motion towards it the cue, so try not to hurry to it or put a reward on it). You did this at :46ish and it was great!
Serps and threadles – Threadles look really good, he is turning really nicely on the wing for the in-then-out! Nice timing on your MM clicks here, that really helped to get the behavior. Same with the serpentines – super nice in-then-out, with the hand target faded. He also seemed just fine with the various angles. Since this is going well – we go to the next step. Everything is the same about your position and his behavior… but you delay the click until when he turns his head for the ‘back out’ element of the chain. So on the threadles, you cue your in in and he comes towards you hand and then turns back out to the correct side of the bar: and *that* is what you click now 🙂 Let me know if that makes sense: we are now going to reinforce the full in-then-out chain.
Rocking horses: yay! These look good! Very nice connection and you were patient, letting him find and wrap the barrel. Nice connection on the exit of the FCs! Warming him up on a couple of easy ones helped to establish the game and then you were able to slid right into the pattern. Nice! So now you can add a little more distance, and see if you can do the FC a little earlier!
Yes, no Zoom class today – it am teaching a seminar. I will miss my weekly puppy fix, though!!!!! Have a great weekend!
Tracy
