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Hi! The blinds here looked really good! Your blind at :04 and :18 were both really timely and she had great turns on that wing.
I think her questions about the wing at :06 and :21 were more about you position – by not being able to run, you ended up blocking the line a little so it looked like the tunnel was next (she didn’t really see the wing). So, you can position yourself very close to the middle wing so she sees the far wing after the blind. The other option here is to position yourself very close to the middle wing and then do a 2nd bind to get her into the gap between wings 2 and 3 – so she will go to wing 1 on your right arm, for example, then you do a blind to get her past 2 and then another blind to get her back on your right arm – so she goes around the far side of the wing and exits facing the tunnel. Let me know if that makes sense 🙂
Great job! Have a great holiday!Tracy
Hi!
These were great! Your running line was spot on – she did give you a look or two of “what the heck??” LOL! So as she turns back to the wing and you move up the line, you can toss the reward behind you, to help her maintain her speed as she does the countermotion – then you can add even more speed!
And the reward behind you when you do the blinds will be even more important, because the connection break when you look forwrad to start the blind is hard for the pups to ignore.Nice work!
TracyHi! This also looked really good!
>>e. I really wish the ground was clear – this would be so much fun for both of us with the ability to do more running. I would also place the jumps farther apart on good footing>>
You can do this with the bars on the ground or locked into the 4″ cup, so she can work concepts without jumping – in the snow, she is changed her mechanics and slipping a bit, so it is better to just let her run through and not have to jump. That can allow you to add more distance between the jumps and tunnels too! You probably can’t go faster because of the snow, but you can keep working earlier! However, I think your timing was really nice on these and you were leaving early! She was driving forward nicely on the go! The timing of your rotation on the FC wrap was great, you were rotated and gone up the next line before she got tot he wrap jump, while staying connected. Same on the blind – rotated and gone but also connected, before she got all the way around the entry wing. And the RC looked good too! So, since you can’t sprint right now, you can keep pushing the boundaries of how early you can turn and leave 🙂
Great job!
TracyHi!
>> I think it’s good for her to have to pay attention to what I’m cuing, and not just take anything she wants.
This is totally true!! The presence of a tunnel does not always mean to go take the tunnel LOL!
I think I see the moment you were talking about, at :28 – it might have been a tunnel-looking moment, but also you were blocking the path to the wing a bit so she couldn’t see it and was probably trying to find a line. So, be sure she can see the wing more clearly as you move away.
A friend of mine posted something on Facebook that rang true for those folks who are playing in the snow: since we can’t go faster, we can go *sooner*! Ha! So since you can’t run full out in the snow… you can do the deceleration and then rotation sooner, so that you can move away from the wing sooner on these! When the grass is green, you can run faster and be sooner LOL! But for now, just walk and see how earlier you can send, rotate and leave! Her commitment looks really good here, so if the snow stays soft, you can try it!
Great job 🙂
THi!
>>We are working on moving around. She also has a raised plank. With the round wobble board there isn’t a clear “on and off” and she comes off sideways. I have some landscape fencing to give her a correct on and off.>>
Perfect on all of these – the landscape fence can help keep her straight while you move all around 🙂 I also will use a manners minder on 2o2o training, so no matter what I do, the dog uses that to help her to stay straight and focus forward (rather than curl in 🙂 )
On the wing video:
>> I did it as a lap turn send because she didn’t seem to be getting it. Also thinking my Chest and feet might not have been clear to her.
She did really well! It might just have been figuring out which side you wanted her to be on – this game is the very end of a FC, so the pup goes around the outside of the wing (putting the wing between you and her, as if going over a jump bar). So when you stepped back and she did that, it was all good (on the reps at :10, :20, :23, and 1:38 for example) – and that will allow you to leave earlier and earlier. You had her come between you and the wing (lap turn) and that is also a useful skill, it just requires a slightly different & earlier transition as you rotate to bring her in between you and the wing.
>> I really happy she worked it out and stayed with me!
Yes! She was totally engaged! And even on the reps you were changing where you sent her, you stayed super connected so she was perfectly happy to keep trying.
Great job!!
TracyHi! She did a great job here!! Yay! Right up on the box, totally confident. Happy dance! So… what else do you have to do more with? A couple of discs are good, or if you have a box with a low edge that she can get in. If you have a tall engouh chair, you can also work on getting her to go under the legs! I like to teach goat games to include getting on something, getting in something, and going under something. Perfect for a blizzard! Hope you didn’t get too much snow 🙂
>> And then we just did the back and forth with the toy a little and showed off a little with a “High Five”. Fun!
Yay! Fun stuff!!!! She is doing really well with all of this.
>> And yea, I threw the treat while I switched and that worked better too. I noticed that in one of your next video’s.
Yes – you can use a treat toss to help her get off the thing, then a little toy play, then back to the shaping. This will both keep her in a high state of arousal and continue the easy going back and forth from toys to food.
>>Hmm…I think I need to be a little quieter when she is offering the behaviors? Why do I always do that? Get too loud when she is thinking. >>
Yes – when she needs to think bout something and offer a precision behavior, be quiet 🙂 Chew gum! LOL!! Then you can be loud and talkative when you are playing with the toy.
Great job!
TracyHi! It was fine to do this with movement only and add sound later on – she did great! I give you a massive high 5 for how FAST you were in the transitions: tug- cookie toss – wobbly thing in – reward – toss cookie – wobbly thing out – AMAZING! So fast and it made for a really efficient, high success session. She did not seem to have any trouble with the movement – nice! One way you can add more movement to it is to put a tennis ball in a sock and tape or glue the sock to the bottom of the mat or a board. It adds more motion!
I think for something like this, where she can be a little wild and make it wobble, it was fine for you to be higher energy and talk to her. And the toy will take on more value when you are running around, so no worries about her wanting food a little more in this situation. Great job here! Be safe in the blizzard!
TracySo totally agree!! And now that we can easily look at things in slow motion or play them repeatedly… the advances in training and handling have been amazing!!!
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Hi! It should be visible as Lesson 5 (2nd from the bottom) in the Week 4 Games Package, between the Wing Wrap Foundation Part 3 and the recording from last night. All of the back end things say it is visible, but let me know if it is not there.
Thanks!Tracy
Hi Donna, welcome and congrats on getting your pup!!!!
>>We are auditing and starting late because Indy (BC) just arrived on Thursday at 8 weeks old. We have been working on the PreGame tasks since she arrived along with numerous other puppy skills. We have done the Prop value game almost every day and it is improving every session. Initially she was way too busy just exploring everything. As she is becoming more comfortable in her new surroundings her ability to associate cause and effect is starting to increase. >>
Perfect! The first couple of weeks are basically all about developing that ‘training’ relationship with the puppy – you are figuring out what she needs, she is figuring out what it is all about 🙂 Then it gets easier and fun!
>> I hope it helps diminish the puppy biting!
OMG those sharp puppy teeth! I redirect a lot, onto things like toys and away from my flesh LOL!
>>I plan on watching those videos one more time to make sure I am doing them correctly. Then we will move on to some week 1 tasks.>>
Great! Keep me posted, I am looking forward to updates 🙂
TracyKeep me posted! I am thankful that we can watch the videos over and over til the answers reveal themselves LOL!!!
Awww this is a great update! I am so glad you had fun! Abbey and the Incredipaws crew are among my favorite trainers/handlers, it is really cool that you have access to them! I might have met the other Kelpie that goes there at a seminar in October? Cool dog, he is going to turn out great!
I am really excited that Ted handled a new location so beautifully – what a great opportunity! And I bet he loved getting to open up and run around there, so you probably had a very happy pup on your hands afterwards. Yay!!!!T
