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You are definitely showing more trust and confidence when you are running her here!!! Your training on the skills sets is really paying off 🙂
First run:
I am loving the big loud verbals on the opening line as well as the backside send. And you did a good jump trusting her more on the backside at 6 – you don’t owe me a beer on that one 🙂 You can start the wrap cue for 7 as soon as she lands from 6 and comes around the wing – at :13, she was just about gathering for takeoff and you were starting the cues, so she landed wide then turned. You will probably not get all the way to the wing of the 7 jump, it will end up being more of a send, but that is fine because it gets a tight turn and gets you back to a good spot 8-9.
The close threadle looked good!! She got the other side of 8 but it looked intentional, or maybe you forgot to push her back out 🙂Second run – I liked your opening line here even better, and you sent 5-6 sooner so she drove it better. AND you trusted 6 even more – look at how nicely she did there at :30!!! You definitely don’t owe me a beer on this one (unless it is a celebratory beer for good handling, then yes, I will take one lol)
On the 7 wrap at :33 – you were much better on the timing! Remember to do the deceleration element of the transition: you didn’t decelerate but instead rotated really fast, which pulled her off. The deceleration will help commit her. The other thing that caused her to go into handler focus and not commit was that you turned your head and looked forward at :32 right after she landed, which caused her to look up at you.
The ending line looked lovely!!!3rd run – also really nice! Sadly, no beer for me because you trusted her and moved through the lines without dangling a helper arm 🙂 She was perfect! I guess that means that I owe YOU some good beer because you tried it and she did it! Yay!
This rep had the best wrap on 7 of the 3 reps here, but I do think you can decelerate sooner to be able to rotate sooner – you were definitely rotating here before she took off, so maybe 1 step earlier with the decel and the rotation, so you can be finished before she takes off.
I think you had a little moment of forgetting 8-9 because you were not as closer as on the previous rep but then the rest was really great!Great job! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi there! This is a great video – it showed us where you and he are a smooth working team and it also told us where he needs us to add more commitment understanding. I can already see where your commitment homework is paying off so nicely – those backside sends were a THING OF BEAUTY every time! And his lines in general were sooooo lovely. After watching it, I think his only commitment question has to do with countermotion on the backside – he had trouble committing to the backside jump properly on the reps where you were trying to move forward to 7 without helping him take the jump. Happily, I have ideas for you because I have been down the exact same road with my Voodoo (the big all black dog) – when he was Desmo’s age, he did the exact same things: didn’t commit or hit the wing/bar. So here are some ideas for ya!
First run – the opening line looked smooth and gorgeous, all the way to getting the backside send at 6! Very nice! He questioned the commitment to the backside jump there on the circle wrap. One thing you can do to train it is have just a wing out there instead of the full jump. He can do the skill on a wing nicely (I have seen it firsthand :)) so you can embed the wing into the middle of the course – that adds challenge because there is more speed, but also makes it easier to get it right for him because he will recognize the wing and say “ah! I know what to do with that!” You can also slow down the motion, so he can sort it out with feeling the need to hurry. When he can do it with a wing in the middle of the course, we add back more motion. And when you can blast through it, we add back the jump bar :)) Using just the wing allows for more reps to help him figure it out because there is less jumping involved.
7 looked good and then with the ending on your left, you will have to push in and push him off the line to get 9: I suggest a very strong extreme connection as he is approaching 8 to help him shift away from you.Second run – another gorgeous opening line, another independent backside send, and he did a great job of taking the bar there on 6 (:22)!! You helped a little bit by turning your feet so he came in on 6, and that delayed you from getting in to show 7. We will keep working so you are comfortable trusting that he will come in automatically. That will allow you to get a little further ahead for the line to 7. More importantly, though, when you are sending from 6 to 7 out of the slice, make a big connection to his eyes to get him to the correct side of 7. You Pointed forward to send, which turned your shoulders away from the line and he ended up on the other side.
3rd rep – I loved all the connection in here and the lines you ran on this rep. Great handling! We already knew that you could easily get 1-5 but the lovely connection and clear backside commitment cue at :30 was a thing of beauty. You had more trust of his commitment on 6 and you moved into the gap better at :32, and the connection you had when he landed at :33 to show 7 is *exactly* what I was talking about above – click/treat! He hit the wing here on the countermotion.
You did a bit of training after that – really good training session:
At :38 you had MORE countermotion towards 7, which is correct handling with you moving forward like that.
At :41 you helped him come over the bar by turning your feet – we would only want a foot turn on this 6 jump if the next jump was heading back towards the 4 jump (FC). At :47 you did NOT turn your feet and stayed on the serp line and he got it right – yay! At :51 and 1:00 you added more countermotion to that good running line (it was good handling!) – he ran past it. At :55 and 1:05 you had a little less motion as you moved through the countermotion and a verbal at 1:05)- he dropped the bar at :55 and hit the wing at 1:05.So, since the countermotion is the hard part, here is what I suggest as a plan (do these on a very low bar for now so the jumping element is easy – we will add more jumping challenge when he can do this on a low bar):
First do some “easy” reps where you send to the backside and drop the reward in on the landing side as you move away – remember that the timing of the reward being dropped in has nothing to do with a decision to take the jump, it is just the reward for the good decision to go to the backside. That will help him look at the bar and thinking about defaulting to jump it, rather than jumping towards you (hitting the wing) or not taking it at all. I think you can do this on both the slices and the wraps for the backside.
Separately, you can have him sit on the takeoff side of the backside and isolate the countermotion element: start walking forward through the countermotion line towards where 7 is (like you did at :51, for example) – as you are passing the exit wing – release and throw the reward back behind you to the landing side. Basically it is a serpentine with countermotion (you can see a demo of what I mean in the serp custom skills sets)
When he can do both of these, we will meld them together and add countermotion to the backside sends. And then we will raise the bar back up. I found that this progression convinced my Voodoo to jump more on the center of the bar as he committed automatically, rather than throw his shoulder into the wing.
Thank you for the course maps!! So if I am reading this correctly, he went 14-15 t the exit of 3 in the Trial 1 map, and 14-15 to the exit of 10 in the Trial 2 map (basically, tunnel-tunnel). Was he on your left going into 15? Did you do a FC 14-15? My guess is that yes, you were pushing in towards the 15 tunnel and driving straight instead of turning your shoulders and moving laterally towards 16, plus he probably needed a verbal cue (right cue or a name call) when he was still 6 feet away from the tunnel entry at 15 (verbal plus seeing your shoulders turn to 16). So the last thing he saw before entering 15 was probably an explosive GO cue… so he went 🙂 Remember to plan all turn cues in front of tunnels when he is still 6 feet away from the entry. I think the a-frame sitting there in the middle added challenge too – because as you go from 14-15, you have to move towards 15 in order to NOT run into the a-frame.
Let me know if that makes sense! Great job here!
Tracy
Hi!
>>>Seq 2 – very nice too! What were the verbals you used? I heard the release then the jump cue, then he barked LOL! I think you were calling his name but you can also use your threadle verbal there.
Verbal? I said Ben Ben (not in-in)….should have I have said in-in? LOL I guess they kind of sound the same…oh oh.>>>Yes, you can say in in there, it is a threadle. I don’t think he will be confused – this did sound like you said Ben Ben there
>Seq 3
>>I was undecided about whether I would need a backside cue for 6 so I didn’t use one and he read my handling as a threadle I think. So on the 3rd rep I did say “back” and he nailed it.>>Yes, that is what is looked like, the backside cue totally worked there.
>As for verbal on the serpentine…am I supposed to have a verbal for that? You mentioned using a verbal when running a sequence.
It will be course-specific, such as his name then left or right.
>>YES, backside…can’t wait to try that one….need to work on that for sure and I haven’t gotten a chance to try the backside circle brake hand drill which I thought might be a good one to try or do you think he doesn’t need that so much?>>
You can work them both in the same session! The slice commitment is probably more important.
>> supposed to have a private with Jess tomorrow. Not sure whether to go or not….just so darn humid along with the high temps. She does not have AC in that facility….just fans.>>>
Eek! Maybe it will be tolerable, or you can do stuff where you don’t have to run too hard 🙂
>>I was looking at the novice courses for this package…looks daunting and I can’t figure out handling for some parts. Have to set it up and hopefully physically walking it will make the light bulb go on.>>
I am sure that walking it will help! And, you can print the map and draw lines to see what his best line would be and which side you start on and want to end on – then you can fit together the puzzle pieces in the middle 🙂
T
Hi there! Lots of good work here – Ivan is telling us that we can really trust him!
Great job on the skills sets!! He is doing a great job committing to the bar on the backside slices so you are able to move through! My only suggestion is to remember to throw the ball on the landing side and not ahead of you after the exit like at :07 & :27. On the other reps, you tossed the ball ahead – he was definitely happy about it, but you’ll get more default value on the bar with the ball appearing near the landing spot. I love how he was digging in and driving, though!!!! So fast and tight!
Great job putting these skills immediately to work in the sequences 🙂
Seq 1: nice backside send at :52!! You can go to the blind sooner – as soon as he nears the entry wing, you can turn your head for the blind – it is a commitment challenge but I think he will be fine with it 🙂 The threadle 8-9 and the serp at 10 looked good!Seq 2: perfect timing on the blind at 1:10!! That set up a strong send to the backside at 5 then a serp back to the tunnel – he was chasing you the entire time, which is his favorite thing to do 🙂 The send to the 8 backside was also really clear and independent! This is another spot (like jump 6 in seq 1) where you can do the blind cross head turn just as he is arriving at the entry wing.
The only question he had was that he slowed down a little as he exited the tunnel – so you can go in a stride or two closer to the tunnel and start your around cue earlier. I think he saw you setting up for the send and slowing down, so he went into collection for a moment.Next rep – another perfect blind at 1:34! I liked your serp at 6 at 1:39 better than the same serp on your first rep here – you moved through it even sooner, getting more ahead on the way to 7 so his line was even better. Nice!!
On the tunnel exit at 1:43, you had bigger strides (maybe went in a step or two closer to it) so he was faster on the exit and still got the backside send really nicely!
One little tweak – as soon as you send to the backside at 8, try to step forward as directly as possible to the 9 jump. You took a couple of steps on a parallel line to the jump bar. which made you a little late for getting on the next line. I think you were watching for him to jump for too long – so that is a great spot for the big disconnection 🙂Last rep – another perfect blind at 1:54! You are nailing it! Your serpentine at 2:00 was good (more like your first rep) but I liked the one at 1:39 better because you were further ahead so he could go faster.
At 2:04, you did the best job of sending to the 8 backside and immediately stepping through to 9 (not moving sideways) so you were on the next line as he landed from 8 – so he had the best line to 9 – tight and fast.I think Ivan was perfect on his commitments here, showing a strong understanding of the skills. So we can keep pushing to get you as far ahead as possible, really leaving his lines as early as possible. If at any point we break the commitment – cool!!! We can train that. But for now, keep on trusting him to commit so you can get way up the line, so he can chase you at top speed.
Nice work! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi! Nice work on these, I liked all of your different options on just a row of 3 jumps!!!
On the first rep, with all of the backside pushes: I bet you can stay super close to the jumps and just keep your chest rotated towards him, so he will self-send to the backside (I just made up that term, self-send hahaha) Keep doing the verbals like you did, and the chest turned towards him will cue him so you don’t have to use and arm to send.
2nd rep – really nice serpentine line!!!!! You can challenge him by getting even further ahead and seeing if he will still commit to the serp jumps!
3rd rep – very very nice threadles here! If you wanted more crazy threadles, you can do a threadle to a blind cross (in the package 3 skill sets) – as soon as you see his head turn towards the threadle jump, do a blind!
For added adventure, try doing doing blinds on these lines too. Wheeeee!
Great job! Stay cool!
TracyHi there!
Thanks for letting me know about the header – oopsie!!! And take your time working through these – it is wicked hot out! We have time in this class, I am pretty sure that we will be looking at videos until the first week of September at least 🙂Great job on these:
Seq 1: very nice! You can show serp handling a bit more 4-5: he has to turn right then left on that jump, so opening your upper body to him like a serp will smooth put that line.Seq 2 – very nice too! What were the verbals you used? I heard the release then the jump cue, then he barked LOL! I think you were calling his name but you can also use your threadle verbal there.
Seq 3
first rep – opening line looked good! He read the rear cross nicely, he totally knew to turn left! He was a little wide, mainly because you were decelerated while he was in the tunnel then you accelerated into the rear cross. If you flip that: accelerate while he is in the tunnel then decelerate through the rear cross – he will have a tighter turn on the RC wrap. Plus, it will put you closer to the 5 jump (RC jump) which will let you set the serp at 6 better. You took off at :08 so he just chased you.2nd rep – good job with the right cue on the tunnel, nice timing! At :23, you didn’t show enough of the RC line so he wrapped to his right. The fix at :27 was the nice RC line.
3rd rep – looking good on this one!! You had the good verbal on the tunnel, acceleration then decel into the RC (nice clear RC line) and the backside verbal on 6. SUPER connection at :43 to get him into the #7 tunnel!!
4th rep – also looked good! You can do that blind sooner: you used the same running pace as on the rear cross line, then had to do some last minute hustle to get the blind. At 1:07 he was jumping 4 and it was jump starting when ideally it would be finished by then. If you send 1-2-3 more laterally then I bet you can get past 4 sooner – which allows you to do the blind basically while he is in the tunnel, which gives you tons of time to decelerate into the wrap on 5.
I do think the BC was faster than the RC, but it is definitely good to train the RCs too!!
And nice ending line here as well.Serp default: great job on your casual toy dropping, it made me laugh, so smooooth! But perfect placement, well done!!! And he did really well, doing this with very little ‘help’ other than your motion and some connection. He had a bar down at :54, and I think that was because he went a little wide after the wing wrap (wheeee!) and the realized he needed to hurry back and take the jump – and you were not helping all that much AND you had some countermotion – so he just didn’t set up the jumping as well as I know he can. But he fixed it on all the other reps, including the various angles you worked too.
Now, when I say “you weren’t helping all that much”, that is CORRECT for this exercise LOL!! Of course, when running a sequence, we would want you to use a verbal and be as perfect as you can. But in training, you were perfectly casual and perfectly NOT calling him 🙂 I think he did well! Onwards to the backside serpentines now.Great job! Stay cool, it has been a BEAST of a summer!
TracyHi! I love the Moonlighting dreamy effect hahaha!!
Great job here – my biggest suggestion on the straight lines was that you were too connected (I know, I know hahahahahaha!!!) Your connection is a good habit! So trying to disconnect to drive the line is REALLY hard. He is ready for the disconnection on these straight line elements for sure, so keep playing with it. The other stuff that was difficult is skills work we can do to make it easier. Here are some ideas:On the straight line to the tunnel: The 1st 2 reps – very connected, too connected hahahaha! You can gradually show him less connection and see how it goes. On rep 3, you were less connected and he didn’t take the jumps – I think that was more about you moving away after the wing wrap and the big toy 🙂 From the tunnel up the line of jumps – you were mostly connected with some disconnects (yay!) and he found the line, good boy!!!! He had a bit of over jumping but that is because the reduction in connection was distracting but then he smoothed it out on the next reps. The last rep of this section (jumps to tunnel) – much better!
On the backside push section, we can break the backside skill down into 2 elements:
– getting to the backside – as a young dog, his main frame of reference is jumping the bar. And that bar becomes a pretty big distraction when we need him to go to the backside! So to help him pop out around the backside wing, start the skill on just a wing (take out the bar and the exit wing so the appearance of a jump is not there, and send him around only the entry wing, rewarding back near you). When that is easy for him (he will learn it fast), put the bar back in but in a relatively boring way: one end on a 6 inch jump cup on the entry wing, and the other end on the ground (no exit wing yet). That way you can introduce the distraction of the bar without it being too tempting! When he can go around the wing and take the backside bar, you can add back the exit wing.
– taking the jump of the backside as a default. When you got him to the backside, he didn’t know we also wanted the jump 🙂 so check out the custom skills sets I posted on Monday – start with the serp default to jump then you can quickly build it to the backside serp game.
Good job working the timing on the forced front crosses! Your first rep was too early, 2nd rep too late (like Goldilocks and the 3 bears: too hot, too cold) and the 3rd rep at 1:37 was just right! The blind cross after it there worked really well, and will continue to get more comfortable as you play with the forced front cross timing.
He found the lines nicely on the last rep! You are actually still too connected for this challenge of disconnecting fully hahaha! You had little connection breaks and he did just fine – feel free to continue working to run those lines without connection (I know, so weird LOL!!!) On the threadle to the wing at the end, because he is still learning the threadle, you can hold onto his head for a little longer. Think of that more like a rear cross on the flat to the wing – don’t turn his head away until he is past the wing. As his threadle understanding continues to develop, you can release him sooner and he will set it up himself.
Nice work! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi!
>>3 blinds in a row ???
So fun! Life on the edge! Tokaji would love it!
>>Something to aspire to. I imagine the timing would have to be spot on and you would have to keep moving thru it>>
I bet you can do it. Yes, 1000% you would have to trust and keep moving. But the timing is not that hard, it is all about the reconnections (so no hands needed):
first blind happens when she is at pole 10-ish, so it is done before she exits. 2nd blind is done as she is approaching the backside wing. 3rd blind is done as she gets to the backside and turns her head to look at the jump. If she has seen a couple of blinds in a row in the past, she will find it easy to read these.
TYay, this was very fun to watch! The value of the prop was very high so you were able to add a lot of opposing motion – and having played with the concept to a pre-placed reward is likely to have helped as well. As he was picking up speed, his mechanics changed – note the lower head. That is good, because it is a sign of subtle weight shift, preparation to turn (because he was understanding that it was a hit then drive back). I like when the dogs set themselves up to turn and shift their weight!!
You were able to leave really early, which is great. Now we can also focus on a higher level detail of the countermotion: pressure on the line. This will support commitment on the SUPER tight turns on course, especially the ones with rotation. As you leave on the countermotion, we want to the dogs to stay really tight to their lines. He was moving out a tiny bit away from the pressure, so we can teach him to stick tight to it: Using the same set up, send him to the prop but time your moving forward so you don’t move til he is right at your leg, passing very close to it. Move slowly at first so he is happy to be very close to the pressure, then we can add more and more speed like you had here. Let me know if that makes sense, I am not sure that I am explaining it properly hahahaha
Great job!!!
TracyHi! He is so cute with his smacks! Good job really working to lock into the foot smack only and not just when he trotted near/over it. It was NOT easy to see but it definitely helped clarify that it was a touch behavior, not a ‘near it’ behavior 🙂 I think this session directly contributed to the success of the session below!! It is all about teaching a commitment concept and he did really well!!
T
Hi! The lead outs worked nicely here! The game went really well – my only little suggestions are little tweaks to handle: lead out a little further (gives you more time to do the blind LOL!) so you can get a little more eye contact at the reconnection after the blind (it will get him to switch sides sooner) and also you can throw the toy ahead sooner – as you are doing the collection/turn, you can also be throwing the toy so it is in motion and out ahead as he finishes the turn. He was looking at you after the turn for one step, so we can get him driving ahead sooner by getting the toy out there sooner (and yes, you might need 35 arms :))
Speaking of throwing the toy – I think he definitely drives ahead better when the toy is landing On the drive ahead after the turn) as opposed to when it has already landed (when you were doing the straight line driving ahead) It is maybe one step of difference – but it is a big difference in his acceleration! So keep letting him go before the toy has landed to really maximize the acceleration. And we will be able to gradually release him to drive ahead later to help build value for the ‘dead’ toy. Let me know if that makes sense. Great job!
TracyHi!
Wheee! This was a fun session to watch. I think he enjoys the toy catch! Nice tugging on that toy! He made me laugh with his leaps for it 🙂 The stay looks really strong – he already had a really nice stay, but this will allow us to layer in more arousal and excitement for it too! Don’t forget to do some ‘catch’ with cookies too, he won’t be sad LOL! And, check out the advanced game – I think he is ready for the added arousal that it brings to the stay as well. Keep up the nice job with the connection as you lead out and with keeping the success rate high.>> noticed that when I say catch he gets up but stays back vs when starting forward when I say break.
So cool!!! It appears he is beginning to really understand the difference between the words – excellent!
He did well on the driving ahead to the toy – but as much as he seemed to enjoy tugging on this toy and catching it, he didn’t seem to love driving to it as much when it was dead. He loved driving to it on the release forward at 1:04 but was not nearly as excited about it on the driving ahead reps after it. I don’t think he was tired or distracted – so you can make the toy a little more alive by throwing it further, maybe a little higher and then releasing him just before it lands. That should keep it more alive like it was at 1:04 and get even more excitement driving to it.
Great job 🙂
TracyHi! Lovely session!
>>. It does help to watch the cap although in one of them his neck ruff got in the way of me seeing it!
Hmmmm maybe that is why there are so many shaved shelties in Europe? LOL!!!
Great job here – yes, it is hard to leave earlier when you are that close but you were leaving perfectly for this early session: you were basically leaving as he was passing your leg. And he was highly successful, which is really the most important part. The last rep was ideal (and there were a couple more that looked like this one) – he was passing your leg and you moved forward, nice and calmly. Yay!
>>It’s a bit hard to try to leave any sooner when you’re that close. Should I move a bit further away for the send and then add in leaving sooner once I establish that the send from further away is holding up
My personal rule of thumb for this game (ok, for all games haha) is 2@80; 2 sessions at 80% success or better in a row before I change anything. So, this totally counts as session 1 – do one more session just like this (in terms of when you move forward) and when that goes well… you can move further away. And yes, it is a good idea to establish that the send from further away is holding up – you can ‘warm up’ eash session with a couple of sends and then when he is in the groove, you can slide in some countermotion.
Nice job!
THi there!
>>Are you saying to add in the motion slowly with the whippet because it will be TOO exciting if it’s added too quickly?
Yes – motion is stimulating and with certain individuals and certain breeds, motion can either stimulate the dog into the right state of arousal for work, or can stimulate the dog into the *wrong* state of arousal LOL!! The wrong state is when things go wrong, like the pup can’t ‘remember’ the skill, or can’t handle frustration, or chases the momma, or grabs for treats/toys, or tooth hugs… so we add motion slowly with all of our sports pups 🙂
Wing wraps
>>So then when we restarted, I think I had it too far out and well….as you can see it was a trainwreck
Totally NOT a trainwreck!!!! True, the second part of the video didn’t exactly have a lot of successful wing wraps… but you handled his errors well (but trying to reset and get things rolling again) and HE handled his errors well! He offered plenty of stuff, and he seemed to be able to handle frustration really well. So, in that respect, it was *great*!!
I think getting the game rolling at the start of each session will help – you can start with engagement on both sessions, a couple of tricks for treats, just to get him ready for the offering. Eventually we can do this with toys but I think cookies for now. And, at the start of each session, start a couple of steps back from where you left off – think of it as a warm up to get back into the groove if the break was more than a minute or two. You’ll quickly be able to work your way back to where you were.
Also, and there is no scientific data to support this LOL 🙂 I have found that doing one session with a whippet and NOT coming back to it the same day is actually helpful – something about whippets and how they learn and process… their latent learning is amazing! I have seen it in all 3 of my whippet mixes and I have heard this over and over from whippet owners (particularly owners of whippets related to our pointy dogs :)) So one session then revisit a couple of days later and you will be amazed at the progress. Sounds so weird but it is pretty true!
Stays – fabulous session!!!!
>> I only tried working on stay one time weeks and weeks ago and he wasn’t getting it so I immediately jumped ship and haven’t worked on it since lol.
That was a good call! I mean, he is so young – if he wasn’t getting it, it is fine to come back to it later on. There are only about a zillion other things to train LOL! Better to jump ship than to build in frustration. A bit of maturity now that he is a little older, plus a different approach – he did a great job here!
>>He was offering a couple downs, and I just rolled with it.
Yes, that was 100% the right call. You hadn’t asked for anything other than giving him the international sign for “offer me something” so he did! He was excellent in his choices. A couple of ideas for you:
He was amazing in his ability to catch the treat LOL! So you can throw the treat behind him or off to the side so he gets up and you can reset the game. He is so smart – “I will just stay right here, keep those treats coming” LOL! Made me chuckle 🙂 If he doesn’t get up, you can release forward, reward him and reset for the next sit.
As we build this game, we are also going to build in arousal and work on teaching him to self-modulate his internal arousal: start the next session with a tiny bit of tug, then put the toy in your pocket or on a shelf (tossing cookies away during the transition) – then do the session with the treats. This should create a higher arousal. I love how you had a bit of cookie play happening and he was stimulated by offering and holding the stay – YAY! I want to see how it goes, adding a toy before, and then we can move to the advanced game which is really all about modulating arousal 🙂 He is really young still, so we have time 🙂 There is no rush at all, he will let us know.Opposing motion session – also looked great! You had a lot of energy and that created more stimulation – but he still got the behavior AND no chomp chomp moments 🙂 You did a nice job moving away just enough to begin showing counter motion… but not tooooo much because he was successful 🙂 Love it! You can add in gradually more and more countermotion over the course of the next few sessions.
So overall these were looking really lovely. Let me know if the ideas make sense. Great job!
TracyHi! She did a great job here!! Yes, it is GREAT that she offered the stay so nicely – even when stimulated, we want the pups to think it is fun to sit and stay in front of something they want (the toy for now, the start jump or tunnel later on…). You can always use a verbal or hand signal for the sit or stay but she will likely not need one 🙂 I am pretty sure my adult dogs understand the start line routine and just roll their eyes at me when I say “stay” LOL
You can start to add more duration now – first longer praise…. then add in moving away. Bearing in mind that she is going to be more ramped up, keep the duration and motion away short so she can be successful. It will be easy to build it all up into a great stay even when she is wild 🙂
Question – what release word do you want to use on your start lines? You were using a “yay” here – some folks do use that as the release, some use it for praise. At this stage, use your start line release word when you want her to come out of the sit so it is even easier to transfer to trials.Nice job! Let me know what you think!
Tracy
