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Hi! I am glad you are enjoying it!
MaxPup 2 will start in March, dates TBD – I am waiting for other dates to get posted and for the weather to improve a bit so folks can work outside more đ
Stay tuned!
Tracy
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He was fabulous here! Sounds like there was more activity (noise) in the environment than usual⌠but he was perfect in his attention and engagement with you.
He seemed to have no trouble finding the âin inâ tunnel entry, even with the wrong entry right next to him and the toy behind him. SUPER!! That lat rep was hard, but he was lovely!
Since this went so well, you can move to the next step, the double whammy – I think he will enjoy getting to do the tunnel twice in a row and it will be a good challenge with even more motion and speed.
Great job here!
TracyFAST before the run:
I love that he was barking at you!! She was ready to roll!!
And HOLY SH*T she was ON FIRE in the run! I donât think Iâve ever seen you run that fast! WOW!!!! And she was tugging?!?! Super!!!! Love it!!!JWW – great job with the warm up. It looked pretty much like what you do at home and she looked relaxed!
HOLY COW she was amazing here too! You had to HUSTLE LOL!!!! Great job – beautiful connection from you and didnât over-help or over-manage things⌠she was flying! Love it!!!! The drop and go might take some pressure off at the start line. What a nice run!!!
Standard was also super nice!! You were super connected and supporting the lines perfectly, she knew exactly what to do and did it confidently. The only thing I see on this run was possibly. Bit of physical fatigue. She was really extending in the 2 earlier runs, so her striding ws not s powerful on this run. Her head seemed 1000% in the game, but she was more tired perhaps? So we can look at more warm up and cool down stuff for her body – what stuff do you already do? And does she have a back on track coat?
Great job here! I loved the energy on the runs from both of you!
TracyHi!
She looked amazing!!! It was pretty much a real run til you brought the toy out – nice!!! A bit more push out needed from you to cue the jumps that she missed, but otherwise I think she did really well and you were super connected!!! The start line looked super solid and the rear cross went well too! Yay!
And your pants were perfect!
>She had zero interest in the leash today. It was a different leash than weâve been using lately, but sheâs been tugging on different leashes.>
Dogs are interesting! It might have been that the leash you had was not enticing for whatever reason or she didnât need to tug? She had a lot of cookies right before the run so maybe she was in cookie mode? Hard to tell, but you can ask her if she wants to tug on the leash and it is fine if she says âno thanksâ.
It would be fun to get her into some UKI Speedstakes or USDAA jumpers where she can run full courses with jumps and tunnels and no weaves! I think she is ready for that.
What that her only run? Does she have more tomorrow? You can wait longer to bring the toy out and see how she does! Or if you have more than 1 run, you can try a short blast with no toy and see how she does đ
Great job!
TracyHi!
>I trained by myself at Fusion on Friday morning and figured out how to turn on the music streaming service (whatever it is â I donât do apple devices!) so we at least had background music on fairly loud (plus Kaladin chiming in to protest his incarceration). >
Perfect! Some good background noise is a good thing.
>I made sure to give her more time to settle and reconnect on leadouts before releasing and it went well with some short sequences testing turns out of tunnels and some layering.>
All good, I am sure she did great.
> I did two short 2Ă2 sessions tossing cheese and discovered I canât hit the dish worth beans (or i hit it and it bounces out). >Then she got confused looking for cheese in the dish and missed where it actually was so I picked up the dish and just worked on marking and tossing as early as possible so she wouldnât head check. >
Yes – early throws are great too, and you can throw a lotus ball or treat hugger too!
>I canât remember â were the channels a track to try concurrently or should I go further with 2x2s before trying some channels? (Fusion has both and way more room than I do inside at home)>
I start them concurrently and at some point, the dog tells us which they prefer to get the finished product.
>In regards to pacing:â¨This is an on-going thing that weâve been keeping tabs on with her rehab sports med vet and massage therapist.>
That is really interesting! It could be maybe something tight that she works through in the moment? So hard to know!
>Iâll ask the class on Tuesday to be more rowdy! >
Yes! Tell them to have a party! People are too polite, they can be noisy đ
>I think I will also start asking her for more complicated handling in the group environment so that her actual NFC run(s) can be super simple at 4in and basic.>
Perfect, as long as the rate of success stays nice and high, and she can still get plenty of opportunities to run run run đ
Keep me posted!
Tracy
Hi!
I think this run went really well overall! More on the ring crew moment below…
>Chill and volume dial is going well outside the ring while waiting â unfortunately, the volume dial pretty much disappears once we go into the ring.>
That is fine, he might be one of the ‘all business’ dogs at the line in the environment. I couldn’t see everything before your run here, but he had a great lead out and opening! So you might find things work best when you do all of the games outside the ring, then all business to the start line to start the run as soon as possible.
>All 3 runs we had the pleasure of running after dogs that would non stop bark during their runs â definitely not helping our chill!!>
He did well here, though! He has experience from class with the barking dog scenario đ
This was our standard run, did loose him to the ring crew in the corner for 10 or 12 seconds, he just about got in the poor womanâs lap. >
One thing I suggest when he leaves to visit ring crew is that you keep running the course, without him. Handle your invisible dog. Switch to Cody đ But keep going, running away to the next line – ignore him visiting and carry on as if he is still running. What the dogs do is they notice it and run to catch up to the handler. This greatly diminishes the visiting. Stopping and calling him doesn’t quite work đ so try continuing without him. Try it in class first so you can see how it works – set up a tempting ring crew person and when he visits, take off on the next line but don’t call him. People will think you are nuts, you can blame me LOL!!! I am super pleased with how well this works, especially with hunting/sporting breeds!
> pretty good after that, ignored the corner person fairly well the next time he passed her.>
He was great! And part of that was you turned and ran to the tunnel on the next part, you didn’t stop or try to manage it. He looked at the ring crew person then continued chasing you up the line.
> Short FEO runs away from ring crew to me seems like itâs just avoiding the issue.>
It can’t hurt, but it doesn’t necessarily directly address the issue. He is very close to being perfect, it is just the ring crew thing. So try continuing the course and see how it goes! Don’t fix things or run for Qs if it happens, just keep going and when he catches up, keep doing the course.
> FEO runs with mid run toy play, would be nice, but itâs not Coalâs thing. He does happily chase tennis balls and tugs in house in or yard or up at the local school, but unfortunately it disappears in the trial environment>
Have you tried a tennis ball in the trial environment? UKI and USDAA allow for thrown toys, so that is something to try!
Anyway – I think it is fine for him to tell us that he is all business at the start line đ and also let’s see how continuing the course without him goes đ
Nice job here! Are you trialing on Sunday?
TracyHi!
>Maybe we can all go to New Zealand, at least we wouldnât have to buy the whole islandâŚ.. haha>
I looked into New Zealand⌠you either have to be really rich or have a super skill that they feel adds to their community or economy. I donât fit either criteria so New Zealand is out LOL!
Threadle versus serp went great! The wings were no problem at all. For the verbals, yes, you fixed it on the first threadle rep đ And you can call his name for the serp (or use a left or right) to help differentiate the threadles as well.
Question – how is his stay going? We can add a stay to some of these games! And using a platform to help with that for now is great. The stay will be helpful for when we add movement to this đ
He did well on the Minny Pinny too! The distances were fine for the bars, he was bouncing with no trouble. The touching of the bars were mainly due to, with this being a new skill with wings and bars, the reps needing to be a bit âcleanerâ so he doesnât have to watch you as much.
You can be quietly saying the left or right verbal, but donât praise or say a reward marker – he hit the middle bar at :03 when you said get it.
Then on the other reps where he touched the br, be sure he is lined up facing the set up before you send him to it. He was a bit sideways on those reps, so touched a few bars and was looking up at you.
It will get easier as he gets more experienced, but for now, make every rep super clean and precise so he a sort out his footwork.
Keep me posted about the threadle wraps! The visual of the food bowl target to turn away to will help on the barrel, because it basically teaches the dogs that âwhen mom does the things with her hands, I turn awayâ đ
And yay for the super conformation practice!!! He is such a good boy đ
Great job here!
TracyHi! This session went super well! Very nice job progressing it from just the wings, to adding the bumps/bars, to adding the verbal! Yay!
She had no trouble with the concept at all and did a great job! She does sometimes want to start without you so you can line her up with a cookie so you can be the one who starts LOL!
>After we started I angled the jump bars in a little. Does this look about right? Ginger is about 16âł. >
Angling the bars in was definitely the right move. It is hard to tell if the new angles were just right – she was slipping on the carpet a bit and that was causing her to try to adjust her striding.
At home, you can try moving them in closer to see if that helps her bounce more consistently? And then when you get onto turf or dirt or grass you can open the distances back up and see how she does.
Great job here!
TracyHi!
>Sometimes itâs easier to get the dog to follow directions than it is humans LOL. All I asked them to do was to stand on the blue dot I placed. >
It was brilliant of you to bring a dot for them to stand on. Smart!!! VERY clear instructions⌠but humans are challenging LOL!!!
Run 1 – ah, this is definitely hitting the challenge right on the head! It was HARD! He did well with the hand touches, so you can keep those in for sure!
Once you got him going though, he did great, even running past the leash runner.
The person in the 2nd video was correct that he needs to see more distractionsâŚ. But not quite yet. Humans are challenging LOL!!!! Poor Coal, he was amazing, she walked over his tail! I think he was happy to release off the start line to get away from the distractions LOL!
He ended up off course at 1:28, but that was a handler blooper (not enough connection and you were right near the off course jump) – keep going so he doesnât get distracted. Much better at 2:43!! Super clear connection there.
He did a âpeace outâ and took off at 1:58 when the leash runner approached him very forwardly. I mean, it as weird LOL! Then he felt she was toooooo much – big shake it off, having trouble sitting, etc. If you see him do that, you can ask her to stand on the blue dot đ
>Keep going like this or back it up a bit â make it easier?>
I think going with your plan in video 1 was spot on – definitely challenging but not toooooo challenging. The additions from the helper in video 2 were too much, so you can blame me if you tell people not to get as close to him LOL! So definitely keep gong with the video 1 plan – he made great progress!
Nice work here! Keep me posted!
Tracy
Hi! Thank you for the update!
I think the cold weather might be putting them on edge if they are having issues⌠not enough of an outlet for their energy! Fingers crossed for warmer weather ahead.
>.one of them was tunnel threadles â she nailed the one to her left but really struggled with the one to her right>
That was probably the harder side for her. I am curious to see how she does after sleeping on it -the mechanics might solidify in sleep, as crazy as it sounds LOL!
>We are now splitting a private lesson with another young dog with Lo every other week, mostly I wanted to see if she could âworkâ in a new/busy location. Went to the first one a week ago. She was freaking incredible!!!>
YAY! This is so cool! I am not surprised though, she is such a fun dog and you are doing a great job with her đ
Keep me posted! Stay warm!
Tracy
Hi!
>he is stinky cute.>
Totally agree – he is SO CUTE!!!!
This session went really well. Great job with the verbals! Yay! He is still learning to love the MM – on the threadle reps, he was looking at you til he heard the beep of the MM. That will change soon, and he will soon automatically look at the MM – so you can delay the click til he looks at it.
The serps all looked really good!
>I think my legs should be farther apart and I need to stand up .>
You were strong here! We get you moving with this game next week, so you wonât have to worry about foot position đ
Great job!
Tracy
Hi!
>he is stinky cute.>
Totally agree – he is SO CUTE!!!!
This session went really well. Great job with the verbals! Yay! He is still learning to love the MM – on the threadle reps, he was looking at you til he heard the beep of the MM. That will change soon, and he will soon automatically look at the MM – so you can delay the click til he looks at it.
The serps all looked really good!
>I think my legs should be farther apart and I need to stand up .>
You were strong here! We get you moving with this game next week, so you wonât have to worry about foot position đ
Great job!
Tracy
Hi!
The head turns were at the beginning here and he did great! My only suggestion is to remember to line him up facing forward each time for a clean start to the rep. He is bending really well!
The 360s on the barrel are harder! The key will be t move slowly forward (especially when he is turning to his right) and to let him see you look behind you at the other side of the barrel. You can also throw the reward back behind you so he gets used to looking at where he is going rather than at you and the toy đ
>When I first pick up a toy he is nutsy. I have worked on dead toy etc but when I first pick up a toy he has zero self control>
He definitely love the toy! 3 ideas for you:
Incorporate food into the sessions with the toy. You can use food 2 ways: to get him to sit, and as a reset cookie if something has gone wrong. There were a few bobbles here and he didnât finish the wrap if you presented the toy too early, so he got frustrated and was jumping at the toy. To avoid the frustration, you can use reset cookies to start the next rep after an error. That will help him settle down with the toy.
Also, you can incorporate holding the toy into you stealth self-control goes đ You can have a toy in your hand and reward simple things like cookie recalls using food, so he gets used to seeing it but not jumping at it.
You can also add a âtoy-in-handâ marker for when he can grab for it. I use âbiteâ for that. That really helped my young dogs, because they learned to completely ignore the toy til they heard the magic word (bite!) and then they could play. It was hard to remember to use it consistently but it really helped get rid of jumping up at the toy.
Great job here! Let me know what you think!
Tracy
Hi! She looks so good here!! She did the blind really well and had great collection, then drove ahead beautifully. Super!!! It looks like she was anticipating the blind a bit – starting to change sides before you cued it. She probably knew what was coming LOL! So be sure to mix in some reps where it is just a straight recall, no side change, so doesn’t anticipate.
My only suggestion is to clear the floor of jumps when you do this – we don’t want her early training around jumps to be about ignoring them đ It is a pain to move them, but it is worth it so she doesn’t think she should pass them to chase you.
Great job here!
Tracy
Hi! The tunnel skills are going well! I think you can try fading the hand flip away and see if he will flip himself away: meet him at the tunnel exit and walk forward very slowly, and use the verbal and the arm – and see if he turns himself away with you needing to flip him away.
He needs more direction in the in-between moments at the beginning đ You can help him out so he can do things other than face bite you or bite your arm!
It looks like you released him from a station at the beginning: perfect! Then you can do a rep, reward⌠then back to the station. Then you can add in more praise and âreadyâ words while he is on the station.When you praise or ask if he is ready in the in-between moments, he doesnât know quite what to do with himself so you get some overarousal behavior. So helping him self-moderate by going to a station is great, especially at the beginning of a session.
I also think you should use a toy here, along with the food. I know, youâre probably like WTH MORE AROUSAL?? Haha! But the toy as reward for the tunnel threadle can give him something to do with his energy. Then trade for a treat, send to the station, another treat. So think of the toy as an outlet for the extra energy and a way to guide him towards knowing what to do with himself đ
Nice work here! Let me know what you think!
Tracy
