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Well done with the FFCs here! You got to position, made sure you were connected and hand visible… and only after that did you release or reward. That helps him know exactly what the release is, so keep being precise like this. He also had time to process the line, so he found the correct side of 2. Nice!!!
T
Hi! This went really well!!
He had a question on the 2 jump for a couple of reps, based on where your feet were facing:
Your feet faced the slice line at :07, so he sliced. Compare to :23 and :48 where your feet faced the wrap line and he got it perfectly 🙂For when you want the slice on 2 (like at 1:07), you can handle like a RC (no spin needed when starting on your left) or a send starting on your right. I think adding the spin move at 1:35 is what send him to the last jump: as you were rotating, you faced the last jump as he was landing so that is where he went. Good boy! You did it as a rear cross without a spin at 1:49 and it was gorgeous!
Adding the cross on 4:
At :54 you got a little too far ahead on the RC, which caused you to cut in sharply behind him. He read it as a rear cross but it pulled him off the line to the last jump. If you stick closer to the 4 jump while he is in the tunnel and start moving up the RC line after he exits, the RC will feel smoother and will set up the last jump.The blind worked great at 1:10! Stay connected so the bar stays up at 1:12 (looking back at him and emphasizing eye contact).
When you did stay connected and didn’t use your arms at 1:25 and 1:54, it looked fantastic!Great job here!!
Tracy
Hi! This went well!
Go lines are going well – the further ahead you get, the more you will want to connect back to her (she hit the bar at :16 when you were looking a bit ahead and getting ready to throw the toy). When you were connected, she had no questions.
Super good timing on the wraps at :28 and :34!! She turned really well – we don’t want her to be tighter because for a dog her size, tighter can be slower 🙂
On the first RC at :47 – you got a little too far ahead, which made the RC line late because you didn’t have room to cut in and show her the line.
You were not as far ahead at :51 and 1:00, so you were able to show her the RC line for longer and she got it beautifully!>just couldn’t manage the backsides! I am clearly doing something wrong.>
On the first couple, your running line looked like the RC and your connection was not as visible, so she thought it was a RC.
You almost had it at 1:19 because you ran a really good line, pretty directly to where the bar meets the backside wing! But the connection was not as clear so she took the front. The last rep was similar – good line, but needed more connection. So run the line to where the wing and bar meet, but look her directly in the eyes until she is locked onto the backside wing. That is not easy with a tiny dog, so you might find yourself bending back towards her. The big eye contact will open up your dog-side shoulder too, so she can see where to be on the line.Great job here!
TracyHi! Totally agree, he did really well! Since this went great, time for the next steps –
– rather than facing him or even being sideways, you can be facing fully forward as he is leaping into positionAnd when that goes well… you can start adding movement! When he is jumping into position, you can be walking forward soooo slowly for now 🙂 and don’t stop until he has stopped (then run back and give him treats).
Great job!
TracyHi!
>Between obedience and conformation, I have a mostly-unconscious bias for having my dog on my left. >
Same here – partially because I am left-handed and partially because my earliest dog training experiences all had the dogs on my left, even though it was not formal obedience. But I do force myself to work the dogs on my right LOL
>I was wondering if I was “doing something” to cause the difference between dog-on-left and dog-on-right; that’s why I put the camera straight behind the start. And I also couldn’t see anything. >
I mean, it is possible that he did see something subtle that we humans didn’t notice. But I didn’t see anything major that would have caused the questions.
> I think as I become more capable (and can move better) that will go away. If it doesn’t then I’ll worry about it then.
> Exactly! Sometimes just leaving it alone is the best thing to do.
Pop out 1:
This is looking good! You can give him a left verbal and even a brake arm on the 2/6 jump (especially at 6) to get a better line to 3/7. And 8 s a backside to add some challenge for ya!
Pop out 2:
>On #2, my first plan was to do 3 & 6 as threadle slices – should have warmed them up.
> Better to have not warmed them up so we can look at the cues required! At :35, he needed a stronger turn cue on 2 starting from when he exited the #1 tunnel. You were giving the turn cues as he was taking off for 2, so he could not respond until after he landed.
For the threadle at 6, you pulled away too much so he locked onto the tunnel at :54 but you moved more towards 6 at :57 and he read it really well! You stepped to it at 1:09 too but turned your feet to the tunnel too much, so he wrapped there.
Also, the threadle on 3 takes him off the natural line to the backside of 3, so you can try pushing him to the outside there rather than threading.
>Then I realized that I could just lead out to a spot between 2 and 3 and the whole thing gets lots easier.>
Yes, that did make it easier! There was still a wide turn 2-3, so that is where letting him rip to the other side of 3 might be the fastest line. And sending him to the other side of 6 looked great!
Casper did really well on the opening of pop out 3! He had a legit question about which end of the poles at 1:43 – the high arm pointing to the entry actually caused the rest of your body to turn to the pole 12, so he thought it was a fancy entry. The ‘out weave’ and opposite arm pointing your feet and shoulders to the correct entry and he got it really well at 1:55 and 2:16!
For the dig dig on 8 at 1:59 – since you were walking it was hard for him to see the transition into decel. So, as he is exiting the weaves you can be jogging up the line. And when he is approaching takeoff for 7, you can show a big decel to tighten up the turn there.
Pop out 4 looked great!!! My only suggestion on that one is to give him a brake arm as he exits the 7 tunnel, to get a collection stride on 8. He jumped it in big extension, which set up a zig zag to 9. The brake arm will add the collection while you turn your shoulder to 9.
Great job here!
Tracy
Hi!
>It helps to have a Sheltie for the food reward box since they are so good at scarfing down small treats quickly. LOL!>
But also, she knows to not just run into the box and stuff her face with treats! That is a big win with a Sheltie LOL!
For the Find My Face game:
>So I should refresh her memory of it without obstacles and then start adding it in after I do late/confusing handling?>
I think a quick refresher is a good idea, then add it to some bad handling 🙂
>The pattern games help her alot and we use them as part of our warm up for classes & trials and in general, but she still has trouble coping with movement going past her when we aren’t doing them. (like entering the ring for a trial when I can’t toss treats for back & forth but the bar setters are moving back to their chairs or the leash runner is moving).
You can develop tricks into pattern games as you move to the line: hand touches from hand to hand, or spin then spin cued from different hands, etc. For Plot Twist, I have him keep lining up between my feet as I move to the line (so far, I have managed to stay upright too LOL!) At first the tricks can be rewarded but then we fade the cookies and the pattern remains and is still super helpful.
Keep me posted!
Tracy
Hi!
>You are probably thinking, why is a tractor in my video??? >
Ha! Yes, I totally was LOL!! The thumbnail showed the tractor so I was intrigued LOL!
The searches are really interesting to watch. Dogs are amazing. She is so talented and you are patient in your handling, really letting her lead the way. Her foot scratch alert makes it really obvious LOL>RDW is taking up way too much of my time and Indy’s body… so many reps. I am pretty close to jumping ship and doing a “target/okay” like she has on her teeter. I think she might be fast enough to make up the 1-2 second difference. Ha!😅>
Yes, the highs and lows of the RDW… where is she struggling? At full speed? I think training in higher arousal will help – going back to the early steps but doing them in really high arousal (lots of science as to why, but mainly it matches what she will be required to do in a trial).
But also, she is fast enough to have a stop on the DW and still win the class 🙂
Same with weaves:
>get her “mind” in the right place to get the entry. >
That is also arousal 🙂 I do lots of body awareness and weight shifting games while the dogs are in super high arousal – and same with finding the entries. So you can work simple sets of 4 poles but in really high arousal to help her get the entry – it literally will get her mind in the right place 🙂
Bummer that the pads and weather kept you from doing more, but she looked great on the stuff you worked on!!! Great job and keep me posted on how she is doing!!
Tracy
Hi!
>I have used a frozen toppl to throw as a reward in the backyard. It doesn’t work well indoors because stuff spills out of it when it bounces on the matting. I think we’ll stick to thrown treats indoors and try to use other options in the yard where Venture doesn’t like to eat his treats out of the grass.>
You can also use something smaller like a Kong with cream cheese in it – nothing will spill out and it is also easy to throw.
>Getting stuck – I agree there must be a stress component and also, it’s been really hot and humid. Even in the room, I’m completely soaked by the end of our hour.>
Yikes, it didn’t realize it was not climate controlled, so yes that can totally play a role! That makes the timer even more important, so he doesn’t get too hot to want to play.
Novice courses – he really liked these because there was lots of running! The first part on both courses went great. Then something happened on the first run (seems like he froze up but it is not visible on the video). Possibly because it was a long sequence already and he thought it was over, or something happened at the jump and he realized it was incorrect and stopped. Be sure to reward while things are going great rather than try to get all the way the way through a longer course.
>Ven is still working to do weaves in sequences as you’ll see in the video>
Weaves are another place to reward when he is correct rather than keep going. In this session, he was correct in flow at :17 but didn’t get a reward (the reward came after he stopped at the jump). Then he had 4 errors on the weaves, a reset cookie, and one more correct pass which did get rewarded.
So looking at the rate of success there: we had 7 behaviors (6 weave attempts and 1 lineup/reset) and 3 rewards – that is about 45% rate of success which can help explain why his weave success is still a work in progress. Ideally, his rate of success would be closer to 85-90%, so definitely reward all of his correct passes on the weaves and if you do reset them, line him up to be successful so he has fewer misses.
He had questions in the weaves on the 2nd video but got rewarded twice out of 2 attempts so he had a much higher success rate there.
Pop out 3 part 1:
Handle jump 2 with connection rather than point and move away – but keep going if there is an error rather than restart.>Couldn’t tell exactly why he decided I was asking him to jump on top of the tunnel>
It was the pointing – young dogs are very literal so when you stopped and pointed at 1:08, it turned your shoulders/feet to the center of the tunnel… so he got on top of the center precisely where the cues were pointing. Keeping your arm back and driving him into the tunnel using connection and a big step to it will help! And you can send from a little closer to help him learn the backside approach to the tunnel, then gradually get further and further away on the sending.
By the end of this he was tired – that 2 minute timer will really help! If it is hot, you can set it for 90 seconds. To keep things in perspective, 90 seconds is 3 or 4 full Novice JWW courses!
Part 2 – he was frozen on the start line here, which makes sense because he had done it a bunch and there was a lot of stopping and re-starting on the previous session. So you can start somewhere else on the sequence and or start without a stay.
Things went pretty well on the run that ended at 1:57! That is where you can end that session, take a break, cool off, do something else. You asked for more and he froze on the start line the got really sticky. That is great info from he so be sure to stop before he freezes up.
Pop out 4 – try to run these without any arm at all 🙂 You can challenge yourself to make motion and connection your primary cues by running with motion and connection – and no arm and no verbals 🙂 The verbals were good but he read the lines the best when you did not point at them. And he either went t the wrong side of the jump (like the backside) or passed the jump if yo pointed ahead. This is useful info from him! And same rule with that as the other sequences – no stopping if something goes wrong.
He has a good internal clock – as you are approaching 2 minutes, if there has been starting and stopping… he freezes up. So the 90 second timer can be helpful when it is hot and when you are working a lot. Finishing early to leave him wanting more will be very motivating!
Pop out 5:
The blind before the tunnel worked well! For the 5 backside, you can look at the landing spot when you serp to help him take the jump (rather than looking at him). The last jump was a little recessed here which made it harder – to keep more flow, you can send him around the outside to get to the correct side of 6.Nice work here! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi! The summer went by fast!
>Do you have any suggestions on how I should allocate my training time between now and April?>
Periodization! Cycle down for now: let her rest and recover from a particularly intense stretch of work. Then build up with skills stuff, then build up to running sequences then big courses, working to peak about 10 days before travel – at which point you rest. What team training stuff will the coaches be sending? That can be included but I think you have a good list to expand on from this summer.
> I was thinking more UKI@Home until the snow comes>
>> but I’m not sure what to do for course experience through the winter. Thoughts?>@Home is probably not the best option, the courses are all over the place. Probably better to set up sections and courses from IFCS and FCI judges. And when it is too cold to work outdoors, you can rent as many dirt barns as possible 🙂
>then conditioning>
This and body work should be on-going, plus build in rest as well.
But I think the first step is finding out what the team management will be sending for you to do 🙂
Tracy
Good morning!
>We had a very cool day course building for the Canadian WAO team at their private practice day. Kayl McCann, Susan Garrett, Tiffany Salmon, etc. >
Very fun! That is a great crew to watch: super experienced with that type of course. Plus Kayl has decades of experience with sport mixes!
>We got to try the courses too! Muso could do all the pieces, but we couldn’t put it all together. >
Yay!! That is exciting!
>You called it though, EVERY course had multiple “thing behind a thing” elements.>
Yeah… the challenges tend to get exaggerated and distorted. Sigh.
Onwards to courses! Send the video over via wetransfer and I can overlay them. I think they both went really well, just a spot here and there to work on:
Looking at course 1:
On the walk through, I thought that she might have needed more turn cues on 5 to get the weaves and not the off course jump out ahead. You had a lot of motion there so the shoulder turn alone might not have been enough.Also, your invisible dog sliced 11 based on your motion and feet 🙂 And a small nitpick is to remember to connect to her on the push to the backside t 19, so you are fully prepared for the run.
On the run – opening looked great! Really strong timing got a nice turn on 2.
You decelerated 4-5 so she got the turn to the poles, but sounds like she ticked the bar – that might be a place to use a brake arm as you keep turning. She stayed in the weaves beautifully! You need to leave more while she is weaving, so she doesn’t smoke you on the blind 7-8 🙂You handled the 11 TW differently from the walk through, so she wrapped – YAY! On the walk through, you had your arms and verbals going, but your forward motion and feet all indicated the slice. During the run, you used decel and turned your feet, so she read it as a wrap. Be sure to walk those mechanics so you don’t get any accidental slices.
The rest went great and matched the walk through, especially the BIG send to 16 and wrap back to 17. NICE!!! You can keep moving forwards as you do the backside push at 19 – you held still for a moment and she almost smoked you there 🙂
Course 2:
Walk through:
The walk through rhythm and timing were too far ahead on 1-2-3, so it was a bit blurred 🙂 Be precise even if it is easy 🙂 by making the handling of 2 and 3 bigger to really show the line.It almost looked like you were on her line on the blind after 6 so she would go into the 22 tunnel and not 7. I had to go check the map to make sure I had the correct #7 tunnel.
To get the jump after the DW, you can keep your arm back on the send to the backside after the DW as you run to where the wing and bar meet. Sending with your arm pointing ahead will turn your shoulders to the front of the jump.
But doing a side change then trying to get all the way up the line for 12 makes that section harder than it need to be: I think a threadle wrap on that jump (12) from your left side will get 12 easily and will also get you to the 14-15-16 section better.
And another option for the ending is that you can also handle the ending from the side of the DW closer to 23.
On the runs:
The opening went well! The weave entry is hard, it goes on the list for the winter because the entry is a little offset and they really have to go find it.
The section from 5-6-7 was hard! You got it the best on the first run, pushing to the backside and getting off her line to get the 7 tunnel. Nice!
On the 2nd run: You left the backside send on 6 too early so she took the front side and ended up in the 22 tunnel. When you re-started there, you were on her line (like in the walk through) so she correctly took 22. You got mad at her there (told her she was wrong, did not reward)… but video shows she was correct! So as always, a good reminder to never blame the dog 🙂The other hard part was the backside at 12:
At :29 the arm forward was showing the front side of the jump then you were pushing into the RC line so she had a question.
On the 2nd run the backside wrap cue was late at 1:52 (and the last rep) and also pointing ahead shows the wrong line. One thing to consider is not using a GO cue then the backside wrap cue – instead, just begin the backside wrap cue as she approaches the top of the up ramp.
The outside arm on the next rep was too much, she almost went to 13 – so part of it is just running to where the wing and bar meet til she gets on the line, and also working the skill of the RDW exit to the backside circle out ahead as a verbal cue so the physical cues are less important.
Also, it might be easier to tackle that section with her on your left on the DW: serp the 10 jump to the dog walk and do a threadle wrap on 12.
She got 16 really well! Big praise pulled her off 17 & 18 on the first run 🙂
You really left her in the poles – she stayed in brilliantly and you got the blind easily!
You rotated into her on 21 at :51 then opened back up, so she went wide based on where your motion/shoulders/feet turned to. If you rotate into her, you can finish it as a spin to keep the turn tight.
Another option for the ending line is to layer the DW so it is on your left – and cue a RC on 21 to get 22, putting you ahead for 23.
Great job here!!
Tracy
Good morning!
>Yes, the weather was quite lovely “up north” where I grew up 10 miles from Canada in MN. It was nice to get away to the sticks and chill a bit.>
Sounds so nice!!
>YES, it was Loretta. I have only worked with her twice now, but feel she is so good with taking on challenging topics and being a real advocate for the dog while also recognizing what’s going on in the handler’s psyche, without ever sugar-coating anything.>
That is great! Plus she makes us all laugh too 🙂 Very fun!
> It’s nice to get additional examples like that to support what I’m going through. I’m glad you have so many dogs that you can learn have such diverse experiences to draw from!>
That’s why I keep getting puppies, to support everyone LOL!! Kidding! But the transparency and vulnerability of sharing what goes wrong is often more helpful than sharing what goes right.
> I think Reacher and I are coming together slowly as a team and I’m pleased with our progress. >
You two are doing GREAT!! And each day brings you closer to surviving adolescence 🤣😂 It has been a joy to watch you two grow into such a lovely team!
Tracy
Good morning! The teeter session went really well!
>>Then moved to stacked chairs to get more movement. She does “hesitate” slightly in the middle but I think she is learning to shift her weight there.>>
I agree – she was figuring out the weight shift. Later in the video, she drove to the end more when you added more speed.
She’s ready for more speed too, and you can add it by starting from a wing wrap (about 10 feet away) then running up the board.
Do you have access to an agility table? That will be easier to use for the next step than chairs (but chairs will continue to work if you don’t have a table).
> I don’t really see fear but would like your thoughts.>
I don’t see any fear either! She’s sorting things out, and seems happy and confident.
The other thing I suggest adding to both the mountain climber and the bang game is a target about 6 inches off the end of the board, for her to drive to, so she doesn’t look for your hands. The target can be a plastic lid, or a post it note or anything she can use as a focal point to go into 2on, 2off. That way you can begin moving past the end of the board, or hanging back, or moving away laterally – so she can get into position without you near her (and then of course you can go reward her 🙂 )
The target past the end of the board for the bang game us easy, you can put it on the grass. For the chair or table at the end of the board, it can be on the chair or table.
And keep adding more and more drop to the board, she is doing great!
>>At the end of the session while I was putting things away, she went and did the whole teeter by herself. By the time I saw her, I had to cross my fingers and let it happen. She seemed unfazed by it and happily took cookies while in the 2o2o position!>>
Omg! She’s a confident girl!!! I’m glad she had fun but yes, time to block off the teeter so she can’t do it without you 🙂
Great job!
TracyHi! Hope you are enjoying the long weekend!
Looking at the sequences:
The first one went great! No need to repeat it, that is when the info was not as clear and he had bars.
Looking at the blinds:
> I’m not sure if my set up is just too tight for him or what. I thought my blind was timely.>
Your timing of starting the BC was good but the distance was very small for him – it was more of an AKC collected-one-stride distance. So even if you start the BC on time, it will finish late. You can finish it quicker by keeping your arms in tight to your ribs, and using exit line connection (opposite arm across the body with the toy) and not dog-side arm to finish the blind – that makes the side change more visible especially if you are late.
The other thing that will really help is to use positional cues to give him info sooner: you were running towards 2 when releasing and starting the blind, which sets a straighter line (as if going to the tunnel). You can use a positional cue by running directly from 1 to 3 – connection and verbal will support 2, and it will help teach him to work laterally from you.
So between the timing and position cues, he totally thought he was going to the tunnel at :19. Good boy! He didn’t go off course at :25, :31, :41, :47, 1:03 but he was surprised about the turn each time – the timing of finishing the blind and the motion towards the tunnel was pretty compelling, and baby dogs are really honest in that way.
Stay engaged even when something goes wrong. Be sure to not turn your back on him and walk away: bars and off courses are is information to the handler that the info was unclear, and turning your back/walking away while he is working is effectively a negative punishment (all sorts of fallout from that), so it is better to reward him as if he was correct, because he probably was correct 🙂 And watch the video before the next rep. Even throwing the toy then walking away can be perceived as a relative punishment, so play with him enthusiastically rather than disengage to reset a bar (we don’t want him to rehearse disengagement either).
Also bear in mind that adolescent dogs are more sensitive to punishment than puppies or adults, so definitely be careful about not rewarding when doing handling with him.
Looking at the forced front cross and in ins: he was reading the lines well, but had a ton of bars down so we can help him process it better:
On both of the cues, you can lead out then settle into position with your hand there, be stationary… then release. You got to position, put your hand up (he moved on the hand either before the release or simultaneous with it) and then released without any time for him to process before the release. You can also line him up on a slice at 1 so he is facing the line to the backside, rather than lined up center of the bar so he has to turn over 1. He might also need to be another 6 feet away from the bar to have room to set up the extension jump.
Some other ideas about bars on this setup and the blinds:
When learning new handling, he seems to focus on the lines and the work, and the jumping mechanics go away – he really doesn’t engage his rear, which is why he hits bars/wings a lot. I know you are doing conditioning work, so pick some hind end engagement stuff that he is really good at (like moving into tight sits on a platform, or stands-tuck sit- stand) and add arousal and distraction. Same with the jump grids, any choose a grid he is really good at and add arousal and distraction. Conditioning works strengthening, yes… but it should also work mechanics. And if mechanics are learned without arousal or distraction, you will see mechanics disappear when there is arousal and distraction.
This can start off something as simple as tugging before you do the conditioning work – and do easy stuff so he can maintain his mechanics. Or say he is great at moving into a tight sit on a platform… can he do it while you are swinging a toy? Or you are moving? That is a good place to start to look at mechanics.
And in the meantime, when he is working sequences: we don’t really want him to hit wings or drop bars because we don’t want the rehearsal of that and the desensitization to it. So especially when working on new handling or a new sequence, you can either use jump bumps for the first couple of reps. That way he can focus his attention on following the cues and not think about jumping mechanics (because he has already told us he is not going to think about jumping mechanics if he is thinking about handling cues :)) Then when he is comfortable with the handling and doesn’t have to think about it as much – add the bars back in. That should help because he doesn’t have to focus as much on the handling and his brain can devote more bandwidth to jumping mechanics.
Nice work here! Let me know what you think!
Tracy
Hi!
>. I really didn’t expect it. She is a very social dog and loves saying “hi” to everyone. But once we were in the ring, she was totally focused on me.>
Sounds like a perfect balance of a delightful dog outside the ring and in life, and a driven, focused partner inside the ring.
>I am also very aware of how much we still have to learn. So much.>
Yes, agility is complex and there is a lot to learn, lots of ups and downs… but it is really cool to see how well she is doing! You are on the way to a fantastic partnership with her!
T
Hi! Hope you are enjoying the weekend and lovely weather!
>On that note, this seminar was mostly about ring confidence, not agility handling, so luckily on that matting we just did short very simple courses. >
Very cool! Was it Loretta’s seminar? I think she was in your area last weekend?
>The main point, for Reacher anyway, was in fact to get weird people in the ring and work through it. It was definitely a challenge for him but that exposure was set up well and he worked through it.>
Yes, that is good for him and for all dogs – the weird people in the trial video immediately caught my eye. I was like “Are they ok? Are they zombies?” LOL!! So of course a baby dog is going to be like WTAF. He did really well! The trick is to very gradually fade them into existence with TONS of reward, so it doesn’t become overwhelming or stressful. That is probably what the instructor was having you do, from what you mentioned.
And the quieter the environment, the harder it is to ignore the weirdos. It is very typical of an adolescent brain to really pinpoint the weirdness in that environment because it is so obvious. An example: my 18 month old dog can get very focused on another dog tugging in a quiet training environment, when the other dog is the only thing happening (he wants to steal the dog’s toy, sigh. LOL!!) But he was 100% perfect this past weekend in an insane environment – probably because his adolescent brain simply could not prioritize another dog’s toy when there were 15 dogs and 20 people and so much noise… he was completely focused on me and what I asked him to do LOL!! He would probably big successful in the big events coming up in October/November… but really struggle at the small local events. (No, he is not entered for real in anything LOL!)
So this means Reacher is likely to do better in busy environments of bigger events – counterinuitive, I know, but the brain wants what the brain wants LOL!!! But since Fusion and OTR can be quiet and calm sometimes, working through the random weirdo in a quiet environment is very important.
The weave versus tunnel video wen great! He sent to the tunnels really well. He picked up the tunnel on the first weave cue – in that instance, you don’t need to reward him for taking the tunnel by throwing a reward to the end of the tunnel, if you have cued the weaves 🙂 You can tell him he is very cute (because it is true) and run back to the start wing, then give him a cookie for lining up, then try again. As long as you don’t go past 2 failures, it is actually helpful to sometimes be like “that was not correct” as long as it is happy and fun. And the running back to the start wing and rewarding the lineup to start again is motivating because it rewards the effort, even if the ‘answer’ was not correct.
Then he did well with the weaves! So be sure to mix in some tunnel sends too, so he is not weaving simply because he thinks the session is about weaves only 🙂
Nice work!!!
Tracy
