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  • in reply to: Mary & Ginger #68837
    Tracy Sklenar
    Keymaster

    Hi!

    She totally loves the tunnel šŸ™‚ And she did a great job finding the entry – it is a hard turn and I love how she set up her body! Yay!

    Since this went super well, you can replace your tunnel verbal here with your tunnel threadle verbal (I use ā€œkisskisskissā€ for that).

    She also did well finding the jump on the parallel path concept transfer!!

    >She did better with just ā€œget it.ā€ (Except when I got too far away.) It seemed like I was using ā€œget itā€ instead of the ā€œgoā€ command.>

    Yes – I agree that the get it was more of a cue than a reward marker. So you can use your ā€˜go’ as you start moving towards the jump – then as she looks at the jump (but nice and early, before she gets to it) say the get it and throw the reward.

    You can add more motion! You can job or even run a bit – but don’t add too much lateral distance when you add motion, because we don’t want to have too many variables challenging her.

    The Folding It In Game went great too – she was offering forward focus immediately! That was easy to do when the bowl was on the easy line, but she looked at her line brilliantly even when the bowl got to a harder position and it would have been easier to cut in front of the cone.

    By the end, the bowl was on a very hard line – she had to go past it – and she did! Yay! So using the food bowl, you can keep moving it harder and harder, moving it closer to you! Start it in easy positions as a mental warm up šŸ™‚ then you can make it harder and harder so she has to go past it to get to the cone šŸ™‚ And you can also try it with a toy instead of the bowl!

    Rocking horses look awesome!!! Nice connection šŸ™‚ She committed really well and also liked the turn and burn exits šŸ™‚ Super!!! You can add your wrap verbals as you send her, so she gets used to hearing them. Since you also added distance between the barrels here, you can now move to the advanced level where you get to move more, and there is countermotion too!

    Fantastic job here!! She looks great!

    Happy New Year!

    Tracy

    in reply to: Amy and Skizzle #68836
    Tracy Sklenar
    Keymaster

    Hi!

    The blind cross looked great! To help remain more upright (and make sure he doesn’t actually get your finger when going to the toy) you can try a longer toy for the reward (or you can tie two of them together).

    >For some of the reps, he skips eating the treat and bounces off for the next rep. I had him go back for the treat (~39 sec).>

    I think chasing you for the toy is more fun than leaving you for the treat. So we can pump up the send to the treat! It is kind of a countermotion commitment exercise šŸ™‚

    You can reward him for eating by running! So toss the treat and be upright and a little boring šŸ™‚ until he has eaten it… then you can take off and run. If you are even a little exciting (crouching, looking like you are going to run, or running before he eats it) then he might not eat it or he might cough it up. And you were pretty exciting here, so use more of a boring stance til he eats: then the party can begin!

    The decel and pivot also went well! He was blasting up the line and going really fast! So you can do the blind sooner (as soon as he starts moving to you) and then immediately decel so he has time to collect for the turn. Now, all this is easier if you are further ahead, so you can toss the treat to the towel and slowly/boringly walk away to get ahead. Then when he has eaten the treat: Run! Game on šŸ™‚

    >we tried running contacts foundation – a hula hoop was our box today. >

    Oh! That is clever!!!! I have never thought of using a hula hoop for this! Smart!!!!! And it will probably be easier to transition on to the a-frame, and also easy to fade.

    He totally figured out that going to the hoop was the road to reward. Clever!! Funny how he would also bring the toy back to the middle of the hoop too LOL!

    Since introducing it went really well, you can move to the next step which is figuring out what he needs so he can go through the hoop and look straight rather than up at you. You can put a towel about 8 or 10 feet past the hoop on each side (so it is a mini sequence of towel-hoop-towel). Then when he goes through the hoop, you toss the reward to the towel. That will provide a focal point so he can look forward and not at you (and not track the toy or treat, because the towel will help him predict where it will arrive).

    Great job here!! Happy New Year!

    Tracy

    in reply to: Kim and Millie #68835
    Tracy Sklenar
    Keymaster

    Hi!

    Backing up is off to a good start! Yay! The next step is to remain bent over with several treats in your hands, to speed the delivery of the reward and get even more backing up. You were doing more of that towards the end of the video and getting more steps. When you stand up after dropping the first treat, she is following that movement and stepping back to look up at you – but not really backing up. That was also happening towards the end, because you were not standing fully upright but still standing enough that she is looking at you.

    Now since she is big, we can get creative to find a way to have you be able to remain bending over comfortably and give her enough room to back up easily: do you have 2 Cato planks or something similar? You can put each foot on a cato plank and that will raise you up by about 2 inches (maybe 3ā€?) which might be just the right height for you to be able to keep your elbows on your knees without standing up, but give her room to easily back up from under you.

    She did great on your strike a pose game! I think she really likes it!!! You can move to the next steps: Since she was already ignoring the treat hand, you can use a toy as the reward to see if she can still find the target hand. And separately from that, you can try the concept transfer of this game: adding the jump in between you and her!

    Great job here! Happy New Year!!

    Tracy

    in reply to: Joan & Judge #68834
    Tracy Sklenar
    Keymaster

    Hi!

    Threadle wrap foundation games are looking very good! Stay tuned for the next steps coming soon – if you want to play with this again, you can start showing him the opposite arm as you turn him away (but you can also wait til we add the next steps :))

    Looking at the rocking horses: he is doing great with hi commitment!!

    >he has one rep where he rips the toy out of my hand on the send. So then I folded it to make it a bit easier, then let it out again.>

    I think part of the impulse control on the toy is that it is indicated by how you hold it/move it, and how you connect on the send cue – and in this case as you sent him forward, it looked similar to the hand motion of throwing it. When you were connected? No problem, th connection cue overrode the toy moving. At 1:06, you were not connected so there was not a strong cue to the barrel… making the toy movement more salient (and that is when he grabbed it). He had a question or two after that, but I think it was more about processing getting the toy (or not :)) After that, his commitment went back to being great even with the toy really visible… your connection was great on those too! Yay!

    So definitely show BIG connection all the way through the cross and the send. And for the safety of your fingers šŸ™‚ you can have the toy scrunched or more centered in your hand (rather than dangled) so that if you break connection, he doesn’t come in to the toy hand.

    You can move to the advanced level here, which has more motion (fun!) and earlier rotation/countermotion.

    Great job here!!! Happy New Year!

    Tracy

    in reply to: Sabrina & Perfect 10 #68833
    Tracy Sklenar
    Keymaster

    Let me know how it goes! I have found that when we are further from the dogs, the opposite arm makes the cue a lot more visible while I can run forward more. Let me know what Freedom thinks of it!

    in reply to: Sabrina & Perfect 10 #68832
    Tracy Sklenar
    Keymaster

    Hi!

    >I struggle with the definitions…. threadle wrap, threadle slice.>

    There are a couple of different ways to think about it! I can make a video if you want more visuals šŸ™‚

    On the ā€˜sending the dog to the other side of the jump’ of backside pushes and threadles, here are some ways to think about it:

    Both the threadle wrap and threadle slice are when the dog is coming to the takeoff side of the backside and so are you! Think of it like a tuna sandwich: you and the jump are the bread on the outside, and the dog is the tuna on the inside šŸ™‚

    On a threadle slice, the dog enters on the wing closer to you, and exits on the wing further from you. So both wings get used.

    On a threadle wrap, the dog enters on the wing closer to you and exits on the wing closer to you – only one wing gets used.

    >If I’m running past a jump and I need the dog to come past it, to the other side and ā€œsliceā€ it like it was a Serp, that would be a threadle slice in my brain and I would use dog side arm, shoulder back and a ā€œhere, hereā€.>

    Yes.

    >If I’m running past a jump and I need the dog to come past with me, or pass me staying on the same side and wrapping the wing closest to us, from technically the back side. In my mind, I’m pulling her to me and then around to the opposite side of the jump. I would call that either a ā€œme meā€, >

    >if dog is passing me and jump is in front of us and I use an offside hand, elbow bent. If I’m parallel with the dog and want the dog to take the backside (wing closest to us) and wrap it and stay with me I’ve been known to call that an ā€œin inā€, again offside arm bent.>

    I am not sure if these are the same as the threadle slice and threadle wrap, if you and the dog are both on the takeoff side? We might need to make videos LOL!

    >But, maybe those are just backsides. If the course allows from me to push the dog to the backside, wrap is ā€œpushā€, slice is ā€œget back, get backā€.>

    Yes – this is when the jump is the tuna in the sandwich (in the middle) and you and the dog are the bread šŸ™‚ Push is when she enters and exits on the same wing, and get back has her entering on one wing and exiting towards the other wing.

    >I’m not sure that is correct, but looking at videos of me and Freedom, that is what she seems to understand.
    Now, if the line goes from a serpentine to a come through the gap into a threadle, that is usually just a ā€œhere, hereā€. I don’t think I would or have ever asked for a ā€œwrapā€.>

    It depends on which wing she would exit on – the one closer to you, or further from you.

    >That said, I’ve added left and right wraps while training 10. I’ve never had a left or right with my dogs, so now I’m teaching those to Freedom as well.>

    Perfect! And very soon we will be adding verbals for soft turns too – super helpful!!

    >I’m very visual, so I usually need to see a scenario on a map and then I understand it.>

    If you want, I can make a video when it stops raining (currently a big thunderstorm happening – so strange for December 31st to have a big thunderstorm here!)

    >I realized during Terry O’Neils lesson, I do not have a rear cross on the flat wrap (a switch) and I really needed one. So, I’m trying to get that foundation training organized in my brain as well. >

    Easy to add! You can take the tandem turns on the turn aways, and add the switch verbal to them! You’ve already got the foundation training for that underway.

    >Either courses are really getting more technical, or I’m finally starting to understand other options.>

    They are definitely getting more technical, so you are likely seeing all the options for sure!

    Let me know what you think!

    Tracy

    in reply to: Diane and Max #68831
    Tracy Sklenar
    Keymaster

    It was so great meeting you today! Max is amazing and you are doing a fabulous job with him!!!

    The tunnel game went great!! He definitely likes the manners minder LOL! And it looks like you were getting him to look forward before releasing him, which worked really well.

    He also did super well with the tunnel threadle side – he had no trouble turning away into the tunnel. So now you can add your tunnel threadle word: starting closer to the entry with him on the threadle side, you can start saying it and then release him into the tunnel (then to the manners minder :))

    >Max did well, when we switched from him offering the tunnel to me holding his harness, he ran off and zoomed around. >

    It was good to meet him before reading this – he doesn’t really love his harness being held yet, but he was happy to let us do it when we were gentle and slick LOL!! What worked really well today was when I lined him up with a cookie lure, let him eat the cookie while I slowly and gently slid my hand onto his collar. He let me do that over and over, good boy! So that will help at home – getting him lined up first then gently taking his harness (then feeding him another treat :)) And the same goes for being picked up – slowly, gently, almost so carefully that he doesn’t realize it is happening…. And a zillion treats šŸ™‚
    
Great job here!!

    Tracy

    in reply to: Nicole & Brodie (Boston Terrier) #68828
    Tracy Sklenar
    Keymaster

    Hi! Thanks for the videos!!

    After watching the videos, I think a couple of things were in play here. Definitely not horrific! Definitely not a meltdown!!

    Here is what I see:

    On the first video (posted last) – yes he got his weaves and was running , but you can still see the environment had some distraction. But a good run, yay! It was definitely a hard environment.

    On the 2nd (posted first here), Empty Hands JWW – I think in this environment, empty hands was too hard – and you can see stress in the beginning of the run. You can bring the toy out a lot soon in any empty hands run when changing environments. He finished well but watch his ears and striding on the last part of the course – his head is high, ears are back – definitely processing the stress!

    Those were both day one.

    On the day 2 runs: day 1 was a big, hard day (travel, hard new environment, possibly a hotel, being lunged at by a dog, etc) so it is possible he didn’t have the brain energy to be focused in that challenging environment 2 days in a row. So some of this might come from being deleted (glucose and oxygen need to fuel the brain, and he might not have had time to recover the glucose and oxygen levels). Plus doing it without the support of the visible toy was hard (and it was still hard on the last run with the visible toy, which leads to thinking about outside factors).

    2 outside factors that were possibly in play:

    >We started with a pee ā€œaccidentā€ in the warmup area. Yes, I had walked him and he had gone but apparently not enough. It wasn’t marking….he squatted like a girl gave me sad eyes and I scooped him up and brought him outside. He didn’t want to go back in the ring but I told him he was a good boy and brought him in. Lots of pogo-ing and distraction…. Then when we got outside the poor kid couldn’t make it to grass fast enough to šŸ’© (which he had also already done just an hour ago).>

    This tells me that he probably had an upset GI system, which can contribute to lack of engagement and stress in the ring. I have learned that if the dog says ā€œI don’t want to go into the ringā€ then I don’t bring them in the ring.

    Also, I don’t think he was moving like he normally does. He was not jumping with the same power as usual, and watch :32 – :36 in the Dec 30 JWW video: his gait is off, he pacing not trotting or walking, and it looks like his right hind is short but it might not be that? I have him seen him move enough that his movement did look different in all of these videos. Yes, dogs often move differently when they are stressed or distracted, but it is entirely possible he is either sore/ouchy somewhere, or maybe he was holding himself tight because his GI was upset? Definitely see if you can get him into a massage person to see if he is ouchy somewhere.

    >a lot of jumping on the mama>

    That was mostly lack of connection šŸ™‚ He jumps at your hands when you are not showing enough connection or you are pointing too much šŸ™‚

    So the next step would be to clear him of anything being painful and make sure his GI is feeling good too šŸ™‚ Then you can plan to approach out of town trials differently – ease him into the environment by doing the first run as a toy-in-hand run, and do that as much as needed til he is not looking around or pinning his ears. Then you can fade the toy out and move closer to real runs. It won’t take long to do that and you will find it gets easier for him to generalize running courses in new environments!

    I will keep you posted on what is coming next, I haven’t quite figured it out all the details šŸ™‚ Happy New Year!!!!!! Give your dogs extra treats from me!!


    Tracy

    in reply to: Kristin and Reacher (Min. Schnauzer) #68827
    Tracy Sklenar
    Keymaster

    Hi!

    >In this short video I’m just showing the progression of moving the jump up to 10″, then back down to 8″ when it didn’t work out, then after a break, back up to 10″, then 12″ then finally back down to 8″ one last time. He’s really confident and looks good at 12″ just doing the set point, so we’ll need to work up to higher heights with a run into it as this proves that needs practice.>

    He did have more trouble from the stay – if this was the first time seeing this, it might not have anything to do with the height at all. He looked a little ā€œshortā€ to me in his jumping style (he was carrying his back legs more than pushing off) – even running into the jump. My guess is that he was either fatigued (if he had been doing grids before this) or sore maybe from playing in the snow or something šŸ™‚ Or both! So before we make any changes, you can give him a massage (our dogs are so pampered LOL!) and a bit of rest, then try it again as the first thing in the session and see how he does.

    >OMG – I HAVE to stop leaning over him so much! It’s too much pressure but I’m having a hard time stopping myself! >

    It is definitely easy to lean over the small dogs! You can take a hands-free approach to most of it, which will prevent the leaning over. You can do the ā€˜bite my arm’ game when you want to ramp him up and for jut a couple of seconds, then you can lean back and clap? That might help you stay more upright. And elan less.

    >I’m glad Julie will certainly tell me when I’m doing it which is super helpful I love that!>

    Yay! That is what training partners are for!
    >
    I’m kind of sad it’s last day of class – this has probably been my favorite class of all! SO HELPFUL! Thank you so much for everything and keep us posted on a support group.>

    I am so glad you enjoyed it!! IT has been so fun to watch you and Reacher train, and see his debut! I will keep you posted on the support group – so far no good ideas have percolated through my brain to make it work for everyone LOL!! I will try to get it done by tomorrow so we can start the new year on the right paw šŸ™‚

    Tracy

    in reply to: Khamsin & Jimothy #68816
    Tracy Sklenar
    Keymaster

    Hi!
    The sequences are looking good!

    On video 1, run 1: Nice connection!!!

    The opening went smoothly – you can trust his commitment more and deliver your cues sooner. You were tending to deliver them at takeoff, when ideally you would be cuing at the exit of the previous jump. And at :43, he came off the jump – you just needed more connection and shoulder open to him to get it (rather than turning parallel to the line there).

    Run 2:
    Getting the out to the jump at 1:17 was better!! You can be less pointy towards it because it turns your shoulders parallel to the line past it. Connecting back to him (like a serp on the flat) will get it smoothly. It was nice at 2:06!

    He found the line to the backside nicely at 1:23!
    He missed the backside at 2:09 becaue you were pointing forward so yes to more connection šŸ™‚ you said something line ā€œI am not looking at youā€ and then you adjusted really well on the last rep!!

    >I was really struggling with the backside at 12 (I think it was 12?). So we spent some time trying to fix that, but I think I just need more work on backside serps in general – I see myself stepping in and then back, which I know is not right.

    As you slide through the backside parallel to the bar, you can drop your arm back and look at the landing spot (and drop the toy on the landing spot) You don’t need to wait for him to take the jump, you can make looking for the bar as you move more automatic by dropping the toy down on the landing side as you move through, as he arrives at the entry wing.

    You were using motion away from the bar to get him to come which did help! But shifting connection to the landing spot as you did the serp

    2nd video:
    Doing the threadle t 1;24 just needed you to be further ahead and not moving as fast – he was better at 2:06 when yo were ahead but stay closer to the jump to support commitment.

    Looking at the backside at the end:
    Push at 1:32 and 2:12 got the front side- getting further ahead by leaving sooner on the tunnel send at 2:11 helped a lot along with the bigger connection – just maintain that til he arrives at the wing (don’t let off the gas pedal to early, which is what happened at 2:12 šŸ™‚ You maintained the cue for longer and he got it really well at the end!

    On the ring entry video:

    >I felt like the entry was fine, he watched Lift but refocused on me,>

    He did well! As he enters the gate, you can engage him with the leash or a trick rather than wait for him to look back at you. That way entering the ring can be immediately associated with playing with you (and not thinking about the other dog). It was hard to tell if you cued him to not, the whole clip was in fast forward šŸ˜‚šŸ˜šŸ˜‚. He did well staying engaged and lining up as you got rid of the leash. As you build the lead out, I think delivering the treats by throwing them back will be helpful – rewarding from your hand is getting a lot value on your hand, so he is moving forward a bit. He is also moving when you reach in to give him t he treat, so throwing it back can really help him stay without moving.

    The last video was also in fast forward for most of it, and I couldn’t really see you, but based n the cheers and his speed into the tunnel, he did really well LOL! Turns out that playing a fast forward video in slow-motion doesn’t help LOL! The teeter looked good and he did well with the distraction of the people in the ring šŸ™‚

    >Exiting, on the other hand, is a bit of a challenge. He doesn’t wanna be done, so he’s wandering to go visit. He loves to tug on his leash, so I will just need to build a stronger end of run routine that involves that, I think? In this video I re-released him to go take the tunnel and then we ended again, just to change it up. More work needed here, for sure.>

    That is a behavior I have certainly seen (and my dog Contraband also didn’t want to leave the ring). So yes – use the leash as a toy but also make sure the leash being picked up or put on does not mean the end. You can go to the leash, pick it up, tug on it, then go right back to ā€˜work’. And you can sometimes put it on, tug, take it off, go right back to work. Mix it up! And you can do the UKI toy+leash thing that is legal even on the real runs: have a toy placed with his leash or tied to it, so he gets the real reward (toy toy!) at the end.

    >We have his first FEO runs the weekend of Jan 10/11, so this will be a good test! And we’ll work on our exits in the meantime.>

    Super!! Keep me posted!!!

    Great job here! Happy New Year!!

    Tracy

    in reply to: Julie & Lift (Sheltie) #68814
    Tracy Sklenar
    Keymaster

    I like the plan to let her work in the ring with Casey, then let her trial in the ring with Casey! The seminar is in the same place, yes?

    >And yes – no food in the cue hand for the behind the back starts. I’ll mix these into some drop in classes so she does them somewhere other than home.>

    Perfect! I think she will really enjoy it. I also use those for quick fixes on course when I mess up LOL by sending the dog behind me to get moving again (without any angry talkback from the dog :))

    T

    in reply to: Sabrina & Perfect 10 #68813
    Tracy Sklenar
    Keymaster

    Hi!

    Here are some examples of the get out on sequences. Basically, when the dog has to push away from us on a line (but there is no side change and we don’t want to run all the way over there), we can use the get out. It helps us get to great position on course!

    >I think she is understanding the Holiday Bonus: Threadle foundation. Iā€m wondering if I need to add a barrel or wing to have her wrap that.>

    She did great here! Yay! You did the ā€œu turnsā€ here as you were moving forward then the full circles, she seemed to have no questions on either.

    Question: When you cue your adult dogs to do a threadle wrap: do you use the dog-side hand, the opposite hand.. or both? I am asking because as we ramp this up, we will start using the hand(s) you want to use. I use both hands held low with the opposite arm visible. Some people use the outside arm held across the body, just below shoulder height. Some folks use only the dog side hand, super low. It is your choice, either way is good!

    When you have decided which hand you want to use then yes – we can turn her away to something. You will see this get added in class soon: we start with the pups just past the prop, and use the hand cues (feet facing forward) to turn them away to the prop. Then we get the handler moving, doing what you did here but adding the prop: your cues bring her past the prop then turn her away. When she can do that? We get it onto a cone or barrel šŸ™‚

    Great job here! Happy New Year šŸ™‚

    Tracy

    in reply to: Rosie & Checkers #68812
    Tracy Sklenar
    Keymaster

    Hi!

    The barn hunt trial sounds like it was so fun! And a 6 day dog show road trip? I am jealous!!!! Fun!!!!

    On the out video – it went great! He had the general concept when you were not moving but he was like ā€œwhy aren’t you moving?ā€ LOL!! Then when you started moving, it all locked into place šŸ™‚ Very nice! And the balance reps of going past it were nice too – I don’t think you needed to help him as much, I bet he would stay on his line to you with your hand being as low. You can add lateral distance to this – try being 4 or 5 feet from the prop and see if he can still do that out while you are moving.

    On the running contact box:

    >Not sure how to help him keep looking forward the whole time.>

    You did a really good job getting him to look forward! It is hard with small fast dogs, but especially on your left, he was much better about looking forward!

    > Hoping I can bring the treat and train into prime time soon, but to be honest I haven’t worked on introducing it again – so much to do all the time!!>

    Yes, the TnT will be so helpful! The other thing we do is add a wing past the box eventually but that is a little further down the road. Maybe the TnT can come on the road trip so he can fall in love with it? It will indeed make your life easier – right now I think he is doing well getting into the box then he can track you throwing the treat. The TnT will take care of all of that šŸ™‚

    Great job here! Have fun on the road trip if you don’t get a chance to post before you leave! Happy New Year šŸ™‚

    Tracy

    in reply to: Amy and Skizzle #68809
    Tracy Sklenar
    Keymaster

    Hi!

    > I do need to broaden Skizzle’s horizons on treats. He won’t work for kibble. And I’ve mostly been using 3 other treats (Ziwi peak lamb, string cheese, and hotdogs) – he likes them all. the ZP is probably lowest value at the moment. He trades for these treats, and then is able to go back to the toy (maybe with some reluctance, though?).>

    You can do a bit of a trail mix with a tiny bit of chicken mixed in (rotisserie chicken, for example) or a bit of salmon treats – just enough to add more smell and flavor, but not so much that it messes with his belly. We definitely don’t want an upset stomach!

    The threadle wrap foundation is going well! He turned well in both direction, which is fantastic! You did the ā€œU turnsā€ on these which went great. So now you can do the full 360 as you continue to move forward (rewarding in the same direction you are moving towards). We will be able to move into the next steps soon, stay tuned šŸ™‚

    He did really well working outside – yes there were noises and distraction but that is so good to experience (especially the barking neighbor dog šŸ™‚ )

    He is making definitely progress with the turn and burn game. Super!!! And once he ā€˜warms up’ he is fantastic (like the last couple of reps). I think we can add one more thing to jump start each session which will lead us into moving the line so you can do the FC sooner too: I think the hardest part of the game is taking his eyes off of you. So we can give him a focal point as you cue him to go around the barrel: either a bowl, or part of a toy. If you choose to use the bowl, approach it like it is the ā€˜fold it in’ game and place it maybe only1/3rd of the way around the barrel and send him to it. You can drop the treat to it once or twice, then move it halfway around, then 2/3rds of the way around… when he is driving to it with the bowl 2/3rds of the way around, we can fade out the cookie in the bowl. You can do the FC and have him chase you for the cookie from your hand (or the toy). That can all happen quickly, probably a few reps!
    Or you can use a really long toy – and hold his collar, placing the toy on the other side of the barrel – if he is on your left side, the toy is in your right hand. Then cue him to go around the barrel and you a slide the toy through the FC so he chases that šŸ™‚ Let me know if that makes sense LOL!

    >And now I probably need to wait a couple days before trying again.>

    You can probably do it tomorrow if you want, I think he had a grand time in this session and was not mentally overloaded.

    Looking at the parallel path game:

    >Again – didn’t think we were ready to swap to a jump bar>

    I think you totally are! He had a ton of really good reps – the best reps were all moving away from the camera, because you did the cookie toss starts. On the reps coming towards the camera, you started with him next to you so he didn’t see the motion to set the line (which caused the questions). So definitely remember the cookie toss start.
    He was also better on your left side than on your right sided, so move a little more slowly on your right and that will help him lock onto the line.

    I would add the jump set up now, he is showing enough understanding on the prop that you can move forward to it. As you add the jump setup, you want to deliver the treats sooner: as soon as he looks at & starts moving to the jump, you can use a ā€˜get it’ marker and throw the treat so it lands out ahead of him as he is going through the uprights.

    >And left in our push-tugging at the end – it’s fun how pushy he is, and how he enjoys being pushed!>

    He is so funny! That cracks me up!

    On the last video, you added the toy placed on the line! Yay! The only suggestion is to let him see you place it (he totally missed it on the first rep LOL!) And you can let it stay visible a bit more to really solidify the concept of driving around the prop. I think this focal point will really help!

    >Took me a minute to start with a cookie not a collar grab (he’s not interested in the collar grab again >

    You might need 3 hands for this LOL! But you can line him up in position near the barrel, give him a cookie, then hold his collar – then place the toy, then let him go to it. A cookie lure can help line him up, and then we can fade the cookie out to the lineup cue.

    Great job here!!

    Tracy

    in reply to: Joan & Judge #68807
    Tracy Sklenar
    Keymaster

    Good morning!

    >I initially had the barrels farther apart, but he struggled at the start because of the toy in my hand and he would not send from the hand with the toy in it.>

    Was that on the video? Sounds like you took it out, feel free to post it all! I only saw one rep of question on the video (at :06) and that was more because you stepped to the side (watch your left leg) which pulled him off the barrel as he passed you. On the other reps, you were very clear as you stepped forward and he was really good. Going past the dangling toy was definitely harder but he did it! Yay!

    The get out looked great! Nice job trying in motion and keeping your feet straight the whole time. The only thing missing was balance šŸ™‚ Be sure to mix in reps where you release and move forward without cuing the get out – and he should stay on his line towards you.

    The threadle wrap foundations look great too! You can definitely add movement now – walking forward and working on the timing and mechanics of turning him away, working up to the loop where the thrown reward is also the start cookie for the next rep. When you do threadle wraps with the other dogs, do you use dog-side arm or both arms or opposite arm only? We can start showing the arm cue you want to use as well, while still using the inside arm to turn him away. This concept will quickly move to getting him to turn away on his own.

    Great job here!

    Tracy

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