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Good morning!
>I get some good weather and can be outside again I will redo these exercises. >
It sounds like you are getting more snow? Fingers crossed for spring to come soon!!
>Today Max has a Puppy foundations workshop with Annette Alfonso. >
Fun! I hope you enjoyed it!!!
>I really love this class. When you had your Christmas sale, I signed up for Max pup two but I’d like to convert that to a working spot if they become available thanks so much for the time and in-depth feedback that you give.>
I am so glad you like it! We can take your registration for the older version of MaxPup 2 and apply it to the upcoming MaxPup 2 – that way you can choose your level and add whatever the balance is. The registration opens on Friday so we can get you set up!
Stay warm!
TracyGood morning!
He did really well!
>Kept the sequences short for a high success rate. Didn’t fix any of my handling oopess – wasn’t what I wanted to work on>
He was able to do some really elaborate handling and ignored her in the first video (even when she said ‘nice!’ for a particularly excellent sequence! Lots of great sequence work even though it was not the main focus of the session. Just remember not to mark anything as wrong with an ‘uh oh’ because it is probably a handler error if he is still working the course rather than visiting. For example at 1:12 – you had a big decel and send with layering that cued the tunnel not the dog walk. If you watch it without sound, it would appear that you wanted him to take the tunnel 🙂 And compare to the difference at 1:27 when he did take the DW, the handling cues were different. In that off course tunnel moment, he was not visiting Judith, he was watching the handling – good boy!!
>Also introduced him to a lotus ball on a bungee here.
He seemed perfectly happy to get the treats from it! Was he able to chase the bungee lotus in your hand and maybe even tug with it?
>This one scared poor Judith, sitting right next to the tunnel mouth like that. This was also his only disconnect for the session.>
Ha! That is a lot of power coming straight at her into the tunnel, and he did great! This was the 2nd video and he went to her at the beginning – was this the run video, or the 2nd time out? He was good about going to the tunnel past her and was great about ignoring her on the first video, so I am curious about if he went to check her out first thing, or later in the session.
Since he wants to check people out, does he get to meet and greet people outside the ring? That can also be helpful – visiting them so he can check them out, which can make it easier to ignore them. I don’t think they should give hi treats for now 🙂 but it might e good to add some meeting folks and see if that helps him ignore them.
Great job here! And big thanks to Judith for helping!!!
Tracy
Hi!
Since it will probably be challenging, begin by setting it up on a natural line, and you can back chain it by starting her at the tunnel exit so she knows it is there. Then you can work it by having her go through the tunnel to the grid – then you can change the angle of approach to the hard line after the exit. Let me know how it goes!
Tracy
Good morning!
The countermotion is going really well!!!
One suggestion – he has a lot of value for driving to you, so throwing the reward to the landing side of the jump will build more value of the countermotion. You were rewarding him after he exited the wrap from your hand, which made it a little harder as you moved across the whole jump. So, as he is approaching the bar, you can fling the toy behind you to where he is landing (as you keep moving forward).
That will help him commit even better when you add more motion! And as you add the motion, you can be more connected to his eyes as you walk around the back of the jump. Then after the release when he is moving, let him see you shift from his eyes to the landing spot (more like what you did at :46 and the reps after it, but keep moving slowly past the barrel).
Nice work here!
Tracy
Good morning!
Excellent job here with the threadles!! The position you are in when you release is important – he needs to see you mostly outside the entry wing. When you did that? Perfect! On one rep (:17), you released when you were already between the uprights so he read it like a serpentine. Great job adjusting the next reps so you were more visible outside the entry wing. He was a little hesitant on the rep after the oopsie but then got right back in the swing of things.On the next session of this (and serpentines too), you can add wings. He will really only see threadles on wing jumps, so now is a good time to introduce them. If you don’t have wings, you can use a barrel on each side 🙂
Great job here!
Tracy
Good morning! Super session here: mission accomplished in terms of getting the MM back to the slice line position and getting him to do the threadle perfectly. Yay! He is coming to threadle position and looking for the line over the bar, exactly what we want.
Since you have the behavior, yes – add a bit of motion to things now. A couple of things to remember with it –
on this session, the release verbal came at the same time as the hand moving into position. Since we don’t want to pair hand movement into the release, you can start yourself pretty far from threadle position and move to it with your arm/shoulder already showing the threadle cue. Then just as you arrive in threadle position (where you are still visible outside the wing of the jump), use the verbal release without moving the arm.Since position is really critical, I think you can add a wing jump to this – it makes position a little clearer and also he will really only see threadles on wing jumps. It might be hard to fit 2 wings into the indoor space, so maybe one skinny wing on the entry side, and the wingless on the other side? And since the wing might be new, you can do a warm up with stationary position to show it.
If he is fine with it, you can add movement in that same session. If he thinks the wing is a crazy new addition, do the whole session with you stationary 🙂
Great job here!!!
Tracy
Great session here! He definitely seemed to find it easier to start on the ‘harder’ angle 🙂 And then when you went back to the slice angle… no problem at all doing the serp even with you moving. Your motion was about the same pace as the previous session where he had trouble serping from the slice position – absolutely no problem here. YAY!!!
You can add more motion by going faster (bit by bit) and also mix in threadles too!
Nice work 🙂
TracyHi!
It looks like you have AU-028, which is an older version of MaxPup 2. If you want, we can take your registration and deduct it from a working spot in the upcoming course, and then transfer you into the upcoming course (AU-075). Let me know if that makes sense!Tracy
Hi!
He is looking great in the video here!
>we have been working on leaving the toy with the leash at the gate or on the floor near the end of the run. It is going well.>
Perfect! He seems very happy to run with you whether or not you have a toy or treats with you. Yay!
>> I have included a video of part of a lesson from yesterday.
Really nice work here! You two are looking smooth, fast, and connected 🙂
A couple of small details to consider that are visible on the video but might not have been as clear in the moment:
For the right turn at :53, you can have him approach that jump with the cues earlier and a brake arm (outside arm) so he adds a collection stride before takeoff. He was a little wide and slipped, so the brake arm can really help.
He had a little question on the threadle slice, taking the front side of the jump on the first run. You can call him sooner to get his attention while he is taking off for the jump before it, then give the threadle cue. You had foot rotation on the next rep and then again t 2:43, so you can use earlier turn cues so you don’t need to rotate your feet.
He had a bonus tunnel at 2:10 and that falls into the category of “know where the dog is looking before saying the tunnel cue” LOL!! The outside arm on the jump before it turned his head to the off course tunnel so that is where he went when you cued the tunnel 🙂 Watching his head to be sure he is facing the line you want will help prevent that type of off course line.
>We have the fun match on Sunday so Monday we won’t do our usual lesson.>
Sounds good! Keep me posted on how the match goes!
Great job here!Tracy
Hi! I think these runs went really well!
The first run was really strong! The section from :15 – :24 was especially excellent!! Nice blind!!! She was definitely finding her lines really well. Since you can make up your own course, you can do a stay on the other side of the first jump so you can send her away then be ahead of her on the next line.
The 2nd run had more distance but starting at the tunnel worked nicely. You can drive more on the RC diagonal to the center of the bar here to get the RC at :48 (you were running on the wrap line which is why she turned towards you)
When she gets on a big line and you fall behind (like at :53 – :57) there is no need to use your arm up high – just bend your elbows and run run run 🙂 That is what you did on the big ending line and she got 3 jumps in a row! There was one more jump and she had a question on it, but I was happy with the 3 jumps before it!
This last course was very similar to the previous one. She read the opening line nicely even without a big lead out! You can get on a stronger rear cross diagonal here too (run forward to the center of the bar) and she did GREAT getting almost all of the big ending line!
>I had been worried about how much she has been doing but she seems to be cooping better than me,
then no more shows for a few weeks so will work on startline and exits tunnels and long lines>She does seem to be coping well!!! So after this next show, she can have a break from trials then you can work on your training list.
Great job!
TracyHi!
Thanks for the nudge, I did miss it 🙂>During the trial this weekend, we practiced this outside the ring. I did not get it to tape but she initially had a very hard time releasing the toy. So I added treats after the release and then getting the toy. She started releasing quicker with this and sitting pretty fast. >
Excellent! It was a smart move to get the treats involved – it helps her balance her arousal. Usually difficulty releasing the toy is a tip-off that arousal is edging towards over-arousal, and food can help balance that.
You can also add in the pattern games with treats – they help regulate arousal too!
>I did not attempt it the tug-sit-tug before the sequencing. Should I have? I still wanted to practice it at home some as well.>
Based on what she did in the video, yes – add it in before the sequencing in class. You can do very short lead outs because she is in higher arousal but it is a great opportunity to get her into a trial-like state and do the stay 🙂
Nice work here!
TracyHi! Rear crosses are definitely hard cues because they are not natural or intuitive for the dogs…we humans have to be totally correct in the info for the puppies 🙂
The main goal here is that you put enough pressure on the line to the center of the bar (bump) that he can change directions before takeoff, and so you can be on his other side as he is arriving at the bump.
What does all that mean? You were late LOL! So on the first few reps (:13, :39, :45) you were still on the original side when his front feet arrived at the bump so he turned towards you, like a turn & burn front cross.
On the other reps at :49 :54 :59 and 1:15, the timing of you getting to the other side was still late but you had a much earlier toy throw so he was able to turn over the bump and land the new direction.
(At :27, you were early which pushed him off the line, so he didn’t take the bump)
So to be on time, the easier thing to do will be to start further away – ca be 18 or 20 feet because he is fast! And start very close to him and to the line: you can drop a treat maybe 2 feet behind you and then as soon as he gets it, start moving forward to the center of the bar. As soon as he is past you, do. The RC to get to the other side (then keep moving forward to support commitment to the jump). That should give him the info before he has to make a takeoff decision, and he won’t need the toy throw to help with the turn.
Le me know if that makes sense! Nice work here!
TracyHi!
This went really well! You were able to move a bit further away from the backside barrel, and I think you a start heading for the center of the bar/jump bump more too. He seemed to be finding the backside really nicely!And you can add the verbal (I don’t think you were saying his verbal here, but maybe you were just quiet 🙂 he had a ton of success so you can totally add the backside slice verbal.
>Am I throwing my treat too far to the side?
Maybe a little, but he could have easily slipped in to grab the front side of the jump if the cues were unclear, so I think it was fine. You can add challenge by throwing the reward a little closer and see how he does.
Great job!
TracyHi!
Serps are definitely hard with the MM on the line, and part of what he is learning here is to NOT just go directly to the MM… do a thing first 🙂
Moving more slowly helped! Rather than get completely stationary, you can use slowwwwwwwww walking, almost a shuffle, to be able to get motion involved. And you can angle the jump so the bump is more visible: the upright closer to the MM can be angled towards him and the upright closer to him can be angled towards you.
One other option to help him do a ’thing’ before going to the MM: you can start him in position 3. If you think back to the original strike a pose games with the jump, position 1 is the slice that he is starting on here. Plenty of dogs find that to be the hardest starting position, so trying him at position 3 (sitting next to the MM but facing the jump) might be the easiest way to add motion to the serps. It seems counterintuitive but the dogs might find it easier to find the jump and not move directly to the MM.
Nice work here!
TracyHi! Thanks for the update! Sounds like he was great!!!
>It was only 3 of us in class and I have to admit I forget about the music. I PROMISE ON SUNDAY I WILL have the instructor turn up the music and the other students go crazy.>
You can fill your instructor and classmates in on your goals, so they can remember to make it more of a trial-atmosphere without you needing to remember 🙂 Just remind them not to do anything weird LOL!!
You might have done this, but you can mix in a run or two in class where the rewards are outside the ring (then run to them at the end). The other runs can have rewards in the ring with you, but mixing in rewards outside the ring can keep those remote reinforcement skills sharp!
Great job here! Let me know how he does on Sunday!
Tracy
