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Good morning and welcome back!!
>> his fixation on other dogs playing agility is a major obstacle that we are working hard to overcome.>>
This is not that unusual at his age. The pattern game from MaxPup 1 will be really helpful as you navigate adolescence!
Pre-games 1 and 2 are looking super, especially with him holding his stay til released while you drag the toy! YAY!!!! Onwards to the games coming tonight!
Tracy
Good morning! Welcome back! I am SO GLAD the surgery is done and you are cleared to play! No worries about the tunnel bags, sounds like you’ve got a plan that will work 🙂
>> Many dogs are unable to run at that location. He walked into that building like he owned the place.
Heck yeah!! That is BIG!!!!
>>generally gave me lots of hope he’ll be able to trial in that building. >>
I am sure he will. What struggles do other dogs have there?
>>I put him on the table, put the wicket on his back, he just stood there looking around. Think he’s going to be very close to 15″ >>
Under 15? That would be great – 15″ and under would mean 12″ in UKI and that is lovely!!!!
>>He did lose his mind when a friend was in the ring running her dog and then a BIS completely destroyed his brain. He couldn’t even eat a treat after that.>>
He will learn to ignore other dogs running as well as BIS – he has probably never really experienced that. Do you have any friends with intact girls who can send smelly stuff to train with when they are in season?
Have fun!
Tracy
Hello and welcome back! It sounds like he is doing great!!! And fingers crossed that you have plenty of good weather to play outside 🙂
Have fun!
TracyGood morning and welcome!!! I am excited to see more of baby Jimothy 🙂 He is growing up fast but still absolutely adorable and charming 🙂
Tracy
Good morning! Welcome!!
Look at him bringing the toy back, even with the other dog there! Super!!! Cheese is very powerful (and trading is fine for now because it gets the behavior and eliminates all conflict about it :))
The moving target is looking strong on the video too – we will be using that for jumping stuff and also it will help with his stay!!
>>He tries hard to keep his head screwed on tight, but life is just really, really exciting sometimes.>>
Great job working on the pattern games, also known as Adolescence Survival Tools haha!!! You will start to see big changes ahead 🙂
Have fun!
TracyGood morning! Welcome back!!!
>>Nine month West is very distracted! And is off to check things out!>>
Ah, the joys of adolescence! We can work on that to help him handle the added distraction.
>>He is getting the idea to move next to me without tackling me and to work through a little excitement or frustration without jumping/humping – and I know him better 🙂>>
Yay! Super!!!!
>>Right as max pup 1 was ending he got so stuck – he could turn and push off the wall or grab the tennis ball but he could not figure out how to coordinate the two, but he has figured out that it’s possible>>
Nice!!!! For now, you can give the box turn a break because he is a little young to do more (ideally we finish it off when he is closer to 16 months or so, when his brain and body have caught up to each other LOL!). I can give you a ton of flyball games to play in the meantime, which will help with his focus 🙂
>>New challenge: our stay around distractions is oh so delicate and fragile and then poof, sometimes it just disappears>>
Adolescence! This class will definitely have an Adolescence Support Group element to it LOL!! We will work on this too 🙂
Have fun!
TracyGood morning and welcome!!! It sounds like he is doing GREAT in his multi-sport foundations 🙂
>> our main issues right now seem to be flanking and running behind me.>>
Pretty normal baby dog stuff and we will be able to sort that out in this class 🙂
>>I have been setting the bars at 12” for quite some time. He is currently 11 months old, so I wanted to ask you when I should begin raising the height.>>
You have literally months to very slowly raise the height – he is a big boy so you have a ton of time to let him physically and mentally mature 🙂 For now, leave the bars at 12″ as we sort out the flanking and going behind you. Then when he is over a year we can work up to elbow height for when he is 15-16 months old. Then 20″ around 18 months and so on.
Side note about bar height: get off of social media or hide people so you don’t have to see all of these people putting the bars up at full height for 14-15 month old BCs. LOL!!! That is 10000% against the advice of sports vets because of the lack of soft tissue development. Plus mentally, their brains are not mature enough to deal with the coordination.
Tracy
Good morning and welcome!! I am excited to see more of you and Taq!! Congrats on the points!!!! And we will keep working on the stay 🙂
Have fun!
TracyGood morning!
Yes, I have 2 different verbals. The difference is how much of a turn is involved.
If the dog is entering on one wing and exiting towards the other wing (generally without a ton of collection) then I use the back verbal.
If the dog is entering on one wing and exiting very close to that wing – that is my dig dig verbal which requires a lot of collection. The 360s are all dig dig verbals and sometimes a really tight 180 or really tight FC right on the entry wing.
On the Straight Lines video, I am using the back back back verbal because the turn is not that tight and based on the line the dog takes, he is a little further over near the center of the bar (which is close enough to the other wing that I count it as a back verbal and not dig dig)
Because there are sooooo many variations on the backside approaches and exits, there is definitely a bit of grey area (and I refuse to have more than 2 verbals on backside pushes LOL!!). So I save dig dig dig for the really really tight ones where the dog has to collect a lot and is very close to the entry wing when he exits. And the rest are back back verbals (some of very obviously towards the other wing, some of more center of the bar).
Let me know if that helps!
TracyHi Tracy,
I answered my question by looking back in Max Pup #2. In the videos you mentioned you have BACK-BACK for slice and DIG-DIG for wrap. Now going to Max Pup #3 week #3 Straight Lines video. You used BACK-BACK for your backside queue. I think my question is what is considered a Backside Wrap or the DIG-DIG queue? Is it when the dog has to do 360° around the wing instead of a 180°? IOW BACK-BACK queue the dog would be changing direction and coming back toward you and DIG-DIG queue would be the dog continuing on the same direction after the jump?
Ken
