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Awesome!!! Great to see you here!!!
The easiest way to do the videos is to set a timer for about 2 minutes, turn the camera on, do the training, turn the camera off, load to YouTube, then post. It is the editing that is a pain in the you-know-what for most of us LOL!
Looking forward to seeing Seren!
Tracy
Good morning!
This is a great lazy session! It took him a couple of reps to get the idea then by the end, he totally was getting it! Because this game is pretty low impact, you can make it a daily brain game for a couple of minutes: 2 or 3 minutes of wandering back and forth, tossing treats for finding jumps, will go a long way to building even more commitment. The NextLevel Pup game coming next week builds this even more, so feel free to do lots of Lazy Game this week 🙂Great job!
TracyLet the games begin, indeed!!
>>ready to do and what is he not ready to do, and how to progress in a way that he learns and builds confidence.>>
These are excellent things to keep in mind as we advance all of his skills.
Have fun!
TracyWelcome!! Bummer about the snow but I guess it is actually a good thing to have normal weather 🙂 We have lots of time so you can get these going when you have clear ground or an indoor rental. And I bet you can play the lazy game in your home LOL!
Tracy
Yes! Bring it on! I think she will fly through the sequences and will be able to do the harder NextLevel Pup stuff too!
Hi!
>>What kind of connection do you use in a layering situation? Rachel told us that we should be converging on the Dog’s path and using big time connection. If i turn into the dog making extreme connection is the dog going to turn into me? >>
Depending on the dog, I might use extreme connection to get them out of the altered line, then regular connection to keep them out there. Extreme connection might be what Rachel meant by big time connection 🙂 The extreme connection only turns the upper body to the dog enough to get the outside shoulder engaged ahead of the torso – if you keep moving forward, then the dogs will not come towards the handler (the dogs will push away from the handler). If you over-rotate your upper body (dropping your dog side shoulder back and/or turning your feet) then yes, the dog will come off the line. Extreme connection doesn’t have that rotation so it can work really well to set the line into layering.
T
Yay! I am glad the power bowls are helping! And the high value rewards here when you shifted connection to the landing spot really helped with the reverse wraps!
>>Now that she feels divorced from making decisions, she is not freezing. Would this be your take?>>
No, I think that is anthropomorphic LOL! I think there are a number of things happening and the high value treats that are coming early and often are helping her do the wraps (and good connection, which is a clear cue and that also helps a whole lot).
T
Hi!
Looking at Video 1 (1358):Wow, big advances in the push here! Great job using the big connection and outside arm to cue the backside slice while you ran pretty directly to the exit wing!! You didn’t need to push into the backside line nearly as much and he was very independent about going to it.
That was especially impressive with all of the go line mixed in and switching sides, so he was not patterning. He was definitely responding to what he saw – yay!!
And it looks like you had some good disconnection happening too as you ran forward past the backside – super nice!
He only really seemed to have one question here, and it was about going to the start wing: remember to use your dog side leg on the send to the start wing. When you sent but had your dog side leg back rather than stepping forward, he was not sure if he should go or not.
Video 2 (1359) – Nice turn away! You might not need to move quite as far away from the jump to get him off the line, you can try shifting connection & turning your shoulders but not moving away as much. But like the first video – really well done to be able to get him off the line of jumps for a turn away, after all of the go and backside he had just done. Yay!!!!!!
You posted 1358 twice – let me know if a different video was supposed to be there.
Great job!!!
TracyHi!
This did go really well! Yay!
>>there was no angry air chomping at me>>
Ha! That is a definite gold star from Nox 🙂
The connections were really good so was the timing, so she was able to read & process the info really well! And great job with the thrown reinforcement: keep throwing it as far as possible!
>>I noticed in the video that I could have run a more parallel path on the extreme connection like you mentioned in for my previous video, but I think I did a bit better with it in the sequences.>>
Yes – you can keep more on the parallel line to the outside wing of the “go straight” jump (like :29 and 1:07). You were getting more and more on that line (especially at 1:17) so you can put a leash on the ground as a reminder for you to run as straight as possible on the get out reps, to build up as much distance as possible.
I am super happy with her focus forward on the lines and the commitment even as you were moving away! Great job!!! And if she air chomps at you, take it as a sign that the connection can be clearer 🙂
Great job!
TracyHi!
>.. It was a little 10 footer as #2 obstacle. She was so excited to be running that she skimmed right past it on the outside and then in through the exit side!>>
Ha! Gotta love the puppy moments! And she was probably all happy – “Nailed it!” LOL!
>>But like we chatted, I just kept running and praising and pretended nothing silly happened. She completed the rest of the course flawlessly for a young dog! I was proud of her but most importantly, she had a ball. She had the cutest bouncy prancy gait ever. It was so amazing to see after how unenthusiastic she can be in training at times.>>
PERFECT!! No need to stop and fix, or correct things with a young dog. She wants to run, so we let her run. All of it gets smoother as she gets more experienced.
>>UKI definitely has weird courses. The whole start line obstacle 1 jump away (opposite direction) from the second obstacle and then make a sharp turn into the wall for obstacle two is super weird and new to us. AKC doesn’t do that. It confused my older dog quite a bit. Or more so distracted her quite a bit. lol>>
Yep – UKI has a LOT of those. I have seen some in AKC but in AKC, I think you’ll see more of the tunnel as obstacle #1. Maybe Kashia was fine with it because we just spent 5 weeks sending her to a wing away from the course as the start? LOL!!
>>Thanks again for all your wisdom! It’s been amazing! You were just what Kashia and I needed to get a good foundation started together. So thank you!!!!>>
It has been my pleasure! You are doing a great job!
See you in MaxPup 3! You mentioned a few times seeing how fast/line focused the demo dogs were here… well, they are adults now. But in MaxPup 3, plenty of the demos were from when they were teenagers, so you will get to see their normal questions about lines, how much slower they were as they were figuring it out, etc. And my 2 teenage dogs are doing the demos in the new track, so you will see puppy shenanigans there too. I mention it so you can see that everything we run into with Kashia is completely normal LOL!!Have fun!
TracyHi!
>>I lost track of when the last day to submit videos for this class. I hope I’m not past the deadline with this one.??
You are all good! The last day is the 21st 🙂
>> I think I frustrated her by changing the reward from the thrown toy for the Get Out sections to treats from me after the longer sequences. We lost her commitment to the wings and some distance. I’ll try again and be a better “rewarder”.>>
It wasn’t a reward issue – the video says she was giving you feedback on the connection 🙂 Here is what was happening:
On the early ‘get out’ reps, you were connected and running towards the wing, so she got it. Yay!
A more ideal get out to add more of the distance element would have you running from back and forth from the center wings (the ones at 12 and 6 if it was a clock) and the get out wing would be the ones at 3 and 6.The turn aways had you running the lines from the 6 to 12 wing, and that went great – the turn aways looked really good (and she is a right, yes? So she was turning to her harder side and that went really well!) Nice use of arms, line, and connection 🙂
The rep at 2:03 and the last rep were more of a true ‘get out’ handler line as you went from the 12 wing to the 6 wing – this is where you can have even more massive connection directly to her. Your outside arm cue was really good but the you were looking ahead and to the wing, so it looked like regular connection to her. The extreme connection will work best when you are looking directly at her.
For the parts where she lost her commitment to the wing nearest the camera like at 1:01 and 1:13 and at 1:26 on the wing furthest from the camera: that was a disconnection question (not a reward question). If you want those spots in slow motion, you can see that she is a little behind you and at the wing on the right side of the screen.
You disconnect and look forward as she exits that wing so she looks up at you (“what’s the info, mom?”)
Then you were looking at the wing and pointing to it, but your feet/shoulders have fully turned so she comes with you (lookin gat you) as if setting up for a turn away or blind cross. She ended up doing a threadle wrap at 1:15 when you reconnected, good girlie!!Now compare to the reps at 1:37-1:39and 1:52-1:53, where you kept connection MUCH better and she went to the wing 🙂 Yay! So it was a regular connection moment and she is a very responsive girl! Great adjustment from you 🙂
Nice job here! Let me know what you think!
Tracyoh crud! You are right – the forum has disappeared. I contacted the tech folks and they will fix it in the next few minutes. Thanks for pointing it out!!! I will email when it is back online.
Tracy
Omg! What an amazing debut!!!! You were super connected and fast, so she got all the info she needed to run happy and fast!! YAY!!!!
That first jump thing is just lack of experience – she’s probably never had to jump towards the crowd like that! The rest was fantastic 🙂
I’m so happy for you!!!!!
Tracy
