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Hi! This went really well!!
>She needs my arm still. She was guessing on verbal only.>
Do you mean the ‘swoosh’ movement to cue her to turn away? I think she didn’t need it all that much – only when there was a bit of extra motion or when you switch to the harder side of entry.
But yes, ideally you keep the outside arm cue as you say your threadle wrap cue (in in) and move up the line – and you don’t use the arm to turn her away.
To get to the level, start by moving slowly and decelerating a bit by the threadle wrap barrel. Keep your hand visible and you can even ‘pulse’ it up and down, but don’t swoosh it to turn her away 🙂 Keep that position/slow motion/arm cue until she turns her head away and takes that first step to the barrel – then move forward again but reward like you were doing here 🙂
I think she will figure it out really fast!!!!
The other thing to keep in mind is that the threadle wrap cue does have an element of decel built into it, even when you are running on a big course. So you can dd it here: move fast between the barrels until it is time for the threadle wrap, then decel near theTW barrel until she turns her head away (then move forward fast again as she turns her head away and takes the first step to the wrap).
Her only questions here in the videos were when there was no decel and you were trying to move forward the whole time – she looked at you to see if she needed to follow the motion or take the barrel. So the element of decel supports the verbal and arm cues, making it much easier to get commitment without arm swoosh 🙂 And the decel remains as part of the cue, to varying degrees depending on the context.
Great job here!Tracy
Hi!
I saw your temps and got cold just reading them! Yikes!!!!
The threadle wraps versus regular wraps looked great! You can add more movement on the threadle wrap and you can also look at the advanced levels which add a 2nd barrel.
One thing to consider:
Can you make the dig dig, check check, and look look sound more different? The rhythm and pitches are nearly identical, which might negate the sounds of the verbals when more is added (like motion for you both!). Right now they all have basically the same rhythm (doot-doot) and same pitch changes (low-high). So to really make them more effective, you can leave “look look” in that pitch/rhythm framework, but change the others. Dig can be digdigdigdigdig (rapid repeating and low pitch) and check can be something like che-che-che – done as 3 sounds, emphasis on the ch, similar pitch. Let me know if that makes sense!Threadle slice looks great! Next step before we add motion:
Delay the click ever so slightly until he looks at the bar, especially on the first side (the second side is always better and it was pretty perfect on this video) . And if he goes around the jump, don’t click, just reset and try again. If it all goes sideways (which I doubt will happen!) just stop the session and post the video 🙂Stay warm! Great job!
Tracy
Hi!
>With the volume dial game, her best one was cuing her to the nearby dog bed so you’re totally right about having a big visual target.>.
Dogs in general do like visual targets! Sighthounds in particular like them too 🙂
> Hand target was one of the first I tried but I got VERY half hearted attempts, like a step towards the hand before stopping to stare at the toy while still 2’ away from the hand>
In the volume dial game, you can reward the attempts that are not great – that can help shape your way through the arousal by rewarding bits of the behavior (because that might be the best she can do in a higher arousal state at th moment).
>(maybe from some of the strike a pose work where she’s been cued to the reward for not quite touching the target in the hand?) >
Probably not related, probably more about the arousal 🙂 But that is fine!
>She could do “sit” because I think it resembled the start line stay exercise,>
Yay! You can do fast sits with quick releases!
>I could try her jumping up behavior, but did not that day. It’s a little hard to do with a toy in my hand, but I’d want her to learn to do so at some point>
That one is a good one but does require a lot of mechanics or maybe 3 hands LOL!! And you will want to make sure she can process arousal pretty well before you add it so she doesn’t fling herself at you (can be ouchie for you both!)
>(as it’s a good disc dog behavior and I’d love to get into disc dog with her, the Rat boys think disc dogging is dumb). >
Disc dog stuff is SO FUN. Highly recommend!!
>>I have a cued “feet” behavior for putting her front feet on my leg, also one I’d love for her to be able to do as part of a ringside routine, but pretty sure right now she will think I’m nuts to ask her to do that with a toy in my hand.>>
That is possible! And also, it is possible that she is reading context cues – so eventually you can come back to the toy for this so she is not thinking of certain behaviors as cookie-only behaviors.
> Should I try a few reps of all of those with food to prime the pathway a bit, then switch to a toy for 1-2 reps, then back to food before she goes “lights on no one home”?>
You can certainly use really high value food to bridge to higher arousal – mind-blowing stuff can make simple behaviors hard too! And you can also move the food like a toy – have her chase your cookie hand, or toss the cookies back and forth… the cue the trick 🙂 That can land in a nice place between regular cookie state and high arousal toy state!!
Let me know what you think!
TracyHi! This is looking good! He seemed happy to turn away in both directions, with you stationary or moving.
For your threadle wraps, have you decided if you want to use one hand or both hands? You can add that at this level to start showing him the cue. If it is one hand (dog-side hand), you can make it more obvious by raising it then lowering it a bit. Or you can use 2 hands, or the opposite arm across your body. So many options LOL!
Since he had no trouble here, you can move to the next step: adding a barrel (posted last Tuesday).
Great job here!!
TracyHi!
>Also made me think about “target” and “hit it” – those both sound close to “park it,” so I might need some different words (maybe “touch” or “tag”).
I think target and hit it are pretty different in terms of how they sound (the ‘ahr’ of target versus the “iiih” of hit it) so those are fine to keep. Park it and target might be too similar, but also probably used in very different contexts. You can totally change target to touch or tag, though!
>Speaking of – I was going to ask you if agility folks are going to look at me sideways for using “flick” for threadle slice.>
Ha! Agility folks will find a way to look at any of us sideways LOL!!! Flick is commonly used for the threadle wrap but you can totally use if for a threadle slice! I also like the word flick – very different sounding and easy to say while running. A common threadle slice word in agility is ‘in in’, if you want another option.
>I quite like variable rewards (higher value for what I’m looking for; lower for effort), so should integrate those into our training. I should also reward effort and assume that I’m not giving clear information (as is so very often the case).>
Yes to rewarding effort! Reset treats are great for that. Variable rewards are good too but I would save that for a little later down the road – right now everything is still so new, that he might not be able to sort out why there is a difference.
>I’m not very good at repeating cues – in obedience (which I enjoy competing in), I take pride in giving a single cue (esp. since you’re punished in the scoring for additional ones). It’s also a pet peeve for a dog’s cue to be “sit sit sit”. But I can appreciate that there’s little downside to repeating cues in agility.>
Agility’s complexity lends itself to repeating cues so the dog can process them (especially young dogs) – they are processing big motion cues, small motion cues like hand cues, verbals, shoulders, etc – all with the visual clutter of all sorts of obstacles everywhere, a variety of different surfaces… and they are running and jumping and weaving etc. So, we repeat the cues and I think part of what helps the dog is *how* we repeat the cues: loud, soft, extended, urgent, etc. So many little details!
On the video –
Starting with the cookie toss is great and it worked better than when you were starting with him next to you. You can position yourself on the line you want to move along before the cookie toss (so he doesn’t see you moving laterally) and you can start to move up the line sooner – so when he looks up, he sees you moving up the line (and saying the backside verbal) and not standing still. Standing still cues him to come towards you, which makes the backside harder. The sooner you started moving, the better his line was to the backside. That makes sense because it is a motion-based cue. And on the cookie tosses, you were not saying ‘ready’ which is good, I don’t think you need the ready word before the backside word.
>I need to be more consistent – not sure why I’m saying “yes” here – when I should say “grab” for the toy or “Get it” for thrown treat. >
Yes, this is something we all do LOL!!! Too much ‘yes’ or ‘yay’! And the markers get lost. No worries, the dogs sort us out, but yes, try for the markers instead of saying yes 🙂
>Trying to inch my way laterally into the middle and opposite side of jump – but I lose him if I get to far
Also – I need to stop throwing my arm towards the barrel.>These are probably related! If you point ahead to the barrel, that will turn your shoulders to the jump bar and he is likely to not go to the backside. I think moving up the line with the connection you did really well in the 2nd half of the session (when you changed sides) will make it easier to get further and further away.
He was SO CUTE dancing around with his toy in the middle!!!!!!!
Turn and burn is going really well too! He is committed really well. It was hard to hear if you were using your wrap verbals – you can totally add them to this game 🙂 Also, you can add more countermotion to this game by creating more of an L shape to the line you run. So using this setup – you can send him to the barrel on your left side, then do a front cross and run towards the fence (opposite the camera). Or, send to the barrel from your right hand, and do a FC and run to the camera 🙂
>still working on our “out” mechanics for tugging>
He has great tug drive here! And since it looks like he can go from a treat back to the toy: trading will be your friend to get the toy back! So you can do a fun tug session then trade for a treat. It quickly becomes the out cue if you tug, then relax, then whip out a treat. The relaxing becomes the cue to out. The treat is a lure at first, then we quickly can move it to be a reward (or give him the toy back as a reward).
Turn and burn is going well!
You can take a moment between the lineup and the send to let him be ready and so you can send with arm and leg. That was really the only spot where he was not as sure. When you were in the flow, he found the barrels really well! Nice connection!!! You can add more distance between the barrels now and try the advanced level.Backing up looked great!! There is an arousal regulation element, and that is what I think we are seeing when he did the one hoppy rep: he got excited, hopped, caught himself, and backed up properly for the rest of the session. YAY!!! We really want to see the pups be able to self-regulate and use proper mechanics, so that was a great moment!!! Yes, you can change your position (sitting on something) or work on more steps, or both!
Great job here 🙂
Tracy
Hi Debbie! I am so glad you are here!!
Thanks for the runs! The barrels game was super and actually really challenging! I loved the cheering from the people watching!
Callan looks great – he has great commitment skills and understanding for a youngster! Wow!!!! And your handling on the barrels had such gorgeous connection that he knew where to be the whole time… even when you were presenting a countermotion challenge or the threadles. So nice!!!The second run was also really strong!! Loved the song in the background 🙂 One thing you are doing really well is staying aggressively in motion (not being tentative) but also being super connected so you can see where he might need help or support. Looks great!!!
The beginning was hard – jumping right towards the person! Your RC could maybe be one step sooner at :02 but I bet the visual of jumping directly at the person delayed his processing of the RC info. That was hard!
Sine he has such good commitment, you can decelerate into the wrap even sooner (:17) so you can turn more easily and run the other way. Your momentum carried you a bit wider, so he matched the motion – if you are already running the other way when he is jumping the wrap jump, he will be even tighter on the line there.
He seems to have a strong understanding of the threadle wrap too – so I bet you can go right into the in in cue at :28 to get the sweetest line there too.
You did a loevly job of continuing even if there was a question – to goes a long way to building his confidence on the bigger courses!!!
>We are entered in another BYC and a UKI Cup (Speedstakes only) in February for more ring experience and environmental practice. >
Awesome! Those will be fun! I think NFC is not allowed at UKI Cups so the Speedstakes will probably be a real run. Has he seen you leave a toy at the start line with his leash? That is a fun way to play in UKI! And that is something you can play with at the BYC events too. He is definitely looking ready to launch his trial career!!
Great job! Keep me posted!
Tracy
Hi! Welcome!!!! Hope you are having a great weekend!
I feel the pain of the winter weather – very few agility training opportunities here for agility on footing that is whippet-safe. And I personally hate the cold (the dogs are fine LOL!) But winter will be gone soon enough (I hope) 🙂
Her weaves look AWESOME!!!!!!! So fun!!!! She might be ready to see 6 weaves then 8 feet away, another 6 weaves, building up to 12 weaves!
> She also loves Chinese, boneless BBQ pork 😁 >
OMG so do I, that stuff is YUMMY!!!!! Is that what she was working for here? Yum!
>You may note, on the first vid, I said, “weave”, which caused her to look and say, “huh?”. But she took the tunnel anyway. Why Paul mentions I need to watch my cues.>
Yes, that was funny and that is why I reward the dogs so much – I mess up a lot more than they do! LOL!!! I try to plan my verbals before I run the dog… but sometimes random words slip out. Oops! The dogs figure us out and thanks to the power of Chinese boneless BBQ pork, the forgive us very easily 🙂
>, but totally lacks focus when in other locations.
That will come with the work we are doing here. What opportunities are coming up? She probably needs less focus on sequencing in those other places and more focus on recalls through the ring to you, ignoring people, etc. pattern games in the environment, stuff like that. We can make a plan – let me know what training opportunities are ahead.
> She remains happy, and keen on treats, but no tugging until she’s totally lost interest in external activities.>
No worries at all about tugging yet – use the high value food motivators (an excellent excuse to get more Chinese food, or some rotisserie chicken :))
> I have her entered in a trial in March. Colors, a simple CPE tunnel, jump class. I will attempt some toy engagement. >
Do you have a long crazy furry toy that you can tie to another long crazy toy, so you can swing it around flirt-pole style? And maybe it has some milkers attached to it – if I remember correctly, she loves those. Maybe we can tap into her whippeting by getting some chase on a crazy long toy in different environments.
>Her little weekly class starts in Feb..>
Perfect! That is pretty soon. I am sure that wil be really helpful!!!
Keep me posted!
Tracy
Hi!
I am excited to see Bazinga here too!> I take her out every morning using the same leash and she doesn’t care about it at all, but in the context of agility, she wants to TUG!>
Context is a very powerful cue!!! And tugging on the leash is like having a reward in the ring – very useful!
>I have not committed to teaching her to tug & out. I seem to be paralyzed about that. Maybe because I’ve never taught it before and mostly because we’ll have to go to a room by ourselves to do it. But I need to commit to teaching it.>
I will help support you! Here is the easiest, laziest way to do it (and this is how I have taught all of my recent dogs): get the tugging. Then after a short while. relax your tug arms, say out, and literally put a treat on her nose, then when she lets go of the leash she can eat the treat 🙂 I think she will trade the leash for a treat! And you don’t need to set up specific traning sessions – you can just do it when you train other things. And then at the start line, you can take the leash off and see if that becomes a context cue to let go of it and line up. This is all stuff we can play with in your yard and figure out.
The pattern game looks great, she is a pro! You can even bring bowls to the trial as part of the mental warm up!
The tricks went well and she understands the context cue of going through the gate and grabs the leash. That might be her way of coping with the arousal change, so you can let her do it. It is her way of self-regulation. It looks like when you dropped the leash, she let go! Yay! The sequence looked great and she was also wonderful about letting you put the leash on (then pulling you to the rewards LOL!!)
So this game just needs to go on the road, where we can get feedback from her about what she needs in different contexts. Doing it at league or in class will help!
Home sequences – she was very excited and had trouble lining up then broke the stay. You can reward this with the remote reinforcement – get a short stay then mark and run to the treats. Of course you can reward if you have treats with you, but my guess is that treats are a context cue for stays (they are for many dogs!) so you’ll need to reward it when you don’t have treats with you. *Not* having treats is a context cue for the release from the stay for many dogs 🙂
The sequences went great! She is reading lines really well (and going REALLY fast!) and your connection looked really good too!
Adding the serp-to-blind to the 5 jump: you can send to 4 from further away so it is easier to get across the 5 jump while also showing connection to the landing side. She got the jump at 1:00 because you were not as far ahead. I thought your position at 1:14 was better (in terms of being ahead) but you were looking ahead so she took that as a cue for layering. You can get her to do the serp while you move to the blind by looking at the landing spot as you fly through (your serp arm can also point back to it).
On the class video – that is a great challenge and a fun jump-tunnel discrimination!! It looks like she was heading to the 3rd tunnel then at :11, you said tunnel again and she looked at you – then decided it must be the jump. When you got into the frame at :12, it looks like you were already turned so my guess is that you were turning your shoulders too soon and needed to run forward for longer. A Go verbal can help there too!
Great job on these!!!! Let me know what you think.
Tracy
Hi!
Yay! We are excited to see Frankie here!!
She did great with the pattern games! Thinking about the trial environment: you can use the pattern game outside the ring to help her not feel so shut down – back and forth where she gets to move, then a bit of up and down in front of of the ring as you are waiting. Then tricks right before she goes in.
She gave you a little bark… does she bark on cue? Can you get more of that going? It is the best volume dial game ever!!!! Sorry/not sorry about all the noise LOL!
For real!!! You can see the back of her brain take over: freeze!! Then the front of her brain takes control again: she has a quick sniff and then moves through the gate. Yay!!! Fascinating to see, especially at home!
You can mix in marking that moment where she comes through the gate by running back to rewards! Make it variable and random mixed in with marking various spots on course. She totally knows where the treats are! Her brain is probably split: thinking about the treats and thinking about the agility. You can do this variable schedule of running out for rewards at trials too: run out just for entering the ring! I recommend UKI or USDAA for that, much less expensive LOL!
Getting her to bark and spin and do that stuff as she moves into the ring withut needing to see treats in your hands will also be very valuable. Treats can be the cues for those behaviors, so we want to be able to get the behaviors without treats in your hands or pockets.
Question:
Does she like being carried? Have you played with mixing in carrying her into the ring?For the next 2 trials, you can experiment with different things outside the ring: patterns, tricks, etc and see how the run goes! And do short easy fun runs, so she gets her groove back 🙂
Also, since she was very shut down in the last 2 trials, you can consider getting her looked at by a soft tissue vet or chiro – maybe something hurts? And you can look at maybe putting in a probiotic, to help her system handle the stressors of trials. For example, one of my young dogs is on Purina Calming Care probiotic and he is very confident!!!!! And we added folic acid to my girl Hot Sauce’s diet and she is also a healthier happier dog now (there is actually a test for B12 and folate levels in dogs!)
Congrats on Westminster! My dogs are not AKC agility eligible but we did try to get into the flyball event – they only took 15 teams and about a gazillion applied… and we didn’t get in 🙁
But you can expect Westminster to be crowded and busy. Are you flying or driving? You will want to leave a buffer for her to get some decompression. Does she like a snuffle mat or a chew bone? Those can help, even right inside the event area! And we can make a plan for Westminster based on what she tells us at the next 2 trials.
Great job with her here, and I am excited to see more!
Tracy
Hi!
>Our instructor did say we needed to start doing things in class like having people be ring stewards, running with no treats, etc. >
Great!!!! I am sure she will have plenty of fun ways to help make it feel more like a trial 🙂
>I used. Toy the first day we trialed FEO. He was interested the first run but not after that so I haven’t taken one in since then.>
You can try it again – he might be more interested in it now that he is getting more experienced in that environment.
>>Unrelated question, my older pug & I are going to compete in the Westminster agility trial. They are having a fly all tournament in the same area. Are you going to be there for either agility or flyball? Would love to meet you in person!>
Darn it, I wish I was going!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You will have a blast!!! My current competition agility dogs are not AKC eligible (intact mixes) and we did try to get the flyball team in… but it was a random draw and they only took 15 teams, so we didn’t get in 🙁 I wish I was going, I would love to meet you!!!!
Tracy
Hi! The last day is February 25th. I am hoping that we get through the cold and snow coming tomorrow and next week… then it warms up fast!!!
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Hi!
Lots of great work here with the serps! He had very few questions and a ton of success. The stay is one of the hardest parts of this – great job rewarding it and trying not to let him break when you moved your hand!!
When you are in serp position, I think the best reps were the ones where your serp arm was a little more extended away from your torso. That is when it was really visible to him, like at :38 and :50.
When you were doing cookie toss starts, he had a lot more speed and at :52 you were late showing the serp hand so he didn’t see the cue. On the others that started with a cookie toss, you were earlier with the cue but it was still harder for him to see, so you can shake the serp hand a bit to make it more visible as he is running towards you.
The rest of the session was from the stay – that was much easier for him and he was super successful. Yay!!! And the hard angles were no problem for him. Super!
Based on this session, he is ready for you to try the threadle slices!
Great job here!
Tracy
Hi!
Only 8 months, she is doing GREAT!!> Today, I’ll work on advancing into the threadle. >
Perfect! Have you looked at the advanced level, where we show the dog the serp versus the threadle in the same session? She is ready for that.
>I’m also going to go back and work on the mechanics of the rear cross. She isn’t understanding that very well. She is reacting and guessing still.>
The trick is to get to her other side really early, so she can see you clearly and turn the correct direction. Definitely get it on video – that allows us to see if you were on time or not 🙂
Tracy
Hi! These games are looking really strong!!
Very nice rocking horse session! I think the added connection made a difference. The only time he had question was at :39 – you were a little ahead of him, meaning your looked forward and pointed forward before he had fully finished the wrap. On the other reps, like at 1:00, you were more connected as he exited the wrap, then you didn’t start the send to the next wing til he was finished with the wrap – and it looked great! Yay!
I don’t think you are using wrap verbals here, so definitely add them 🙂 And keep the connection nice and clear… and add more distance between the wings 🙂
Threadle wrap – nice job keeping your feet straight as he was arriving to your hands! He was turning away and finding the barrel brilliantly. Yay! Next step – when you turn him away, keep your feet straight and don’t turn the same direction he is going to 🙂 When you turn and face the direction you are throwing the toy, you are doing a tandem turn. So to make is a threadle wrap, your feet would be facing the camera here the whole time. I think you will find that easier when you are moving, so feel free to go to the next rep and add movement forward 🙂
>One thing I wanted to talk about is that I naturally am saying “let’s go!” which I also say when running my other dogs when I’m ahead of them to encourage them to speed up and catch me (not that they really need it). BUT that’s the cue we discussed using as the remote reinforcement cue. I’m no stranger to dog’s being able to understand context, but would you say this is a problem? Is it OK to continue using the “let’s go” cue even though I naturally blurt it out in other contexts?>
Ah yes… I think this context is too similar. If you might say it when you are ahead on a line, and might say it to mean let’s go to the reward, it can be confusing (especially at the end of the course). And it will dilute it if he hears it in the agility context and it means something else. So I think a different phrase would be better for the marker. It can be anything you like! My ‘let’s go’ is a bit boring, some other folks use things like “happy hour!” Or “Party!” Or “snacks!” LOL!!
Turn and burn was a great choice! He definitely liked chasing you!!! You can add your wrap verbals to this game too – start him closer to the barrel, gently pulling back on his collar and saying the verbal…. Then let him go to the barrel. You were saying go and we want to save that for the big extension lines.
>Another observation is I tend to look ahead to where I am going, likely because the yard isn’t THAT big and I want to make sure I don’t run into the fence.>
It is valid to not want to run into the fence! You will want him to see side info and connection though, so you will want to make sure you look back at him. Also, when you were not connected and took off, he was hitting the barrel – he seemed to have to switch his focus from a clean barrel wrap to looking at you to see where you needed him to be. So the connection will help support his clean mechanics too!
If have found that if I look downwards to the dog while connecting and running, then my peripheral vision field if wider and I can see anything ahead (so I don’t run into anything). You can also put a cone on the ground that you can see as you run connected to him – the cone can indicate something line “you are 5 feet from the fence” to prevent a collision 🙂
Great job!!!!
TracyHi!
Hope you are having a great weekend!I can’t believe he is only 5,5 months, he is doing so well with all of these games!!!!
The Sturdibag video was adorable. Anything for a cookie LOL!!!
>For the last couple days we’ve also played around with arousal dialing with tugging, working on a “nose boop” (nose touch to my fisted hand) and spins both ways, and trying to learn to trot, instead of bounce, in left handed circles (lol, conformation showing practice).
>Perfect! This is a game to revisit as his brain matures, and also to add it before other games to get him learning to how work in higher arousal (trial prep!)
Nice job with the head turn video! It is perfectly cool to put the cookie in the magic cookie hand – but on the first side, the questions were more about your hand cue being a shade early and fast. You were cuing the turn away before he finished the first wrap. So waiting til he has fully finished the wrap and then slowly drawing him through the turn away.
I think having he cookie only in the non-turning hand was a distraction on the other side too – he kept stopping to pick up his drive through order at your left hand rather than following your right hand through the turn LOL! You can use a cookie in each hand so he knows where to focus and so you can toss it like you were doing after the wrap.
Backside slice is going really well! He as going really fast (“I GOT THIS MOM!!”) so you were moving faster too – and he was still great! Excellent job with your connection and line of motion here. You were almost at the center of the bar, so you can check out the advanced level here!
While I am thinking of it – you can help generalize the wrap concept by making your barrel look different each time. It can be easy – stuff different colors of towels in it to make it solid-looking, or laundry 😂🤣.
The threadle wrap is going really well too – this is another skill where the hand movement is slow (even when he is running full international courses, the hand cue is slow :)) That will help get the turn away very smoothly each time especially as you add motion (he is ready for you to add your motion).
>didn’t quite get the “and then go around the barrel” part- not sure if it was me not cueing correctly or just he needs some time to sleep on it? (or both!)>
Yes, I see what you mean – he was turning away then waiting for more info early in the session. You responded correctly with fast tosses of the reward to the other side of the barrel. That was so helpful for him! You can try putting a bowl out there on the other side (3/4ths of the way around the barrel) to help jump start the turn away) and then drop the treat into the bowl. Then after a few reps, you can go back to tossing treats and gradually toss later and later, to let him wrap more and more.
But also… he probably just needs to sleep on it. It is a hard skill and it is one of the newer skills here. He is doing great!
The threadle slice looked strong too! You had really clear threadle mechanics so he was super successful. Doing this session without the bowl was fine to introduce the skill and your motion to toss the treat was pretty minimal. But yes, add in the bowl or target so he can go find the bar by himself. And after a couple of reps of that (he won’t need a lot of reps) you can go to the advanced level, where you show hi the threadle and the serp positions in the same session here.
>Also time flies, MaxPup 1 is ending soon right? What will I do without you?!>
For real!!!! We have plenty of time here – 3 more weeks of stuff and then several week more for folks to do as much as they like. Then a break…. Then onwards to MaxPup 2!!!
Great job here :)
Tracy
