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I think he was expecting a release, perhaps, and didn’t realize he was not in a stay? That might be why he didn’t really move when you didn’t move. He did well when you were moving, so you can add the next step, where you are moving 🙂 It is a moving cue anyway, so we don’t need to worry about doing it with you standing still if he thinks it is weird 😉When you are moving, you can start pretty close to the line to start then add more and more distance away from it laterally. That will help jump start the behavior then I think it will be very easy 🙂
Nice work!
TracySuper nice start to the rocking horses! The single sends looked great.
When you did 2 in a row, he had a question on the 2nd one because it looks like your leg was stepping past the barrel on the 2nd send, blocking it a bit.
When you switched sides, you did not block to barrel and he found it with no questions. Yay!
He really lit up when you started using the toy! So definitely keep using it 🙂
When you moved the barrels a little further apart, he had a question on the send: if you look at him more as you step to the barrel (and point ahead a little less) then he will see your shoulders pointing to the line better and commit even better.
You can keep adding distance between the barrels. Great job here!
Tracy
Hi! Glad to see you back!
> I have completed week 5 and some of 6. If I keep doing 1 week at a time, will I be able to send in videos for a few extra weeks?>
We have an extra month built in here for video submissions – the last games are posted March 30th and the last day to post is April 27. If that isn’t enough time, let me know and we can swap into the Supersized class that is still running so you can still post 🙂
>Also wondering if you have any suggestions on helping him settle? He is a busy, busy puppy no matter how tired I get him. He has to stay in an expen when I’m not directly supervising him because he is still super destructive. He has lots of chewies and toys, but throw rugs and pillows and cushions and blinds are much more fun.>
Sounds like a normal teenager LOL so yes, keep tiring him out and giving him lots of activities/things to chew on.
To get more settling in the house, you can take some time where you know you will be able to sit on the couch and watch TV – and when he is already tired from other busy activities) and he can be in the room with you, some chewies, and a dog bed. You can tether him to you with a leash, then sit and relax (and basically ignore him). If you have another dog who will be very relaxed, you can have that dog help out by providing social learning.
Do it for a very short time, just letting him do whatever until he settles. Clear the area of any things you don’t want him to chew on (tethering will help prevent him from chewing on things that you can’t remove), and keep redirecting him to his chewies as needed. Short bursts of this mixed in with xpen time when you can’t chill with him or supervise him will help!
You’ll see that he will settle for longer periods and you’ll have to supervise less and less.
Tracy
Hi!
>Then i turned on the camera for this session and he checked out, I thought about getting the tug toy out but didn’t want to nag him, i did a couple of hand targets for food but he was like, meh. so waited til he opted-in to training>
Yes, if he had just done 2 sessions of multiple minutes with food, then you’ll want to give him a break and a toy to play with and re-energize for more.
Sniffing and checking out for a bit was his way of taking that break.
>He gave a very wobbly first rep so i gave a low value reward – then you see we quickly gain confidence and nail it. >
I think that first rep was rewardable – you were a little far from it and the step to it was not as clear as the 2nd rep, but he did indeed go around it! It looks like you were reaching towards him to reset and he stood still, and that is when the cookie came out. But you can totally reward the effort of that first rep, especially since he was not all-in when you were wanting to start the session.
You got the toy involved after that and he did great!
On those forward sends, you can connect more by looking at him and point at the barrel a little less. When you point forward and look forward, it actually turns your shoulders to the other side which was where he was going on the first rep and at 1:25. When your shoulders are clear (like on the sideways sends) he got it right each time 🙂
The backwards sending was harder for sure but he got it! You can shift your connection as he is passing you to look behind you at the barrel to help support his commitment there.Nice job!
TracyHi! This went well, he was able to find and offer behavior on the mat. Great start!
Your plan to elevate it by putting some foam under it is great – it makes it more obvious to him, and will also help you isolate your criteria. If you will want to have him hit with bith rear feet, start rewarding when you see that last foot hit the mat. You can at the mat rather than watch him, as that often makes it easier to see all the feet. And I literally count feet 1-2-3-4 and reward on 4 🙂Nice job here!
Tracy
Good morning!
>Yes the Farm still has sheep. They also have cats that try to sneak into the building.>
Yes, that is a lot! He was a good boy!
He was good about consistently bringing the toy back to you! The smaller space really helped (he didn’t have too far to go with it) and you were good about really tugging for a good amount of time before switching to the next throw.
>Seem most with a lot of fuzzy. Problem is he likes to eat them too>
Fuzzy is often a favorite when they are still growing in all the new teeth 🙂 and some dogs prefer fuzzy toys forever too! For the eating them – having the 2nd toy was helpful and you can also try having him trade for a cookie when he gets it back to you.
You can add in more space and see if he can still bring the toy directly back to you! You can also try throwing it and running the opposite direction to see how that goes 🙂
Great job!
Tracy
Good morning!
Yay for it finally being spring!! I am sure Scholar will move past the distractions really quickly – working outside is pretty new to him and spring brings good smells and distractions LOL! And I am glad to hear his first group class went well too.
The blue disc is a good object for getting on! One wy to get him to offer behavior on it more immediately is to get the treats in your hands before you put it down. When you put it down then get the treats, he looks at you 🙂 so if you get the treats ready then put the object down, the object becomes the center of attention.
Then as he is thinking about it… you can be stationary and quiet 🙂 when you are moving, he is watching you. But if you are quiet/not moving and looking at the disc, that will also direct his focus to it. You can start the reward flow as soon as he looks at it by placing a reward out over it for him to move to. That can give him the ‘a-ha!’ moment that will get him offering even more behavior.
Nice work here!!
Tracy
Hi!
> I knew that jumping and weave poles were off-limits for his age but somehow didn’t consider the teeter as well. I am happy to continue working on the travel plank until he is older.>
I didn’t know it either until I had to rehab a dog from a luxating patella surgery and the sports vet told me that the teeter was one of the last obstacles to come back into training, because of the joint impact. It made perfect sense because of how hard the teeter hits the ground. But you can start working on baby versions of teeter games, keeping the movement of the board under 1 inch – there is little to no impact when it moves very little.
Keep me posted!
Tracy
Good morning!
Nice job working through the decel – part if to was her expecting the reward out ahead, and part of it was getting the time to be a bit earlier.
The 1st decel was late, she was already at the takeoff point so she turned her head but did not have time to collect. And she was super cute hopping over the bar looking for her toy! LOL!
2nd rep was better timing and she did collect – she was expecting her reward out ahead but that all shift when she consistently gets the reward back from you after a wrap. You can see that already happening at 1:46 and beyond! Super!
She was getting the idea really well after that, just be careful not to rotate into the FC until you see her lifting her feet up to jump. As she is sorting out the collection, it will be easy to pull her off the jump if you are too early on the rotation. That is what happened at 2:10.
Looking at the whoa on the tunnel: good timing! When using it, what line would you like her to produce? You were rewarding wraps here which is good if you always want her to wrap when you use ‘whoa’ – but I don’t think that is the case 🙂 So I am going to try to convince you to have more verbals to indicate it is it a wrap or a soft turn. These can be the same as your jump verbals and they will reply help her know exactly what to do 🙂
The serp video went well – it took her a moment to hold the sit AND do the serp on cue at the beginning (the reward on the ground is hard!) but then she locked it in. You can rotated back to her more on the serp arm (with your upper body), When you switched sides , you can see that your shoulder was a little closed (almost like a post turn) and the reward was creating the line. Ideally, the center of your chest is pointing back to her so more so that means really bringing your term arm back and rotating at the waist.
She did really well getting. the tunnel on the very first cue for that, as well as any time you asked for it in the session! Super! Same with the threadle – nailed it on the first rep!
Great job here!
Tracy
Hi!
This side did go really well! I wonder if there was some type of ‘pressure’ in the environment that the dogs reading the previous location. He was able to find the backside really well here with you at a pretty big distance!
You can add it to the countermotion exit now – you keep moving past the exit wing while looking back at the landing spot (and rewarding him there) to get commitment even as you move past it. And you can add more speed too (jogging then running) because that will make it easier to get past the exit wing.
Great job!
Tracy
Hi!
>Should I be using the same cue for Threadle and Tandem turns? Or would it make sense to use different cues?>
Tandem turns are used in more places, so the verbal cue would depend on if the tandem takes place on the front of the jump or the backside of the jump. But since we are doing it on wings here, you use your threadle wrap cue as that is what it will look like the most when we do add jump bars. Let me know if that makes sense.
Tracy
Hi!
The backside game is off to a good start! Only one suggestion:
Be sure to look at her pretty directly as she is coming around the wing on the way to the backside (don’t look at the jump). You were looking forward to the jump and could probably see her peripherally, but she couldn’t see the connection – you can see her looking up at you to get more info especially on the first rep. Plus, looking ahead of her turns your shoulders to the front of the bar so that was the other reason she had a question at the beginning.As she exits the start wing, you can look right at her and say the backside verbal directly to her – that maintains the connection and keeps your shoulders pointed to the backside line too!
The last rep had the most connection so keep going with that! The connection will also allow you to start getting further and further from the backside wing.
The lateral lead outs are also going really well! Her stay looked great and she found the jump after the release every time. Super! You can add in being on the other side of the start wing, and the advanced games too!
You can also play with seeing if you point at the line to the jump, if she looks at the jump too. Then you can release when she looks at it. If she keeps looking at you, you can place a toy out past the jump to get her to look forward. That way we can begin applying the focus forward to the jumps too.
One suggestion on the verbals: if “ok” if the release to move forward, you will want to use a different word for when you throw a reward to her – OK and get it might also mean to go forward rather than get the reward being thrown to her. I use ‘catch’ there to keep things clear.
Great job!
Tracy
Hi!
I think what was happening in the outdoor videos was at first, you were trying to throw the toy to get him to take the jump after the release. But that ended up being confusing, because it was casing you to disconnect and throw which ended up rewarding *not* taking the jump. Then you were getting mad at him so he started looking away more and at the jump less.
It went better when you were placing the toy out on the line because it was clearer to him, or rewarding after he took the jump. When you did that, he was jumping looking at you a bit but that might have been from the first few reps where he got rewarded for not taking the jump.
It was easier when you were on the other side of the start wing (landing side of the jump) and you can see him looking at the jump a few times as you were leading out! Yay!
When you placed the toy at the end of the first video, he did not know you wanted him to look at it. Throwing it after you lead out and before you released definitely got him to look at it on the 2nd video!!
So to get him looking at the jump more – take it off the jump for a session and just have a toy on the ground. Start by leading out laterally when he is in a stay, then throw the toy like you did in the 2nd video. You can point to the toy (even if he is already looking at it) then you can release when he looks at it.
Do that for a few reps and if he can look at the toy after you have thrown it, switch it up: put the toy down, then line him up and lead out. Then point to the toy and release when he looks at it. That will relay the concept which is then pretty easy to transfer to a jump!
Let me know how it goes! It is also good to work outside because ut gives you so much more room. The distractions will disappear as he gets more experience with working outside.
Nice work!
TracyHi!
>I’m hopeful that I’ll be able to get Jazz in to see Dr. Canapp soon. Discussed (via email) with our chiro and she offered to make the referral thinking that might get us in sooner.>
And if there is a good soft tissue sports vet locally, you can rule out or rule in stuff before going to him too.
>She continues to be willing to “play the game”. >
She was very happy to work here! Super nice stay and she was very excited for the ball 🙂
Her form is looking good – nice thoughtful striding but also very speedy. Yay! She did really well ‘reading’ the distances and I bet the next time she sees rep 4, she will bounce it rather than do a collected one stride. Super!>Too late into the session I realized that you suggested using a food target so the ball may not have made the best target as I was throwing it. That is probably why she isn’t flattened out on the last jump as she is looking up for the ball. Next time I’ll get out pink piggy so I can place and drag it.>
Yes – that was why she was looking up. The pink piggy being dragged is probably the best option to keep her head lower on jump 3.
>I think she looks pretty good, although her color looks off in the second to last one. >
When I read this, I didn’t understand what you meant til I watched the video LOL!! 😂 Yes, I liked her costume change for that one rep hahahahahaha
You will have fun at the Invitational!
>The distances will be a challenge for us. >
I think you’ll do great – they are likely to be smaller than the distances at the WCO! And they should be intuitive. The only strange course will be Snooker because, well, it is Snooker. LOL!!!
Great job here!
TracyHi!
Yes, I tried to respond but you hadn’t posted the video hahahahaha
I don’t think it was a toy thing, I think it was a clarity of the serp arm/upper body.
On the first rep on each side, you released before your upper body was fully in serp position so it did read like a tunnel cue. At :07, your arm never really got back and your was it never rotated so he took the tunnel. You were clearer on the rest on that side so he did really well!When you changed sides: At 2:41, you kind of dropped the arm back simultaneously with the release so it was a little confusing. At 3:00 you said break before you showing the real serp cue.
3:21 was better in terms of the serp cue but also, there was converging motion past the jump so he was not sure of where to be, and was getting frustrated. Dialing back the motion so you could how the very very clear upper body before the release without converging will really help! When you are doing the serp, you can be moving into position with your serp arm already all the way back for several steps, so he is seeing the cue before the release and can nail it with motion.
Nice work here! Let me know what you think (but don’t forget to submit it hahahahaha)
Tracy
