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Good morning! It looks like I never replied about this video – sorry!!!! Or maybe I typed the reply and never posted it. It popped up again with your other videos from yesterday!
His backing up is looking really strong!!! You were clicking each step back and he was taking some very BIG OBVIOUS steps back – awesome! That can build up really well into warm up and stretches!! The next step would be to click less, letting him get all the way to the plank before you click. Start close for that for a couple of reps, then you can add more and more distance. You can also start to add a verbal cue! You can say a word like “back” or use a silly cue like a truck beeping when they back up 🙂
Great job!
TracyGood morning!
>>I know I need to transition off it but I’m cold wet grass it is so useful.>>
I think it the cold wet grass is going to hamper her stay, then definitely keep using the plank! And you can do separate short sessions in the wet gras with highest value treats, to help her learn the joys of sitting in wet grass 🙂
The backside slice “twist” is going really well! She is really starting to get independent on these and you are further and further away. Yay! As you keep playing with these and adding more independence – you can over-exaggerate the reward placement to help her come around the entry barrel and look for the bar (and not at you). To do that, as you are moving away, toss the reward behind you to where the barrel and bar meet so she doesn’t look at you at all – she goes directly over the bar to grab the reward 🙂
On the wraps: keeping your arms low for the send to the wrap is the key, so she can see the connection and know exactly where to go. On the first one at :13, great connection until she was past you and locked onto the barrel.
Compare that to :21, where you pointed forward to the barrel right after she left the plank, so connection broke and she was looking up at you (:22) for more info. When you stepped backwards out of it, she was still pretty close to you and not near the barrel, so she came with you. Try not to mark that as incorrect at all – you can cue the plank, reward, try again, all in flow 🙂 The next rep at :26 had bette reconnection and she got it really well!For the backside wraps, you can be moving forward past the barrel now so she does a full 360 turn on it.
Minny Pinny is looking good! Adding the verbals is perfect – you were playing with making them sound different, which is important. Try to slow them down a bit and extend them, so it is more like riiiight riiiiight riiiight and less of a RITERITERITE – that will help her differentiate them from the wrap cues.
>>I could not video it but she offered circling the iPhone tripod base>>
That’s hilarious! Circle ALL the things LOL!!!!
Looking at the mat work:
>>She makes so few mistakes I am Not sure she knows what I am clicking for.>>
She seems to definitely understand that it was about feet on the mat! I am not sure if she knew if it was front feet or back feet, so you can click back feet very specifically – some of the clicks were back feet but many were front feet. There are two ways to isolate the back feet (I do them both, simultaneously):
– attach the mat to a block or something that she steps up on to, to get to the mat. Duct tape is perfect for this 🙂 and the thing you attach the mat to can be about an inch or two high and as long as the mat. Anything relatively solid will work. Getting her to step up onto something as she travels across it will help her isolate the feet and it will help you see the back feet better
– as you are working it, stare at the mat rather than at her. That way you will see the back feet. If you are looking at her, it is harder to see the back feet plus we humans anticipate things and end up clicking front feet 🙂You can also have 3 or 4 treats in your hand – she was watching you take the next treat out, so you will get more of that back-and-forth feel if you have the treats in your hands already.
Great job here! Let me know what you think!
TracyGood morning!
The backside slices are going well! I think it went better when you didn’t use a stay because he was moving before the release on the stay. The cookie starts allowed you to be moving sooner and faster, so you were able to consistently get him to the backside. The cue looked really good (lots of connection as you moved up the line and no pointy arm :)) so remember to move straight forward and not towards the barrel.
He only had one question, at :12 – he was headed to the backside then you relaxed the cue a bit and you started to move the toy, so he turned to you. He sees everything 🙂
For the next steps, keep adding more distance to get further and further across the bar – and as you get further across, add in throwing the toy back to the landing spot closer to the barrel so he comes around the barrel looking for the bar and not at you.>>The thumbnail shows Mason in a weird position during one of his turns. >>
He was doing a normal turn, not falling 🙂 He was in a gait that was more of a fast canter and it is not a really tight turn required there, so it might look weird on a screenshot or thumbnail.
The rocking horse games are looking good and I agree – he loved the running part of it 🙂
The FCs at the beginning looked good! You can run with the toy scrunched up in your hand now so the reward can be presented more smoothly.
The spins looked good too – really nice connection on the exits of the spins!At :40 when you sent to the grey barrel, he was behind you and you turned and looks directly forward. That is a disconnection that looks exactly like the beginning of the blind cross cue, so he (correctly) crossed to the other side.
You can either keep going or reward when that happens because whenever the dog ends up on the other side of us, the connection was broken and they read it correctly as a blind cross. He got frustrated when you tried to go back and re-start.
Connection was much clearer on the other reps so he always knew where to be on the FCs (he like the turn and burn exit on one of the reps too!) and the race tracks! The only little connection blooper was at the very end at 1:29 – you were starting to look forward and point to the barrel, so if you freeze the video at 1:30 you can see that the pointing forward turned your shoulders and feet away from the line and blocked his view of your eyes (so he is looking up at you). Even though you could see him, probably, it was a disconnection because he could not see your eyes clearly and your physical cue turned away from the barrel. As he gets more experienced he will start to commit anyway, but those little bloopers are good reminders to stay connected on the sending.
Great job here! Stay warm!!!!
TracyHa!!! That is what happens when I haven’t had enough coffee and the TV is on in the other room – the TV had the words magic being played and so that is what came out of my fingers. Please ask Karma to accept my apologies!
Hello and welcome!! This session looked great!
You had great connection throughout, from the send to the wing and then down the line of the jumps – from all the positions especially when she was ahead of you. SUPER!! She seemed to have no questions at all.It looks like there was a placed reward out ahead, which is a good way to get this started. For added challenge, if you wanted to play with this again, you can repeat it just like this except you throw the reward instead of place it. That will challenge you to maintain connection and it will challenge her to keep looking forward and not at you 🙂
Great job here! You can also move to the exit line connection 🙂
TracyWow, this was pretty perfect!! I can just watch your head on the video and know exactly where you wanted her to go. Turns out, she felt the same way because her commitment was perfect here! YAY!!!!
You were patient with each cue, really emphasizing the connection as you moved up and down the line: she can be the one that goes fast, you can be the one that supplies info, and it makes the dance look GREAT! The next step would be to add more distance so you can practice maintaining that connection from wherever you are – no need to try to get to the jumps, you can send and leave with the connection you had here.
Great job!!!
TracyYes! The break week starts today and it perfectly timed! I am glad that all of the demo videos are finished because I have 3 inches of snow on the ground with an ice crust… and no warm weather in sight. Ick!!!! So yes, we have a break week and then 2 more weeks of content – then a couple of extra weeks after that because everyone is getting hit with bad weather!
T
Good morning! Great music here to start my day!
This session went really well 🙂 The first rep at with shifting connection at :05 was great – you were rotated and using the other arm with very clear shifting to the landing spot on the jump and she nailed it!You had good shifting connection at :15 and :29 too – both of those moments had really good connection but it will be easier for you to stay ahead of her and more obvious of a cue if you switch to the other hand to point to landing at like you did at :05, instead of the dog-side hand across your body. She committed beautifully which is why we can play with getting you as far ahead as possible 🙂
She has excellent commitment on the circle wraps on the wing so you were actually able to disconnect for a heartbeat there (which is fine in that context, more info about that in the 4th set of games :)) Just remember to re-connect – at :19 you were looking ahead as she exited the circle wrap (no side info) and you were saying go – so she went straight. Good girlie!
You reconnected on the last rep there and she nailed it at top speed. Great job here!!!
Tracy
Good morning! Thanks for checking in! I am so glad you are had fun with Sabina – I heard great things about the seminar 🙂 Yay! I am sure you and Magic tackled those challenges brilliantly!
Yes, the weather is gross right now – I am in warm sunny Virginia… with 3 inches of snow on the ground and a crust of ice. Ewwwwww!! Looks like we have a few days of cold ahead but then things improve (to mud hahahahaha). The timing works out well though – today starts our “break” week so people can wait for the weather to clear before getting into whatever they need to work on. The 3rd set of games is posted on the 24th! Hopefully the cold weather will go away.
Have fun! Stay warm!
TracyGood morning! This went well!!
Your brain really wanted to do the spin on the exit of the jump instead of the post turn, which is fine 🙂 You did the spin at 1:10 and it worked well! Whichever move you choose, remember to make a clear connection back to her – I think you were looking ahead to the circle wrap and she could only see your back like at :47. You had the nicest line when you looked back at her, like at 1:11.
Looking at the circle wraps:
The first sequence with the circle wraps at :06 and :11 had really good shifting connection, so she committed as you ran forward really well!! You can shift your connection even sooner on those, like a cue that tells her “you go there” as she is beginning to pass you.On the reps where she had a question about the wrap (:29) – I have no beef with your hands/arms LOL! Yes, they were moving more than the other reps but what happened there was that as you were trying to move directly forward, you were looking at her and not shifting the connection to the ‘landing’ spot so she went with motion forward to the jump rather than the circle wrap.
Your motion there was correct though – moving directly forward. Just add the shifting connection and I think she will get it! On the other circle wraps reps, you were helping with motion by moving a bit backwards and sideway like at :49, :53, 1:12, and 1:19 – the motion pulled her around. That meant she caught up with you 🙂 And if you can shift your connection like at :06 and :11 and continue to move forward, you will stay way ahead which is SUPER useful for a dog as fast as she is 🙂
Great job here! Let me know what you think!
Tracy
Hi!
I think that most of us don’t realize we are switching the toy around, so having 2 toys helps a lot – can’t be in the wrong hand if there in one in each hand 🙂T
Hi!
>> I wasn’t sure the distance for this lesson. I didn’t see where you specified feet between jumps like you did on the last ones. What is a good distance to move the jumps to?>
The durance can vary depending on space and skills but I bet you can ty for things 18 feet apart then if that goes well, try 21 feet apart 🙂
>>Should I send videos of this one again or move on to the last lesson for week 2?>>
I am happy either way but Kashia does not seem to love doing the same thing over and over… so do the next lesson. Then we can go back to the others so she doesn’t feel like it is too repetitive.
Have fun!
TracyHi!
>>We are going to do some training runs at a NADAC Trial Sunday so going to record all those. Crossing everything that she brings her listening ears and doesnt run off… Will do mostly toy runs i think. >>
FUN!!! Do ALL toy runs. There is a history of running off so no need to risk it – make it “just like home” and do all runs with the toy visible. And if something goes wrong? Keep going. Or if you can’t keep going? Reward her. Make it the most fun to play with you – because the environment will be a LOT more challenging with people and other dogs.
My mantra with young dogs is from a Zig Ziglar quote: “Don’t give up what you want most of all for what you want right now.”
What you want most of all is a dog that is engaged and focused! What we all want right now is the Q 🙂 So resist temptation to do any runs without a visible toy, and just work through getting her happy and engaged with a toy in the ring 🙂
>> A lot of people on my facebook feed went to a UKI trial for the first time this past weekend and I saw how the food box works! Loved how that works. The next one localish is March.>>
UKI is a blast because of the food opportunities!! Is the local-ish one in Indy? That is a nice group.
>>Tomorrow and Thursday are about 32 or so- so hopefully we can get out to our field. Next Monday looks lovely at 40 degrees! She LOVES the cold so as long as we dont get anymore snow- we should be able to get out there.>>
Oooh, balmy weather ahead! It will be good to get outside 🙂 Have fun!
Tracy
