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>I took him to the field we rent last night and it illuminated alllllll the crate to gate things we need to work on! >
This is true of all young dogs! It is good that you started working on it.
>I’m doing an independent study of a class from Nicole Wiebusch called Freedom from FOMO: Overcoming Canine Frustration. >
Fun! I know Nicole from agility years back.
>I never thought I needed that kind of “control” from my dogs to do that “cot stay” but the sylabus mentioned that for some dogs it is actually easier to wait on a cot than inside a crate since they are not physically restricted. >
This can indeed be true: the barrier frustration of being in a crate can contribute to the screaming. And remember that the screaming is an anxiety-behavior, so hopefully the class approaches it as so.
Not sure if the class talks about this – One thing you can do is social support: have one of the Bostons with him so he is not isolated. Ideally it is a Boston that is quiet in the crate or on a cot. How does he do at home? I always start it at home of course, I am guessing the class suggests that too.
You can also leave the MM on the cot with him, which is a great motivator for hanging out on the cot and getting TONS of rewards while you are doing something else with the other dog.
Two other things to remember:
– staying on the cot is work, and for him it all be mentally expensive (exhausting!) so do it in short blasts, then give him a place away from the field to relax. If he expends all of his mental energy on the cot and regulating emotions, he might not be able to do the training all that well.
– because he is tiny, for safety reasons: don’t leave him on the cot without you right there while other dogs are running. Yes, I am insane about not letting small dogs get jumped.
>but I really would like to be able to put the dog waiting his turn in an ex-pen or crate or behind a gate and not have a tantrum. >
An xpen might be a less restrictive and safer option than a cot!
And giving him a decompression while in the xpen/crate or on the cot helps: Toppl, lick mat, etc. I have a video somewhere of how I start this if you want me to find it for you!
>He did a good job inside the ring at the rental though. I don’t have video but we did a quick session of the wrap proofing game. He needed a lot more support but he went into the tunnel and did some wraps. >
Yay! Good boy! It is normal to need more support in a new, harder environment.
>He wandered off after only a few reps but it was hot & a fairly new environment so I was still happy that he did some stuff.>
If he can do a 90 second session in the heat at home, try for 15 seconds in the new environment and see how he does!
Looking at the videos: I am glad he is having fun!!
On the wrap video: The wraps were great. For the tunnels, he was watching your hand a lot instead of going into the tunnel. Question: where was the reward? It looks like it might have been from your hand on many of the reps? If so, we can get more tunnel drive by always having the reward on the ground and not from your hand: you can use the cookie holder toy or even the MM sitting out there to get him to blast to it without looking at you (and without you needing to run 🙂
Looking at the wind in your hair:
>It was hot and he wasn’t driving ahead, so I couldn’t stay behind at the wing.>
I think the main thing here was getting him to track the reward throw. On the first couple of reps he was looking at you more than the line, so you had to show him the reward. Then about halfway through, he started looking ahead for the reward and then he was driving the line really well. SUPER!!! Getting that reward out ahead made a big difference and it will make it easier and easier to get him driving ahead of you.
It looks like he loved the smiley face game! Lots of great speed and commitment! He made you have to really run LOL!
He needed a shade more connection on the tunnel exit on your right side – when he couldn’t really see your eyes like at :58 and 1:09, he slowed down to wait for more info. You can see it also on the last rep at 1:23 – and he was also hot & tired by that point (I think that is why something caught his attention at 1:12 – hot and tired brain taking a break).
Because even cooler Florida temps are really hard for him, you can time the running/handling sessions to no more than 30 seconds total for now, or 3 reps…. Then back into the a/c 🙂 He has the double whammy challenge of being really young (so his body isn’t full developed to handle heat) and a short nose, so it will be better to give him an a/c break before his tongue even starts to curl. You might get fewer reps in, but those will be fabulous reps and super motivated. If you do get a ‘cold’ day (cooler temps and also lower humidity, if that exists :)) you can go longer. And summer is flying by fast, so soon enough it will be autumn and winter where you can have longer sessions too. Even with might long-nosed pointy dogs when we train at 6am, the humidity heats them up very quickly so shorter sessions are in order.
Great job here!
Tracy
Hi!
>I need to keep practicing that and want to set up the situation of a bar setter moving quickly past us as we head to the leash when her arousal is high from just running (like when the bar setter is sitting at the ring edge near the leash bucket and jumps up to go set for the next height.>
What do you think she might do if someone walks by?
That makes sense about not wanting more barking at 6:30am for the neighbors 🙂 Maybe on a weekend, where Kaladin can get the walk and Lift stays home, and you do her session at a more civilized hour of the morning? I think the arousal from FOMO without having an outlet for it in the form of the walk will be helpful 🙂
Looking at the pop out videos:
Lift:
>I think trying to run into a BC/threadle slice 3-4 was just a bad plan>
I think it was a good plan in some ways, depending on the stride length of the dog. The rep at :26 was actually a bit too early on the blind and created too tight of a turn, and the threadle slice info was not that visible. So you can start the BC when she is closer to takeoff of 3, then give her a big arm swing back for the threadle slice. You had the cross arm visible but I don’t think it was visible enough for her to adjust.
She is a small tight turning dog, so that might indeed make the push to the backside of 5 harder and awkward, and a blind on the landing side of 4 sets the better line. Getting her to the backside and not the tunnel is the challenge there 🙂 and the name call totally helped!
>Very happy with getting the BC to wrap right 8-9 though (no kangaroo!)>
Yes! That went really well! And the rest looked great too. The post turn on 8 sent her a little wide, as if setting up for a backside on 9. Getting a spin there on 8 will tighten up the turn really well.
Kaladin pop out 1:
He read the lateral lead out really well, but I think you will get more speed if you run into the blind from being closer to him and the wings at the start. He likes it when you have to scramble and speeds up 🙂Voice said tunnel at :16 but the rest of the cues all said backside of jump 🙂 The line wa better there on the next run, but the bar came down on 5 – I think the threadle on the takeoff side of 4 sets up a lot of lead changes which makes the 5-6 line harder.
Doing the BC on the landing side sets a better line and it I a similar time! I think the time difference came from running into the blind – if you stick closer to the 1-2-3 jumps and then send to the backside, you will get more speed overall.
Comparing the wrap to the right versus wrap to the left on the 7-8-9 line: in isolation, the wrap to the left was faster on from landing of 7 to landing of 9 (shorter yardage, probably) but overall, when adding the line in and out of the tunnel – the wrap to the right was faster because of all the extension 🙂
Looking at pop out 2: The 2nd half looks great! So I focused on the differences between the opening options.
Option 1 with all slices has potential to be the fastest, but currently it is the slowest because he had questions on the line especially 3-4. If you can drive him through 3-4 sooner, that might be fastest!Option 3 is on my radar as the fastest option: shorter distance to get the wrap side of 2 (less yardage than the slice by a little bit) and then blasting through the slice 3-4. I didn’t get an accurate time because he almost took the tunnel: but it was the 2nd fastest even with that extra wide line with the almost tunnel moment. That means that with a smooth line, it will be fastest by a mile 🙂
The double wraps were definitely slower, and the slice to wrap was fastest here but the wrap on 3 will not be faster than a clean slice on 3 🙂
Great job here!
Tracy
Hi!
>Here I had trouble getting him to turn to the right! Definitely handling that I will need to work on! He’s probably a lefty? >
It is entirely possible that he is a lefty, and/or you need to be super pushy about showing the slice line to get the turn. If it looks like a wrap or the info is late, he might be defaulting to the easier wrap side.
>PO5 I know I know! I did the backside of 6 as I did in PO4 but kept going. >
Always good to keep going 🙂 He was correct to follow the cues 🙂
>Up until now, as he enters a tunnel and I need him to turn I’ve been using his name right as he enters.>
Based on his feedback here, you will want to say his name (or a directional in the future) when he is still at least 1 and maybe 2 meters before entering the tunnel, so he can see & hear the turn cues.
For example at :37 – you were quiet and accelerating forward so he exited straight. Yo can call him before he enters and let him see you pulling away, which will tighten the exit and keep a lot of speed going through the next line.
>PO6 same 5-8 as PO3 1-4 where we struggled! I was able to notice when his eyes locked onto the tunnel!>Yes! It went really well. That is great – being able to see where he is looking is key to timing and commitment.
And keep that connection as he exits the tunnels too: for example at :09 and :33, be looking back at him as he exits to give him the push cue as he is exiting. He was looking at you and heading to the front of the jump there and then you gave the push cue. He got it, but you can smooth out that line by connecting right at the tunnel exit.One thing to continue doing with the pop outs and courses is walking them without him several times (like we did when matching walk throughs to the runs). That way you can lock in the connection more for the run, and not need to look forward as much.
You were checking the lines and looking ahead as you ran, so he was glancing up at you and slowed himself down to let your motion show the line (rather than blasting to the lines ahead of you). Since we want him to keep his speed up, connection is the key for him – and walking the sequences as few times so you don’t need to look ahead will really help!
He might have also been a bit slower here because he has done a lot of jumping lately, so you can give him a few days off from the jumping to let his muscles relax 🙂
Your spins and tight turns are looking really good – the spins were all used appropriately and got your feet pointing the next direction, so he responded brilliantly with super turns. YAY!!
Nice work here!
Tracy
Good morning!
The set point is looking really strong! Be sure to work it on your right side as well as on your left side. For upcoming sessions, you can lead out further before releasing – that will give him permission to add even more power 🙂 and we might end up adding 6 inches more between the 2 jumps
Remind me how old he is now? I am calculating when it would be appropriate to raise the height of the 2nd bar.
The pill bug went really well! These were inside circles, with him between you and the tunnel – these are usually harder, but not for Rusty! He was perfect!
You can also do inside circles with him on your right, as well as well as outside circles (you are between Rusty and the tunnel) on both sides. Changing where your connection is will tell him if it is an inside or outside circle.
>need to use a more visible thrown treat and one that can be eaten more quickly. I got too far ahead of him in trials that I didn’t include here and he just took the shortest path in the opposite direction.>
Well that was clever of him to take the shortest path 🙂 But yes, a visible treat helps a lot – when throwing treats outside during the summer, I use frozen bits of string cheese. It is very easy to see, it is easy to throw (doesn’t get stuck to my hand because it is still cold), and very easy to eat 🙂
Great job here!!
Tracy
Good morning!
He did really well here and I think he liked the extra action of adding the wings before and after the tunnel! And you are moving impressively well considering the big boot on your foot 🙂>Not sure why I am not getting it out of my mouth sooner. >
You are definitely getting earlier! To help get them out sooner, you can put a leash on the ground or a cone off to the side to mark the timing spot – and when he passes the leash or cone, start the verbals.
>All the new verbals>
One thing to consider is making the verbals sound different so they are easier for him to process. The GO can be loud and long, and the directionals can be different lengths/volumes: the left & right can be drawn out and more conversational in volume, and the wraps can be repeated quickly bt quietly. That will help him differentiate between the different directionals – if they all sound the same, he has to pick out the specific word which is much harder.
>And my tossing of toys today sucked. >
There were definitely some entertaining toy throws but he didn’t seem to mind 🙂 That toy is hard to throw at a big distance – do you have a toy that he loves as much, but is easier to throw?
>I wanted to look back towards him like you said after the tunnel but I think my position made it feel weird.>
I thought the connection was much clearer here! You can send to the start wing from further away so you don’t have to hustle as much to the next line (especially with the boot). And you can also think of using your arm to point back to him a he exits the tunnel, which might make it feel less weird to look back at him.
>Did check out once and I am not fully sure why other then I question if he didn’t want to give up toy.>
He was definitely into the toy! When he did the quick check out, I think he needed a moment to reset: he sniffed, did a full body shake off, then was ready to go again. You can try trading for a cookie to get the toy back – that will make it easier to give back so he will also have an easier time staying engaged and regulating the arousal of the tugging and running 🙂
Great job here!
Tracy
Hi!
She was certainly feeling feisty about being left in the car! You can also do the training before the morning walk, which might simulate an internal state more like what you will have at a trial.
She did really well here, I bet next time you can leave all 12 poles in.
>She popped out of the poles the first time she was weaving towards Kaladin, but I think part of that was me starting to move into a FC which I need to proof more in general.>
When I played it in slow motion, it looks like she popped out before you started the FC. But it is good to not do both in case she pops out, because if both things were happening it is hard to know what caused the pop.
She did well on the 2nd rep of weaving towards the hound, oops I mean Kal 😂 😆 . She definitely slowed down in the last couple of poles but stayed in, so that is a hard challenge but not overwhelmingly hard – let’s call it an appropriate challenge!
The remote reinforcement and the lining up/leashing up both seemed to be easy for her. Yay!!
Great job here!
Tracy
Hi! Yay for jumping into the CAMP courses! And starting with the big double whammys… that is hard!
>I tried to run it twice back to back as you suggested but physically ran out of steam, which was disappointing. >
At first I didn’t realize it was the BIG courses you were talking about – I thought it was the short sequences and I was worried about you not being able to do a double whammy. But not doing the double whammy on these giant courses? No worries, that is HARD and you did great.
Agility 1: run 1 went great! A couple of small suggestions to tighten up the line:
When she has the weave entry, you can start running towards where you want to be for the DW rather than staying relatively parallel and doing the FC as she exits.
Or, when thinking about getting a tighter turn on 12: you can hang back by the weaves and handle the dog walk (6) through 10 tunnel line by hanging out by the dog walk entry, so you can be further ahead for the exit of 11 – that will allow you to decelerate into the RC on 12 or potentially get a blind cross into a spin to tighten up the line there.
Or, as she is weaving, handle 6 on your left and flip her away to 7. Then handle 7-8-9-10 while layering the dog walk 🙂 so you are right there at 12 when she exits the tunnel 🙂
The only other place you can be tighter is on 17 at :36 – if you send to 15 and accelerate to 17, you will be able to show a lot of decel into it and also you will be closer to the line, using your position to tighten the turn.
She had trouble finding 19 at :41 – sounds like you were saying Go but it looks like the position of the jump is far enough away that she needed to lead change away to get to it. That would be a good spot for a ‘get out’ and opposite arm cue.
The opening in round 2 went great – excellent adjustments to handle it from behind! I liked the blind after the weaves here better than the FC you did in round 1 because the blind is quicker to get up the line.
Running out of steam at 1:00 might be why she didn’t take the 8 jump on the double whammy – too much decel on the send to 7 got a really tight turn. Same on the 10 tunnel, causing her to miss 11. The good news is that she is reading decel really well!
>Also, ridiculous aussie did not help the first attempt.>
Yes, she was feeling helpful LOL!!!
Course 2:
For that backside on jump 1 – be sure she is set up on a slice to the bar, not facing any option to the backside… and give yourself a lateral lead out so you don’t accidentally pressure the line to the backside when you release her and step to the jump. You can also release without a step, which takes out accidental pressure to the backside.
It worked better when you were more lateral at 13.
At 8 (:31) be sure to give her the same connection to bring her in on the backside that you did for 4 and 5 in the opening. You did it late at :31 and she passed the jump, but you were very timely at 4 and 5 in the opening!
Well done on the tunnel-tunnel section! She needed tunnel turn cues before she went into the 2nd tunnel
Did you want the left turn (rear cross) on 13? You pulled to the right turn wrap so the left turn/RC info came after she was gathering for takeoff. Good job continuing there! (If you did want the right turn and not the left turn, consider the left turn there because it is a faster line and gets you further ahead 🙂 )
Having to stay there to show 14 put you a little behind so she missed 16 but she got a heckuva weave entry!
I think you wanted her to turn left on the double whammy when you went back to jump 1 – be sure to decelerate into it and use big hand/arm movement to turn her away. She sa forward motion to the right turn side but good job continuing! That put you a little in the way so she passed 2 but GREAT job getting the 3-4-5 and the weaves to the teeter. Plus you gave great info on the 8 backside so she got it with no questions.
She had the same left or right question on 13, so that is a good spot where you can treat it like a tandem turn with decel and arms/hands to show her the jump then flip her away. She did find a jump after the 15 tunnel (it was 8, I believe) but then found the waves and finished super strong! Yay!
The double whammys on the big courses are a brutal 🙂 but the main reason or them is to get us handlers thinking on our feet and to keep going. You did that brilliantly! And you got through 35-ish obstacles before you lost steam so that is really good 🙂
Great job here! Safe travels to nationals and tryouts 🙂 and have a blast!
Tracy
Hi!
>This might sound weird but I wasn’t sure which side of the wings I expected him to be on.>
Not weird at all! Ideally, he is on the other side of the wing, putting the wing between him and you so he turns towards you (as if he was taking the front side of a jump).
>When I did the left he pulled into me. I am assuming that was due to my position.>
It was mainly a little bit of disconnection: he had a nice tight turn on th tunnel exit. You were pointing forward/looking forward to the wing, so he came to you. To get him to commit to the wing, keep your arm back and pointing to his nose, and make direct eye contact when he exits the tunnel as you move to the line. Letting him see the connection will get the commitment.
> With time I want him to wrap the wing and go back to the tunnel so I should have pushed him more. Right now since I am not running a lot I didn’t think to fix that and just concentrate on one left or right. Is that ok?>
Totally ok to do! I figured you were rewarding the great turns on the tunnel exit 🙂 And when you add more connection, I think it will be easy to get him to stay out no the other side of the wing.
Tracy
Hi! These sessions look really strong!
Set point –
She did well holding the stay here – it was not perfect but you were holding The Ball 🙂 so I think it was harder than usual 🙂 Ideally the ball (or any toy) ends up on the ground before you release her, so you can work towards the moving target (dragging toy) along with lots of stay rewards for that too 🙂
Her commitment to the jump in the Wind In Your Hair game looks great! And you have added distance and more running. Super! This is a game to revisit occasionally (we build on it in coming weeks) and change your position: on some of the reps, you can send to the start wing from further away to challenge her to find the jump when she is behind you. And sometimes you can start right at the start wing and stay there until she finishes the wrap – then start moving forward. That challenges her to drive way ahead of you.
Nice work here!
Tracy
Hi!
He did really well with the wind in your hair game! This is a good game to revisit occasionally (we build on it in future weeks), continuing to add distance between the wing and the jump. You can also change your position: sometimes send to the start wing from further away then move up the line to see if he can find the jump when you are ahead of him. And sometimes start right at the wing (especially when it is further from the jump) and stay at the wing, starting to move forward only when he exits the wing to challenge him to drive ahead of you.
The tunnel exits are also going really well! The GO reps had him exiting straight (great job with the timing and reward throw!). And your turn cues also looked good – your timing was earlier with the verbal and he was turning really well. Super!
>Although not videoed, I am making a lot of progress with Set Point – short sessions in the basement where it is cooler.
>Yay! Smart to do it in the basement to stay out of the heat! We build on it soon 🙂
Great job!
Tracy
Good morning! He did really well here!!!
For the Wind In Your Hair game:
This went great. Moving the toy to the outside hand made it clearer to see if he was committing to the jump or following the toy throw. When it was in the dog-side hand, I think he was looking at it and waiting for the throw. But when it was in the outside hand, he was looking for the jump 🙂 YAY!!!
So definitely keep the toy in your outside hand as you add more distance between the wing and the jump.
>I also in stages between yesterday and today got a tunnel out.>
You were motivated to play! The setup looked great 🙂
For the tunnel exits: his natural tendency is to want to look for you at the tunnel exit, so this plus the good timing of your eft & right cues made for lovely turns on the tunnel exit! Yay!
At the beginning, the Go verbal was late (when he was exiting the tunnel) so he was looking at you. But then at the end (4:45) you got the GO verbal out before he entered the tunnel and threw the toy before he exited – so you had a great GO exit there! Super! Definitely keep going with the early verbal and throwing before he exits to keep him looking straight on the exit. It will be easier when you can run more, but this is great for now to teach him not to rely on your foot speed alone.
Great job!
Tracy
Good morning!
I love that new toy! Fun!!!
>We have been trying to have others drag the toy for me but he’s just not really liking it. He tends to want to come in to me for reinforcement – tug mostly or get the thrown or dead toy and then bring it in.>
What if you made it into a toy race? He does like his toy races! A person starts dragging it (slowly). Vibe is next to you, you are gently holding him. When the dragging starts, you can cue him to get the toy but then you race him to it! And if you win… you win, and tease him a bit, then play then start over. I bet as soon as he knows it is a toy race game but with another person added, it will get him liking it more 🙂
Thank you for the video! As a fresh eye, some things for you:
The run by at :28 was not flanking or toy watching… it was him seeing your pressure to the get in between the 2 jumps that set a line to the backside. The position of the jump after the tunnel was totally a backside line, especially for an inexperienced dog. He looked at you because you said jump but your body/motion said backside line. Setting the jump on a more natural path to the front side for a baby dog will help a lot.
At :39, you added a big high arm which broke connection (totally blocked your face/turned your shoulders away) so he widened his field of vision to see the cue. Resetting at :48 & :52 without a clear line up confused things a bit because he was still on the line to the backside and told to go forward, so… he did. Good boy!
I agree that he got the ick by being corrected by a stranger for a skill that was unclear to begin with following multiple failures. He probably thought he was correct, then the toy was thrown, then he was told he was wrong. Ick! Then being asked to jump into a tall strange man in a hat very close to the jump? A no-go on top of it all. Placing the toy was a much better option and he was far more successful, and moving the jump to the natural line after the tunnel made a big difference… but I think that was only one rep before it got moved to the original line to the backside again (so he went to the backside :))
Another think to consider here was the processing of mechanics and adolescence:
He was jumping 12” here I believe, which might not seem like a lot but there are definitely jump mechanics involved. And at 10 months old with limited PFC development and with soooo many stimuli bombarding his brain to be processed in terms of the new environment, handling, all the obstacles and layering and people and dogs…. The mechanics are always the last to be processed so that behavior is the first to disappear.Taking out the jump mechanics (putting the bar at 4 or 8) will make a world of difference because the brain won’t really have to devote much bandwidth to that at all, especially with so much bandwidth being devoted to everything else going on. So even if 12” is fine at home, 4 or 8 is better for new environments like there where there is a lot happening.
And the other adolescent factor is the “Nailed It!” thing, where the adolescent brain is totally thinking he got it right (and I can also see his argument for the line after the tunnel being a line to the backside). So if his brain is telling him that he was correct, and we adult human brains know he wasn’t correct 😂 then we can break it down and give him a clean line to the front of the jump for example (moving the jump, or setting him up on a line to the front of it).
He is doing really well and the future is super exciting!!!
Tracy
Hi!
Wow, Rosie was a real pro here in the Under Pressure game. I agree, she did not seem to even notice anything else in the environment. Yay! I am sure she knew it was there but she was able to ignore it and follow the handling quite nicely! We have more coming next week and I am sure she will be ready for it.
Lily has the more normal response to something novel in the environment: the need to check it out. Then a bit of sniffing as she had to process the challenge. She did sort it out pretty quickly but a good plan for her is to start with something different each time, but further away so it is not as challenging to process. Then, instead of moving it closer: switch to a different challenge in a different spot (but still further away). That way you are generalizing the behavior of ignoring novel things in the environment, rather than habituating her to a specific thing in a specific spot. I think generalizing will lead to more long term success, as long as the novel challenge is far enough away that she can override the impulse to go to it.
Rosie did well here! She is sensitive to your motion, so maintaining the lean forward when you send until she is well past you (like you did at :37 & :58 & 1:42) really gets commitment. If you rock back in a visible way, she pulls off the jump (like at 1:20
Pulling her to the backside for a threadle wrap needed a big pull away from the line – her generation was never really taught these, so the handling needs to be very dramatic 🙂 since we cannot use verbals to help out.
If it was not a dramatic pull and looked at all like a front side from a distance, she would go to the front side because that is her history (like at :42, 1:52 and 2:01). You pulled away a little but overall the line of motion and direction your feet pointed still supported the front of the jump.
The big dramatic pulls where you were basically not moving anywhere near the backside jump worked great – 1:08 was a perfect example of that. Your feet and line of motion were clearly turned away from the jump, so she found the line you wanted. YAY!
Lily also is sensitive to you stepping back to early, so lean forward til she is past like you did at :44 & 1:16. But all add more connection – if you were looking forward and not looking at her, she would curl in toward you to look before going to the jump (like at 2:38). And lots of thrown rewards to the landing side of the send jump will support the sends too!
>I couldn’t keep her from taking the front side of the jump when she was going full speed through the tunnel.>
Yes, that was very hard for her, she was locked onto the line for sure!
Starting from the tunnel, you were able to call her and give a big dramatic change of line in terms of your motion (like at 1:24 & 1:50 & 1:57)
You almost had it at 1:33, but then at the last minute your line of motion change to parallel the jump (instead of paralleling the threadle wrap line) so she went back out to the front of the jump.
When you were trying to get it in flow in the sequence, I think 2 things will help:
– call her a LOT before she goes into the tunnel, so she is already looking for you when she exits.
– Let her see you already turning to the new line before she enters the tunnel.
And you can reward her from your hands for coming to you in those moments, and that will help build the value too!
At 2:41 & 3:19, for example, she saw you running straight before she entered the tunnel and I don’t know if you called her couldn’t hear anything, but your back was to the camera so sometimes it doesn’t get picked up by the camera) – so she exploded up the line going straight when she exited the tunnel based on what she saw before she entered. Your line when she exited the tunnel was good, but the cues before the tunnel were what set the line to the front of the jump for her – that is big commitment for a little dog!
Great job here! Let me know what you think!
Tracy
