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>>I don’t think I’ve ever really considered where my position is when I cross so that my dog knows which way to turn.
You are probably doing it naturally 😁 because your dogs are turning the correct direction. Being able to push harder on the RC lines will help the harder RCs get the correct turns too.
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>>So about the rear crosses. So is that the correct position for a rear cross? Or is that just what Kashia needs to be able to read the left side? Like should I already be near or on the left side when she’s going into the tunnel just in general if I’m waiting her to turn left? >>
Generally, yes, the rear crosses are greatly helped when we set them from a little further back and drive up the pressure line so the dog can see us moving to the left side, if we want them to turn left for example. On jumps, it is easier for the dogs to read the info if we aren’t perfect. But on a tunnel, the RC info needs to be visible very early or they will turn the wrong way.
T
Good morning!
Good morning!
The rear crosses are definitely tricky with timing! When she turned the wrong way on the left turn rear crosses (like at :16, :37, :45) when she entered the tunnel, you were still on the right turn side of it. So you position override the verbal there.Compare to the successful reps, like 1:26 for example: you were right on her tail from the moment she left the wing wraps, so she saw the RC info before she entered the tunnel and was able to turn left. So you can be pushier on the line and get really close to her while she is still 10 feet from the tunnel, so she can see all the info before entering.
Lead outs video –
>>However, I think it’s still great to practice and I’m not saying I’ll never use it or need it. Just giving my back story on my inexperience or use of lead outs>>
True! You might not need lead outs now, but I agree it is good to practice in case you want to add them in (and in practice it gets you way ahead to practice handling).
She did really well! She has a really good stay! The blinds looked great! She also read the lead out push really well too. For both of these, you can ad a little more positional cue to get an even tighter turn: for the blinds, be running towards 3 the whole time (don’t go anywhere near 2).For the lead out push, you can be more between the uprights of 2 when you release her, which shows her the turn to 3 even sooner.
I think she totally remembers the turn aways! Super!! And your cues were very clear. The lap turns worked great when you were rotated and facing her when she exited the tunnel. There was one rep where you were a little late so she went to the other side of the wing but the rest were great! You can add in the tandem turns (where you face forward instead of facing her) and that will lead nicely into the threadle wraps!
On the zig zag video – the visual on the first rep must has looked weird to her because she broke her stay and didn’t take the jumps. Nice adjustment to support her line with motion! When you revisit this one, you can flatten then angles a bit by pulling the outer wings a few inches away fro the inner wings – that will add more challenge for sure.
Great job! Enjoy your week away, I hope it I something fun and relaxing!
Tracy
Good morning!
>>Do you have a suggestion to help me with her placement. This is something that I am struggling with her on when I line her up at a start line.>>
The 2 things I would suggest would be a cookie lure to start with (that eventually turns into a hand cue to line up where you want her). Or, you can teach her to line up between your feet – that way you can stand where you want her to be, she runs through your feet, and then she is in the perfect spot 🙂
Video 1: she was responding really well to the physical cue here! You can use her name less and her directionals more, for the wraps and also for the tunnel threadle. The will help solidify them for when you are not ahead of her or when things are moving faster. It sounds like you had the verbals added in the next videos!
Step 1 and 2 and 3 looked good. One suggestion is to let her turn herself away to the tunnel threadle when she see the cue, rather than you cuing it – that way
ou don’t have to do 2 cues there (come in and go out ) and she can just drive to the correct tunnel entry.Looking at the video that had the little blooper: It looks like you were earlier with the rotation at :06 (when she got it right) and your arm was more visible. At :22 when she went straight to the tunnel, you were facing that end up the tunnel longer and your arm was not as visible.
Compare that to the last video where your threadle arm was very visible and you turned sooner, so she got it really nicely. So on the harder side (or on both sides, when you add more speed 😁) you can make the arm cue really obvious and also turn your shoulders before she arrives at the wing before the tunnel, so she sees the new info before she exits the wing.
Nice work here!!!
TracyGood morning!
Super job with the blinds and lots of good stay rewards mixed in too!
The first several reps had good connection but where a tiny bit late (starting as he arrived at the wing). You were them working on doing the timing earlyier, which is great!
On the reps where he did not take the wing (:45 and :56), it was not a timing question about the blind, it was more that you were looking forward when he exited the tunnel, so he never got a commitment cue for the wing (and he drove to you instead).Compare to the rep at 1:07 which was at the same timing as :56 (he was a little less than halfway to the wing) but you connected at the tunnel exit so he knew to commit. That made the blind tay!
The race tracks looked easy peasy! For extra giddy up 🙂 you can add in taking the race track around ll 3 wings, including the one near the camera.
Great job!
TracySince she loves tennis balls, you can cut a hole in the hollee roller and put the ball inside it. That way she can play with the tennis ball without potentially hurting her shoulders trying too grab it of the ground at top speed.
T
Hi!
>>I do something like this when JJ goes to eat. She is not allowed to move her feet when her bowl is put down or it comes back up.>>
This is perfect! You can use her food bowl game as a lateral lead out game 🙂
The zig zags are looking really good!! Yes, she bounced all of them except the one rep at :20 in video 3 (if that happens, you can repeat the rep and see if she can adjust the footwork).
My only suggestion is to line her up next to the wing just like the zigzag game in maxPup 2 and not facing the center of the bar, so she is turning a bit sideways over the first bar and not going on a straight line. That will truly get the side to side movement we see on serps and slices and backsides.Great job here!!
TracyHi!
For the grids – yes, starting her closer as you mentioned will help her power through the line because she will come in pushing from her rear. For now, lower the bars too – they are a shade to high so she is having a little trouble balancing (note how she was using a high tail to try to balance). Maybe a 6 inch bar for now, so she can get comfortable with the balance and with starting up close to jump 1.
The layering is going great!!!
She was surprised but the first tunnel cue (probably because the toy had ben thrown there) but then she was great on both sides! Super! You can add in a tight turn on the start wing and then cue th tunnel and NOT layering 🙂 And you can add a little bit of distance between the jump and tunnel so she is taking her layering still to the next level
Find the jump game is also looking good! You can tuck in even closer to the tunnel, so she can drive ahead of you on the “GO!” Moments and also so you can get on the RC lines even more immediately.
Thanks for leaving her bark/lunge moment in the video!
Her bark/lunge at the person & dog is an anxiety behavior (the best defense is a good offense, for example). You can see the anxiety in her lowered body, pinned ears, and uncertainty as to whether she should go forward or back. Getting mad at her might suppress some of the barking/lunging but don’t reduce the anxiety, so she will still bark/lunge.
So when you see any potential triggers approaching, like a golden or a stranger appearing – stop the sequencing, for example, so go into the pattern games from MaxPup 1. Don’t wait for her to be triggered, start it as soon as you are aware the person or dog is there. If she is already reacting, you can just gently go get her collar (but not correct her by the collar as that adds anxiety – we just want to add distance), move her further away, and then start the pattern game.
Separately, however, you can have her on leash doing the pattern games with super high value food, so she learns to ignore the people appearing or dogs that make her uncomfortable. That will reduce the anxiety and the bark/lunge will go away. We want her to be very fluent with the pattern game and have lots or practice ignoring people and dogs.
Nice work here! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi!
Great seeing you too! Congrats on all your success!!! And Contraband says thank you for the good thoughts, he is feeling better.>>I was so happy with this session.>>
SAME! It was fabulous! SUPER high rate of success – your handling was really clear and she was really driving to find the jumps.
She did really well with the one jump serp. And also great with the 2 jumps. She had a total of 2 questions:
– She missed the jump at 1:08 when you were too far ahead (past the 2nd jump) so the serp cue was not that clear. She was great with all the other reps when she can see you in serp position between the uprights.
– at 1:36 after the serp jump, you turned forward so she passed jump 2. Compare to 1:47 when you kept your shoulders open and she was perfect 🙂
Adding running was hard so you got some interesting jump form on the first rep but then she sorted it out perfectly. Super!
So you can add in the tunnel now. That adds more speed for her so you can dial back your speed and start with th jumps a little angled so she can be successful.
Great job!!!
Tracy
Hi!
You can tweak the game to get the benefit without any potential risk:Lower the teeter so the highest end is maybe 2 feet off the ground. Prop it up like the mountain climber and do everything the same… but if they get a little wild, there is no giant leap off the teeter. You can also use a treat at the top of the board that they have to lick (like cream cheese) so you can get to the end then gently help them turn around to come off the plank.
Let me know if that helps!
Tracy
>>Forget all the nice things I said about him. He just peed on the bed.
HAHA!!! Teenage boys… LOL!
He did well slamming the board around here! To really amp up his love for it… do 1 rep for a giant reward then walk away and go do something else 🙂 We want him to want the teeter a WHOLE LOT so less is more 🙂
You can now move to lining him up at your side to have him jump on right at the end of the board, facing target position.
He is not quite ready to go up it while it was moving so if he tries to do that, stop him, give him a treat, and pick him up, We can add the mountain climber game without movement to get him happy with the height.
Great job 🙂
TracyHi!
He was really on fire here!! Yay!!Go looks good! Nice job with the connection and thrown toy!
For the FC wrap – he had a refusal there, so you can add more connection to him as he takes the first jump and more deceleration into the 2nd jump. You were disconnected (looking ahead, so he was looking at you a bit) and slammed on the brakes so he didn’t take the jump. The transition from acceleration to decel will definitely help with the commitment.
Good job with the backside! A little more connection will help with that too to get him to commit even more independently: more eye contact with your arm back will really support the line.
Fluffy blinds –
>>No idea why I am throwing my arm in the air on these pinwheels. Just need it low & back, right?>>
Yes, you had a little extra arm movement which blocked some connection so also yes: arm low and back to really show the connection will support the lines.
He was very excited to be playing for the toy! Yay! You can line him up at your side or with a sit for cleaner starts – he didn’t really know when to start so he was leaping for the toy.
To get the blinds sooner, you can let him find the jump after the tunnel more independently with you more lateral (closer to what you did at 1:04) so you can get the BC started and finished before he takes off for the middle jump. On most of the reps you were starting it as he took off for the BC jump which made the reconnection on the exit a little late.
He also did really well with finding the jump after the blind when you made a BIG connection and maintained the connection to the middle jump. When you turned ahead of him and looked ahead, he (correctly) read it as a blind and change sides.
Great job staying in motion and rewarding him even when it wasn’t perfect!!!
>>What do you think about training him to lie down with front feet on this target, then moving that to the end of the teeter to get him going to the end?>>
I am glad he is liking the teeter movement now!!!
You can definitely teach him a fold-back down on the target (front feet on it) because that will produce a nice weight shift at the top of the board. He did that at the beginning of the session but when you moved your position, he started being a bit more sideways to face you. So you can put the target on a plank and shape it there, so that he has to stay straight (or he will fall off the plank :))
Great job here!!
Tracy
Hi!
Yes, sometimes it is good to rehearse these games with he adult dog, to get the mechanics. I am sure Gunnar was very happy to help!!!
This video is the ladder grid video, can you swap it out for the blinds?
>> Do we have some catchup time coming up, or are we going straight through?>>
We don’t have break weeks, but we have some quieter weeks mixed in and plenty of time at the end to catch up 🙂
T
Hi!
The diamond looks great!!! She is showing some fantastic commitment, so you can try to start your BC earlier: as she exits the tunnel and you are moving towards the wing, stay connected like you were and use your verbal to help commit. And when she is no later than halfway between the tunnel exit and wing, you can start the blind to be finished with it before she exits the wing. That will challenge her commitment and also tighten the turn even more.Race tracks looked awesome – she is a speedy little sports car!!!
You can do a race track – tight blind combo: get her into big extension with the race track the after the tunnel cue the tight blinds. That will challenge her to collect after massive extension.
Great job here!!!
Tracy
