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Good morning!
Video 1361: These were good backsides but not quite as good as the previous videos like 1357 – I think mainly it was timing of the cue starting a little later (it was more when he was landing from 1 and less when he was taking off, so he was glancing at you more). So the connection and slight convergence was a little late, which caused you to then converge more into the jump (or end up on the front like at 1:37).
He is doing well on the turn aways too – nice adjustment at the end when he didn’t get quite enough info at 2:57, so you made a good adjustment on the last rep. You can add in making it a threadle wrap where you send him back to do a wrap on the backside of the jump while you keep moving forward. You had the tandem turn here, where you both turned the new direction so on the threadle wrap, you will keep moving forward and he will turn entirely away from you.
Video 1363 – this is the out cue – good job having a line on the ground! Remember to keep moving along the line, resist temptation to stop and send 🙂 He didn’t always find the jump when you were moving, so here are 2 ideas for you:
– If he doesn’t find the out jump with you moving, move the jump in a lot closer – you were stopping here so he was getting it (like a forward send). Moving it in closer will help him find it while you are moving.– And remember that you don’t have to wait until he takes the jump to reward: you can throw the reward towards the jump for any movement away from you as you keep moving. For example at 1:55 you were in motion (yay!) and he was so close to getting it… you can reward that piece of the behavior rather than reward back at the wing near you.
The next 3 are out videos: One thing on all of them to remember is to plan your verbals – the push and the out verbal were switched around a lot, so we don’t want to confuse him. Out is a front side verbal and push is the backside (I always have to take a moment to sort it out before I run the dog LOL!)
Video 1364:
Good Rear cross at the start here – you can use less motion to set it up, moving forward along the line same as a go or get out, and use the connection shift to your hands to turn him away (this will add more distance to the skill too!)
On the Out reps – good job staying in motion on that rep! The jump was closer and that really helped him. I think you said push here (which is a backside cue and this is a front side so should be an out cue) so remember to plan the verbals so they don’t get switched around.Video 1365
The first rep had the verbals a bit flipped and not quite enough connection for the backside go the 2nd jump so he got the front.
2nd rep was better with the out for jump 1 then more motion and connection for the backside so he got it nicely. Yay!1366
This one had much better moving along the line and that really helps him! And with the jump closer, he is finding it really well when you cue the out, which makes it a little easier to get the backside of jump 2.Nice work here! Tracy
Good morning!
The backsides look really good here: BIG connection and slightly converging pressure and he found the backsides really well on these! The timing was good- when he was lifting off for jump 1, you were already showing the push info and he got it without looking at you first. I am also really happy with his commitment to the bar on the backside – it seems like he is happily jumping the bar even as you move forward past the jump. Yay! Your placement of reinforcement is really helping with that 🙂Great job!
TracyHi!
For the contacts, we can look at things like making sure we have drive all the way to the end of the contact (especially the teeter), fading the props, etc. On this video, there was a lot of help in terms of people there and targets and a hoop on the a-frame. She was slowing down a bit more than we want at the end of the teeter… but that was almost 3 months ago 🙂 and so it might be very different now 🙂 So if you can catch a video of what she is doing now, like in a class, we can make a plan to build up the contacts even more!Let me know what you think!
TracyAwesome!!! Great to see you here!!!
The easiest way to do the videos is to set a timer for about 2 minutes, turn the camera on, do the training, turn the camera off, load to YouTube, then post. It is the editing that is a pain in the you-know-what for most of us LOL!
Looking forward to seeing Seren!
Tracy
Good morning!
This is a great lazy session! It took him a couple of reps to get the idea then by the end, he totally was getting it! Because this game is pretty low impact, you can make it a daily brain game for a couple of minutes: 2 or 3 minutes of wandering back and forth, tossing treats for finding jumps, will go a long way to building even more commitment. The NextLevel Pup game coming next week builds this even more, so feel free to do lots of Lazy Game this week 🙂Great job!
TracyLet the games begin, indeed!!
>>ready to do and what is he not ready to do, and how to progress in a way that he learns and builds confidence.>>
These are excellent things to keep in mind as we advance all of his skills.
Have fun!
TracyWelcome!! Bummer about the snow but I guess it is actually a good thing to have normal weather 🙂 We have lots of time so you can get these going when you have clear ground or an indoor rental. And I bet you can play the lazy game in your home LOL!
Tracy
Yes! Bring it on! I think she will fly through the sequences and will be able to do the harder NextLevel Pup stuff too!
Hi!
>>What kind of connection do you use in a layering situation? Rachel told us that we should be converging on the Dog’s path and using big time connection. If i turn into the dog making extreme connection is the dog going to turn into me? >>
Depending on the dog, I might use extreme connection to get them out of the altered line, then regular connection to keep them out there. Extreme connection might be what Rachel meant by big time connection 🙂 The extreme connection only turns the upper body to the dog enough to get the outside shoulder engaged ahead of the torso – if you keep moving forward, then the dogs will not come towards the handler (the dogs will push away from the handler). If you over-rotate your upper body (dropping your dog side shoulder back and/or turning your feet) then yes, the dog will come off the line. Extreme connection doesn’t have that rotation so it can work really well to set the line into layering.
T
Yay! I am glad the power bowls are helping! And the high value rewards here when you shifted connection to the landing spot really helped with the reverse wraps!
>>Now that she feels divorced from making decisions, she is not freezing. Would this be your take?>>
No, I think that is anthropomorphic LOL! I think there are a number of things happening and the high value treats that are coming early and often are helping her do the wraps (and good connection, which is a clear cue and that also helps a whole lot).
T
Hi!
Looking at Video 1 (1358):Wow, big advances in the push here! Great job using the big connection and outside arm to cue the backside slice while you ran pretty directly to the exit wing!! You didn’t need to push into the backside line nearly as much and he was very independent about going to it.
That was especially impressive with all of the go line mixed in and switching sides, so he was not patterning. He was definitely responding to what he saw – yay!!
And it looks like you had some good disconnection happening too as you ran forward past the backside – super nice!
He only really seemed to have one question here, and it was about going to the start wing: remember to use your dog side leg on the send to the start wing. When you sent but had your dog side leg back rather than stepping forward, he was not sure if he should go or not.
Video 2 (1359) – Nice turn away! You might not need to move quite as far away from the jump to get him off the line, you can try shifting connection & turning your shoulders but not moving away as much. But like the first video – really well done to be able to get him off the line of jumps for a turn away, after all of the go and backside he had just done. Yay!!!!!!
You posted 1358 twice – let me know if a different video was supposed to be there.
Great job!!!
TracyHi!
This did go really well! Yay!
>>there was no angry air chomping at me>>
Ha! That is a definite gold star from Nox 🙂
The connections were really good so was the timing, so she was able to read & process the info really well! And great job with the thrown reinforcement: keep throwing it as far as possible!
>>I noticed in the video that I could have run a more parallel path on the extreme connection like you mentioned in for my previous video, but I think I did a bit better with it in the sequences.>>
Yes – you can keep more on the parallel line to the outside wing of the “go straight” jump (like :29 and 1:07). You were getting more and more on that line (especially at 1:17) so you can put a leash on the ground as a reminder for you to run as straight as possible on the get out reps, to build up as much distance as possible.
I am super happy with her focus forward on the lines and the commitment even as you were moving away! Great job!!! And if she air chomps at you, take it as a sign that the connection can be clearer 🙂
Great job!
TracyHi!
>.. It was a little 10 footer as #2 obstacle. She was so excited to be running that she skimmed right past it on the outside and then in through the exit side!>>
Ha! Gotta love the puppy moments! And she was probably all happy – “Nailed it!” LOL!
>>But like we chatted, I just kept running and praising and pretended nothing silly happened. She completed the rest of the course flawlessly for a young dog! I was proud of her but most importantly, she had a ball. She had the cutest bouncy prancy gait ever. It was so amazing to see after how unenthusiastic she can be in training at times.>>
PERFECT!! No need to stop and fix, or correct things with a young dog. She wants to run, so we let her run. All of it gets smoother as she gets more experienced.
>>UKI definitely has weird courses. The whole start line obstacle 1 jump away (opposite direction) from the second obstacle and then make a sharp turn into the wall for obstacle two is super weird and new to us. AKC doesn’t do that. It confused my older dog quite a bit. Or more so distracted her quite a bit. lol>>
Yep – UKI has a LOT of those. I have seen some in AKC but in AKC, I think you’ll see more of the tunnel as obstacle #1. Maybe Kashia was fine with it because we just spent 5 weeks sending her to a wing away from the course as the start? LOL!!
>>Thanks again for all your wisdom! It’s been amazing! You were just what Kashia and I needed to get a good foundation started together. So thank you!!!!>>
It has been my pleasure! You are doing a great job!
See you in MaxPup 3! You mentioned a few times seeing how fast/line focused the demo dogs were here… well, they are adults now. But in MaxPup 3, plenty of the demos were from when they were teenagers, so you will get to see their normal questions about lines, how much slower they were as they were figuring it out, etc. And my 2 teenage dogs are doing the demos in the new track, so you will see puppy shenanigans there too. I mention it so you can see that everything we run into with Kashia is completely normal LOL!!Have fun!
Tracy
