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She is looking very confident and happy with her plank targeting! So in the interest of obsessing on how to get the absolute fastest teeter performance with a 4on – I think you should move the target so it is attached to the outer edge of the board, kind of hanging off the board. That way her little feet are right at the very end of the board. The closer we can get her feet *back feet* to the end of the board, the faster the teeter performance will be. She is stopping with her front feet a couple of inches from the end of the board (due to target placement). And if the front feet are hanging off the very edge of it, that can be one of the clearest possible things for 4on criteria.
She had a little trouble at the end when you were moving past the end of the board, so slow down your motion more (kind of like motion override, stay in motion but be sooooo sloooooow for now). And take 2 or 3 steps more after you see her stop to be sure she is not cuing off any deceleration.
Looking at the BCs and wraps –
You got your timing with the blinds going really well on the right turns (:47, :56, 1:05, 1:14 for example)! the left turn blinds were harder to time because those are harder turns for her. I loved the timing at :30 – but she said it was too early. She found :37 to be more agreeable 🙂 So keep rewarding at the wings on those left turn blinds (placed reward or throw it to her) so you can keep getting earlier on the start of the blinds. was betterOne the key things with the blinds and the spins, especially on the tight turns, is to try to reconnect with eyes aand not with your hand at your side as the connector – get that hand out of the way LOL! the dog side arm should be behind your bum as you finish the blinds so you can reach back with your eyes to connect. That will make the turns much tighter because she can respond sooner. Having the dog side arm at your side delays the connection because it takes a while for her to see the new connection, so she is a little later to respond. You will see a big difference if you are making the connection more about your eyes than your hands 🙂
Fun race track at the end!!
Great job here! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi!
>. I’ve somehow sped up the first 30 seconds enough that I sound like one of the Munchkins>>
Ha! I thought you were just going really fast and were really excited LOL!
You both did a great job here – I am glad you got the toy involved early on, because want him to still be able to do tis game even in a higher arousal state (and he was perfect of course, with the toy and with the added distance between the barrels, and when you went to the backwards sending).
When you did the backwards sending, click/treat to you for showing VERY clear cues with your arm, leg, and the all-important connection shift. It looks like he had no questions – great commitment and lovely turns! Super!
Since everything is looking so good, for the next session(s) add even more distance so you are running more 🙂 And you can add in the race tracks and the spins!!
Great job here!
TracyAh yes! What a difference! She found the jump threadle brilliantly! The verbal and the handling were definitely clearer. And look at he first rep at :06 – you were saying ‘right here’ but had you tunnel threadle arm up, so she almost went to the other side of the tunnel. Good girl!!!
And it looks like she also found the backside with the outside arm (after the tunnel). Very nice!! Great session here!
TracyHi!
Looking at pop out 3 – the wrap 1-2 looked good!
The push to the slice on jump 2 was faster, even with the zig zag line 1-2. You can smooth that our by lining her up at 1 so she is facing the backside of 2 (so she doesn’t have to turn after landing – she was facing straight on 1 so had to turn to her right after landing at 1 to find 2)For the tandem turns – you are getting the shoulder turns and cues but I think you are also trying to go fast while this is happening, so she never gets the chance to process the cues and make the turn. Slow it down so you can show her the shoulder turn when she exits the tunnel, then turn her head, then indicate the jump. The decel is the key! This is what you did at 1:01 – slowed it all down and stayed near her line – and it looked great! At 1:14 you were maybe a little slowed down so turning her back to the jump was a little late, but it was still a strong rep there.
>>I guess I forgot about tunnel breaks since we’ve been going to the straight jump on the prior course.>>
I don’t think it was a tunnel break issue – it was a timing issue of the cues. On every tunnel entry, you were running straight forward – and all of the directions/name cues came either after she was in, or at exit. Remember to call her/use the left verbal before she enters the tunnel (while she is still a solid 6 feet away from the entry) and then the tunnel exits will be easy.
On the wrap at jump 6:
>>Third rep. I’ve no idea why she turned right so tight at 6. My plan was left. Obviously, I didn’t execute that. But, it was a lovely turn!>>
The right run is the more natural line for the dog, and a faster line – and also the direction you were facing at :46 so she turned right really nicely! To get the left wrap which is what you wanted, stay on the takeoff side (you were past it at :30 and got the back jump) and face the left wrap wing, decelerating, til you see her collect into the left turn then you can do the cross and move to 7.
Pop out 4:
For the german – excellent distance on the send to the backside a 2! As you move forward, shift your connection and point to the landing spot with your dog side arm to get commitment. You were looking at her on the first rep an at 1:49 . She did commit when you stopped moving and used your right arm, but shifting connection to the landing spot will get commitment while you move forward so you might be able to get the backside more easily.
The threadle opening worked to get you there to show the push to 4! Nice!!!The threadle wrap here is a good option! One way to think about it is to turn your shoulders AND your feet (as you slow down) – you were turning your shoulders away like at 2:03, but not your feet, so it still looked like a front-side cue. So all physical cues should turn away, pointing parallel to the line you want her to take then turning her back to the threadle.
And now that she is gaining more experience, she is reading the handling really well – so be sure to always be turning to the line you want. At 2:00 she turned to the right like a RC because that is the line of motion you were showing. Keep turning the shoulders to keep facing the lines you want.
Nice work here! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi!
Yes, this one looks familiar 🙂 Nice work on it!Good opening both times here! Very nice RDW on the first run hahaha 🙂 On the 2nd run you decelerated so he stopped – being able to accelerate and stay in motion is definitely something good to play with in training.
The 8-9-10 line (after the weaves) is tricky! To get a smooth line from 9-10, you can send to 8 and converge towards 10 as soon as possible, so when he is landing from 8 he already sees motion to 10 and is hearing the out tunnel cues. 9 is right on his line, so he doesn’t need a lot of help to take it. When you did the lead out at 1:17 and 2:14, you can see how smooth it is when you are pushing in towards the tunnel – the trick is to push in when you are further behind, coming from the poles.
Very nice FC 11- 12, and nice layering to get there!! As soon as he lands from 11 and looks at 12, take off (with connection of course :)) to 13-14. You were waiting too long at 12, so on the first rep he had a bar down and a wider turn.
>>1.25 – I probably needed one more step?>>
Yes, at that spot you had too much decel before 13 so he started turning, and you turned your shoulders as he was taking off for 13 so he never looked at 14. On the next rep at 2:24, you stayed in motion til he landed from 13 and then you did a big send – lovely!!
>.2.20 – I was late on the BC but he saved me. Then I forgot to finish the spin, putting me on the wrong side of the frame>>
Yes, a little late on the BC but he still read it. And then yes, an extra dance move put you on the other side of the frame but he was fine with that because he got lots of treats 🙂
Great job here! How did it go last night?
Tracy
Hi! There are some send-and-go games as part of the advanced level lazy games, but also yes – the week 2 games and the live seminar sequences too!
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Hi!
Argh, so frustrating to lose all of the videos!! Sorry to hear it 🙁
Super nice work on the videos!
Lokoing at the handling videos:
He has a little trouble finding jump one with you a little lateral. So to teach that, before you release – look him in the eye and point your finger to his nose, then release and move forward. And reward him for finding the jump 🙂 That way you won’t need to be between the uprights and can start adding more lateral distance.The GO looked great! Keep going with the placed toys 🙂 to really pump up the go lines.
Great job continuing when you were early on the wrap – one step too early on the rotation but yes, you can see how well he turns!!! So rather than think about it as taking one extra step, think of it as waiting for him to cue you to rotate. He will cue you when he is committed – and because he is a baby dog, that will be when he lifts his front feet off the ground for the wrap. So keep declerating and facing forward til you see the front feet liftoff, then rotate and go the new direction. As he gets more experienced, you will be able to do the rotation earlier but the front feet liftoff should be perfect for now.
It was hard to have a placed toy right to him on the start line, maybe do a MM instead there, probably easier to ignore. And then on that go line, you can click the MM nice and early to keep him driving ahead
The teeter bagin looked great – feel free to sit in a chair wit a cold beverage after a long day of work so he gets the workout and you can relax LOL!! Or, you can sit in front of theteeter and have him back up into 2o2o and then click the MM 🙂
Great job with these! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi!
Front cross wraps on the wings looked great! You can add your wraps verbals and also tuck the toy into your waistband or pocket so you have your hands free – switching hands takes a lot of time when you will want to be giving the next cue and he is too quick to lose any time 🙂
Like with the 2nd video, at the beginning you were doing regular blinds which made it hard to get the tunnel entry at the beginning. But then check out 1:57 and after that – those were the spins! YAY! You were early at 1:57 so he didn’t take the wing, but the spin was correct. Then on the next rep you did another good spin but he seemed hot and tired so didn’t do it – no worries, your handling looked good so keep doing those spins when he is fresh, in the next session.
Great job here! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi!
This session had some of the same questions as the other session. On this video, remember that he only has to go around each wing once – I think you were trying to figure out which side to be on so ended up cuing him to do double wraps on each wing. No worries! For this game, send him around the wing then follow behind him so you are tracking right behind his tail, sending from your right and picking him up on your left (front cross). You will want to keep moving as he goes forward, so he learns the countermotion and so you don’t get too far behind 🙂
Let me know if that makes sense!
THi!
Nice commitment to the wing ! You doing regular blinds here instead of spins, which is why getting the tunnel entry was a little harder:
He was correct on the first rep to go back to the tunnel exit after the blind because you were on that line. Good boy!
He got to the correct entry on the other reps because you moved more to that line then rear crossed the tunnel entry. I think you will have an easier time if you do it as a spin: as he is approaching the wing, you start to rotate towards him like a front cross. Then when he arrives at the wing, you do a blind cross – so yes, he will start and end on your right side, but you will rotate towards him for the spin, instead of away from him like the blind here.Nice work! Great job with his commitment and your connection here too!
Hi!
His commitment is looking really good! I think there was some confusion on the circle wraps on this one – that is why he was looking at you a lot. When he exits the tunnel on your right, you are going to send him around the first wing to his left and you are going to be on outside of the wings here (closer to the wall with the fan next to it). As he goes around that first wing to his left, you will move forward up the line and pick him up on your left to send him t othe middle wing – at that point, you will move to the other side of the wings (fron cross) to pick him up on your right side to send to the 3rd wing as a front cross. That way he only wraps each wing one time and you are moving forward the whole time, right behind him.
Another way to think of it with the FCs is to have yourself always follow behind his line, rather than staying on the other side of the wing or hanging back.His commitment skills and your connection look great, so I am sure this will work smoothly 🙂
TracyHi!
This is great – she had no questions about wrapping the wing and was pretty perfect 🙂 with her commitment as you did the FCs. Super!! You can start to add wings into replace barrels in any game where we have been using the barrels.>>By the way, should I just wait for this as an offering from JJ, and then just use the hand and short step to the wing,
At this stage, you can cue it. Yes, an arm and leg step will be ideal and also, you can add the verbal before, using the same way as you would for hte minny pinny: hold her collar, start saying the wrap verbal 3 or 4 times, then let go and step to the wing.
>>or should I use the right and left cues here?>>
You should use the wrap verbals along with the handling here – all the cues! LOL!
Great job!
TracyLooking at the reverse retrieve:
She is doing well – very fun! Yes, she had a quick race track on some of the reps but it is a very exciting game 🙂 Sometimes you can tell her to go for a run with the toy! And other times, you can immediately have another toy for her to grab for coming to you so she gets into the mode of tugging with you, then you can add in tugging on the toy she brings to you. The cookie helps get her to come right back, and at the every end you can see she came right back AND tugged. Super!Tracy
Hi! Lots of good work here!
Backside slices – going really well! Nice job with the line of motion, verbal, and toy placement, and using the cookie toss to have her start behind you. This skill is basically just something to revisit here and there, moving gradually across the bump so she gets more and more distance. At some point, you can swap ut the barrel for a wing, and you can also start moving faster 🙂
The left/right minny pinny looks great! Nice job with the verbals and reward placement. Looking at all 3 videos:
Loved the audience on the other side of the glass door! So cute and so polite!
She is doing really well committing to the barrels so you can swap them out for 3 wings.
She was slipping a bit on the deck, so she dialed back her speed to trotting. Time to move this to the grass so she can dig into the bending and also so you can add running out of it 🙂
>> I wasn’t sure about the angle of the jumps.>>
I think they will be best at slightly less than the full 45 degrees, but you won’t know til she is on grass or turf – she will trot them on the deck, so you will see the bouncing on the grass or turf.
To help really solidify the verbals, start with her at your side and your hand on her collar. Say the verbal 3 or 4 times and then let her go – that way she hears the verbal separately and before the motion, which should attach it to the behavior even better.
Looking at the stay video:
She is doing a great job with her stay but yes – she is reading subtle cues from you as the release (such as the hand moving for the catch, or when you look at her more clearly when releasing forward).
So to get it on verbal only:
>> am not sure how to do the “catch” without her seeing my movement which she wants to use as her release. I did decide that the verbal needed to come first followed by tossing the treat.>>
I agree – say the catch verbal, count to 1 in your head, then toss the treat. That should help the verbal come before the movement. And a hilarious side benefit is that when you say catch, she will start to look up in the air for the cookie (makes me laugh when the dogs do this!).
For the release forward – stay connected the whole way through, ideally, so there is no connection change or reconnection paired with the release. And if you do look ahead then look back at her – you can praise or remind her to stay, but don’t release for another second or two or three, so she doesn’t pair the re-connection with the release.
Great job here!
Tracy
