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>>I haven’t really formalized an end-of-run behavior yet.You will want to have a toolbox, in case the leash is not where you expect it and need to find it LOL! The environment is fluid, so we need to be fluid too 🙂
>>gradually work through rewarding with the toy within a sequence versus remote reinforcement either with leash tugging or let’s go behavior? Obviously, right now, he’s getting all three.>
Because dogs are masters at context, if I have a toy in my hand during a sequence, they do not expect remote reinforcement. The RR and leash work is all about the trial environment, and they figure that out pretty quickly 🙂
>>How do you determine if you should use jump or a directional on the middle pinwheel jump? You’ll see I was inconsistent as I really wasn’t sure which verbal I should use.>>
It depends on how tight the turn is for the dog in question 🙂 I think this pinwheel is spread out enough that you just need jump verbals. O the first run, you used “right” and he collected and then extended again (because the next jump was a bit of an extension), ticking the bar both times.
He dropped the bar on one of the reps with the jump verbal, but I think that was more that you need to turn your shoulders sooner – if you are facing straight while he is jumping, rather than facing the next line, he is likely to have to adjust in the air an that might pull a bar. So try to send and leave so you are facing the next line, rather than round the line with him. The same thing happened at 1:31 – you were facing straight so he took off straight, then you turned and he dropped the bar trying to turn in the air. So as he exits the tunnel, send to the next jump and keep turning your shoulders.
T
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He seemed happy with his snuffle mat! And if this was before the above run, he was in a good arousal state! Plus there was a lot of activity around him including dogs barking and dogs running courses!) and he seemed perfectly happy to keep snuffling! Super! Keep on snuffling!T
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He did really well here, and it was a noisy busy environment!
Find my face is looking good! You can add it to wandering around some jumps and reward him if he takes jumps on the way to finding your face 🙂1st run was really good!!
The Kiss kiss was good on 2nd rep – you can help even more by giving hm a turn cue before the jump (name call or right verbal) so he can set up the turn before the tunnel threadle.
You had the right on the 3rd rep where you did not want the tunnel and that looked good!The bar on the pinwheel jump came down, I think the more you do the pinwheels the less you turn your shoulders, so the info gets a bit late and the bar comes down. So remember to keep moving and turning the shoulders so when he lands from the previous jump, he knows to set up the next turn.
T
Hello and welcome!! Berners are so fun!!
Who are his parents/breeders? I know some seriously amazing agility Berners in Minnesota and I’m wondering if he related?Looking forward to learning more!
Tracy
Hi! I am sorry to hear about Juno!! And yes, you can totally switch to Synergy, that will be fun!!
Tracy
Hello and welcome! It was great talking to you in class tonight!!! I am looking forward to hearing more about Djinn. And I will post up definitions and videos so you know what the terms mean 🙂
Tracy
Yes – it is emailed and also will appear in the Course Syllabus the day before the live class. You should have gotten 3 emails about the class so far – if they didn’t come through, check your spam and see if they are hidden there?
Great job in class tonight!!!!
Tracy
Hello and welcome! And I love your pup’s name 🙂 Welcome to agility – you are in excellent hands with Tina!
Enjoy!
TracyHi! She is adorable and brilliant! And the cat is hilarious 🙂
Good tugging mixed in with the cookies here n the foot target video! And she is doing well with the foot targeting, the prop is perfect!!
She got a bit of the Big Mad at you (indicated by her borking at you LOL!) when you added more distance – she wanted you to help her out and give a physical cue. To help her offer more without you having to move to cue it, you can toss the reward away from you, past the target, so she leaves you to get it… then she is likely to hit the target on the way back – then you can toss it further away from you again. I think she was sticking closer to you because the rewards wee coming close to your, so she wanted to stick where the rewards are (smart LOL!!) Changing the placement will help get her offering without you.
That being said, though, you can also start the send game added tonight which is a cue to go to the prop 🙂
>>I would fade the clicker next time and just used “search” (my version of “get it”)>>
Yes – the search can totally replace the clicker here!
The hand target is also going well – she was happy to hit it from anywhere! Love it!! And you get bonus points for rewarding her when she touched it, even when you were not quite ready with the cookies LOL!! And yes, one bork of rage when you were a heartbeat too slow. Ha! The cat also has an excellent target and was not as angry because she got to play too 🙂
And I love that she can go from cookies to the tug so nicely – this is lovely!
For the next session, have the target I your palm so your hand can be relatively flat. And, extend your hand all the way away from your body, locking your elbow, so she goes to away from the front of you to hit it (this will set us up nicely for the game we use it in, coming up in a couple of weeks :))
You can fade the clicker from this too and just use your search marker (although your clicker mechanics were great here!).Terrific job here! The new games are posted, I am excited to see more!
Tracy
You can add in holding the target in your palm so it is easier to match up the hand touch she is already learning 🙂
T
Wow beef heart and salmon is really high value! One of the games we added tonight has a 2 toy game, where we go back and forth between 2 toys 🙂 That can help! It is the wing wrapping foundation game (it is the 2nd demo that has the toys, after the food demo).
T
Hi! Great seeing you in the live class 🙂
>>And oh yes, she did a little air chomp lol. She can be sassy! Sometimes she barks at me – I’m sure we’ll get some instances of it in this class, so I’ll be curious what you advise when that happens. I’m not sure if it’s frustration or just personality.>>
The clack is usually an excitement thing 🙂 And sometimes the barking is too! Or it could be frustration, we will take a look and see! I like these spicy pups!
Tracy
