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It was fine to jump ahead to the stays – stays are FUN! And since you have already done lots of stay work, this was perfect. You got him excited and worked the stays – he was a perfect boy! My guess is that will be similar to the arousal state he will be in at agility trials, so it was great to see him be so successful 🙂Ready ready ready seems to be a pump-up or bark cue, so be careful not to use it if you want a stay 🙂
>.He’s not super into his prop, which I’m sure helped.>
Yes, no need to make it very hard at first. So you can add the stay in front of a barrel or cone or tunnel 🙂
Great job!
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The rotated sends are looking good!
I think he had a hilarious internal conflict from :26 to :31…. toy? barrel? toy? barrel? The toy was close and the barrel was further away. You were great and just held still so he could choose, then had a big party when he chose the barrel. YAY! Yes, you can be closer to the barrel to help reduce that internal conflict because that makes the barrel easier to get to especially on those right turns (the left turns looked easier for him.You can definitely move to the rocking horse games! He will like all the action!
Nice work 🙂
TracyKate and Estelle are great choices!! I recognize Lori’s name, now I need to remember where I met her 🙂 More caffeine needed LOL!!!
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On this video, there is more movement so you can rotate and shift your connection back to the wing even sooner. The deceleration into the FC can start as he exits the previous wing, so you are rotated and looking behind you as he is passing you. This is hard for us humans! As you got more and more speed here, you were facing forward to the wing for longer than needed – he is ready for you to start rotating earlier now.
He did really well with the race tracks!!! You can challenge him even more by adding more of your speed – pump your arms and run, and let’s see if he can stay on his line around the wings.
Great job on these! Let me know what you think!
TracyNice job with the first part of the countermotion/backwards sending!!! You did a great job shifting your connection back to the wing, which made it clearer for him to know when to go do the wrap. This connection shift was especially important as you did 2 in a row then 3 in a row at the end. So nice!!!
Adding the wing to the game:
Go line – looking really good! You can totally be saying gthe go cue sooner, before he even exits the tunnel, so he comes flying up the line 🙂Wrap at :54 was a little late – the decel and turn started as he was taking off so he turned after landing. Try to keep doing it like you did at :24 on the previous video – that was awesome!
The first RC needed more acceleration up the line – he stopped because you stopped. That is a handler error, so definitely reward him!
Next rep had the acceleration and he got it nicely!
The last RC rep had more decel so he slowed down – the middle RC rep here was super nice 🙂Good job with the backside 2:38! Nice !!! You didn’t clearly cue the tunnel at the end of that line, and he didn’t get rewarded…. definitely reward him becaue he was following your cues correctly. Especially with young dogs, we can assume that handling is creating errors, so we reward the dog anway 🙂 You held the tunnel cue longer at 2:59 and that really helped! So remember that his rewards should come whether you get it right or you get it wrong 🙂
Nice job on these!
TracyThis added the tunnel:
Go line here looked great, you can start saying go sooner (lots of good running here :))NICE transition into the wrap at :24 – this is your best transition of the wrap reps on these videos. Note how you decelerated when he was landing from the first jump as you continued to move forward, and he set up a great collection before the wrap jump. Lovely!!!!
Nice RC too! The extra momentum from the tunnel really helps.
The bar down at 1:04 was handler error due to really late connection (he was already jumping) and surprising him with the backside cue. Just keep going when that happens – he is a good jumper so if a bar comes down, you can assume that your cue was late and he was trying to adjust in the air 🙂
He was not as surprised on the last rep – you were actually later – so to get it earlier you will want to not go as close to the tunnel entry so you have a more direct line to the landing side of the jump. You had to go back around the jump to get there which made the cues later.
Tracy
This is the first part of the 4 Ways game:
Go line looked good – run more! The acceleration is a key component of GO skills 🙂
The wrap cues can start sooner – he was already taking off for 2 at 1:05 and 1:56 when you started it so he was surprised. You can accelerate then when he is jumping the first jump, start to decel so he can collect and turn before the jump – then when you see that collection, you can fniish the FC.
Now that he is starting to do more sequencing, remember to reward him ifsomething goes wrong, because 99.99% of the time it is handler error where he is following you correctly… and we don’t want to confuse or frustrate him by not rewarding when he is answering your question correctly (even if you are asking the wrong question in that moment LOL!)
For example, at 1:28 he didn’t get rewarded but that was a mainly handler error moent – he stood up to eat a cookie, you released, then as he was approaching 2 you stopped him. He looked confused there. If you release after he already stood up, just keep going and have a clearer release on the next rep.
The rear cross at 2:12 looked good, he probably needs more momentum so adding the tunnel will really help.
Nice clear push lines at the end! Strong connection and you showed him the backside wing – very nice!
He was a very happy dude on the wobble board – it was noisy, it had a ton of movement… no worries, he was happy to get on it, turn around, step backwards onto it, etc. Yay! The only hard part was stepping backwards onto it on the high side – he really had to lift his back foot up to find it , and he sort it out really nicely by the end. Do you have access to a teeter at the training center or at home? He is ready to start interacting with that.
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He did well sitting right away! He was quick to sit and great about holding it. You can add more motion, moving faster – slow jogging then moving up to fast jogging eventually. As you add more, be SUPER careful not to move your hands up – the cookie hands were starting at your diaphragm level and moving up to above your heart on a lot of the reps – we don’t want him to read that as part of the cue (it should be verbal only). When you didn’t do that, he was slower to sit (on the last rep) but he did get it. Yay!
Great job!Tracy
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Strangely, these videos don’t have sound for me – not sure if it is the videos or youtube misbehaving. So I will trust that your verbals were spot on in the motion override game 🙂
She was really good at responding to cues in the motion override game, but I am not sure if it was the correct response (no sound LOL!) You were asking for sits, I believe, and getting downs (or maybe vice versa at the end when she sat really well but got rewarded for a down?) My guess is the toy was a little too stimulating, so she was mostly thinking about it being thrown which made the sit versus down less clear. So you can try this with food or a less stimulating toy, so she can have more success with the first cue. And if she does the down if you have cued a sit, try not to fix then reward because that can create an unwanted chain. You can release, move slowly, then try the sit again with less motion.
Backing up onto the teeter looked great! Just as I was typing that it would be be easier for her if you can be lower – you squatted and got to a perfect position. YAY! That put her head into a more neutral position (instead of looking up) and so her backing up looked awesome! The next step is to see if she can be this coordination and process the mechanics when you are using a tug toy as a reward : ) Higher arousal might make processing harder, so this is a good game to work on it!
Great job!
TracyHi!
Wow, he did great with his stay here! Good boy!!So the next step would be to have him start walking with you (not starting in a stay). Then after a couple of steps, you would cue him to sit (while you slowly keep moving). He should sit and hold the sit while you keep walking for a few more steps. Then either throw the reward back to him, or release him forward to the reward in your hand. That is much harder 🙂
So be sure to start moving really slowly so he can be successful. And when it is easy for him, you can start walking faster then build up to jogging!
Nice work 🙂
TracyHi! This went really well too! It will be easier outside with more room, so you won’t have to do things as quickly 🙂
The first 2 videos were the blinds to the tunnel – very nice!!! You had lovely timing and connection! When you have mre room, try to get him into the other end of the tunnel (closer to the first pinwheel jump). The pole was in your way here, otherwise it would have been easy peasy. You would be able to get i by keeping your shoulders open to him, and looking him in the eye while you gave the tunnel cue (rather than point forward to the tunnel).
Great job no the wraps in the 3rd and 4th videos!! The front cross wraps looked great – nice connection to the next line so he knew exactly where to go! On the 3rd video, you did a spin (FC to BC) and that was a little less clear to him (probably because it took him off the line to the tunnel and you had to rear cross the tunnel.
The 4th video had FCs then the BC to the tunnel – super!!!! Really nice!
When you take this outside, you can build up to the bigger distances by breaking it into smaller pieces like you did here. Great job!!
TracyHi!
He definitely likes his Cato plank! I think it was a good height at the beginning, then when you got it higher he was avoiding it a little (getting on the side or top rather than walking across it). So with the higher plank, you can put something under it for now so it is not as daunting for him to walk up and over. A big dog bed under the high end might do the trick!Great job!
TracyHi!
>>Next week our weather is supposed to be back to our usual- i.e., a little cooler. We will work on the blinds and rears then.>>
That will be a relief!!!
He is driving the lines really well, especially through the pinwheel and down the line to the tunnel! And I agree – he is fired up and putting in a lot of effort!! Good boy!
>.We had a couple of missed jumps after tunnel but it was me not giving him the info and connection. >>
Yes, remind yourself to look at him, point to hm (rather than look at the jump or look at the jump).
Also, since you have to be basically perfect to get commitment to the jump after the tunnel, you can re-visit the lazy game to specifically get him to look for the jump after the tunnel as you just walk past it. That will make things a lot easier!
On the wraps: from wherever you are when he is over the middle jump – start the decel. If you start it when he is a stride after that, you are late. At :33, for example, you can start the decel when you see his feet up over the middle bar – and then hold the decel til you see feet up on the wrap jump, then do the FC. That ‘feet up’ window on the wrap jump will get earlier as he gets more experienced, but the ‘decel as he is over the previous jump’ will probably remain the same 🙂
Rewarding teeter interaction is great!! You can also use a MM so that he figures out that slamming the teeter gets the MM to spit out cookies 🙂 It was cool to see him offering his hind end on it too, that will really help when we go to the more advanced teeter games!!!
Great job here!
Tracy
