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Good morning! Great session here!!
The target is an excellent choice – big and easy to hit. The yoga mat under it was great too, both so she wouldn’t slip and so she could very easily see the target when it went in. Your click timing was spot on! And things went really fast (in a good way) when you had the treats in your hand to be able to get the reward to her asap. It was overall a really great value building session.
Was the back and forth cookie chasing to get her pumped up to play, kinda of a tug-replacer? She seemed to really like it and was very engaged. Yay!!!
So the next value-building session can get even more movement going (which will help the upcoming games :)): you can replace the click with your ‘get it’ marker and toss the cookie to the side (rather than hand it to her). So she touches, you say get it, and toss the cookie. She is ready for that!
Great job here!
TracyGood morning!
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Hope that helps!
Tracy
Good morning and welcome!!!!! I think you will find this structured but also with enough free-form stuff that you can have a fun and progress as quickly or slowly as you like.
Have fun!
TracyHello and welcome!!!!! Now Suzie gets to be your tech crew. 🙂
And Amore’s generation has sharpened up what we do here, so SpongeBob will get an even stronger foundation 🙂
Have fun!
TracyHi!
I think a separate post might be easiest for you to keep track of – we have lots of working pups and auditors so an auditing question post might get long 🙂T
Hello and welcome!!! I understand the foster failure thing and totally support it 🙂 And having 2 puppies at once? A bit crazy at first but TOTALLY worth it in the long run 🙂 I am glad you are here!!!!!! Have fun!
TracyPerfect! There is a time and a place for a clicker… but you’ll find that we don’t need it that often 🙂
TracyHi! Lots of lovely work here too!
Looking at the videos in groups:
Discriminations 1:
first video – doing the blind from a standstill was hard because you would basically have to finish the blind before the release. He figured it out based on motion Good boy!Video 2: After the BC, you can decel and do a spin rotation or a send – he was wide when you did just the post turn so those can help tighten up the turn after the blind. The flip away had excellent decel and he was SO TIGHT! Very nice!
Video 3: Sequence 1
There were 3 options 3-4 to get the line to the tunnel. You did the RC crosss here and it set a good line! You can get a little closer to 3 then drie with more RC pressure to the tunnel, to show the left turn exit before he went in. He turned correctly on the RC because the tunnel was turned that way, but your position can also support the left turn/RC.Nice push to the backside on 5!!! Try not to disconnect from him after the backside, that is an important connection spot so he was looking at you a bit more than we want there.
4: Sequence 1 2nd time:
ooh I like the position of your blind, great line! Remember to make more eye contact with him when you finish the blind. But the blind to the tunnel definitely is a great line with a ton of speed.Stay connected after 5 here too 🙂 The blind 5-6 worked to get 6 but made the line to 7 harder because you had to be further ahead to push him out so he looked at you there a bit.
5: Seq 1
This was a RC to the tunnel – it went well, but I definitely liked your blind better 🙂 The disconnection on 5 caused the dropped bar here because you were trying to get further ahead – but in this scenario, getting that far ahead made it a little harder to get the last jump and he needed more of a push out to it. I think the winning combo is the BC to the tunnel, then keeping him on your right 5-6-7.6: this was same as video 1, with just the blind to the turn.
Video 7: You did the FC to the tunnel here, but it was harder to finish on time so you were in the way and he had to hold up (and barked at you LOL!) The BC is definitely better in this context because you don’t have to rotate your feet to show a great line with the BC.
When he lands from 5, yo ucan decel and cue the left turn on 6 to the tunnel, so he can collect before takeoff and not turn on landing. That little bit of decel will help, he reads it really well.Next sequence:
Video 8: You can see he is turning wide after 3 on these reps, based on your position. On this video, freeze it at :05. You’ll see your FC is directly on the line to the tunnel, so he was guessing tunnel based on your line and motion then had to adjust for the FC so he turned when he landed. This was also the case on video 1 at :19. You can totally trust him more: send to 3 and do the FC closer to the 4 jump so he anticipates the turn based on your position and line of motion.9: to the tunnel, very nice 🙂 easy peasy!!!!
On the last video, to cue the turn on 4 to the tunnel: you can show decel and collection cues for 4 when he lands from 3, so he collects before takeoff. That will make it nice and tight, and also very fast 🙂
Great job here! Let me know what you think!
TracyHello and welcome!!! This will be fun! We can expand on her foundation and also fill in any holes. And 100 sq ft??? Yay!!!!
Have fun!
TracyHi again!
Yes, the mechanics are hard for sure and I feel like we all need 3 or 4 hands LOL! You can actually get rid of the clicker – she doesn’t need it and it is getting in your way. When she hits the target, you can use a ‘get it’ marker if you are tossing the treats – those markers are both click-like AND tell her where the treats will be, so she won’t look at you.
Excellent start on both of these! I am looking forward to the ‘official’ start tomorrow 🙂
TracyHi there! She is so fun 🙂 She is a tugging wild woman! And she is fast and smart! Love it!
This session went really well. You are definitely building value and that is fabulous!2 ideas for you:
When making the transition from tugging to the target, get the cookies out while tugging and the clicker ready… then get the toy back and tucked away and the last thing is putting the target in. That way the all0important first click is on time and the cookie is ready to go. You had the target going in before the cookie was ready, so there was a little delay and she was watching your cookie hand.
The next thing I would do is stop clicking and use a marker for the cookie tossing (I say ‘get it’) This will help her not look at you at all 🙂 More on the clicker (or no clicker haha) below. Great job here!!
Tracy
Hello and welcome! It will indeed be a party! I think the Golden puppies here can start their own club, there are a whole bunch of SUPER CUTE Goldens!!
Have fun!
Tracy
