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Hi again!
The moving target game looks great too – the sit stay is the best part of it and will be very helpful as you work her skills! She was a SUPER good girl, holding the stay even while the toy was moving. She had no problem with the game added in front of the jump as well, even with the ball moving before the release: click/treat for you BOTH!!The only other thing to add here is more of your motion – you can work up to jogging then running! It is not a big priority for now to do that, you can do it eventually, because we will be adding the moving target games to the jumping games starting tonight!
Great job! Have fun!
TracyHello and welcome back! She is in the all-legs stage of development 🙂 and looks great!
The wrap pre-game looked great. She was having no trouble with the wraps and was very driven to do them, even when you added distance. I loved the rep when she almost missed it then caught herself then got it right. Brilliant! Great job – we build on this tonight.
Tracy
Hello and welcome back!!! yes, there is a bit difference in development between 6 months and 8 months – you will see a lot of progress coming up! Fun!!!!
See you in class!
TracyGood morning and welcome back to you and brother Pesto!!
>>1. He is very hoppity in his jumping style and I am wondering if get him to be less bouncy can be addressed in the foundation work.>>
Yes, 100% yes to this. The Pizza 1.0 litter was also a bit upright/inverted so the tweaks in the jump foundation here are based on addressing that specifically. Check out the moving target pre-game, as that will be incredibly useful.
>>2. He naturally wants to look at me after doing a jump instead of looking ahead. He doesn’t understand the idea of the go – line or and his drive ahead requires a reward to be placed in advance instead of tossing it, particularly is there is a second jump before the reward.>>
That is normal and fine 🙂 We will be working with either SUPER early rewarding (especially if you are in a place where someone else can throw it) as well as placed rewards. He is only 8.5 months old, yes? So no worries, we will get him looking forward.
>>So far we have worked 2 jumps and a tunnel – he is very fond of his tunnels and he has no problem going behind me to steal them.>>
Well, that is a skill we work on and he is not stealing them… he says your info and connection is not clear enough 🙂
>>I have a mostly solid startline so that is one thing in my favor.>>
That is SUPER and will be really helpful 🙂
>That’s my list (for now). I am sure the list will get longer as we move through the lessons the next few months.>>
Perfect! He is right on track!
>>Last question, regarding live classes, it is starting to get darker earlier, will be working outside in the live sessions?>>
Some of the sessions are good for outdoors, some are good for indoors. But they can all be done indoors if needed. We will be doing the running order and games in order of daylight amounts, so stay tuned.
See you soon!
TracyHello and welcome to you and Makai!! Have fun and keep me posted, I am looking forward to seeing you in action!
Tracy
Hello! Great to see you here with your two girls!
And it is funny how they are so different – that will make for different training adventures for sure. We can tweak any of the games so that Miracle is super confident playing them, while keeping Merry confident as well 🙂
Have fun!
TracyHello and welcome back!!
Training will be interesting for sure, but I am game to figure out how to keep things fast & fun while advancing her skills… without you having to move too much 🙂 Challenge accepted!!
And we can play with ways to add motivation to the things she finds poopy (stays/line ups before movement, collar holds) by casually and informally pairing them with things she loves loves loves 🙂 And for training skills, we can totally use the cone wraps and body wraps or cookie tosses so we don’t lose her motivation with stooooopid stays 🙂
See you in class tonight!
TracyHello and welcome back!!!! Great to see you here!
The wrap pre-game looks really good 🙂 His commitment looks lovely!!
The only thing to add would be holding his collar before you start the verbal, then letting him move. That can solidify the verbal being attached to the behavior because he is hearing it before he moves.And yes, great distraction work if he was hearing The Daddy in the garage and still doing his wraps! Good boy!
Have fun!
TracyHi! Great to see you and Vibe here again!!!
>>I also tend to keep training sessions short with lots of rewards, so she doesn’t disconnect.>>
Perfect! She is only 6 months old, so you are just beginning the crazy ride known as “canine adolescence” LOL!!!!
Have fun!
TracyHello and welcome back! I can’t believe he is a year old already!!!!
Because there is so much to do with puppies at this stage, I recommend scheduling your training on the calendar 🙂 You can alternate days: Maxpup handling/jumping stuff on days that alternate with contact stuff, so you do try to do it all in one day. And if you miss a day, no worries, keep going with the schedule and it all evens out.
Have fun!
TracyGood morning! Welcome to class, great to see you here 🙂
The wrap pre-game is going well! She doesn’t always go to the wing if your dog-side leg is back. So to help her always propel to the wing after you let go of her collar, you can let go then take one step to the wing (then reward when she goes around it 🙂 ). Good job with the verbals!
>>She can be iffy about things that involve collar holding so at some point we made need to adjust.
She did well with the collar holding here. You can do a lot of very quick collar touches then let go so she can go do a thing, like chase a toy or a cookie or run through a tunnel. The collar holds don’t need to be long in duration – quick and fun is the key. And, for now, it might really benefit her if you took her collar and gave her a treat every time you touched her collar during training.
>> For example we don’t have a stay, so how do we work the pregame moving target?
2 ideas for you:
– you can toss a cookie away so she moves to get it then as she is on her way to you, you can begin the moving target game.
– begin working on the stay to get her happy to hold position. She is a good age for it! It can be a stay on a platform like a Cato board for now, or you can shape the stay with toys or treats. Super short duration for high value reinforcement is key here. I prefer to use the release as part of the reinforcement, so you can begin by releasing and rewarding the instant her butt assumes the sit position, then build up more and more duration over time. We don’t want to rush the stay behavior, but we certainly want to get it going.Many of the games can be done without a stay or without a collar hold because you can start with a cookie toss or a wing wrap. And, separately, you can build up the stay and collar hold so eventually it all comes together 🙂
Have fun!
TracyThat will work! And we can adjust games as needed for the equipment and space available. Have fun!
Tracy
Good morning!
I looked through the first few weeks. Here is what ti bring, if possible 🙂
– 3 jumps if possible, with bumps or low bars. We will be using the wings separately as well.
– do you have access to a baby tunnel to bring? That will work really well if you don’t have a full-sized tunnel on the road.
– a super long toy that can drag on the ground as you walk, or you can tie a couple of toys together, or use a lotus ball or food pouch on the end of a toy too!Thanks!
Tracy
