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She looks strong in both directions here! I think maybe she is a righty because the right turns looked ever so slightly easier? But the left turns looked good too – she is definitely leading with her head! You can bring this game to a wing outside too, so she doesn’t try to fit between the 2 uprights LOL!
If you’ve tried a bit of the other foundations, you can start the organizers and zig zag games.
Great job!
TracyHi!
The jump proofing video looked great and also, it was hilarious. You were doing crazy things and I don’t think he ever changed expressions at all LOL! Good boy! You can revisit this there and there using gradually higher bars. And if he does knock a bar somewhere (in this game or in sequencing or at a trial), take a note about what was happening when he touched it. That way you can find patterns and work on them in this silly game 🙂 I don’t recall any particular jumping questions from him so it is possible you won’t find any patterns.
He did really well on the motion override – you were able to get a good amount of motion going and he was responding correctly every time. Super!! So many dogs can’t process the sit cue when the handler is moving faster, so he gets a big gold star for that! With more of your motion, the latency was higher which tells us a bit about processing time with the motion distraction, which is good to know!
Also, sitting on the flat while processing the motion, had his knees/toes a bit outside the line of his body – so now we can add the platform work in to build the tight sit into this. The platform and plank will help with the organization of the hind end and might even lower the latency, because it provides a clear visual. Start without your motion to get his organization going on the platform and plank, then I bet we can add it back in really fast.
Great job!
TracyHi! Great to see you here 🙂 and any gumbiesque traits that Coal brings will be very helpful LOL!!
Have fun!
TracyHello and welcome!!!
Yes, Miss Momo wants to be responsible for her own organization 🙂 have fun! I’m looking forward to seeing how she does!
TracySorry I missed this!! I agree that he moves well into the sit on the platform! It was hard to see from the angle on the platform, but it looks like he is tighter than on the flat – on the flat, his rear feet are a little outside his body. And if his legs sometimes slide out, then the platform work will help with maintaining the tight sit by providing a clear framework.
I think you should add the around the clock angles in the next session, then you can move this to the longer plank now, adding motion in and out of it.
Looking at the moving target- this is exactly one of the reasons we work this on the flat first… to sort out what he needs in terms of recognizing it as a reinforcement LOL! “Get it” as the release seemed like a dirty rotten trick to him LOL! You can add in dragging it then saying Get it while it is moving?
But for our purposes, you can totally use your break release because he will generally be in front of a jump. So if Get it doesn’t make sense in this context, that’s fine – the break release seemed to make sense. 🙂
Great job!
TracyYou don’t need to, one less thing to worry about 🙂 you can just step to it and use an arm cue, to focus in on getting the head turn.
TForgot to add: Yes, you can totally use a sit verbal and you should use it as we get deeper into the games.
Good morning! Great start here!
Looking at the head turns: she definitely is turning her head, yay! She had some questions about when she should go to the wing and when to offer wrapping again. We can help her out, because it is not an offered behavior, it is a cued behavior.
To do that, you can be more proactive by helping her with hand cues:
Line her up at your side, send her, then use your hand to cue the 2nd wrap (then click and toss the treat in the direction she is going). Then use a reset cookie to line her up again, to repeat the process 🙂It should look more like the 2nd rep (:10-:13, but with a slightly lower hand so she doesn’t look up as much)
When she was offering multiwraps on her own on the last few reps, she was starting sideways and not really leading with the head (especially on the left turns). Resetting at your side and cueing it will smooth it out – and then it will be easier to see the click moment because you’ve just cued it 🙂For the sits: she is definitely organizing well! I like that she is moving into a fast tight sit, with no adjusting or sloppy feet lol!
She doesn’t always want to hold the sit, note how she pops her hind end out a bit after a heartbeat. It might be that the platform is a tiny bit too short or too close to you, or that she’s anticipating the cookie toss, or both. It is also a physically demanding position, so she might be trying to make it easier (smart dog LOL!)
You can try moving the platform a little further from you and reward her in position to help her hold the sit. If she still pops up, go to a longer platform (which we need to go to anyway for the next games :))Great job!! I’m looking forward to the next steps!
TracyAlso for this game: you can back up a bit, send her to the upright, and try to click the head turn on the approach to it (starting on the right turn). And you can also transfer this to a full wing 🙂
TracyHi! She looks great! Super nice session here.
>>It’s obvious to me the clickable moment on her left turns but not so much on her right turns. It looks smooth like she’s keeps turning
I think what you are seeing on the left turn in terms of the clickable moment is that she is processing more on the left turns, so there is that extra heartbeat where we really see her make the choice to turn her head.
On the right turns? I think those are easier so she does them faster – Harder to capture with a specific click but you did a great job.In other words: she appears to be a righty 🙂 is that something you’ve seen elsewhere in training? I can also see it a bit in how her hind end tracks through the turn: to the left, her hind is a bit wider (further from the feet of the jump) and on the right turns, her rear tracks quite close to the jump, she is bendier in that direction.
It is subtle, though, which is good – she has no glaring weakness on one side or the other. Yay!
For this game, a bit more practice to the left will get her left turns to be as fluid and tight as the right turns. And when you start the other games, introduce each concept to her right first, then when she has a few reps of that, go to the left turns.
Great job! I’m looking forward to more!
TracyHi!
The flatwork looked easy for him, even at the 4 foot distance. He still thinks it is kinda dull because there is not a lot of action, but he is using his body well without needing a lot of help from you. I think his only error was more that he anticipated the release and not a movement question 🙂Looking at the 2 jump zig zags: excellent adjustments from you both. The first 2 reps were hard, especially that first rep for him – so your adjustments to make it a better distance was perfect, and he added more power too. Perfect! The next few reps all looked good. I like that he also made adjustments and sorted his striding and approach to the first jump.
On your next session, start with the angle where you left off here, and a rep or two of the stationary food bowl. If that looks good like it did here, go to the moving target – I want to see if he adds even more power 🙂 and then with the moving target, you can close the angle a little more. The food dish definitely worked as a stationary target, so you might need to get crafty and rig up a moving food bowl LOL!!
Great start here! Let me know how he does with the next steps!
Tracy
Hi! Really strong sessions here – watching him organize his hind end was great! He was definitely sorting it out, there is no room for manspread on the foam pad or the step LOL!!!
I think the aerobic step is good for just a super tight sit with no real motion (conditioning stuff) but the foam pads are better for this class. The step is just a tiny bit too narrow.
It looks like there are 2 of the pads? If so, you can work the sit in step 1 on one pad. That will be more challenging than giving him the extra length of 2 pads. Then go to 2 pads when you add movement in steps 2 through 8. If they move, duct tape will be your friend LOL! If it is one longer foam pad, that’s fine too, you can ask him to sit closer to you so he is at the end of it.Great start here! I’m excited for more!
TracyHello and welcome!!!!
How big is Tiki? I’m guessing similar to my Elektra, so her demos should give you an idea of what Tiki should do in terms of form. Have fun!!
Tracy
