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Good morning!
Omg I’m on the west coast now so it is breakfast time here and that wrap looks DELICIOUS hahahaha!This is a really strong session for sorting out cues!
First rep- nice connection at :11 for the send, nice wrap – good timing! A position suggestion for the wraps: stay on the takeoff side, so you don’t show any motion past the bar as that can cause a wider turn when he is jumping full height. Decelerating sooner will belp stop your momentum from going past the jump.
On that first rep, switching the toy to the other hand caused a disconnection, so either run hands-free or leave the toy in one hand only.2nd rep at :22, note how you shifted your connection and arm forward and ahead of him, so he looked at you and dropped the bar.
Good wrap here too!The next two reps were closer to the first rep – they looked really good too.
The arm back connection is looking soooo much clearer! The only thing to add now is to deliver the verbals to his eyes, looking at him, and not at the jump at all. I know it is entirely counterintuitive to do that LOL! But it works beautifully because it turns your shoulders to the line and shows awesome connection.
And in sequences, you can run with the toy in a pocket (or thrown by Mike) so you don’t have to it from hand to hand, that delays info.
Great job! Onwards to bigger distances 🙂
TracyGood morning!
>>I do think I was targeting with that dog side arm, even though I wasn’t really aware of at the time. >>
Total human nature – we are all very handsy and it stinks that the dogs don’t read it LOL!
He was great with his mountain climber squeeze cheering LOL! I think this might be his favorite game EVER. And I was about to suggest a rear cross too, and then you did them. Perfect!!!
So the next step is to find something that will let you drop this board a little more, less than an inch each time. I used a teeter teach it, but you can use anything strong that can be adjusted in tiny increments. The goal is to keep his confidence up like this while adding more drop to the board very slowly. 🙂
Great job!
TracyHi!
He is also doing really well here! 2 ideas for you:
It looks like you were shaping for all 4 on here and he had a little trouble at first- start closer to the board so he can get it right away, then you can slide away a little more from the board.What is his cookie marker for a cookie in a bowl or in your hand? We are going to want to stay away from a yes marker, so he doesn’t associate a yes as a release.
Great job! Let me know what you think!
TracyGood morning!
He is doing well here! This is a good amount of tip for another session, then drop it an inch and see how it goes.
2 things to add-
Do any handling you can think of… front, blind, rear, running past, etc. But do not decelerate until after he gets to the top: we don’t want to build decel into the behavior at all. So when he arrives at the top, take a least 2 more steps before you decelerate.Also, after the reward, help him get off the plank (lift him off or walk him down) before you reload the target. That way he won’t turn around or stop halfway down the board or do other things we don’t want him to do.
Nice work!
TracyGood morning! I’m so glad you are having fun at camp 🙂 I’m not surprised that Spot looks awesome 🙂 but it sure is fun for other people to see it too and comment on it 🙂
On the video:
The opening looked great, you did the ideal thing of connect, yell the cue, and stay in motion the whole time. Super!
And he nailed the tunnel discrimination!On the 10-11 threadle the first time:
It sounds like you said “over” which might be too general of a cue, and not enough collection for 10, so he didn’t process the threadle. A left verbal to get more collection will help, especially when you are running hard.
On the re-do, you started your in in sooner but a collection verbal for 10, starting as he lands from 9, will really help.
Also, if you are using a dog side arm threadle cue, open up more and swing it back – your shoulders were closed forward and supported the 180 line there.
You were more open in terms of shoulders at 1:25 but also not moving that fast, so definitely keep the open shoulder and add the collection verbal for 10 and see if that helps when you are running. You got it with more motion at 1:50 but he also knew the sequence by then LOL!Very nice transition into the wrap at 13!!! It looks like you kept him on your left for the tunnel send to 14, which set up a really nice exit to 15. He turned so well, in fact, that you can cue the right verbal for 15 sooner so he collects for it more – you did it as he was jumping, when ideally he hears it after he exits the tunnel and turns to 15.
Nice ending line too! I loved his super independent wrap on the backside <3
Great job here! Keep me posted about camp, let me know if he has any struggles and we can add it here to work on!
TracyGood morning! This was non hot mess at all! It was good for training to see what he needs and when he needs it.
Opening:
The tree makes this adventurous, I think the forced blind with you on the other side of the tree is best but be later on starting it, and adding the threadle helped – 2:30 was GREAT! And so was 3:03!
Connect more on the barrel send, you were deceling and pointing forward on the first couple (like at 1:07) which broke connection and pulled him off. When you connected and started the send when he was lifting off for the previous jump, he committed beautifully.
The barrel makes the next tunnel discrimination more true life because you are not that far ahead, so the cues had to be super early. If you waited to start the cues til you were past the jump (like at 2:37), he took the wrong end of the tunnel. But when you did it before he approached the jump like at 2:50, he got it every time. Yay!
And then you clearly were annoyed with having to threadle the tunnel, so you gave an amazing post-breakfast connected send to the barrel and nailed the blind at 3:10. YESSSSSSS!
On the 10-11 line, he did the threadle at the end, but didn’t power through it. I bet he will read the FC-BC well too, same as Min. And it is a good sanity-saver to only have to remember one handling plan 🙂
Wrap at 13 looked good both times through that section!
Ending looked really strong because he has such good barrel understanding. Add more connection to him and arm back, and point forward less when you send to the jump before the circle wrap on the ending line, to get a smoother push out to that jump.
Great job here! Let me know what you think!
TracyGood morning!
This is a good weave game for Kaladin, there was MUCH steam coming out of his ears on the first few reps. Then he had a light bulb moment and was fine. Yay! So keep working on it. In class, you can move the wing further down the poles to help with the high speed straight entries, as a collection aid. High speed straight entries are pretty hard!!Min also thought this was hard!! When you moved right away it was very hard. When you waited til she was one stride from the entry, she got it.
So split the difference: move sooner, but slowly, just sliding out of there so that she gets used to you moving but also so she can be successful without a lot of movement.
And yes, she was VERY happy with her Nemo prize and not looking at you!Great job 🙂
TracyHi!
Any game where we sit on our butt and let the dog do all the work is perfect for a hot summer LOL!! Let me know how it goes!
TracyHe was pretty amazing, adding the wing without batting an eyelash LOL! Definitely put it in on course to continue to build on this big success.
You’ll have a blast with Annette… maybe it will be cool and breezy out?
T
Good morning!!
I agree, tons of progress on these courses, you’re looking smooth and connected.
Carrying the pole was clever as long as you don’t impale yourself LOL! Maybe a weave pole instead?In trying to figure out why they were not fast or excited to be out there… could have been they were tired from a lot of recent course running, or could have been that you carrying the pole was just too weird. My dogs would have probably been concerned if I was running with a pole and at least 2 of them probably would not run.
Keltie ran but she was super careful. Even without the pole, she was careful and trying to opt out, so if they don’t want to run… don’t run. There is a certain level of soreness that the dogs might feel after course work like this (especially in the heat) and that might have been what you see when they slow down or opt out.
Since we want fast happy dogs, take a “less is more” approach – if you want to work a small piece like the tunnel threadle, do it at a much lower height or no bars, and just do that section and not the full course.To put it in perspective, the demo dog duties here are split between 3 (sometimes 4 or 5) dogs… and they only work big sequences or courses once a week. I might play around with short sequences or skills a couple of times a week, but the big course work is not every day or every other day, because it is too much physically and mentally for dogs and humans LOL!!! The dog PTs tell me any soreness will appear 24-48 hours later and will resolve in 72 hours.
So yes, build the standard course and walk it a whole bunch tomorrow… but don’t run it til the weekend so both dogs are chomping at the bit to get out there 🙂 or, do the jump-tunnel verbal game from package 2, that is easy and fun 🙂
Great job! Let me know what you think!
TracyGood morning!
She has really good entry understanding!! The garden gate worked well here, and yes, you can vary your position more and don’t stand still til she enters: you can move away as soon as she moves (put the gate back in if she struggles with the added motion).
One thing I notice is that she weaves with her head up. She enters with it down, then lifts it and weaves with her shoulders. It would great to get her head down, so you can try moving the MM further away (20 feet or so) so she has to run run run to it. That will require her head staying down to run, which might transfer to head down in the weaves. If not, we can try other things. 🙂
Great job!
TracyGood morning!
Yes, the live classes are also intended for everyone to try them at home and post them for feedback 🙂 They are partially handling games, partially dog training games.First sequence:
She got the idea of the backside nicely on Rep 1 and 2! You might have put her back in front of the other jump too soon, she had a lot of speed coming in on rep 3.
That flip away is hard skill! She was starting to get it when you were also turning your feet and using your arm – but you can eventually fade to foot rotation and just use your arm (which would happen as she is lifting off for the jump).
When putting it together – the ‘simple’ lines are actually kind of hard 🙂 Drivng her down to the tunnel helps (especially after all of those backsides) and then when she exits the tunnel – the trick is to make eye contact and not point forward. If you are pointing forward (like at 1:36, for example), your shoulders will be closed as she exits the tunnel meaning she will see your back (not your connection). So she was guessing about the jump because it was the most obvious thing. Getting outside the line of the jump helped but having your arm back and looking for her eyes will totally help too.
You mentioned she drops a lot of bars in extension, as she did here. On thing that will help is more eye contact and connection, with your arm locked back and extended away from you. That will keep your shoulders open to her and the line which will keep her from rushing to chase your line. Your shoulder and connection were closed forward at 2:20 and 3:28, so you had bars there. You were more open to her at 2:57 and it helped a lot!
Seq 1B:
Good job starting with rewarding with the countermotion on the wrap! This will come into play as you leave earlier:
I agree with your comment about wanting to leave earlier on the backside and not use as much upper body! It is a trained skill (trained similarly to how we trained in the Seq 2 backside game)To leave earlier, show the wing for the backside wrap and you can step to it or use a low arm, but don’t cross the arm in front of you to support her jumping line. Instead, as soon as she is past you, move forward but drop the reward in behind you (similar to what we do in seq 2). This will take out the upper body rotation and solidify the commitment
But be sure she sees the whole wing, at 2:41 you were blocking it so she went to the tunnelSeq 2:
She is taking the backside jump nicely! To get her to the correct side, yes, more connection but also do the blind sooner. You were helping her over the bar with your right arm til she was taking off, which cued her to land on your right. Ideally, you would Ideally, you would see her arriving at the backside entry wing and start the blind, so she sees your left side before she takes off. That will help her land on your left, and also requires the understanding to take the jump on the backside without extra help 🙂Seq 3: for her, I think the opening is a soft turn cue because the tight wrap cue would be too tight. She had a little trouble but I think she was looking at something or someone.
On the 3 wrap, I think a spin (rotated FC to BC) will get the collection into 4, the post turn cues a little too much extension for her.
To cue the 6 backside l: as she is over 5, make a big connection to her eyes, arm back and drive to the backside wing. I don’t think you were late on all of them, I think it was a matter of pointing forward ahead of her, which caused her to see your shoulders turn to take the front of the bar. On the last rep, you used a lot less arm and more connection and motion, and it worked nicely!!Nice work! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi! It looks like you had a blast in Ohio! I can see why the heat and humidity would be really hard, adding in being tired from the adventures!
This was great fun to watch – he was on fire! He has come a long way with his weave skills since I last saw him weave! Was this the first time he saw a wing there? He figured it out immediately and got a whole lot of great entries while you were moving away. You can totally stick a wing on the weaves on a bigger training course to help him out!
He had a miss but it was a hard entry and that might have been caused by Callie coming in to join the party. She got the entry LOL!
Great job here! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi! These are looking strong!
She was such a good girl on the wobble board – she knew it was backing up onto it so she didn’t want to get off it LOL! I see what you mean about the sideways backing up. Do you have an x-pen? You can put the wobble board in an x-pen and wrangle the sides so form guides for her, that can help! She seems confident with it so you can put it on a floor that makes more sound to simulate the teeter noise.
One step send – you were VERY connected here, which is more important than anything else! Yes, you can give a clearer step but she knew where to go and was focused, so I score it a win 🙂 You can carry the toy in your hand instead of your armpit, she got a little distracted when you reached for it but I don’t think she will be distracted if you carry in the opposite hand.
It is pretty common for young dogs to run past the tunnel (or run on top of it LOL!) or run into it sideways like she did LOL! She will sort all that out when she gets more experience with the tunnel in a sequence, and rewards after the tunnel. She was offering the jumps really well! When you are throwing rewards in grass, you can try big chunks of cheese so it is visible, or a lotus ball so she doesn’t search for crumbs 🙂 Then you can add speed: if you can run through the pinwheel and she will commit, then you can add the deceleration into the wraps and she will be able to collect before takeoff to set up a tight turn.
Countermotion – The single wings were hard for her, so you can try to step directly back more than sideways on the single wing reps. She did MUCH better when you added more motion by asking her to do the wing wrap before the countermotion send! So definitely keep trying the countermotion on one wing at a time but I think she is going to be really good at this 🙂
Great job on these! Let me know what you think!
Tracy
