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That’s so awesome!!!! And I think being “demo dog” is great trial prep because she gets to practice running in front of the crowd. I am so excited that she was brilliant!
Hello and welcome!!! Yes, there is a lot 🙂 but I think you’ll find that it can be done in short blasts and gets easily built up. Have fun!!!
TracyOmg this video was great: “LET ME LOVE YOU” lol!!!
He is happy to put his front feet on you… so when he does that, your job is to stand there with one hand on him, while you gaze into the distance. No hugs or kisses. Lol! Just stare off into the distance, as if watching people walk a course or planning your dinner. Stand stl 🙂 that is how to fake your chill in a way he will be happy with 🙂 he can lick string cheese or something while you do this.
Let me know if that makes sense!
#TeamFakeChillHi! She had very big feelings about this!
We will be adding more to the line up and remote reinforcement games on Monday so to prepare for those: how does she do in the kitchen when you put the dish down and walk away with her? If she can do that pretty easily and without big emotions (and going back for lots of rewards of course :)) then go a few steps away and ask for one easy behavior. I think one of her action tricks like a hand touch or spin would be ideal, so she doesn’t have to turn her back on the dish (not yet, at least :))We will totally build up to the line up with the remote reinforcement, but there are a couple of steps we will put in before it. Her big emotions will tell us if we are moving top quickly and if so, we can dial it back to wherever she is comfy. 🙂
Great job! Let me know what you think!Tracy
Hi!
I see what you mean, he has questions. Was he supposed to go straight and turn right over the same jump as the go jump? It was hard to tell based on your position: when he was on your left, your running line pushed him to the outside jump. When he was on your right, you were standing on his line so he thought it was a backside. So, the best thing is to make sure you are facing the jump you want, but be moving towards the wing so you don’t end up blocking his line.
I think the spins on the flat confuse him a bit. He was not sure if you want the turn on the flat or on the jump. So, they can be a good warm up away from the jump with different verbals, but using a jump you can send him over it to get the turn.
Let me know if that makes sense 🙂
TracyGood morning!
>>You said to move her to the center on the right turns. Did you mean about the contrast of RIGHT turn towards me and away from me from the center? You said the contrast of right turn away and left turn away.
Sorry, I’ve been leaving out important words lately!!! I meant center of the wings, where the 3 wings meet (not center of the bar). So the left turns would be very easy, and the right turns would be harder because she is on your right side. Let me know if that makes better sense 🙂
The zig zags are going well!! Click/treat to you for sorting out what she needed and going to food. Do this exact thing for one more session before we change anything like adding the toy back.
I agree, the release and cue are hard to time. Definitely mix in moving your hand and marking/rewarding the stay (tossed reward to her). The other thing you can do is place the hand cue in position *before* you release. So it would be point at the line you want, pause…. release. That can help keep the verbal release distinct from motion!
Great job! Let me know if this all makes sense or if I left out any words LOL
TracyGood morning! Congrats on your class success, it is so cool to hear that she is a superstar 🙂
The other thing you can do with the serps at speed is angle the serp jump to face her, ever so slightly. That way it is easier to take it and harder to run past it while you run.
Both games here look great! A couple of little ideas:
On the minny pinny, keeping her facing the center of the bar will help for another session or two, because moving over too soon caused her to ping away to the other side.And since she found being moved by the collar so NOT fun, you can use a reset cookie: lure her into the position you want, feed her, then take the collar. That way she won’t think it is as poop LOL!!
You can also do an entire session just with cookies, because the toy is stimulating and she wanted to get to it fast. Food will be less stimulating so you will see her look at the jumps more 🙂
She totally remembered the zig zags!!! You can totally move the wings in closer now, to 6 feet then 5 feet. And you can handle less, smaller motions: she was like I GOT THIS so the bigger movements were sending her a little wider 🙂
Great job! Let me know what you think!
TracyGood morning!
>>He comes fully loaded with energy.
>>In distracting environments, I have to bring the energy to compete.Right! That’s why we want him to self-direct his energy more in those distracting environments so you don’t have to match or exceed the energy of the distractions.
>>Pattern game I was able to do outside on porch so he did take a moment to look but came back pretty quickly.
Perfect!!! More practice with minimal distractions will help him be ready for bigger distractions.
>>Will try at the run thru. We usually do these further back in smaller room behind ring. Only a narrow space with dogs and people in room with ring. Small room has practice equipment so he gets excited if dog is running.>>>
Keep me posted! Start where he can be successful then get closer and closer 🙂
>>I did finally find a way to get a leash attached to his clam. This did up the excitement. I was able to use it to draw him away from barking at the neighbor taking out trash while outside on the porch. Will test it with dogs at the run thru.>>
That’s huge! Neighbor dogs can be a massive distraction!!
Keep me posted 🙂
TracyGlad to hear she is doing so well!!!! And thank you for filling me in on all of her questions, it really helps us humans try to figure out what the dogs need 🙂
TracyHi!
>>I measured and they were 6 1/2 ft apart. So, go to 5ft next? Then add more? Or, get to 4 ft on three before adding more?
I think a good progression is to go to 5 feet on 3. Then back to 6 feet for 4 (easier distance for harder # of wings). Then to 5 feet on 4 wings. Then to 6 feet on 5 wings… then to 5 feet on 5 wings. No need to get to 4 feet right now, I think the quick coordination of 5 wings will be more useful 🙂
the left/right verbals are going well! The left/right towards you looked great. And she is a DEFINITE righty 🙂 You can move her more to center on the right turns, and if that is fine you can add in a contrast of right turn away from your (starting on your right) and then left turn away from you (also starting on your right).
>>Sprite really struggled to turn left away from me. Had to lure it.
Luring is good, it helped! You can use that little hand signal you started using at about 1:23 (but only on the jumps, not on the flat, because we don’t want her offering the spin on the flat :)) . Or, you can lure it is a little with a bowl out there between the bars or a toy on the ground. There is nothing wrong with a good ol’ lure sometimes and she has a good understanding of the bowl!
>> Also, should I go back to jump bumps? I can’t lock my bars and she is knocking them trying to figure out her footwork.
Yes, you can use your bumps here if the bars can’t be locked, so she can sotr out the footwork 🙂
Great job! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi!
She looked good on both of these! I think for now she looked a little better at 6 feet (she was ‘reaching’ more on 7 feet, which means it is not as comfy). As the bar gets taller, and she gets older, we might revisit 7 feet but for now, leave it at 6 feet… and add the moving target 🙂 The MM helped her learn the concept (nice job with the stay reinforcement too!!!) so now we can add more power with the moving target that you’ve already worked on.Great job!!
TracyHi!
>>I really liked that all of your dogs did this. I probably could work with that but would have to cue it. Is that okay?
Yes, you can cue it and totally even give little cookies at first. I cue it with my dogs.
>>I appreciate your confidence that we can have chills
As a founding member of Team No Chill, I have confidence that chill (real or fake) is achievable by all.
Hi!
Loose leash walking for cookies is good, but I would definitely add in the pattern game so he learns to assess the environment (and his doggie friends :)) and offer engagement to the momma! That can totally help him understand how to ignore his friends and not be the social director at the end of the leash 🙂
Tracy
