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Hooray for no SNOW!!! We probably need enough room for the wind-in-your-hair setup of a wing and a jump about 15-8 feet apart. If that is not possible, no worries, we can use a smaller distance 🙂
T
Hi!
Funny that the sessions were identical in length! And yes, more playtime is a GOOD thing 🙂Watching the video: Wheeee! He certainly enjoyed the thrown toy! I see what you mean about the placed toy not being as fun – probably related to prey drive and chasing it 🙂
On the flat, you can revisit the game a lot to maintain the drive forward with one twist: when you let go of him, you let him run for 3 steps or so before you also start to run.
He did well when you added the wing in too – one twist for ya there to get even more giddy up happening:
Throw the toy past the jump as the first order of business (you will probably have to hold him) then convince him to wrap the wing, then race to the toy. Yes, he will have to turn away from the toy you just threw to wrap the wing, but he will be on fire for the toy 🙂The other set you can add is getting very very close to the start wing and stay there til he is almost completely done with the wrap… then race to the toy you already threw. That will get even more driving ahead in prep for the rear cross.
Yes, there might be “anticipation” moments where he skips the wing wrap and just heads for the toy, no big deal, just have a laugh and try again 🙂
>>I plan to keep doing this throughout the week without including any drills with rear crosses until he’s really getting the driving ahead.
Perfect! Rear crosses will be easy to add in. For now, we want him to learn the joys of being a wild man out on the big lines and leaving you in the dust 🙂
Great job!
TracyHi! I am excited about Zanee Camp!!!!!! That will be so fun!
You can take the game away from the running contact mat for now and train the toy-grab cue more. You can put it on the ground, ask her to do a behavior she already has a good history with (like hitting that prop with her feet, from the very first MaxPup class :)) with the toy on the ground, and then using your get it cue to tell her she can have the toy. That might clarify things very quickly for her, and then you can bring it back to the running dog walk mat 🙂 Let me know how it goes!
TracyOh wow, the race tracks look great! She seemed pretty balance in both directions now and really speedy. The commitment looks much stronger – and great job to you for rewarding after the wings and not after the tunnel 🙂 I think she is ready for the Diamond game!!! Great job!
TracyHi!
The serps and front crosses went really well!! Yay!
All of the FCs looked great. She had only one question on those, at :48 – on that rep, you were running sideways towards the jump, so she didn’t see the connection as well and was reading the line of motion. O the others, yo were running forward out of the wrap FC more so she saw the line and connection better 🙂
Serps are looking really strong in terms of commitment and also taking the jump. She was finding the backsides REALLY well!! You helped a little more than she needed on the first backside rep by holding position – you can keep moving on those like you did on the other reps.
Since the backsides are going so well, we can add one more detail: On the push cue, you can have your shoulder back like a serp because it is a serp when she gets to the backside, and have the MM out on the serpentine line to help support that 🙂You can replace the bump with a bar, too! That will give her more room between the uprights and a different visual on the jump.
Good morning! Bummer about the bad weather coming 🙁
Finding the jump after the tunnel looked great! Lovely connection no matter what your position was relative to the line and Tali was FLYING. YAY! Great job with the reward throws! When the tunnel can come back out, you can run even closer to it so when she exits you are either parallel to her or behind her, so she drives forward. And, you can add in your Go verbal too.
Great job!
TracyGood morning!
About the classes – In 2019, we changed to different software here – all of the active classes at the time were downloaded, so I can see what you had active and email it to you.
On the video:
The rear crosses are going well! At the beginning you were getting closer and closer to the line and she did really well reading it! Same with the other side – high success rate with reading the rear crosses. Yay!!
Two details to be careful of:Don’t get on the line too early in terms of trying to cut your feet across behind her, as that might look like the backside cue. You don’t pattern the Rear cross line then pressure on it too early (like at :17) as that will cause her to not read the backside skill
And I will keep bugging you to be further from the bar on the Go lines 🙂 Plan your go line to be a lot more lateral, so you don’t end up with pressure on the line similar to the backside pressure. You can see it more heading towards the camera like at :51. Your path there at :56 was further away which is good 🙂
She was looking at you a little on the tunnel exit on the reps coming towards the camera, but I think it is because the tunnel was turning her to the right, so the GO was not a straight line necessarily and Dellin was checking to be sure. That will go away when she is more experienced.
Great job here! Those rear crosses will be a strong tool in your handling toolbox!!!
TracyHi!
It is possible that if she went around it, she was reading the backside cue and your line was pushing her to the backside. This is a tricky exercise 🙂 You can warm up her up with multiple Go Go Go lines in a row, then get on the rear cross diagonal and change the placement of the toy. When you do this, don’t worry as much if she nails the rear cross, it is more so you can get more comfortable with the RC diagonal 🙂
TracyHi! This is a GREAT update! It is pretty awesome that you are seeing changes in behavior, even though she is a little older than a puppy LOL and she has a longer history 🙂 I think it is really cool!!!!!
>>Second run on Saturday, she entered the ring happy and we were standing waiting to go when something caught her attention behind her, she looked over her shoulder and her ears went down, head went down and she had a hard time starting.
Yep, probably some noise or something. Do you think she would be able to respond to a cue for a goofy tick in that moment? I have a new game coming tonight that might help too, the cookie-free pattern game. Let me know what you think after you see it!
Tracy
Hi!
>>Yes, I just tossed one cookie and it got him more focused. The distractions of music and people were behind us but he was looking off into the woods and trails.
This is GREAT because it means the pattern games are kicking in!!!
>> Do you have class tonight?
Yes, he has class tonight and next Monday. I did register for UKI trial on 4/24 so that will be the next chance outside of class. I will practice running a small dog tonight, reward jumps and work in all his games. Hopefully more people attend this time.>>Have fun tonight 🙂 And after you see the new games, let me know what you think and we will plan for the UKI on the 24th 🙂
Tracy
Wait, it is now a permanent rule that you can carry the leash in your pocket? What? OK then, let’s get him tugging on his leash! Time to buy a fancy new tugger leash!
>>Reeled him in like a fish, spun in a circle exactly two times and shoved cheese in his face. We were in management at that time
Management shmanagement, you were counterconditioning my shoving charcuterie in his face. SCIENCE!
T
Ha! He is a big personality, laying on the prop LOL!!! Yes, laying on it is fine 🙂 Keep me posted!
TracyThis upcoming calendar sounds good – session with Judy, maybe a trial in May – gives us plenty of time to plan. And yes, you would like life in Virginia! And Annalise can run plenty of my dogs, plus she can run them in flyball too 🙂
T
Hi! Congrats on a great weekend!
>> I must say I’m exhausted because I was at a super high anxiety level all weekend worrying about my red boy.>>
That should give you insight into how the dogs feel, in terms of depletion 🙂 More on that coming tonight.
>>Also why did YT default the thumb nail to me
bending over.>>HA! The YT algo is to find the worst moment and use it. I change them all the time LOL!
>> pre run is super long.>>
As Amy said at one point ni the video: Novice is super slow. And yes – work mor eengaged chill so that you don’t need to be as active and also, so you can watch the ring in case you and Amy are running too close to each other to be tour guides before the run 🙂
The ring vicinity was super active and he did great!
For the run – be sure to practice putting the leash down or tossing it away for when you are no longer allowed to carry it.
he did well on the run but if it is too hard to not fix things in standard… skip running standard for a bit 🙂 I know, I know – it won’t b efor elong. but keep your eyes on the BIG PRIZE of the focus, engagement and speed in the ring. And if you do fix, then don’t just walk back to restart the obstacle – I believe AKC allows a fix-n-go thing where you can run and fling him into the tunnel or something earlier on the line to get more speed 🙂>>Jumpers – I loved his energy here. >>
Woohooo!!!! He is relaxing in the environment and that is great!
>>Weaves- I shouldn’t have called him back but I really thought he was just like wahoooo long line to a tunnel>>
Yes, or keep it in flow – send him over the jump on his line and back to the weaves. Don’t break the flow! And over-connect 🙂 the little bloopers of him not taking the jumps were mainly baby dog disconnection moments – the connection got a little soft in both of those spots, so he didn’t take the jumps. Baby dog connection is pretty intense at first, as they get used to the trial environment.
He totally wanted food post-run, and that is fine 🙂
>>A male BC slammed his ex pen at him as we walked by and he reacted. It wasn’t Fever starting it but it hurt his feelings. Then the other two intact males behind him started barking and lunging too- lots of big dick energy happening.
It took me about 10 seconds of him barking on the end of the leash to redirect him but he was fine.>>Ugh poor Fever! What did you do to redirect him? We can work on things to get him to recover faster when that happens.
>>I’m really glad my whole village pushed me on this one, otherwise I wouldn’t have entered. This was probably one of THE hardest trial environments locally because the ring is so open and has so many visuals. I’m still naturally pessimistic and nervous, but I needed this weekend. Thank you. I am trying to sort out a few more trials before class ends but it’s looking the the last weekend in April or first weekend in May.>>
I am so happy that y’all worked together on this, like a team. That is exactly how flyball works (at least in my region) and so I am trying to encourage agility to work this way more too.
>>Carrie also really injured herself this weekend and still played support for me. I need to send her a fruit basket or something. Amy was also awesome as well as Antje. Before you suggested asking for help to me, I mostly just suffered in silence at trials and it really made quite the difference to just have people in your corner.>>
Yay for Amy and Antje but poor Carrie! Hope she is OK!!!!!! I think she will be happy to accept oysters or drinks 🙂 And yes- it is good to open up an let people in to help. That was HARD for me but oh-so-worth it (and 1000% why my 3 young dogs are enjoying early success in 2 sports – the community support). Not a single one of us got into this to suffer in silence. Let your crew lift you up when things are hard!
>>Really sorry about the long pre run videos. I had the hardest time timing how soon to get him out. I think I got him out 6 dogs early for standard and 7 for jumpers and it still took forever.>>
Novice takes DAYS. And the only think missing is more engaged chill so the exact timing won’t matter. I honestly don’t know how long I need to get my dogs ready, because if I am too early, I’ve got he engaged chill. If I don’t have a lot of time, I reach into the toolbox to pull out the tools to ready them more quickly.
Great job here!! I think end of April/early May is perfect for the next trial.
Tracy
