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This class will run through November 30th, at which point I switch over to full time MaxPup and Brain Camps 🙂
TracyHello and welcome to you and Caper! The Utah crew is here in full force 🙂 I am excited to see more!
Have fun!
TracyHi!
OMG BOSTON TERRIER <3 Bazinga is SO CUTE!! I had to watch the video several times because I was distracted by the cuteness.>> Please enjoy the bedhead! I really wanted you to see the first session with this object, so I’m being brave! >>
Thank you for posting! That’s is why I am posting a lot of “first sessions” as well – so you can see the good, the bad, and all the pajamas and bed head LOL!
On the video – great session! The tugging looks really good!! And it looks like she was happy to go back to the toy after the treats – that is lovely. You might want to put a yoga mat or carpet down so she has more grip when tugging.
No worries about a lure for the first rep, lures are fine! And then she was awesome with the foot smack after that. Perfect! And I love that you already have a ‘find it’ marker. The session went well and she was hitting the object with a lot of intention and passion. So on the next session, you can drop the “yes good girl” and just use your ‘find it’ and toss the treat, so she doesn’t really look at you at all.
>> I started with a different object, but I think I moved too quickly and she was showing frustration on session 2 of that object, so I changed out to a different object, to start fresh. This is our first session with the dustbin.>>
And that is why we use something silly like the dustbin to start. It allows us to sort out what w eneed to do for the pup, and if there is any frustration we can switch gears with no problem. It was brilliant of you to see that and make the changes. Click/treat for you!!!
We build on this game starting tomorrow. I am excited to see more of you and Bazinga!
Tracy
Hello and welcome!! HOORAY FOR TERRIERS!!! He is so cute <3
I love your chatter and silliness during the tugging. when the hat goes down... be silent 🙂 You can give a 'yes' then deliver the treat, but then I want you to be shhhhhhhhhhh If you are too exciting during shaping, he will be drawn up to you and look up at you too much. So you can party hard during the tugging like you did 🙂 but then be very calm and boring and quiet during the shaping.
He was hitting the hat really well! You can try the placement of reinforcement that I did with my Ramen puppy: when Huck hits the hat, say "get it" then toss the treat to the side (then be quiet). That way he is getting treats and offering on the hat, and not looking at you or your hands.
Great job! I am excited to see more of you and Huck!
TracyHellllooooo to you and LaLa! I am excited to see her! I think we have a lot of her family here and some other awesome baby Goldens too – it will be FUN!!!!
Tracy
Hello and welcome! He is adorable!
Stays are not required LOL! We will train them here at some point 🙂 I am excited to see baby Casper!
It will be a Farmdog party here, so fun!!
TracyWelcome!!! I am excited to see Pocket! I see his ‘first momma’ all the time and his littermate. One of the demo dogs here is “related” in that he is a Quicksilver dog too LOL!!
Have fun!Tracy
Hello! Great to see you here! I think you will find the games are different from when Gingji took the class 🙂
Have fun!
TracyHi!
He is tugging really nicely! The food drive will build more, no worries. You can be more interactive and less quiet when tugging -you can praise, make silly noises, get goofy… all of that gets built into the play and you will be able to use that when we play without toys too!
When shaping the foot target – he is doing really well here too. One small detail is to have the cookies ready before the bowl goes down. so you can be super fast with the food on the first reward. And, tuck the toy into your armpit or something for a more immediate transition there too, rather than having it up on a table.
Because he is so tiny, I recommend doing the next session on the floor so he looks at the target more and up at you less 🙂
The targeting in your hand is going well too. A couple of suggestions to make the mechanics easier:
try to leave the hand targe tout and further away from your body – extend your arm and lock your elbow (this will make more sense when you see what it is for in a few weeks :))That means that you won’t want to use the target hand to reach over and get the cookie – so use the clicker hand to bring the cookie over to the target (or don’t use a clicker at all, if you feel like you need 3 hands haha). Bringing the cookie over ot the target will build even more value for the target.
Great job here! You are off to a great start!
TracyGood news, the posts came through! My guess is that it was too big as one post.
The bad news – all the videos are marked private so I can’t start watching them. Let me know when they are unlisted and I will start working through. There are a lot of them so it will probably take me a til tomorrow.
>>I’m signing up for two of the mini brain camp courses #2 and #3. Are there any live spots still available??
Fun! I believe there is a live spot available in the “Perfect At Home” session?
Thanks!
TracyGood morning!
>>I like the idea of rotating the jump so she sees it.
That allows us to shape the concept rather than try to handle it.
>>In this sequence getting 3 the off arm is my left since she was on my right out of the tunnel. But, getting 3-4 the off arm would be my right arm as she is now on my left?
Let’s see if I have enough coffee on board:
She exits the tunnel on your right side and flips away to 3 so as she approaches 3, she is now on your left. So when she lands from 3, the right arm is now the opposite arm. So yes – use the right arm 🙂>>The off arm to get a lead change or out is new to me and one of my instructors just shook her head on Thursday when I used it for an out in class. But, it worked! She asked me if I really meant to do that. Yes, yes I did.
HA! That’s hilarious! The off arm concept has been around for a LONG TIME. But, like blind crosses, we somewhere along the way decided off arms were BAD. But the reality is that they work really well by adding clarity to the cue and making the cue very different from staying on the dog-side arm. You might get asked if it screws up your threadle and the answer is no, it will not screw up your threadle.
If the instructor (or anyone) asks about the off arm, tell them that it is from European styles of handling (because it is LOL!)
>>I might just set the 3 jumps up and send her around a cone for the “ tunnel.” I don’t have yard space for this set up at home.>>
That’s a great idea! And if you think back to the MaxPup ‘Wingin’ it’ games, you can just spread the wings about more and more and handle the concepts.
>>Plus, like I said we’ve been doing threadle training as it’s a particular weakness for me. Once she gets the concept I need either or to be sure sh3 understands not to come in unless I ask her.
I think for the threadle training you can help her by having yourself always in the picture. And for now, you can teach her that when working at a distance, take what she sees on her line. Eventually we put the threadles and backsides at a distance too (and on the other side of the dog walk :))
Have fun!
Tracy
