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>> mixing up training runs with toys and “real” runs since he sometimes gets annoyed if I interrupt a course to praise or train).
That cracks me up! He is very serious about his work!
>>I did some mountain climber work back in February (I got the self-study version of your teeter course). I’ll post that here and let me know if you want me to revisit it. He’s doing a full-height teeter with 2o2o and no issues seen but I’m happy to circle back to whatever you think is best.>>
This is looking good – do you have a recent video of his full teeter? Several of the dogs here have done the independent study teeter course and the dogs look great, so I am thinking maybe I can add teeter sequences or something for Ripley and friends who don’t need the ‘baby’ teeter games! Let me know what you think.
Have a great time at the trial this weekend!
TracyHello and welcome! Changste is adorable, brilliant, and FAST!!!! YAY!!!
Both of these sessions went really well. On the ‘lazy’ game – yes, another session or two is perfect, no need to add other obstacles yet. She is a fast learner!!! For now, reward every time she takes a jump even if she skipped one or you weren’t ready yet LOL! And, after a quick warm up with that, you can go to rewarding after the 2nd (pinwheel) jump so she goes over #1 then drives out to #2 (and if that is easy you can start more jump 2 a bit further and further away).
The one step sends also looked good! One suggestion is to connect more to her as she exits the tunnel for the one step send, so you can see her more and that will help the timing. Same at :26 after the wing wrap: to get her on the correct side, give her more direct eye contact and connection (you did that nicely on the next rep :))
>> send. Changtse is having a lotof fun. I hope that I can keep her in that mode forever!!
She definitely is having fun! And I agree we want to keep it that way:
As she learns more and more about handling, be sure to reward *everything* – even if it didn’t go according to plan. Handling errors are always human errors, so even if you aren’t sure what happened be sure to reward her anyway – then reset and try again 🙂 That way she continues to have a blast while we sort out the handling for your baby speed demon 🙂
Great job here! I am looking forward to seeing more of Changste!!!
Tracy
Hello and welcome! I am excited to see you all here! This course builds into all sorts of fun grown up stuff – he is ready!
>> The live seminars registration looks like it is closed. Are we out of luck?
Did you want a working spot? If so, we can get you in! For the auditing, it is included so you don’t need to fill out the form for that. Let me know and we will get you set up 🙂
Thanks!
TracyHi!
One idea is to have both ends of the plank elevated, maybe with cinderblocks or something similar, so the plank is maybe a few inches off the ground? And have her go on from the side and off from the side, with you clicking and calling her off the side? Let me know if that makes sense 🙂 And yes, for this you can use the full DW plank if you want!To avoid confusion with her 2o2o, don’t have the plank touching the ground so she doesn’t get tempted to move through the 2o2o position.
Let me know if that makes sense!
TracyAlso, I didn’t see a left or right side difference, she is looked pretty balanced on both turns: happy dance!!!!!!
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Hi!
I think this session went well! The lazy game can be awkward with dogs that chew LOL!!! But she did well: She chewed and carried on to the next jump really nicely 🙂 For future sessions, you can try small bits of cheese and I don’t think you need to toss the reward for the first jump anymore – just toss for the middle jump of the pinwheel. Keep adding distance to it, and add some more motion!Great job!!! She is off to a great start 🙂
TracyHello and welcome back! It has been great fun watching you put it all together in flyball with Levy, and I am excited to see him ad more agility skills too! And we will sort out his teeter questions too 🙂
Have fun!
TracyGood morning and welcome!! Happy birthday to Dora <3 she is growing up!!! I’m glad she is doing so well! Some of the teeter games here might be review if you’ve worked the Independent Study, so we can look at more advanced teeter gamed instead if you like 🙂
TracyWoot woot! I’m excited to see you back for more! We can work on the teeter up more here too, we dabble with that game a bit here. I’m looking forward to seeing you this weekend too!!
Tracy
