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Good morning! Hopefully you get a break from the heat this weekend!
On the blooper runs – I notice he looks away as you lead out, and I remember him doing that on your sequence 1 runs too. Is that something you see from him normally? If so, we can help him look at you as you lead out, because that will get rid of the broken stay blooper (and I think he took off after that because he realized there was an error).
The successful run looked really good!! The timing of your physical cues were all strong. Because he is so fast, you probably don’t need to have your dog-side arm out as you run – to slows you down and isn’t something he needs. Instead, you can have the dog side arm down and pointing back to him (rather than to the side and pointing to the jumps) because the arm back will maintain as you run (which helps him see the line better) and makes us all faster runners. :))
The verbal cues sounded go – the only thing I suggest doing earlier is calling him on the tunnel exit. You can start to call him right before he goes in, then again when he is in it, so he knows exactly where to turn to on the exit.Great job here! Onwards to sequence 3 and 4 🙂
TracyGood morning!
This looks (and sounds:)) great! I think your timing was spot in throughout – you might have been a little earlier on the right turns than on the left turns but both were good. And her commitment looks good too! Her only question was at :59, where you turned your shoulders too abruptly at the tunnel so she was not sure if she should go in it.
So now… repeat this game at a run 🙂 can you be on time while running to? And you can add the other sequences too 🙂
Great job!
TracyGood morning!
This is going well, his commitment is looking really strong, especially to that 2nd jump. Nice!
So with this game, you can add challenge by making it more of a one-step send and moving away, rather than rounding the line with him. Line up and lead out like you did, and as he lands from one, give the big step. As he is heading to 2, step away straight back down the line, as if heading to where the tunnel will be in the next games. That will get even more commitment and independence on the middle jump and on the 3rd jump!And you can also move on to the next games, they all roll together here 🙂
Nice work!
TracyHi! Plank work is looking good! She seemed perfectly happy when you were standing still (toss the treat before she looks back at you) and even happier when you were moving. We are looking for her to be balanced and confident as she was moving across, even when getting on from the side: mission accomplished 🙂
Add in having her stand still in the center and turn around – that’s also good for coordination.
What do you have that can elevate the prop while keeping it stable? Ideally, you can elevate the board a few inches and repeat the process.
Great job!
TracyHi! It is great to see him back in action, I’m glad he enjoys it so much!!!
One step sends are going well, even as that middle jump got further away. You can add in moving away to the 3rd jump now as soon as he is passing you.
He was definitely happy with the thrown treats more than the toy out there! So treats for tossing interspersed with toy play is great.
And yes, you can go to the next lazy games and sequences for sure, he is ready!He looked very confident on the plank work, so we can ramp it up a bit!
>>we were brainstorming some ideas for not having to toss the treat on the sand. Would it work if I toss to a towel or something?>>
For the plank work, if my memory is correct, you have a MM – you can use that on one end, and treats to a towel or sheet (for more angles) on the other end
You can add your motion to it more now, walking back and forth as well as adding the turning around on the plank too 🙂
We will be able to elevate the plank soon too, do you have any bricks or Cato planks to put under it, to lift it a few inches?I am very glad he is a fan of squeeze cheese LOL!! It certainly made a great first impression on his, about the teeter LOL!
I love his confidence here – you’ll have to block off access to the teeter for when you don’t want him running up it 🙂
I liked your stealthy mechanics of turning him around with a cookie in one hand and putting more squeeze cheese on the board with the other: brilliant!
If the start of the next session of this game goes as well as this session went, you can add a wing wrap before it – send him around the wing and up the board (to the squeeze 🧀 :)) that will get you adding more of your motion too. Just be sure that he has a straight line from the wing to the teeter, for safety as he adds more speedGreat job! Let me know what you think!
TracyHappy fun experiences are definitely the way to go! I think I have a video of it, let me look 🙂 if not, I’ll make one when I get back to the dogs on Tuesday (working out of town without them 🙁 til then).
THi! The little brake arm happens just before the shoulder turn and you can keep it up while you turn your shoulder too – if you’re connected, he will see it 🙂 I use both hands on that, kind of pushing down (palms down) as if saying “calm it down, brother” LOL!
Let me know if that makes better sense.
THi!
The blind crosses are looking good! Try to send him to the jump after the tunnel more laterally, so you can get to the BC even sooner and he can chase you more to pick up more speed.When you do the blind before the tunnel, your timing at :49 was good to start it! As you finish the blind, make a much stronger eye contact so he knows which side to be on. Do this by leaving your dog-side arm back towards his nose and make eye contact. At :50, you moved your right arm forward so connection broke and he was not sure where to be for a few stride, then didn’t commit when you praised too soon. The same happened at 1:35 with your arm moving forward, but you maintained your tunnel cues more so he got the tunnel entry. Yay!
Nice work here! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi!
Yes, I think you can increase your speed, he will like that 🙂 As you increase your speed, you can also throw the lotus ball more so he accelerates to it rather than stops for it.
On these pinwheels, you don’t need to say left or right for all jumps, only the middle one. You can use a jump cue instead, if you like 🙂
Your connection looked good everywhere, except for :29 where you looked ahead to drop the lotus ball and he didn’t take the tunnel.He didn’t take it at the end as well, possibly anticipating what he had just gotten rewarded for? Or possibly because it is harder for him to take it in that direction (that’s pretty common for herding dogs :)) so you can do some value building for tunnels at speed, with thrown toys as rewards. 🙂
THi!
I think the challenge he was seeing her was that you were behind him, and that moght be too hard for now. On the one step sends position yourself past jump 1 so he sees the send with you ahead, not behind him. That will really set the line.
And keep your arm low , it was shoulder height and he is short 🙂 motion will support the line, not a high arm.
One other thing that will help is reward placement- the reward placement is on landing of middle jump not after 3rd jump – At :30 he got it but you didn’t reward for 2 – more reward specifically for thT on the landing side will help him find that middle jump.
And lotus balls CAN be fun: throw it further and the run over and engage with him when he gets to it, praising him!T
Hi!
>>Why do I not play with him more when I’m training?>
This is a really good question! How about you pick a fun skill to train and do a short session with NO FOOD. Only toys!! Don’t bring any food with you, don’t wear the cookie pouches.
I think you think about the skill, so tend to toss food and then mentally disengage to think about the next rep. I’ve been bugging you about that 🙂 so try only-toy sessions, and also no more food tossing. The lazy game here looks good, so now we can move into the games that don’t involve tossing food.
You can tie a lotus ball to a toy and swing it around, or have hin chase it as you drag it, or have him come to a toy in your hand.
Onwards to the next video!
Hello from Toronto!
I am glad she did well on her tie out! The course work went great!
She did well on the big sends here.You can place the toy in advance in case it is hard to throw in the heat of the momentDoing the individual blinds before the tunnel worked well, no worries that she was thoughtful and not blazing fast on those. She saved the speed for the bigger sequences lol!
The full sequences were great! I think you can start that blind even sooner: when you see her landing from the middle jump, you can start the upper body turning (allowing your motion ans verbals to support the line to the jump. I promise it will be easier when she is actually jumping LOL!
For the bonus RCs, start from the tunnel. These are hard RCs, so you don’t need to do them til after we have done simpler ones.
Great job! See ya soon!
TracyHi!
This is also looking good! Her opening line looks really good and she is understanding that little “pinwheel” of 4-5-6 really well too. On the 1st rep, you had a dar down at 4 because of you were helping her too much by facing forward over 4, so she took off straight… then you turned so she dropped the bar, trying to adjust. Your timing there was
MUCH better on the 2nd and 3rd reps, you turned sooner so she could adjust sooner too. I think you can turn even sooner here – as soon as she takes a stride towards 4 after the tunnel, you can be turning to show the line from 4-5. Then you can also leave 5 sooner: as soon as you send to 5, use your verbals and connection to indicate jump 6 and the 7 tunnel, as you run towards 8 🙂 The goal is to keep your moving and keep you ahead 🙂Great job! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi!
>> Tunnel verbsl is relatively well trained although when wide and running fast will run past. Thru is much newer and have added it recently so still learning. Here she was finding the wrong end of the tunnel tge closest end and does in ring too if call tunnel early so thru means take the less obvious end.>>
I might be confused, then – if ‘thru’ is the less obvious end, is it the end closer to you? As in – don’t take the one on your line, come in and take the one closer to me? If so, then she was correct to look at you on those – the tunnel you were calling thru for was on her obvious line 🙂 Maybe I need more coffee though, I will watch it again LOL!
