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Hi all!
The first live seminar is starting in a few minutes on Zoom!Here is the link:
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81670247448See you soon!
TracyGood morning! The setup looks really great! And having it a bit tighter adds more challenge 🙂
Full run –
Opening looked good 1-4! I think you’ll get more speed up the first line if you drive down to the #1 tunnel more so she sees more motion as she exits. That can also open up more connection to help support the line.
She was a little wide on the exit of the 5 tunnel because the FC was late starting (she as already in). You can call her before she goes in (3 feet from entry) and if it is hard to get to the FC position AND rotate, I think you’ll find that starting the blind will be easier: you can start the blind and keep moving into position.The middle section (5-6-7-8 -weaves-tunnel) looked great! I don’t think she needed the right here and handling cue to coming in over 6, I think she had it so you can keep moving up the line. Nice independence on the weaves!!
She also read the tunnel exit after the weaves really well – you didn’t need to give a “Keiko right here” you can just go with the ‘over’ cue – the right here moment brought too much focus back up to you. I think this is part of figuring out what she knows and where to trust her. In your next course running sessions, you can play with not trying to control the lines and only calling obstacle names and see how it goes! The less we call their names on course, the more they will drive lines. Yes – keep cuing turns and lines, but try not to control them, if that makes sense. Basically: cue and leave, and see how she responds.
At the very end getting into the last tunnel: the flip on the landing side can work if you use less motion as you exit it: at :32 you were moving parallel to the bar and your left arm & shoulders were pointing out towards the line she took (I think a table is out there). So the motion and upper body cued caused her to read that line (good girl!) To get it, try standing still on the flip away then moving directly forward to the tunnel from the wing on the inside of the course, not the one she is turning towards. A wrap verbal will also help here.
Run 2: more motion up the line in the opening and she was faster. Super!
At :47, the FC is still a little late on the tunnel entry but you got the ‘right here’ out sooner so she was better prepared for the turn on the exit. The rotation of the FC delays you from getting to a good line 4-5 so you were a little in the way, plus it slows you down 🙂 I definitely think you’ll like the blind!
You still had a bit of “right here” over 6 but it was less – and she was fine, she was making the turn really nicely anyway 🙂oopsie on the weave entry at :57 – I think she was moving faster and you were not as far ahead. Definitely a good line to practice with a lot of speed, as you revisit the weave skills. Doing one or two passes a day, or every other day, is a good idea to sharpen the skills. I like to do it on alternating days, so that the dog has a break for a bit of latent learning in between. The results have been better that way. When I am able to train every day, I will try to alternate contacts on one day, weaves the next day, then contacts, then weaves, and so on.
At 1:17 after the tunnel, she shot away and took the off course tire (definitely rewardable!) That was because you were trying to control the line by staying right at the tunnel exit to get her attention: your position there plus the line of your shoulders indicated the tire – good girl for taking it! She almost took it again at 1:23 because although you were a bit further up the line, you were still facing that way and not moving. So…. this is a perfect “cue and leave” scenario! As she exits the weaves and you cue the tunnel, start to move up the next line – with connection and verbals, but let her find it based on your motion. That should set a really good line and take the off course tire out of the picture.
The other benefit to moving up the line and not waiting for her at the tunnel exit is it will give you much better position to get the last tunnel 🙂 Yes, the wrap at 1:30 takes the wide turn/off course out of the picture and she is wrapping beautifully… but it is a slower line for both of you and on the more complex courses, will delay you from getting up the next line because you have to step back to the tunnel to cue it (rather than just yell tunnel and leave for the next line).
I bet that leaving the tunnel exit will get you up the line to get either a blind or a rear cross really nicely to get that last tunnel!
Run 4 – nice opening again, lots of motion, lots of speed!
At 1;44, your verbal on the tunnel entry was timely and she saw you beginning your cross (decel and rotation starting before she went in). Nice!! (Feel free to try the blind too if you want!)At 1:50 you gave almost no extra help turning her over 6 – she was perfect. yay!
She found the weaves really well here – you drove up a bit more to help that. And you started to leave the tunnel better… but then stopped so as she exited at 1:57, you were calling but also facing the tire – so off she went. Good girl! It is a giant leap of faith and trust in the dog, but try it with continuing to move and not stop to get her attention. In terms of verbals, You can call her right before she enters the tunnel and also use your left verbal. You can try the ‘right here’ cue as long as you don’t stop moving. If she sees and hears all that starting before she enters the tunnel (rather than you stopping to get her attention), I believe she will be able to make the tight turn tunnel exit.
Nice work here! Let me know what you think!! I interested to see what happens when you cue and leave on that tunnel – I bet it makes the ending line easier too!
Tracy
Hi! Sorry about the purple fading in, I’ll play with more visible colors 🙂
You *should* be able to see photo of the maps on the page – when I checked just now, I see them on the Sequences page but not on the Jumpers or Standard courses page. Those links seem to have been broken. I will get it fixed today! Sorry for the inconvenience of it all. Have a great day!
TracyHello and welcome! It will be fun to see you and Cowboy working these skills!
As for which hand to toss the treats… since it is the lazy game, you can toss with whichever hand feels lazier 🙂 As long as the reward gets to the location, either hand is fine for this game 🙂
Have fun!
TracyHi !
A couple of things get collection on the wings:
Verbal, the decel associated with just one step, rotation, and the only thing a wing really elicits is collection. A one step send is pretty decelerated so should not get extension: even if I am late rotating on the one step send, the dog should collect. If she is going wide on sequences, you’re probably a little late with the info and we are definitely going to work on that (starting tomorrow in the seminar).Hi! I must have just missed the teeter video – she is a super confident little mountain climber, I love it!
2 little details for you, both about the end position:
When rewarding her at the top of the board, reward further up the board so her front feet are as close to the very edge of the board as possible. That will really help encourage her to go right to the end of the board.Also, after she gets her treat and you are having her come down the board – after she turns around, have her hop off the side on cue when she is just below the pivot, rather than letting her run through the end of the board to the wing. We don’t want her to rehearse running through the end of the teeter because it will dilute whatever end position you want to use eventually. Hopping off the side won’t dilute it (and also won’t cause confusion about running ng up or down it).
Great job! You can totally add more of your motion to this now too.
TracyHi! I think this went really well!!
I couldn’t read all of your subtitles (bad internet connection!) But overall, she was keen to move away from the goodies and engage with you. It sounded like you used a click noise in the beginning? Then switched to a let’s go. Her only question seemed to be that she went over to the cookie table when you said “good girl”, so be sure to say your marker word and try not to say good girl LOL!! At least for now. Dogs are brilliant at sorting us out 🙂This is totally worthwhile to train! It is a difficult skill, plus you can use it if you do any “at home” trials, plus you can use it with future dogs. And, ya never know… between this game and the ones coming up, she might start to like the trial environment! I think our “technology” for getting the dogs happier in that environment has improved dramatically 🙂
Great job here! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi! You can use the dremel moments as a microcosm of the bigger arousal stuff if you see the mounting there : dremel a nail, reward an incompatible behavior. That can really help!
I figured you’d like the option that keeps you in motion! I’m the same way.
And yes, she is definitely at the point where she is adding speed so it is harder to get the weaves. But she figured it out, which is a relief 🙂Omg I love this!!!!! Forget the agility ring, you’re going to be ready for America’s Got Talent!!! This is really fun and yes, I think it will be really fun to move to the start line 🙂 yay!!
THi! That is weird! Did you try the PDF?
They should be listed there too.
Are you trying to use the CRCD code? And if so, on what device? Thanks!
TracyHello and welcome back! Great to see you here 🙂
Sorry to hear it is so hot!!! EEK!!!!
The Lazy Game looked really good!! Using the toy is fine, except I suggest you throw it and not reward from you hand. The best place to throw it is to the landing side of the middle jump so she really drives away from you – especially when she was on your right. She tended to want to look at you more when she was on your right and was happier to drive away when on your left side.
>>Am I cheating by driving her over the first jump with a bit of an angle? The second jump is quite a ways out there and that seemed to help her see it.>>
Nope, not cheating 🙂 And as long as you kept moving, she should keep looking for jumps. There was only one moment where you tried to help but ended up cuing something else – at :37 you were a bit sideways, so she read it as a threadle cue. Good girl! On the next rep, you were nicely lazy and just moved forward, and she was perfect. Hooray for lazy! LOL! So, keep being lazy and let her find the lines.
Great job here!
TracyHi! I do not have a specific agility leash, because I mainly toss all the leashes in a pile and grab whichever is handy LOL! My poor dogs LOL!! So yes, they will tug on any leash because they have a disorganized momma 🙂
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Hi!
>>.long story but we “fought” outside the ring before going in for way too long and it definitely transferred over to our performance in the ring>>
Yep, I have been there too. So many lessons learned, thanks to the previous generation of dogs 🙂
I really love that you have already been working on making ALL the things fun. He is doing really well here! The food on the table behind him is HARD but you added more energy into the leash play – and then he was great.
You also have a solid assortment of tricks in the toolbox that he is learning to do with the cookies on the table.
I think sometimes he pairs being “done” with the tricks with going back to the cookies, that is why he was looking back to the table especially when you were at the jump closer to it. He was more all business on the jump further away, looking back to the reward less.I love that he is tugging on his leash! And it cracked me up when he grabbed the leash at the end and ran it back towards the cookie table LOL!
One thing I would recommend with the leash is that you use it a LOT in terms of leaving it out there for him to ignore… and sometimes cue it to be the reward. And you can also have the cookie pile on the table (or toys) for him to ignore except when cued – and both of these can happen when you are training with food and toys in the ring with you. That way they are useful as reinforcement, but also kind of fade in to the background. He was definitely having them at the top of his list here, and we want him to be aware of them but not thinking about them the whole time, if that makes sense.
And you can definitely take this game on the road – the other thing I like to do is have the leash and toys all left behind the dog… and have a hidden reward on me! So when he leaves those things behind and comes into the course: SURPRISE! Magic ball comes out or favorite cookie. I use the hidden toy as part of my NFC runs in trials too 🙂
Great job! Let me know what you think!
Tracy
