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I have a few minutes of me trying to do the rear cross thing on holiday but I have up because I was too shot and the environment was a lot. So here’s us doing some plankrobics on a handy bench. There was a howling southerly but I got in a truly lovely walk but didn’t get to eat all my snacks because I had a gall bladder attack!!
Bloody hell you make this rear cross look easy!! I’ve been practicing inside and while we were away, my mechanics are still shit. But I do manage to rhyme armpit and shit when singing to the Baz.
Here we are working on that threadle/serp flatwork. He showed some remarkable self control with the toy on the floor. As I watched it back I realised I didn’t release him from the wait and for some reason I said hit it for my hand touch… I know all the reasons to use clear verbal markers and be consistent but I cannot make it happen!
I’m just gonna blame perimenopause. (I don’t know if you care about what I edit out, but out was going to get toys, a victory lap, a poop, and my neighbor trying to get my attention haha)Ah good. I shall continue to na-na. Hehe. It’s only two nights away but camping in my van with the dogs. So good times. I spent a small fortune on snacks. Hehe. I plan to eat poorly the whole time. Hehe
Whew! Haven’t done much! But I’ve got 3 days off and I’m going camping! hooray. So watch some videos so I can do some training while away. One question the send round a barrel. I use “nananana” which is my backside push cue, rather than “dig dig” which is my wrap jump cue. (Again everything towards me because I can’t keep left and right straight). My rationale for using na-na is it teaches take the “wing” then the bar, with the bar being added later. But should i be using my ‘take the bar and wrap the wing” cue – of dig dig.
(I had to buy a new “barrel” cos my one blew away in the storm, despite having a sand bag in it)Our stays have come a long way ! I think he’s the first dog i’ve managed to be able to add a “ready ready ready” to before the break ! haha
In true getting the baby used to bad handling style, here’s me attempting the accel, decel, turn, accel sandwich.
I’m sure the baby will get it when his human is a little more coordinated
Turning and burning and working on toys. I watched the video and I think I heard him give some growls in tugging… I didnt notice them in the moment but will try to have an ear out as it’s good arousal info. The first rep I moved too fast, he paused then targeted the jump bump with his feet. Epic cute! And the first couple of reps I had a fluffy toy at the front of my pouch on his face…he could work with it but then it got too much.
You also see me working through getting the toy back. I’m hoping with consistency and I’m separately working on retrieve to hand … I might be able to trust him with a toy at club (one day).I had tried the mat but I think i kept trying to move too fast. So I’m doing a discipline of a handful of treats being the measure of these shaping sessions rather than a behaviour goal.
Working on back up. I have previously done a couple of sessions on back up without much success. But seeing as wellington has gone from glorious to godawful weather, we needed something inside. Haha.
I cut out the bit where I had to go get a stool to sit on cos my knee was killing me.I’m pretty pleased with him on a couple of reps he did weight shift back.
> The clearer the send cue from you, the better he drove to the prop:
Yeah … funny how good handling makes for better performance haha. he better get used to my shitty handling now hahah.Sit and down (Learned that I haven’t done any/enough down to sits)
putting front paws on a thing (nailed it!) started adding a cue
putting front paws on my arm… never tried that before and…it’ll take more work. (mostly I get one leg, resting on my arm like he’s a barfly hehe)
shake paws – another new trick, we’re starting with a foot target to some cardboard on a stick.
middle (I have been working on this but we solidified it)
Leg weaves (I can mostly drop the lure and my leg position is the cue)
Bow— He has enough tricks for his novice trick dog title. 🙂 Somehow he did some nice loose leash walking despite me never really working on it hahahah.
Oh yeah and the dog he was next to… was an in season German Shepherd bitch!! So he not only coped around strange dogs, strange people, in a new space, but also around sexxxxxy smells. (he’s 9.5 months old and still entire so probably old enough for it to create some confusing feelings for him! (Just think of the oodle monstrosities hahaha)
Super proud of baby Barry. He did a trick training seminar today. His first time working in a class environment. He did super stuff. We moved some behaviours into more solid tricks, we started teaching entirely new behaviours. It was 2 hours and we rode the arousal curve over that time haha.
Here we are doing the thing with the prop. He’s much more confident than the first time round so I’m really happy.
It was stinking hot (cicadas ate in full chirp) and I need to give him another groom.
HI! Been a while. I’ve done a little training but haven’t videoed. it’s been a tough couple of weeks.
I do have a question about “look”. he gets the idea to look away from me and look at the “thing”. I’ve been using it in scent work to get him to focus forward on the “start line” before cueing to start sniffing – and he absolutely locks onto the containers (or whatever there is). But I’m still holding his collar, I suspect if i let go, he’d drive away from me rather than wait for a “do the thing” cue.
Will we be layering that control into the training in maxpup 2 or am I doing something wrong?
