Sessions 11 and 12. We went out to the farm this morning and everyone had a good run. They were pretty pooped most of the day, but we did get in a couple of sessions this evening. It's pretty exciting, you can actually see her starting to bend now!
Session 11
Session 12
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Weaves Day 5 (Friday)
Thursday was a write off completely for me, so OhLa got a rest day. I brought her out on Friday for a session with the weaves, I turned the poles in a wee bit more than day 4. Only one session on Friday, I had a lot of catching up with life to do so she got to play chuck-it instead! (Which she loves)
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Weaves day 4
Morning session
I moved the poles to the middle of the yard instead of at the one end.
Afternoon session
I staked the poles, moved them a little closer and turned them a little.
Evening session
I left the poles the same as the afternoon.
I moved the poles to the middle of the yard instead of at the one end.
Afternoon session
I staked the poles, moved them a little closer and turned them a little.
Evening session
I left the poles the same as the afternoon.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
2 x 2's day 3 (or 2.5 depending on how you look at it)
Here are sessions 5 and 6 on the weave poles. I'm really happy with her drive, looking ahead for the poles, and going for the toy. It helps that I worked today and she's been cooped up in her crate! I need to work harder on her looking for the first set of poles, this is my fault for not rewarding enough inbetween the two sets. I also love the barking when she doesn't get the toy, I shouldn't encourage it at all because I'm sure her mom doesn't want a barking dog on course but if she could swear and say "what the f&*#" when she doesn't get her toy I'm sure she would!
Monday, May 24, 2010
Here we Go!
Session one
No video, forgot the camera sorry! I took OhLa to the indoor training centre and worked on shaping running between the two poles using the clicker and food. Dropping food in the grass is not such a great idea so we had to go indoors for that one.
Session 2
Came home, gave her a rest and then did the same exercise in the grass with no clicker and a toy instead.
Session 3
Two sets of two. Working the arc and rewarding in between the two sets 50 percent of the time. I didn't do very well at that! Note to self. :) Time to start staking the poles as well.
Session 4 was the same as session two, but with me rewarding in between the poles more often. I also switched from a toy to a food tube for reward as she was quickly losing interest in the toy and going off to sniff and eat grass. Sadly, I bumped the camera when I hit the record button and the whole session was a lovely picture of the top of the neighbours shed!
No video, forgot the camera sorry! I took OhLa to the indoor training centre and worked on shaping running between the two poles using the clicker and food. Dropping food in the grass is not such a great idea so we had to go indoors for that one.
Session 2
Came home, gave her a rest and then did the same exercise in the grass with no clicker and a toy instead.
Session 3
Two sets of two. Working the arc and rewarding in between the two sets 50 percent of the time. I didn't do very well at that! Note to self. :) Time to start staking the poles as well.
Session 4 was the same as session two, but with me rewarding in between the poles more often. I also switched from a toy to a food tube for reward as she was quickly losing interest in the toy and going off to sniff and eat grass. Sadly, I bumped the camera when I hit the record button and the whole session was a lovely picture of the top of the neighbours shed!
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Getting ready for weaves
Now that we have some rear end awareness, a toy that Ohla really likes (her favorite ball stuck in a sock) and some shaping practice we are about ready to train weaves. Someone commented to me yesterday that I should do the 12 poles in 12 days with her, just to see if I can do it. I'm tempted, for sure! Not sure if I want to really challenge her like that though. Maybe that's a cop out, who knows? It took me a lot longer than that to teach Heidi! I'll keep you posted!
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Surfing Safari
I did some more video tonight of OhLa's teeter work. I apologize, the videos are all out of order!
Step One is the Wobble Board (a certain someone knocked the camera askew, wonder who that was????!!)
Step 2 is the Bang game from the previous post
Step 3 is run the plank. As you can see in the video she isn't quite running with gusto yet. I'd like to see her have more confidence with running straight to the end and hanging off before I start letting the board drop. Also, I could be using way better treats, she was just getting plain kibble tonight. Some hot dogs may be in order!
Step 4 is to surf the teeter
Step 5 is Hup hups, hop on the raised board and nose touch
Step 6 is to put it all together! We're not quite there yet, but soon!
I was at a seminar not that long ago where the presenter said "expect more, get more." With OhLa that has proven to be very true, I have progressed a lot of steps really quickly with her and challenged her early. It is really working, she is the type of dog that has no problems being wrong, she can accept failure and try harder to figure things out without getting weird. On the other hand, she runs into things like a bull in a china shop, she has no sense of boundaries!
Step One is the Wobble Board (a certain someone knocked the camera askew, wonder who that was????!!)
Step 2 is the Bang game from the previous post
Step 3 is run the plank. As you can see in the video she isn't quite running with gusto yet. I'd like to see her have more confidence with running straight to the end and hanging off before I start letting the board drop. Also, I could be using way better treats, she was just getting plain kibble tonight. Some hot dogs may be in order!
Step 4 is to surf the teeter
Step 5 is Hup hups, hop on the raised board and nose touch
Step 6 is to put it all together! We're not quite there yet, but soon!
I was at a seminar not that long ago where the presenter said "expect more, get more." With OhLa that has proven to be very true, I have progressed a lot of steps really quickly with her and challenged her early. It is really working, she is the type of dog that has no problems being wrong, she can accept failure and try harder to figure things out without getting weird. On the other hand, she runs into things like a bull in a china shop, she has no sense of boundaries!
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