As noted in the last few posts, Blade and I are working through some foundation work to help get an Aframe performance that we can both live with.
I'm glad to say that not only did mother nature cooperate this weekend, she cooperated fabulously enough that I had several opportunities to train both of the boys!
Blade and I worked through two separate sessions of box work on Sunday. The only thing that really changed was the location of where we trained the behavior.
Video is below of our second session
We didn't have any major "hiccups" although I am well aware that Blade has the hardest time meeting criteria when he is on my right and I ask him to go ahead of me. It's just another piece of the puzzle to work on to make his performance even better, right?
After this session, I actually felt confidently enough with Blade's performance that I gave him a break and came back later to "test" his understanding of the "Hit-It!" command. Yes, I even got video of that too!
Video is below
*Side Note* I have a had a few people ask what kind of toy I am using as I've been able to withhold the toy the few times Blade has made a mistake. I initially started using a Holy Rollerz but with the dirt from my driveway they just get too everything. Too Slobbery, too muddy, too slimy.
I'm actually using a large Booda Wing-A-Ball. They just happen to be one of Blade's favorite toys and I like that they are considerably heavier than a lot of other ball and rope combos out there on the market.
Video is below of our second session
We didn't have any major "hiccups" although I am well aware that Blade has the hardest time meeting criteria when he is on my right and I ask him to go ahead of me. It's just another piece of the puzzle to work on to make his performance even better, right?
After this session, I actually felt confidently enough with Blade's performance that I gave him a break and came back later to "test" his understanding of the "Hit-It!" command. Yes, I even got video of that too!
Video is below
*Side Note* I have a had a few people ask what kind of toy I am using as I've been able to withhold the toy the few times Blade has made a mistake. I initially started using a Holy Rollerz but with the dirt from my driveway they just get too everything. Too Slobbery, too muddy, too slimy.
I'm actually using a large Booda Wing-A-Ball. They just happen to be one of Blade's favorite toys and I like that they are considerably heavier than a lot of other ball and rope combos out there on the market.
Overall, I'm super happy with Blade's performance thus far. Keep in mind Blade HAS had some (OK, A LOT) of work with targeting to things in the past, so this was nothing out of the ordinary for him. I'm sure for some other dogs the progress would't be this fast. I have the day off from work tomorrow and I'm going to try my best to set up the actual jump grid and as always I promise an attempt to get video!
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