| Getting Started | + |
| Lesson 1 |
Introduction |
| Lesson 2 |
Age Considerations |
| Tunnel | - |
| Lesson 1 |
Introducing Circular Objects |
| Lesson 2 |
Tunnel Foundation (with Shaping) |
| Lesson 3 |
Tunnel Foundation (with Cues) |
| Lesson 4 |
Adding Angled Approaches |
| Lesson 5 |
Generalizing the Tunnel |
| Lesson 6 |
Transitioning from Straight to Curved Tunnels |
| Lesson 7 |
Additional Tunnel Resources |
| Tire | + |
| Lesson 1 |
Introducing Circular Objects |
| Lesson 2 |
Introducing the Tire |
| Table | + |
| Lesson 1 |
Table Foundation |
| Lesson 2 |
Introducing the Table |
| Lesson 3 |
Proofing the Table |
| Jumps | + |
| Lesson 1 |
Introduction to Jumping |
| Lesson 2 |
Circling a Cone |
| Lesson 3 |
Circling a Wing/Jump |
| Lesson 4 |
Offered Arc Jumping |
| Lesson 5 |
Raising the Height |
| Lesson 6 |
Lured Wraps |
| Lesson 7 |
Set Point |
| Lesson 8 |
Jump Grids |
| Teeter | + |
| Lesson 1 |
Foundation: Buja Board |
| Lesson 2 |
Jungle Gym Teeter |
| Aframe | + |
| Lesson 1 |
Stopped or Running? |
| Lesson 2 |
Box Method |
| Lesson 3 |
Box Method - Where to Get Your Box |
| Lesson 4 |
Box Method - Introducing the Box |
| Lesson 5 |
Box Method - Introducing the Verbal Cue and Remote Treat |
| Lesson 6 |
Introduction to the Aframe |
| Lesson 7 |
Box Method - Adding the Box to the Aframe |
| Lesson 8 |
Box Method - Flattening the Box on the Aframe |
| Lesson 9 |
Box Method - Adding Speed |
| Weaves | + |
| Lesson 1 |
Weave Diaries |
| Lesson 2 |
Weave Diaries Continued |
| Lesson 3 |
Introducing Your Dog to Weave Pole Guides |
| Dogwalk | + |
| Lesson 1 |
Stopped or Running? |
| Lesson 2 |
Introducing the 2o2o Position |
| Lesson 3 |
Adding Proofing to the 2o2o Position |
| Lesson 4 |
Adding Motion and Adding a Verbal |
| Lesson 5 |
Introducing the Dogwalk |
my dog is sticky on his tunnels, he loves doing them and barrels through, but can be iffy on going in and can turn and bark at me, or do a look, as if to say ‘ you want me to go in here’ while i am saying ‘Tunnel” So I am going to do the straight tunnel entrances around the clock and then this to see if it helps. If I am right up next to him, he is fine, if I try to send him further back he seams to struggle
Yes – just take it slow. Make sure he’s comfortable at the different angles, then move back a step or two and do it again with a little more distance.
Are you encouraging tight turns out of tunnel on purpose?
I’m not sure I was doing it on purpose but two things I was conscious of: 1) I am trying to put a lot of emphasis on the verbal and my dog understanding what “tunnel” means. In order to do this I need to minimize motion. If I am not moving/running forward as the dog enters the tunnel then the decel/lack of motion does cue a turn back to me at the exit. 2) I try to make sure in the early stages of tunnel training that I don’t always do straight in-straight out type training. Dogs tend to love tunnels enough naturally that I don’t need to encourage the “puppy cannon” mentality. My last dog was too willing to shoot wide out of a tunnel and I have incurred many faults from him drifting wide at the tunnel exit to an off course. I attribute some of this to his foundation tunnel training of always running straight away from the exit and not balancing this with tunnel exit turns.
Thankyou