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Introduction |
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| Lesson 2 |
Age Considerations |
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| Tunnel | + |
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Introducing Circular Objects |
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| Lesson 2 |
Tunnel Foundation (with Shaping) |
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| Lesson 3 |
Tunnel Foundation (with Cues) |
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| Lesson 4 |
Adding Angled Approaches |
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| Lesson 5 |
Generalizing the Tunnel |
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| Lesson 6 |
Transitioning from Straight to Curved Tunnels |
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| Lesson 7 |
Additional Tunnel Resources |
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| Tire | + |
| Lesson 1 |
Introducing Circular Objects |
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| Lesson 2 |
Introducing the Tire |
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| Table | + |
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Table Foundation |
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| Lesson 2 |
Introducing the Table |
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| Lesson 3 |
Proofing the Table |
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| Jumps | + |
| Lesson 1 |
Introduction to Jumping |
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| Lesson 2 |
Circling a Cone |
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| Lesson 3 |
Circling a Wing/Jump |
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| Lesson 4 |
Offered Arc Jumping |
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| Lesson 5 |
Raising the Height |
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| Lesson 6 |
Lured Wraps |
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| Lesson 7 |
Set Point |
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| Lesson 8 |
Jump Grids |
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| Teeter | + |
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Foundation: Buja Board |
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| Lesson 2 |
Foundation: Bang Game |
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| Lesson 3 |
Jungle Gym Teeter |
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| Lesson 4 |
TipAssist/TeachIt Overview |
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| Lesson 5 |
First Sessions with TipAssist |
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| Aframe | - |
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Stopped or Running? |
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| Lesson 2 |
Box Method |
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| Lesson 3 |
Box Method - Where to Get Your Box |
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| Lesson 4 |
Box Method - Introducing the Box |
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| Lesson 5 |
Box Method - Introducing the Verbal Cue and Remote Treat |
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| Lesson 6 |
Introduction to the Aframe |
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| Lesson 7 |
Box Method - Adding the Box to the Aframe |
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| Lesson 8 |
Box Method - Flattening the Box on the Aframe |
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| Lesson 9 |
Box Method - Adding Speed |
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| Lesson 10 |
Contacts Proofing |
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| Weaves | + |
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Weave Diaries |
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| Lesson 2 |
Weave Diaries Continued |
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| Lesson 3 |
Introducing Your Dog to Weave Pole Guides |
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| Lesson 4 |
Weave Proofing |
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| Dogwalk | + |
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Stopped or Running? |
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| Lesson 2 |
Introducing the 2o2o Position |
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| Lesson 3 |
Adding Proofing to the 2o2o Position |
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| Lesson 4 |
Adding Motion and Adding a Verbal |
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| Lesson 5 |
Introducing the Dogwalk |
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| Lesson 6 |
Contacts Proofing |
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| Start Line Stays | + |
| Lesson 1 |
Best BDA SLS Resources |
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Hi Jennifer,
In this session Sprint is working with the box and the TNT while I am using verbals. (The oops is when I dropped the remote.) She is also learning to sit with motion. Thanks for suggestions!
https://youtu.be/Bn2T-vP–hU
Alright, follow up questions/homework – what are your markers and what do each mean? The ones I heard on this video are take, search, nice, and the “beep” of the treat and train. There seems to be some confusion on her part (and mine) as to what each means. Also, take and break sound a bit similar.
At the very beginning of the video there was some confusion on words but you got that figured out. “Touch” cues her to do the box and THEN you mark. I would like to see some recalls across the box and then some box work in a sequence. So after you clarify your markers for me, I want that to be the next step for you. Good work!
Thanks for homework! Initially I had trained Sprint using different verbals and switched after watching your video. In these videos I’m back to the original verbals. “Break” for release. “Cookie” for take cookie from hand. “Hit it” for touching a target. “Search” for find it. Clicker and TNT for correct response.
Video 1 is working the box. One day I moved the box and she kept missing. I realized she wasn’t quite connecting it all together. Since she had earlier training for hitting a yoga mat target, I added a yoga mat to the box for more clarity. So in this video she has a yoga mat in the box.
https://youtu.be/ykLFuHw3Ork
Video 2 is Sprint sitting with motion and TNT.
https://youtu.be/QCrg2Ry8gfc
Thanks for all your training suggestions!
Looking great!
Feedback: https://link.getonform.com/view?id=4bPBbTtNF0uHfHlWhcXL
Thanks for all your guidance! I removed the mat and continued with the box. I like where she leaps in and out of the box whereas she just runs across the mat. Here’s a short video of the box on the a-frame. Her hit rate is 100% with the lowered a-frame. Do I just gradually raise the a-frame at this point?
https://youtu.be/0JgG1I67N5I
Should I use this same method for dog walk? Still debating pros and cons of running vs stopped…
Looking great! You don’t need to have the clicker AND the beep of the TNT. Just the TNT beep is good enough.
I would continue sessions like this (jungle gym, minimal speed, etc) until you get the aframe to 5′. At that point we will want to begin to add an obstacle before and after the aframe and fade the TNT away before going to full height.
NO!!! I DO NOT recommend the box method with the RDW. That’s a whole other can of worms 😉 There are various options/methods, but the box is not one I recommend.
Hi, Jennifer. Here I have added the TNT and also worked on giving a verbal “sit” while in motion. Anything we are doing wrong or could be doing better? Should we move to putting the box on the a-frame or more work here? Thanks!
https://youtu.be/RQh47FZP-PU
The hits inside the box are SOOO much better! These are what we are looking for; each foot to hit once. I would maybe do a session where you put the box in sequence to confirm the understanding while speed and motion. Even just aa U-shaped tunnel to the box would be great. Also, put the box a bit off line from the TnT and see if she will go out of her way to hit in the box. If that goes well, we’ll add the aframe.
I think there was some confusion with the verbal against motion (“sit”) since you were so close to the box. Try doing that work away from the box to not be so confusing to her.
Thank you! This is great. Here is our latest session. I read your comment wrong and put the jump off line from the box instead of the box off line from the TnT, but I’ll do that next session.
https://youtu.be/N2G358eTZYo
This session looks great! Even her verbals against motion are getting better. Still some delay there but she is thinking.
Near the end of the video there were a few reps where you beeped the TnT a bit early. Make sure it beeps as she hits her BACK feet into the box; not her front feet and not before she enters the box. I would do maybe one more session with more speed and distance (really get her extending like she did at 61 seconds) and then add the aframe at a lower height.
In this video, it looks like you are teaching a sit stay while you are in motion. On one of the jungle gym videos, it also looks like you are teaching a sit on the ends of the teeter, while you are in motion. It made me suddenly realize that my puppy does not understand this. To be honest, my older dogs are not great at this, either. Do we need to teach this before progressing to the a-frame itself?
It is very important to me and a strong part of my foundation that all my dogs learn to respond to verbals independent of motion. After all, isn’t that a big part of what agility is?! Many times in agility our verbal my not be consistent with what are motion supports. We might be RUNNING into a front cross while giving our VERBAL collection cue. We can’t expect our dog to respond if we haven’t first taught them the value of our verbals.
In the beginning stages, demoed below, I am looking for my dog to respond to simple, non-agility verbals like sit, down, left, and right. If your dog cannot sit/down while you jog forward in an empty field, how do you expect them to respond to a more complex verbal when there is more speed, adrenaline, and distractions? https://youtu.be/IQ_EPXFyhqI
So what you are seeing in this video is me practicing a bit of this concept during our box session.
Thank you! BOY! Do we have a lot of work to do.
Hi Jennifer! Question on the verbal cue! Yours in this video is “touch” for hitting in the box. Will this be the same verbal that will be used to cue the aframe in a course?
It really is up to you. Some people just cue the aframe with the box cue and the entire obstacle becomes “touch”. Others choose to cue the aframe seperate; “climb” to get on and then “touch” once they are on.
This box is quite a bit higher than the once I have used. I guess that encourages more jump/ bounce movement into AND out of the box.
Yes, this one is higher than many but I love it for that reason exactly. I like a bit of height to help create the form I want for jumping in and out. I don’t think there is necessarily anything wrong with a flat one but this Clip and Go box is my favorite.
When I put in on the aframe I actually leave a bit of height to encourage the jump into the box and then flatten it as we progress. But of course you will see that in the other videos 😉