| Introduction | - |
| Lesson 1 |
A Note About This Course |
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| Lesson 2 |
Training Concepts |
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| Lesson 3 |
Building Up Behavior |
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| Lesson 4 |
Efficient Training Podcast |
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| Acceleration and Deceleration | + |
| Lesson 1 |
Introduction |
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| Lesson 2 |
Handling Exercise Diagrams |
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| Lesson 3 |
Fundamentals Exercise 1 - Stationary Deceleration |
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| Lesson 4 |
Fundamentals Exercise 2 - Adding Dog Motion |
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| Lesson 5 |
Fundamentals Exercise 3 - Adding Handler Motion |
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| Lesson 6 |
Fundamentals Exercise 4 - Adding a Jump Before the Turn |
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| Lesson 7 |
Fundamentals Exercise 5 - Adding an Off Course Trap Jump After the Turn |
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| Lesson 8 |
Fundamentals Exercise 6 - Alternating Acceleration and Deceleration |
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| Lesson 9 |
Advanced Exercises 7-9 |
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| Lesson 10 |
Advanced Exercises 10-12 |
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| Lesson 11 |
Using Food Rewards on Acceleration/Deceleration Exercises |
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| Lesson 12 |
Decel From a Distance/From Behind |
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| Tunnels and Chutes | + |
| Lesson 1 |
Introduction |
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| Lesson 2 |
Handling Exercise Diagrams |
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| Lesson 3 |
Exercise 1 - Short Tunnel, Acceleration and Deceleration |
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| Lesson 4 |
Exercise 2 - Short Tunnel, Adding a Jump Before |
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| Lesson 5 |
Exercise 3 - Short Tunnel, Adding a Jump After |
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| Lesson 6 |
Exercise 4 - Lengthen the Tunnel |
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| Lesson 7 |
Exercise 5 - Acceleration and Deceleration with a Chute |
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| Lesson 8 |
Exercises 6-8 - Advanced Acceleration/Deceleration |
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| Lesson 9 |
Exercises 9-10 - Advanced Deceleration from FCI AWC |
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| Front Crosses | + |
| Lesson 1 |
Front Cross Introcution |
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| Lesson 2 |
Footwork |
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| Lesson 3 |
Position and Timing |
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| Lesson 4 |
Using Deceleration Before Your Front Cross |
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| Lesson 5 |
Where Do I Draw The Front Cross Line? |
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| Lesson 6 |
Using Your Front Cross to Cover Distance |
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| Lesson 7 |
5 Minute Front Cross Summary |
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| Lesson 8 |
Handling Exercise Diagrams |
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| Lesson 9 |
Exercises 1-4 - Teaching the Fundamentals |
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| Lesson 10 |
Exercise 5 - Advanced Front Cross |
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| Lesson 11 |
Exercises 6-7 - Combining with Acceleration and Deceleration |
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| Rear Crosses | + |
| Lesson 1 |
Introduction |
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| Lesson 2 |
Rear Cross or Front Cross? |
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| Lesson 3 |
Driving the Diagonal |
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| Lesson 4 |
Where to Put the Rear Cross |
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| Lesson 5 |
Rear Crosses: Slight Turns vs. Sharp Turns |
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| Lesson 6 |
The Pull and Flick |
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| Lesson 7 |
Handling Exercise Diagrams |
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| Lesson 8 |
Exercise 1 - Simple 3 Jump Rear Cross |
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| Lesson 9 |
Exercise 2 - Alternate 3 Jump Rear Cross and 3 Jump Acceleration |
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| Lesson 10 |
Exercise 3 - Proof Against the "Pull and Flick" |
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| Lesson 11 |
Exercises 4-5: Using a Rear Cross instead of a Front Cross |
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| Rear Cross Case Studies | + |
| Lesson 1 |
Introduction |
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| Lesson 2 |
Simple Turn Followed Immediately by a Rear Cross |
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| Lesson 3 |
Slice Rear Cross Combined with Deceleration |
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| Lesson 4 |
Rear Cross after Aframe; Rear Cross on Slice |
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| Lesson 5 |
Simple Turn Followed by Rear Cross; Rear Cross on Slice |
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| Lesson 6 |
3 Examples of Handler Paths |
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| Lesson 7 |
Difficult Slice Rear Cross; Rear Cross on the Flat |
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| Lesson 8 |
Extreme Deceleration During a Rear Cross |
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| Lesson 9 |
Rear Cross in the Box |
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| Lesson 10 |
"Half" Rear Cross Maneuver |
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| Lesson 11 |
How to Rear Cross on Angled Approaches |
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Light bulb moment! Contrasting sequences while teaching handling! Love it! This could have helped me in today’s sequence! Thanks!
I think this is one of the most underrated and underused training concepts in agility.
My dog is lacking impulse control! He grabs the toy out of my hand and runs to the back door. I have more control over treats but the vet says he needs to loose 4 pounds. He does love to tug but inside the house. I’m short and so is my dog but he can jump up really high. Can you send me to where there is information on teaching impulse control? I have played the leave it food games but doesn’t seem to work with toys that he really likes. Thanks in advance.
I would try these lessons (the entire module is self control): https://baddogagilityacademy.com/course/shape-up-pup/module-3/food-control-4-on-the-floor/
Thank you
Brilliant Podcast Thank you.
With placement of rewards, my 5yo Aussie loves this as he will bring the toy or tug back to me for a play. However it is not something I can do with my 2yo Aussie as he is very toy motivated & may miss the jump & run straight to the toy & run off with it. Not something we want to encourage. Would you suggest throwing food treats or do you have any other suggestion please?
Really enjoying the VIP.
We will often use empty food bowls that we then drop a treat into once we meet the dog there. It basically gives the dog a target, but one they can’t self reward with.
I really enjoyed how you highlighted these 7 training recommendations. I have one question – it’s something I’ve struggled with when training. It’s the difference between single criterion and contrast training. I see the value of both — but when I’ve focused on a single criterion, it usually means a more repetitive session, which is not super motivating to either Riptide or me, frankly! Contrast training also makes a lot of sense, but will working on two different, albeit complementary skills be confusing? Thanks again – I am loving VIP and working hard not to overwhelm myself, as I then behave like my dogs and shut down/avoid, lol!
Yes, it CAN be confusing for dogs who are used to pattern training. You can try it and see for your own dog. In your case, your dog doesn’t love repetition, and neither does my poodle, so they may respond better to contrast training, although you’ll need to be careful not to be predictable or repetitive with your contrast training work too!
Thanks for the quick reply. So for contrast, would training right and left directionals qualify? or in/threadle and out/serp work? Please don’t feel pressed to reply on the holiday, though.
Yes, both of those are examples of contrast training.
LOVED THIS!!! After combining the first tug lessons with my module 1 tune up training tonight, shasta worked for just MY CHOICE tug (rope) without food! I used the food to fill the transition time back to first obstacle. This is HUGE for Shass. She used to have ZERO toy drive.
I’m so glad you found this and enjoyed it! These keys are foundational to ALL training!
Thanks, nice podcast…
I think I want to listen this every day….
I want to understand when is best to use forward chaining-back chaining, for my dog. what’s is best for tight turns and rear turns?
We use both forward chaining and back chaining all the time. Forward chaining is what people often think of for building up a sequence, they start with 1, then 1,2, then 1,2,3 etc.
Backchaining can be really useful at isolating the difficult part of a sequence, even if it’s not the beginning. So for tight turns, an example of back chaining would be to start your dog close to the wrap jump. This takes away all their speed and momentum. Then ask for the wrap and reward. Then add one jump BEFORE the wrap giving your dog more speed.
As a rule of thumb, I would use back-chaining for anything your dog struggles with. And then forward chain additional obstacles after the challenging part. I hope that makes sense!
Thanks, it makes sense!
I love your 7 ideas for training efficiency
I hope they lead to improvements in your training!
Is there a way to download the podcast to my iPhone? I like to listen to them on my daily commute. TY
Hi Michelle –
This file is not a part of our regular podcast since it’s just for online participants. However, you should be able to right click on the link above (https://baddogagilityacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/BDAATuneUp_TrainingTopics.mp3) and download the mp3 to your computer. From there you can synch the mp3 to your iphone.
If you use dropbox, you could put it in a dropbox folder and then on your iphone, download it for offline use.
Sorry to not have a more convenient method.
TY!