Parkour (2/9)

It was a cooler day, so class was back inside.

Sequence 1 video - It took a couple of tries at the start to engage Gimme's listening ears. From there to the end she did nicely. I usually let her do whatever on the first turn, thinking to let her get it out of her system. Considering how well she did in this class, I think working on focus from the start is a better.

Sequence 2 video - This was the same sequence and Gimme did it nicely.

Sequence 3 video - Just a slight change so the board walk was no longer a straight shot. Easy peasy.

Sequence 4 video - Another easy sequence. This first time Gimme did the puny jump with no problem.

Sequence 5 video - This is not a hard sequence, but my timing was off for the "out" (or someone wasn't using her listening ears). This time she didn't think that little thing was a jump. Of course I was closer to it because of the angle, so she may not have been as comfortable jumping into my space. I see in one of the tries where I am moving toward the jump as she is approaching it, so she may have interpreted my motion as pushing her out and thus around the jump. I had her do the little jump three times in a row, so I could reward it. Then the next time she got it in sequence nicely.

Sequence 6 video - Gimme did well this time. For the send "out" around the chair, I moved closer to her. Sometimes I wonder how she is supposed to know which prop I am talking about, especially in a setting like this where we use everything there.

Sequence 7 video - Gimme does well with all but the send. It's hard to train it effectively in a sequence.

Jo set us up with two send options to practice.

Send to "table" video -  We did "thru" with send to "table" first. Gimme did nicely with this. The hardest part was getting Gimme to stick the table and wait for me to bring the treat to her. This is a separate issue which I need to teach her. The other team was working the other send at the same time. Jo set up two dividers between our lanes and stood there as well. Gimme did well with the distraction.

Send "out" video - Gimme did well with this from the start. I wanted to practice it with speed and the leash kept whipping around and catching on stuff. It didn't seem right for Gimme to have to contend with the noise and these jerks on her halter, so we only did a couple repetitions.

Rebound video - There were only two of us in class and Jo had the other team wait out in the yard, so the working team could work off leash. The goal is for the dog to jump on, then off, touching the prop with all four feet. We haven't done this in quite awhile. I have the start of a training prop at home, but haven't finished it. Some of these were nice. I need to train this consistently.