Gimme is finally out of her false pregnancy, so she is nearly back to normal. I was hoping to get some videos to use in our Intermediate/Advanced Skills entry. I let Gimme investigate the environment and very soon she found a toy in the bookshelf, of course. [Gimme was in the other room as I was reviewing this video and when she squeaked the toy in the video, the real Gimme came running to make sure I wasn't playing with her toys again; which is definitely not allowed unless I'm playing with her and the toys.]
Freeshaping video - The goal is for Gimme to put her back feet on the Lazy Susan (LS) and then move her front feet around to create a rear-hand pivot. I started out clicking her for leaving the toy and then clicked when Gimme was close to the LS. The toy proved too alluring, so I had to put it on a higher shelf. In the video it looks like her feet are slipping on the LS, but it's really just turning - the surface is textured. It turns much easier than I anticipated. I noticed Gimme's rear legs were trembling. Because the front legs weren't, I take this as a core strength challenge - as opposed to being afraid. I'm going to shove some fleece in there so it doesn't turn so easy before we try it again. I'm really only using it to build a concept, so there's no reason to do more.
Center front pivot video - This was just a little warm-up we did at the start of her second session. Just to get her brain in gear as we work on segments for the skills test. She always tends to get ahead of me going CCW, so I took it slower, doing tiny slices of a pivot and being careful to be sure she was in position before she got a reward.
"Back" video - We haven't done this in quite awhile and it's clear she's forgotten, so I give her my jacket to use as a target. We did several different variations on this, but couldn't refresh it enough to have something for the skills test. Clearly we'll need to work on it again.
This facility is so much quieter than Pawsabilities, which is both a blessing and a curse. It's definitely preferable to not contend with screeching daycare dogs or a puppy class with toy play right over the divider. On the other hand, it's so quiet - even a little noise is noticeable and distracting.
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