Hi Polona, ​​sorry for my absence.
Unfortunately, making videos at the agility field is always difficult because it’s dark.
But look at how Tess plays as soon as she enters the field and how she jumps with great momentum!
She’s improved so much: the sessions at home, in the garden, with a little jump thrown in almost by chance and incorporated into her daily play routine, have really made a difference.
She’s also improved in her play, and this is thanks to you and your precious advice.

hi ,

I’ll also leave you this little video. I know tiles aren’t the best surface, but I couldn’t make a video of myself setting up this exercise on a non-slip surface. I just wanted to show you that I can do this exercise…despite the interference

Hi,
holy words “But Tess is different ,you have to create the “need for speed”
I think this an good idea “ou can have the toy on a long handle lying on the floor, waiting where you want to reward her, but when Tess is approaching the assistant pulls the leash and starts running with the toy. If she expects a static toy to move and “escape” at some point, it will grow her drive running towards it”
I hope she increases her speed but as a sign that she is motivated and happy to do agility, not because I want a super fast dog.

Thanks for the great advice, I’ll keep you update

• This reply was modified 7 months, 3 weeks ago by MORENA LAZZERI.

Hi, last night we had a great agility training session with the new instructor on a new indoor, synthetic field.

Tess did great! The training was very motivating, with lots of play and exercises inserted almost casually. She was very motivated and played very well.

The instructor and I decided not to hold Tess; as you said, it’s not necessary, and if it’s a nuisance for her, it wouldn’t be effective.
In the moments we were waiting, we played little games of throwing food, and she was completely on me, not looking around, not even looking Tia, who was working in the meantime.
Wow, I see the light at the end of the tunnel, and you’ve helped a lot!

Unfortunately I don’t have any videos, but next time I’ll try to make them.

Have a good Day!

hi.

First step ok

Second step. The behavior seemed well-established. I tried a soft toy, but it didn’t work… maybe too soon,
or maybe I misunderstood the procedure.

When you write “During this process I will also start to build anticipation – simply by establishing a pattern of saying readyyyyy or threee, twoooo, oneeee FREE when I throw the treat” do you remove the clicker? I didn’t do this step, maybe that’s why it didn’t work.

Oh, thank you so much, this is a great tip. I’m trying tomorrow it and let you know. I took some videos outside this evening. I’ll upload them.
I’m trying to speed up Tess’s departures and recalls. My husband (they sleep together and play together) restrains her with a harness or a leash, but she becomes inhibited and remains frozen. This is a bit frustrating….
If I run far away, when he lets her go, she follows me quickly but if I try to engage her with the game she remains frozen.
Bye

• This reply was modified 8 months, 2 weeks ago by MORENA LAZZERI.
• This reply was modified 8 months, 2 weeks ago by MORENA LAZZERI.
• This reply was modified 8 months, 2 weeks ago by MORENA LAZZERI.

Hi, I did a few exercises to get Tess fired up. I’m teaching Tess to bark on demand, which I can also use in the field to get her fired up and excited before agility practice.

I shaping  the bark by capturing it with the clicker; a few clicks were enough. These are the first requests with the cue “dimmi”

We have a new instructor who wants us to focus more on having fun in the field than on technique, for now. This makes me very happy that he places importance on my dog’s emotional state.
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