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And this is what happened when I tried using socks to practice a retrieve in the hallway. 😮
Here are two videos of Vesper doing the treat toss today, and also a video of her playing the “self-serve” game of wrapping a wing on her own initiative to get the reward. The treat toss was from the beginning of the training session when she was most hungry. The self-serve wing was from the end. What can I do to speed her up on them?
And here is the puppy playing the treat toss game outside.
I am still concentrating on food games with Vesper, but I was looking ahead at topic 4 and the running games reminded me of an issue we have had in Silvia’s class with Vesper not wanting to run far ahead of me or let me leave early on cik/cap. I use a lotus ball to reward her. Here is where we are now. She is still super slow with the tossed treats game…
Yes, my friend bred this litter because she wanted to see if the right BC would add more sociability and drive to the mudi. Many here in the US are very nervous or shy. I have a full house too, but I met the puppies a few times and thought they seemed like a lot of fun. We will see how she grows up.
Here is Vesper with the treat-n-train. I thought I would take a video and show her being very slow about it, but this is actually pretty good for her. It’s not how I normally train the running contacts foundation, so please don’t worry about that. I just put the mat out there to give her something to do. I think this is OK, but I’d definitely like to see more drive to the treat-n-train. The video was taken at dinner time, so she was pretty hungry. If she’s not as hungry, she’ll trot to treat-n-train or eat slowly.
Here’s the puppy. This is her first time in the training building. The jump-up is something we do for praise. Should I start putting a cue on it? She was confused by the crazy balls, but did a lot better with the ball exchange. (Sometimes the ball got stuck under equipment in a corner in the back out of view, which is why she came back without it.) Finally, there’s us doing another try at the food-tug, waiting for better “wins” and a clear release.
PS She is half mudi.
Here are some videos of Vesper. First is a treat toss. I was using cheese, which should have been easy to eat, but you can see she takes a long time. Second is with her doing crazy balls, which is a bit better.
I hadn’t thought about recall into my lap specifically. Good idea! I will work on that.
Here’s a quick video of the snuffle mat I use in her ex-pen sometime. When she is done finding food, she likes to sleep on it. Normally I won’t leave them with the dog, but she seems to like it & doesn’t eat it after she gets the food out.
Ok, that all makes perfect sense. I will work on the food-tug technique and more action in exchange for the whip toy.
She does have a lot of what I’d call “possessiveness” — when she played with her littermates, she would be the puppy who takes the toy away and goes off to a corner to destroy it. I’ve been doing a couple of things for that — first, using multiple toys/play objects so that the moment she runs away with one, I can call her back to another, second, playing retrieve where she gets food as well as another throw for bringing it back, three multi-ball games, and fourth, I will let her sit in my lap to chew on the toy if she wants (I don’t mind her having it, as long as she stays with me to chew on it.) Will get some more videos today.
Hi again. I’m about to send the audit for the second dog. Here are some videos from what I’ve been doing with the puppy (not totally sure of her name yet). She likes to chase tug toys a lot. She’s 11 weeks old now. This was the first time for her to see a food-stuffed tug toy. I’ll take some more videos of the other food exercises soon.
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