Thank you Polona! She is definitely getting more excited and very barky when it comes to agility! I hadn’t realized she didn’t like the tunnel so much so I will work on that more! And will also try the U sequence with more unpredictability!

We did some of the turns exercises. I know she doesn’t really like these. After the rounds the turn, she does speed up coming out of it, but she goes into the turn much more slowly. Not sure if I should worry about that so much considering if we do a sequence, presumably there’d be some speed already to help going into the wrap (compared to just wrapping a standalone wing from a sit).

Question with the wraps and crazy balls – do you give verbal cues like cik/cap or left/right? I started do that until it got abit too hard for me ? especially as I use a different word for a wrap from behind the wing and the sequence was quite fast and I don’t always know my position with regards to the wings!

Hello!! I loved what you wrote about the rewarding part. I think I need to be better at that – I need to make the reward part more exciting and more of the “long dynamic process” instead of just “reward by throwing one toy, yay! clap! reward with treat from hand”. I need to be less boring and up my energy so she can up hers! ?

We did the crazy balls exercise! Realized I have CCTV for the backyard so I included it as well for a bird’s eye view.

I don’t think we have enough space in the garden to put in all the jumps for the other 2 exercises so it might be a slightly reduced version! Hope that is ok too? If you have ideas on how we can streamline those 2 set ups, that would be helpful! You can see the size of the space I have in the video above.

Ah! I get you now! So not letting her win (if she bites softly) should be done by pulling it away but continuing the chase, instead of pulling the toy up and out of reach. That makes so much more sense! Thank you!!

I’ve been trying the other toy exercises from Lesson 2 while adding a bit of pressure as you have suggested in your last reply! I think in hindsight I might have “mixed” toy and food (see video) and I’m not sure if that’s correct now! I’ve been basically use a non-food tug toy, playing and then rewarding with food. Is this right? Or should I keep them completely separate?

Shortly after I got her, I inadvertently discovered this thing that really drives her nuts while trying to brush fur off the carpet. She loooooooves chasing after the slicker brush on the floor. I can’t understand why but she goes mad and very quickly too! Since then literally anything that brushes against the floor will really get her going (carpet cleaner thing for when she has a pee accident inside the house, any kind of broom or floor cleaning brush or leaf rake). Still figuring out how to use this as a reward!

I just want to add that it’s great to see Luna much pushier these days and demanding of attention by jumping up and literally pushing my butt with her front paws ? Absolutely love it!

Thank you so much for the tips! We tried mixing the food throws with poke me and had some fun!

Managed to do a bit of the food pocket game outside too – not sure if I am doing it right! Do you think she is having difficulty with biting the toy? It is a little “stiff” and flat, and I’m wondering if it is a bit big for her mouth? It’s ok if she is aiming for the handle but when she lunges for the furry part, it almost looks like she can’t grip with her mouth? The idea is for her to bite and hold on to the furry bit yes? Or should I keep at it to see if she does figure out how to grab and hold better?

Oh she doesn’t seem to like it when it’s wet (after dragging it around on the wet grass) ?

We managed to also try the engagement/jump up game! We did this in the backyard as we don’t have someone to film for us when we are on our walks. She’s very good at giving attention when on walks (I rewarded this heavily from the first day I got her!) and I’ve now been rewarding her for being pushy (barking, jumping up) for attention whenever she does it.

• This reply was modified 4 years, 6 months ago by Michelle Chan.

Hi Polona!

So excited that the class has started! We’ve been trying the games and having a lot of fun with them! Here are our videos below. I’ve been using her raw food meals as treats ? as that is what she finds highest in value!

Also, is there a limit to the number or duration of videos we can send to you to look at?

Poke Me Game

Restrain

Food Pouch Toy