Rachel was out of town between Christmas and New Year's and this is her first practice with the heeling rig again since coming home. Poppy did much better as far as checking in, but she still had lala moments. Poppy is doing much better walking to the wall. Rachel did some work with the rigging and also some without to see what difference there still may be. Poppy responded much better with Rachel than with Janet and Jeanne.
J and J practiced, but not as many times as we should have during the holidays. We both tried using the leash as rigging and also adding the string as rigging. Poppy was mostly lala with us, but she did check in often at the auto sit. She also did good walking to the wall with us. She seemed to get overwhelmed quickly with the string rigging to the point we were almost dragging her. It was easier with just the leash rigging. Sorry, no videos.
Rachel and Poppy practicing with and without heeling rig
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to review!
ReplyDeleteRachel,
ReplyDeleteFascinating videos. Excellent work. The AS's are GREAT!!
My only pointers:
1) When Poppy is rubber necking on AS, do the FAST, small step on your "Heel" command. That will train Poppy to pay attention.
2) On the last video, the pace you are working Poppy is to be her 'normal' pace. Poppy does far better paying attention when you are at this brisk pace.
Almost, you and Poppy are almost ready for Week 7 EXAM retakes.
Roxanne