tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360711630366485930.post3890964838612098554..comments2023-07-19T05:06:28.227-05:00Comments on The Dogs Are Really In Charge: January GoalsLaura and The Corgi, Toller, & Duckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06437492165453445126noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360711630366485930.post-68796869977808803492011-01-09T01:53:54.776-06:002011-01-09T01:53:54.776-06:00Don't feel bad about the December goals. It&#...Don't feel bad about the December goals. It's so hard to get anything done with Christmas stuff to do. I'm sorry I haven't been commenting. I've been busy and I'm finding it hard to read all of the blogs I follow. I promise I'm not gone though lol. I can't wait to see how your January goals go. Good luck!!Achieve1dreamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15401246064499148344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360711630366485930.post-5311630301317450902011-01-06T09:58:40.099-06:002011-01-06T09:58:40.099-06:00Oh, an x-pen is a good idea! If I can get ahold of...Oh, an x-pen is a good idea! If I can get ahold of one, I might try it.<br /><br />Yes, she can pivot just fine, and do military turns as well. But neither of those require her to bend her body to the left. What I run into with left circles is her trying to make it into series of straight lines so not only is she forging, but she is also running into my legs a lot. I think she knows where she's supposed to be, but physically has trouble staying there. It makes a lot of sense to me that she is so dominant with right turns because she does so much.<br /><br />I wish I could lunge her in left circles, like a horse to work on developing her muscles on that side without worrying about position or pace. Maybe I could shape that!Ninsohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11926615638315977082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360711630366485930.post-66116385527644700162011-01-05T23:17:57.358-06:002011-01-05T23:17:57.358-06:00Kristine- Starting a handstand is pretty easy. Ju...Kristine- Starting a handstand is pretty easy. Just have her back onto a book, reward the 2o2o position. Raise the books higher. Or use a board instead of a book so you can raise the angle of the board to the wall. Once the books get high enough she will have to do a mini handstand to reach it. Then transfer to a wall, click before the dog touches it so it doesn't become about the wall anymore but about that lift off...Laura and The Corgi, Toller, & Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06437492165453445126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360711630366485930.post-20970366709557451252011-01-05T23:15:36.439-06:002011-01-05T23:15:36.439-06:00I think the heeling improvement is a combination o...I think the heeling improvement is a combination of treat behind/right side and backing up. The treat behind seemed to be helping but didn't stop the forging once it started in a session.<br /><br />I always like to make mistakes bigger, like Patty, and she goes into slowtime when her dogs forge. It helped with lance, but really not enough. I would do entire heeling patterns in slow but then he would just be forging and moving slowly! I think moving backwards is a much clearer signal to him.<br /><br />I'm kinda clueless with Jun's issue. It seems to me if she can pivot left it shouldn't be a problem! I'm assuming she can do one complete 360 degree pivot left? And can heel a few steps straight and do a military left turn (basically another pivot while moving?)<br /><br />Besides the right sided work, which I think is a great idea, the only other thing I got is setting up an xpen to heel around. I use a wall for straight line heeling so an xpen for circles?Laura and The Corgi, Toller, & Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06437492165453445126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360711630366485930.post-44477792010110946762011-01-04T11:27:04.878-06:002011-01-04T11:27:04.878-06:00Sounds like you have some terrific goals.
I'v...Sounds like you have some terrific goals.<br /><br />I've always wanted to teach Shiva how to do a proper handstand as I've seen that trick so many times in videos. But I have no clue how to go about it.<br /><br />Good luck and have fun!Kristinehttp://rescuedinsanity.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360711630366485930.post-46692606442566124732011-01-04T10:50:45.552-06:002011-01-04T10:50:45.552-06:00Nice job on the heeling! Do you think it was the t...Nice job on the heeling! Do you think it was the treating behind you or the backing up or a combination of both? After you mentioned backing up I tried that with Jun last weekend when we were working heeling and it worked instantly! I remember Patty saying something similar once: "make the mistake bigger" but I don't recall the context.<br /><br />Do you have any tips for forging on circles with the dog on the inside? Jun is great on clockwise circles (even better than on straight lines--she's not good at walking straight), but no matter how big or small the counterclockwise circle, she gets out of position. However, in a counterclockwise pivot (with me standing in exactly the same place) she does just fine. My last idea was that she has trouble bending her body to the left and maintaining that position (she spends a lot of time pacing the house in a clockwise circle, turned right in flyball, goes around to the right in disc, flips right, etc). I still think this might be part of the issue and we are working some right-side heeling to try to fix that (counter-clockwise circles with her on the outside), but if you have any other suggestions, I'd love to hear them!<br /><br />Good luck with free shaping Chuck! A "chin on paws" is another easy one to free shape.Ninsohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11926615638315977082noreply@blogger.com