Week 5, Exam 2, The String Test.

 Getting ready for the dreaded string test.

Here we go!

Week 5 Exam #1

Here is Week 5, Exam #1, the Vickster’s Test. I love the sound of goats bleating in the background and the beautiful scenery in the backdrop!

Week 5 EXAM # 2: String Test

 Mary,

There are 3 posts on the Week 5 EXAM. Review all three, make your thread circles, pick your location and start practicing. Do expect Molly to have to do this EXAM multiple times to pass.  It's a tough EXAM and the secret to success is the handler setting up the location, the level of distractions (low), and knowing what to do to help their dog succeed. This EXAM is as much about the handler's skill sets as it is about the dogs skill sets.

Roxanne

Week 5 - Pop Quiz Photo

Week 5 Pop Quiz - A photo of Molly in a sit/stay surrounded by her favorite things.

Molly LOVES food. If the tiniest crumb of anything hits the floor, she’s on it. So, I thought food would be the hardest to resist. She also loves balls and her oversized Kong toy she likes to drag around so I threw those in, too. She was so excited when she first saw the plates holding peanut butter, lunch meat, cheese and butter. Little did she know they were not for consumption! She soon found out the toys weren’t for play, either!

Here she is.

This is my favorite. She’s either falling asleep and dreaming of eating and playing with her toys or closing her eyes to keep from being tempted. 

She cracks me up!

7-29-2022 Ruth's FC W2, D6, PIGS@@#!@ and lambs and goats, oh my!

 

Redd charged those PIGS. What a stupid thing to do. So, I opted to work her AGAINST those pigs. She had surgery only 1 week ago, so I had to train without any BIG LL corrections. What a training session!

   

 Then I worked Ruth. She did NOT charge those PIGS, but she had a hissie fit at me working her towards those PIGS. Earned her first "OUT!" for her inappropriate behavior.

 

Link to Kim working Redd for me. NICE handling

 Then I worked Ruth against the lamb and goats in VERY tight quarters.

Many, many hours later, we did this training session. Still no comprehension in Ruth reading my mechanics and understanding what to do. So, I came up with this unusual approach as Ruth does know how to 'target' a Place Board and do a Sit.It worked-:0 Finally, a way to help her succeed as her Sit muscle memory is acquired.

Week 5 EXAM # 1: Vicksters Test & Week 5 Pop Quiz

Link to Week 5 EXAM # 1 Vicksters Test 

Now that you have passed the above EXAM, here's your Link to Week 5 Pop Quiz . PLEASE SUBMIT BY TOMORROW SO YOU HAVE TIME TO WORK ON YOUR Week 5 EXAM # 2: String Test.

Also, next Wednesday is Week 6. Let's do that during HHPR in the morning as we need a new environment to do that lesson. It's the shortest in length lesson in the FOUNDATION Course, takes less than 30 minutes.

Roxanne

7-28-2022 W2, Day 5 for Ruth and the HHPR adventures today

Since Ruth is a spectator to ALL of this morning's training, I include that here as part of her continuing education and learning.

This is Week 5 material, the fix for the flared Sit  

 The first training session is rough as Ruth isn't sure, AT ALL, about the KISS Sit Correction.

Pack Run

then Cavallities Of course, Ruth 'found' Kara's db and so we did a smidge of play retrieve with it there at the truck.

After that training session, we headed to the Monroe Lions Park as they have an elevated concreate stage, under cover, which I particulary like using for training a learning dog. Heeling and KISS Sit Corrections, Take 2 And many, many hours later, we did Heeling and Kiss Sit Corrections, Take 3. The mechanics haven't registered yet with Ruth. Tomorrow is another day.

Week 5 Class Videos

Well, here we are at Week 5! This will be a very interesting week for sure. Today I met with Roxanne and Loni. They talked about and demonstrated what Week 5 entails.

Loni and Shadow are a great team. They demonstrated what the Vickster’s test looks like. Then there’s little Ruth. She was an incredible demo dog today. She even did things that she have not been introduced to at this point in her training.

Great way to kick off Week 5!

Here are the videos I took in class yesterday.

 Link to The Finish, 1st time

The Stand for EXAM practice Roxanne shows a different way to stabilize dog with shaky Stand

QUITE THE TRAINING THIS MORNING!

QUITE THE INSANE MORNING!!!!!

EVEN HIGHER DISTRACTIONS THAN THE BOUNCING BALLS WAS THIS CRAZY SETUP IN A PUBLIC PARK NO LESS  

 Then time for Scrambled Heeling  

                                      Ruth, AKA 'Pigpen'

Gave Ruth several hours to sleep off the morning training session, then did some lovely defrosted, stinky dead duck marks.

I know that duck is up there!

BUT I can smell that duck!