I think you can see some obvious progress in how Cohen is navigating the weaves. Some of those weave entries were pretty tricky and she was navigating them like a champ. She's single-stepping some of the poles, which I'm really happy to see.
The poles are technically arranged straight, but they get knocked around quite a bit as the dog runs through them.
Watching myself in this video is helpful -- I need to direct more with my shoulders, not my hands. I also need to loosen up and get my arm off my hip.
I've been working on Cohen's tugging a lot, so I think I'm about ready to start using a tug as a reward instead of food. I opted not to here because her arousal level gets a bit too high and her barking gets unmanageable. It's a work in progress.
I watched your earlier video as well and some others...you are both so good..I can see why you were hired as a trainer..where did you get the weave poles ? I shudder to think what Cohen would be like without your training...she is so smart and fast and is so high drive !
ReplyDeleteLaila, there's an agility instructor at WWW who makes weave poles. I picked them up for practice at home once I'd moved on to level three.
ReplyDeleteAnd I shudder to think too!