I did another short session that lasted as long as the half of the hot dog I brought out. It turns out half of a hot dog can actually go pretty far.
For setup, all I did was pull out the tunnel and put it right next to the dogwalk. It was straight, just parallel to the DW the whole way. I knew the DW would be more enticing, so I started on the side of the tunnel and asked for the tunnel. I got the dogwalk. I brought him back and started him on on an angle closer to the tunnel. I released him and asked for the tunnel. I got the dogwalk. Not wanting him to fail too much, I set him up right in front of the tunnel and asked for the tunnel. He raced through it, came back wagging and got a few pieces of hot dog. Then he never missed again. I worked the discrimination from both sides and from all sorts of angles, and he nailed every one, whether I asked for the tunnel or the DW. Good boy!
Since he was being so good and I still had hotdog, I drilled some weaves, tables and teeters as well. I'm not too satisfied with his weaves right now. He's having trouble finding entries, so I think I need to rethink my strategy. The problem is he'll only weave fast about 5-6 times each session and then he slows down, so I guess I just need to weave frequently but only a few repetitions each time. It's tough because I like to start easy and slowly get harder, but I just can't get too hard if I only have 5 tries. Maybe I can start medium and work towards hard.
For setup, all I did was pull out the tunnel and put it right next to the dogwalk. It was straight, just parallel to the DW the whole way. I knew the DW would be more enticing, so I started on the side of the tunnel and asked for the tunnel. I got the dogwalk. I brought him back and started him on on an angle closer to the tunnel. I released him and asked for the tunnel. I got the dogwalk. Not wanting him to fail too much, I set him up right in front of the tunnel and asked for the tunnel. He raced through it, came back wagging and got a few pieces of hot dog. Then he never missed again. I worked the discrimination from both sides and from all sorts of angles, and he nailed every one, whether I asked for the tunnel or the DW. Good boy!
Since he was being so good and I still had hotdog, I drilled some weaves, tables and teeters as well. I'm not too satisfied with his weaves right now. He's having trouble finding entries, so I think I need to rethink my strategy. The problem is he'll only weave fast about 5-6 times each session and then he slows down, so I guess I just need to weave frequently but only a few repetitions each time. It's tough because I like to start easy and slowly get harder, but I just can't get too hard if I only have 5 tries. Maybe I can start medium and work towards hard.
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