2/27/25. Blind Hangman - phone view https://youtu.be/eGHwtjU4ANI?feature=shared At 1:29 I saw the head turn and he looked back at me so I slowed down and put a little pressure on the line. Go Pro view https://youtu.be/QFmWaBCJbFs?feature=shared Great head turn and stare at me at 1:37, 1:38. I think I should have stopped instead of slowed down?? 60 degrees, gusts up to 29 mph, 46% humidity Laid at 9:25, ran at 10:40ish Good start, good articles, stayed with track The random gloves that were 5 yds past the end of the hangman drew him forward and then he is used to continuing on straight after finding an article, so he went straight on. Andrea stopped us and then we did the back up routine until he found the leg. I was happy with our overall performance.
OMG. Past the big green bush—spectacular. Ellen, your handling has become so smooth and natural. It’s making me a bigger believer in the 6’ leash! I loved every single step of that track. Now, back to 3 turns, and every other track, let’s NOT feed at the start article. If you don’t feed at the start article, go ahead with the SP at 5. If you DO feed at the start article, move the first SP out, maybe 10 or 15 yards. So he is either reinforced at the start, or for the act of starting. If, after a couple of sessions, he’s not showing any change of behavior with the changed pattern, go to every 3-4 tracks with no food for the start article.
ReplyDeleteYour handling, and his determined work, at the first big bush just made me start thinking about your TDX. I had to tell myself to focus!