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Shannon and Lucy Module 4 Focus Optional

Shannon Mawson
Shannon

November 21, 2015 at 9:59pm

Lucy and I are working on this one work in progress. 

Reanne Heuston
Reanne

November 21, 2015 at 10:31pm

Love the mark at 1:38, where the head is a little straighter than the previous position she gave you focus, great timing there! 

 

Forrest Micke
Forrest Micke

November 23, 2015 at 11:00am

Shannon - you may have to ignore my comments on your other video - as you're doing all the things I suggested here in them!!! Well, don't ignore them, but consider them here! Beautiful stuff!

One technical suggestion: if Lucy ever looks at the moving hands/arms as you're proofing her focus, don't stop moving them but instead keep them moving consistently and once she finds the eyes again, then mark and reward.

When proofing focus from the middle position, move the hands out of her line of sight a bit so you can really test her focus to your face. Because they're so close she may be able to still eye them instead of your face. Try and feed her so her head stretches a little higher, too!

I was glad to see you move the hands behind your back around :50. And once you get in a rhythm there, you can bring the hands out to the side and ensure she doesn't watch them.

Really nice work from the side. Remember to mark "yes" before you bring your hand down to feed. There were a couple repetitions where you brought your hand down to feed before terminally marking. Best to capture the behavior with a mark and then break posture to feed.

Really nice reps at the end, Shannon. Notice how that reward placement is really playing with her head position!!!?? AWesome stuff! And you can begin adding more distraction from that left hand as she gets better with it!

You're right on track, Shannon. Spend more time proofing from the side. Add movement to the left hand when she's ready - very soon. And continue to reward from that left hand as it will raise that head more!

Shannon Mawson
Shannon

November 23, 2015 at 1:33pm

Thanks for all your feedback  Lucy and I  will work on them. I  made the mistake of letting her play with her tug before we started she had to work very hard to stay focused glad she still had her Wagga butt at the end.

Forrest Micke
Forrest Micke

November 23, 2015 at 2:02pm

Darn the toy drive!

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