I was traveling for work all of last week. Sen stayed with with a friend. As a result, we didnt do any training except for this afternoon. We have worked eye contact in the past but we dont have it on queue and it isnt well proofed. I have a few days off this week and will continue to work on proofing before starting the clockwork game. 

Scott.  Despite your week it's certainly looking like you and Sen are enjoying the training.  Hope you're achieving your goal of building not only your skills and Sen's but also your relationship.

With the stand stay Sen broke at :22 and followed you round - you reinforced stay (I think) at :24 and Sen stayed solid for the rest of the round.  I've found myself particularly in this week's homework - both the sit stay walk around and the focus game - either continuing on past an error (like a shift or a look away) and letting Dyson self correct or re-cuing.  Part of me watching my videos was me asking myself whether I should have stopped the activity at an error (say Dyson moved in a sit stay) and just walked away, got him to follow (like what happened - where did the game go) and then reset him for a fresh behaviour chain - the sit, stay, walk around instead of allowing an error in the middle of a chain of behaviour.  Don't know which works better but it does give you another option.   Any thoughts team (and of course Forrest)?

Having said this Scott - love watching you two work : )

Thanks Leanne!

You are correct - i give sen an additional cue at :24s. Sen was so close to having it right i didnt want to reset her so opted to just give her some help.  I actually think my choice here is the wrong one. I gave Sen the opportunity to practice something i dont want, then rewarded her for it at the very end. 

Knowing that our verbal cues arent the best, I should have given her the physical immediately following the verbal. It would have served to more clearly reinforce the verbal cue as well as kept her stay in the correct position. 

Scott, nice work. 

The stand-stay is an advanced skill for most dogs, so I'm pumped you've been working on it. Sen does a great job of it aside from the following blunder in the beginning. And when you return to feed her after the lap, it's likely she knows she's being reinforced for staying place. If she were to consistently follow you after being stood and you begin circling, you'd want to interrupt that in a timely way, or back up the training and work in smaller pieces: for example, after you stand her, can you lean to the right a bit without her shifting weight. If so - mark and reward!

The pieces are in place, sir, so I'm not too worried about it!

I think the 'reset' at :57s was appropriate. She gets back on task and does a better job.

Try this with Sen: when you do the clockwork game again, instead of breaking into movement and giving Sen one piece, break out and give a handful of food reward - making it a jackpot. Sen's got great energy, but I want to see if we can get a little more energized anticipation in this game. 

The pieces are there... just got to work them more. Keep your session short, make sure she's hungry, and jackpot those pieces!

Nice work and welcome back!