Four poles!
Notes:
--The quality of the video is poor because I had to artifically "lighten" it with WMM. It was nearly dark outside while we were training this (and it was ridiculously cold and windy, for that matter).
--...that's it. I think the captions pretty much speak for themselves! He figures it out pretty quickly, clever boy.
2 comments:
Hi
I'm enjoying your video's a lot. I don't know anything about this method at all and have been trying to figure it out watching you. Can I ask why you are just doing left handed weaves? Is it required that you do it this way or is that your system? I've never known not doing poles from both the right and left entry right from the beginning.
Hi Michael -- glad you're enjoying the blog and videos so far!
In all agility organizations, your dog MUST enter the weave poles with the first pole passing on his left hand side.
I highly recommend getting some resources on this training method. Susan Garrett just released a DVD on this method a week ago and I have heard it is excellent (I have not purchased it yet). I do have the ebook she put out for a very limited time, and I also have her book Shaping Success in which she outlines the method (however she apparently has changed it a little bit since).
It really is not hard and it never ceases to amaze me how fast Strata is picking it up! I highly recommend this method even though I haven't finished training him yet. There is no luring and no super-expensive set of poles (channels or WAMs will run you $250-300, I got my 3 sets of 2x2s for $110). The dog figures it out by himself.
The other thing I would suggest is to practice free-shaping behaviors before beginning 2x2 training (because this method is all about shaping the dog to weave). People have commented on Susan Garrett's blog about having issues with the dog stalling out, shutting down, or getting frustrated. It is clear these people have not shaped enough. Make sure you have taught a minimum of 5 behaviors through shaping before working on 2x2s. (If you can't think of 5 behaviors, think of some tricks!)
Good luck! :) Feel free to ask any more questions you may have.
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