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Week 5 Days 1-7 Shana's Training Blog

4/22/2019

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PictureThis is my happy girl, Shana, on her (our) bed.
4/10/2019 Week 5 Day 1 Wednesday:
Special circumstances:  three board and trains in house plus Harley boarding (who Shana likes and plays with, but even her good friends can stress her out when there are totally strange dogs in the house or dogs who have been here less than two weeks)
Assumed equipment:  electronic collar, crate, food rewards
Activity level:  Was not written down
  1. Quiet in crate got 3 (out of 6) 5 minute quiet events that could be food rewarded.  Did not write down what equipment was used.  I am going to assume she had an electronic collar on, which I would just vibrate in this instance.  Not positive though, since I did not bother to write it down.  Had there been no electronic collar used, this would be super good.
Notes on Shana:  Shana progress remained, but has not progressed in this circumstance.  New board and trains coming 4/12, so I am hoping for it just to remain steady.
Notes on My handling: I need to remember to mark down equipment and activity level during the day.   If she did not happen to be wearing her ecollar (which is possible) this would be great progress instead of the same.

4/11/2019 Week 5 Day 2 Thursday:
Special Circumstances: Same as above, but Harley 
(who Shana likes and plays with, but even her good friends can stress her out when there are totally strange dogs in the house or dogs who have been here less than two weeks) arrived today for boarding.
Assumed equipment:   electronic collar, muzzle, leash, probably treats but I don't think I used them.
Activity level:  Not sure but her best buddies were here, so I am assuming very much running and play.
  1. Pack heel in driveway with Boarders, Daycare, Sharpie, and our dogs.   30 minutes She did great and looked happy and comfortable.  Loose body language.  Harley, a boarding client that Shana does know, had not arrived yet.
  2. Quiet in crate (once Harley arrived) 30 minutes She did 5 treats or 5 five minute instances of quiet that got rewarded.  She did give toothy grin to Harley once or twice.
​Notes on Shana:  Confinement when new dogs come (Harley is known but only since once a year) makes Shana very nervous.   Both sessions were exceptional good, and showed marked improvement.   
Notes on My handling: I need to remember to mark down equipment and activity level during the day.   If she did not happen to be wearing her ecollar (which is possible) this would be great progress instead of the same.

4/12/2019 Week 5 Day 3 Friday:
NOTHING NOTED  Very possible that I intentionally gave Shana the day off due to new stress.  She can see everything through the mudroom door.

4/13/2019 Week 5 Day 4 Saturday:

Special circumstances:   Arrival of two new dogs yesterday (Lemmy and Brandy) who are completely unknown to us or our household.
Equipment:  Muzzle, Leash, Food (no ecollar)
Activity level:  Vigorous ball play, a couple of sessions this day. 
  1. Warm up 5 minutes heeling around dog room until she was more settled.   I believe she did well, except for a couple of barks and no attempted lunging.   Everyone else but Boris and Harley were in crates.
  2. Sit on the dog the official way not my modified leash associated behavior enhancement (may need to find a better acronym or name with this) .  So no actual input from me, all her.  Barked at the beginning for 3 minutes.  Started again from the 7th minute to the 11th minute.  Started again from the 13th minute to the 15th minute.  Started again from the 20th minute to the 25th minute.  Quiet from then until the 30th minute.
  3. Sends to place for 15 minutes (I do work at the end to replace her feelings of dread being in a room with strange dogs to her being happy).  Shana loves to work and she very enthusiastically jumped on her places in front of all the dogs.  So much so that her and the place would go flying across the room.
  4. Stay on place for 15 minutes.   This is harder work for her, but she still loves it.   
  5. Ball play in room for a few minutes with her and Boris, and then we took it outside (basically big reward and replacing her dread of the room to having fun in it without having to worry about other dogs. 30 minutes
NOTES ON SHANA:  Given the circumstances and that she knows the electronic collar is not on her (she responds to the vibrate in these situations, so it's not like she is getting a severe correction, we have just been training together for a long time so she knows the prompt for cut it out) and this is a super stressful situation for her, she did very well.  Especially because she did not give her friend, Harley, who she only sees once a year any problems or snarks.  She sometimes has been known to take out her angst on her friends.  So she was nervous, but not so much to illicit that response.

NOTES ON ME:  Good job in documenting equipment used and activity level for the day.


4/14/2019 Week 5 Day 5 Sunday:
Special Circumstances:  Same as above
Equipment: Toy
Activity Level: Did not write down
  1. Hide and seek game with Shana and Boris (Tommy uninterested).  This works the stay, impulse control, and find command. 30 minutes
NOTES ON SHANA:  Shana 5 of them, and Boris got one.  She is very good at this game, and Tommy is too when he is interested.  Boris likes to basically chase Shana around.
NOTES ON ME: I sucked today.  No good notes or notations.
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4/15/2019 Week 5 Day 6 Monday:

Special circumstances:  Lucy, Shana's arch nemesis, in the house and visible behind mudroom door.
Equipment: Banana, and I am assuming ecollar was on but not necessarily used. 
Activity Level:  I did not notate, but I am thinking Shana would not have performed so well had she not been out for a vigorous game of ball.
  1. Out of sight downs for 5 minutes a piece 35 minutes  Banana (Shana high value item) was reward for each successful one (so she would have gotten four pieces).
NOTES ON SHANA:  She stuck each one (we did them in sun room, bathroom, foyer, kitchen, upstairs hall, and living room).  There was one that she got up but did not move (therefore not successful but huge improvement) when Kate drove up to get Lucy.
NOTES ON ME:  still sub par on the notation of things.

4/16/2019 Week Day 7 Tuesday:

Special circumstances: Same just no Lucy.
Equipment: Ecollar, treats, leash, chuck it and balls (not for the heeling work in dog room obviously)
Activity Level: Chuck it play with Reggie for 30 minutes (also a training session)
  1. Fuss (focused heeling) in dog room, including heeling backwards 30 minutes  Five minutes in tried to do a sustained bark at Brandy, but was corrected on ecollar.   Twenty minutes in, barked at friend, Harley, just once.  He was following us, and Brandy + Lemmy in crates were making her worried.
  2. Out, Down, Drop, Leave It, Spin, and Roll over all worked during chuck it game with Reggie.   30 minutes
NOTES  ON SHANA:  On Shana, I have never taken notes before on her progress with this.   Overall, there was no lunging so I am happy thus far and think this may have been status quo or improvement.   This is why I need to have a training journal so that I can look it up.
NOTES ON ME:  I need also to practice more frequently on the newer stuff especially (weave, leash pressure for pinky like handling, hold item while walking, stay commands and hold commands in public)   Since we are doing so much, I need to organize my training plan a bit better.   Tough I did state the behavioral aspect does take top priority, which is where most of the work is going now.   The other stuff is not AS important, but still important to Shana's development.


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Week 4 Days 1-7 Shana Training Journal

4/16/2019

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PictureShana's baby picture 6 years ago or so. She turned six on 4/8/2019.
So from 4/2/2019-4/8/2019 We were on a sort of home vacation, and I wrote nothing down for Shana.   So I am going to have to assume while we were out and about with Shana and amusing her, that I did no real training of note.  Or to put it in short hand---I suck.

Week 4 Day 7 4/9/2019:
  1. Yard work of fetching large branches and bringing them to throw out area.   10 minutes  NOTE:   Started off having to encourage her to pick up sticks (she has never been a fan of them in her mouth, but then she was off to the races)   
  2. Chuck it with Boris and Reggie.  Had Shana do drops come go stay out and leave it.   NOTE:   Very good, but sometimes trying to sit her from a distance or down (not drop which starts with recall) from a distance is confusing to her.  Guess we need to work on that more.
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NOTE T O SELF:  I NEED TO MAKE BETTER NOTATIONS ABOUT EQUIPMENT USE.   I ALSO NEED TO MAKE BETTER NOTATIONS ON SUCCESSFUL REPS FOR CHARTING PROGRESS AND MOOD FOR THAT MATTER:)  SHANA'S MOOD HAS BEEN MORE POSITIVE ON DAYS STRANGE DOGS ARE HERE AND EVEN HER NEMESIS, LUCY.  I'M GETTING A LITTLE STRESSED THAT I AM GOING TO MAKE A MISTAKE AND RUIN THAT FOR HER.

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Week 3 Day 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Shana Training Blog

4/16/2019

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I have been marking down our work in our Calendar but have been very inconsistent until today.   I also have three board and train dogs in plus the regular work, but that should be no excuse for me not fully committing to Shana's training program.

3/27/2019 work (Week 3 Day 2):

Just a half and hour chuck it game with Shana and Boris.

3/28/2019 (Week 3 Day 3):

Nothing written down (was finishing up with previous board and train clients.  No Excuse.

3/29/2019 (Week 3 Day 4):
  1. ​Sits before mudroom door four in a row without corrections needed (while board and train and daycare are on the other side, this is our dog room).  5 minutes  ​Improvement:  Much less reactive towards door even when totally strange dog on the other side, and (while her arch nemesis was not there today) also improving when Lucy is on the other side).
  2. ​Downs before mudroom door four in a row.  5 Minutes ​Improvement:  Much less reactive towards door even when totally strange dog on the other side, and (while her arch nemesis was not there today) also improving when Lucy is on the other side).
  3. Heeling warm up while in dog room around bnt dogs and daycare friends to get her calmed down.  10 minutes Note:  She was pretty bratty.   Improvement:  Calmed down sufficiently at 10 minutes and also not that ramped up going into it.
  4. Sit on the dog 30 minutes.   Note:  Super bratty.   Improvement:  Went down right away and stayed down through out although there was barking.
  5. Leash pressure around daycare and bnt.   30 minutes  Equipment:  (did not notate but I believe no ecollar, muzzle, food reward, and leash) based on how we would regularly be doing this.   Plus she is not as bratty with the ecollar on, I doubt I would have needed to notate that.  Notes: Looks like Shana did very well, but I need to finish that Mike Ellis video to be sure I am doing it correctly.  Improvement:  I did not write anything down, so I am assuming that Shana was focused on her work (she loves working) and the treats were keeping her anxiety at bay.
3/30/2019 (Week 3 Day 5)
  1. Walk with leash pressure reps around neighborhood.   Equipment:  muzzle carried by me, treats, leash, prong, and safety lead in case prong were to come off----could not find nylon backup training collar  30 minutes  Notes:  did not write anything.   This was only less than a week of leash pressure work.  I should probably do more inside in less distractions first.   However, looks like Shana did well, though I did not notate any reps or success rates of four in a row yet.
  2. Place in dog room during Bailey's (board and train dog) free time.  Notes:  Again, I did not write any.  Need to remember in case I get backed up putting notes on here.
3/31/2019 (Week 3 Day 6):
Did not write anything down on this day, so I am going to assume we did not work on anything.

4/1/2019 (Week 3 Day 7):

Wrote that I did heeling and leash pressure around daycare.  No notes or anything else.

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