Personally, this is unacceptable. I have no one to blame but myself. I didn't train Odie on Monday and Tuesday so that his injured leg could fully recover. One of the exercises required a ball which we lost (I haven't gone to the mall to look for a replacement yet!), so that's an entire activity I'm gonna have to make up for this week even without a video. I was planning to shoot this morning just like I did last week, only to find out that my sister was going to use the car and I'm too scared to drive the alternative car. I settled for shooting at the nearby houses then. Odie and I went out at 7:15 to find a way through covering outdoor locations. Unfortunately, our neighbors are really very consistent about letting their dogs roam freely so we weren't able to accomplish much. I decided to just halt all shooting and begin the editing.
It's the least homework we're turning in for this entire course and I'm gonna have to complete the succeeding ones if I intend to "run for honors" HAHA. Putting it that way sounds less shallow than saying "if I want to win a toy". I've been a bad human this week. Gotta be tiger mom ASAP!
Odie seems really easily distracted lately. In class yesterday, he was able to do all the exercises, but not without having me feel like I'm Dora the Explorer in terms of getting his attention and convincing him to follow the verbal cues. He kept sniffing the floor, perhaps hoping to steal a treat (he has this nasty habit of eating loose treats when his classmates' humans spill some). He kept sniffing the floor especially when we were heeling. The first time was really bad, I sort of cheated in the second round. I got one piece of the Tasty T-Bonz treat and held on to it through the course. I kept giving him the peanut butter treats and only gave the special one at the end. Sorry, Doc! We're not worthy of your "much better" remark after that!
Here's our record-breaking submission for this week:
Vimeo is taking quite a while uploading the rest of my videos, so I'm using YouTube for now, and will edit as soon as the Vimeo uploads are available.
-Edit: as of March 25, 10:30 PM, all videos are now in Vimeo!-
I was a bit annoyed yesterday afternoon because when I decided to shoot, a bunch of little boys suddenly went outside and played running games. I feared for my camera!!! They kept asking me what Odie and I were doing, if the camera was working (WHY WOULD I SET UP A TRIPOD AND CAMERA IF IT'S FAKE?), among other things. I just did a quick set and went back home. I mean, good job, kids, for actually playing outside instead of playing with your iPads or something, but please do not disturb us.
I felt so bad for Odie when I started editing this durations video! When we were shooting, I remember slowly counting to 30 (30 seconds was the longest duration indicated in the handout), so I was so shocked to see that there were some that lasted for almost a minute, and one past the one minute mark! I didn't know I counted way too slow! We weren't able to do durations outside because every time we tried going out, there was so much going on outside. Very high distractions didn't allow us to pass five seconds. Nyarrr...
Sit/Down with Distraction: Outdoors from Pauline Gaerlan on Vimeo.
Odie was pretty okay with having me go around him. I'm just a bit iffy about some of his "down" videos because he kept shifting his weight to one side in an attempt to keep an eye on me. In the garage, he even took it a step further and did a roll over! I was so surprised when yesterday, he did the same thing in class! I'm happy that he's rolling over again (he stopped for a while when he got injured), but he's back to rolling way too much!
I haven't received session 4 homework yet so I can't plot my shot list and plan my week. Are we resting tomorrow? I'm not so sure. I just know that we're gonna have to do a lot more than this week's submission. Also gotta work on getting his attention, which means I have to be interesting enough for a dog to not wander off. This is definitely harder than dealing with children.
I haven't received session 4 homework yet so I can't plot my shot list and plan my week. Are we resting tomorrow? I'm not so sure. I just know that we're gonna have to do a lot more than this week's submission. Also gotta work on getting his attention, which means I have to be interesting enough for a dog to not wander off. This is definitely harder than dealing with children.
Haha--Odie rolling over! I think that was when Doc asked all of us to go around? I didn't see it, but Doc was saying ang ganda tingnan and then she laughed and said "may nag-ro-rollover pa!" :)) Oh, Odie. :))
ReplyDeleteYou guys are really doing well though! I mean, a 1-minute duration, AND you can walk away with your back turned---I still have to try that and going beyond 12 seconds of duration. :|
I don't think we'll be in top 3 this time! Goodbye, toy... Hahahaha. I'm pretty sure you're doing better than me and Bon! :) (and I don't think I'll be able to catch up because we're being very lazy lately)
CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? Just TWO MORE SETS of homework, and we're free!!! It's both sad and liberating. :))
BTW. Have you gotten around teaching Odie the verbal cues of the tricks? :| Parang ayaw ni Boo ng rollover (pati si Bon), tapos ginagaya ako ng mga kasambahay namin when I make Boo beg, so baka nasisira yung tinuturo kong behavior!!! :|
Sayang nga eh! I was about to see for myself kung ano yung maganda tingnan, hindi ko na nakita kasi nag-rollover si Odie.
DeleteI didn't know we were doing durations for that long! Naawa ako bigla. I think he deserves extra playtime tomorrow because he was doing far beyond what we were told. Re walking away, I tried turning halfway through one day, just for kicks. Tapos wala siyang paki so I tried building up. Ngayon tumatalikod ako after 2-3 steps for safety. I don't know how we'll fare outdoors!
I'm not computing other people's scores para din hindi ako maging complacent about the videos. Kaya pa yan! Plus I hardly take videos of the play sessions (which you and Boo do) before/after kasi nagugulo yung format ng videos ko :)) Sayang extra points :|
Natatakot nga ako bigla that we asked for a Monday deadline next week. April 1 yun, tapos next deadline is on April 5 if we're expecting to graduate April 6. Grabe, 2 sessions na lang! I hope we can still train after graduation, but in a more relaxed environment. Hindi ko pa kaya ang deadlines ulit!
Hit or miss kami sa verbal na rollover. Yung shake kayang kaya na, yung beg hit or miss din. Minsan kasi he stands on his hind legs, minsan naman hindi niya ma-keep yung balance. Naguguluhan din ako when other people try doing the training/tricks we do! It's really slowing us down.
Ooohhh right, oo nga no! :| Maybe she'll give us fewer exercises for April 5, since we have the tricks, plus heeling (which we haven't started doing yet!). :P Maybe we can sit-in during Basic obedience (beginners)? Hehe, refresher course lang din sana (we really need it, huhu). Or the regular training group! :P But yes, without pressure na. :| Yung shake lang din kaya namin! Because Boo already knows it haha and ang dali because you need a "hand signal" :P
DeleteIn fairness, when I saw this week's handout, walang deadline for Monday, so makakahinga tayo ng slight and hopefully mas masaya mag-shoot. I really hope we could do training pa rin after graduation, or pwede rin mag-sit in. Sana naman this time hindi na ma-dissolve yung class. Kahit not so structured training okay na. Puro tricks lang haha! Okay din talaga mag-refresher course kasi when we went to the puppy class with Royce, dun ko na-discover na hirap kami ulit sa cradling.
DeleteYes! And I did one set of sit/down/stand in the front yard, it was fun! Hassle lang imemorize yung steps hahaha! I had to pause every after combo and repeat one-word steps over and over. But yes, it seems more fun to Boo--I almost forgot that we still had the distance exercise :| And the place duration which we probably will never be able to accomplish (huhu).
DeleteOoohhh yes I want more tricks. :( I'll go back to that list of 50 tricks after graduation :))
I've been trying to memorize the combos but I'm so sure I'll forget what's next once I start shooting. Kailangan muna siguro ng rehearsals HAHA! And I think I should print a copy and stick it to a post when I shoot outdoors :)) Puro indoor/on property pa lang nagagawa ko this week at wala pa ko sa combos. Panic!!!
DeleteA lot of the tricks in the list parang paulit-ulit lang. Sana may 100 pa? :))