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blueboyluca:blueboyluca:as-old-roads:blueboyluca: blueboyluca:Historically I’m very bad at record keeping, but I’m going to try again. I’ve simplified some online plan templates to be just the core details I think I can keep up with, clearly separated into before and after. I already do a kind of after training on this blog, but I will try to do a before because I think that’s more important to begin implementing immediately. Hopefully also doing it through Google Docs will make me more likely to stick with it. I have also decided I will try to maintain a structure for each training session, and I based it on Susan Garrett’s as described in Shaped by Dog Episode 119: The Rhythm Of Dog Training And How To End A Session.Engagement gameWarm upNew skillBrush up skillEngagement gameCool downI’ve also been slack with warm ups and cool downs, so I’ve redone my plans for those as well to make it easier for me to accomplish.I’m hoping that I can get into a rhythm with these plans that will make training flow better and be more enjoyable for Marceline. This is so timely! I was just listening to Drinking from the Toilet episodes on “Spring Cleaning for Dog Training”, the second part has to do with planning and record keeping! I don’t really do that, but something she said reaaally spoke to me… so I just wrote it down to share with you lmao:“So something will inspire me, and I will start a new system for my planning/record keeping. Whatever that is, it will work great for a period of time, and then … I will stop using it. And when I notice that has happened, part of me wants to think that obviously … this must not be the right system. But then also part of me thinks that … something must be fundamentally wrong with me and I am irreparably broken and that’s why I can’t keep up with any system … and while there is a fun trip to self-loathing there, I actually had a moment of perspective and was able to get a bit meta about it. And I realized, actually, my system is upgrading my system every ___ period of time!“If you’re too close to it, it looks like, ‘I have a system for a few months and then I abandon it and I have nothing for a while and then I try a new system and I have that for a few months and it doesn’t stick…’ But, if I were to drop the guilt and shame and look at it, well actually, I’m pretty consistent about swapping between systems of record keeping and planning! And that can be pretty functional and doesn’t require a story about there being anything wrong with the system itself or anything wrong with me as a person.”I thought that was a lovely reframing of something I’ve angsted about a lot in my life, haha.For me… I’ve always wanted to do better at just plain videotaping my sessions, because I’m positive I’d learn a lot. I think I’d do something similar to your process of uploading clips to here and reflecting on what went well/what went poorly.If I could pick your brain, I’d love to hear more on how you think about keeping notes from your sessions, and how keeping the agility logs of Miss Marpeline have helped you. (Side note: how do you record your sessions…? I don’t know, should I just set up my phone on the ground or wherever? I feel like I’ll wander out of frame?? I was thinking of starting off just recording things in my living room, since that should be easy.) That’s so sweet of you! I also listened to that episode a couple of weeks ago and I also took note of that section particularly and I think it helped my brain accept that I should try a new record keeping method without shame because trying is always a good thing.Filming my sessions is the easiest part of the record keeping for me, I’m not as good at the reviewing part. I just use my phone on a little phone tripod I bought for cheap (it’s falling apart but I refuse to buy another until it’s unusable) and set it up far back enough (and often at a height) to be able to see the area I’m going to train in. Sometimes I wander out of frame, but that’s fine. Just record what you can.I think posting my agility videos here and writing about my sessions has helped identify what needs work. It also helps to have other people you trust cast an eye over the video because they might pick up something you haven’t. (Sometimes I get comments from people I have never interacted with, which I’m not a huge fan of, but that’s just the nature of Tumblr. I’d rather strangers who have never commented on my stuff before engage with me in other ways and maybe then I will engage with their agility advice…)I’d like to be a bit more mindful with my use of video. I think I’ve kind of fallen into the trap of, I recorded it so I’m doing good record keeping. But that’s not true, I also need to review and actually think about it. I mean, I’ve been recording for many months of Marceline checking out and being stressed and didn’t really confront it until now, so I think that shows that video isn’t useful completely on its own. I had a couple more things to add.Shaped by Dog Ep #133 has a useful beginner’s guide to videoing training. Susan recommends reviewing your video three times: one neutral watch, one looking for positives and one looking for improvement. I do two passes, one neutral while editing and one looking for combined positives/needs improvement.I like a lot of Susan Garrett’s dog training media but what I find fascinating is that she regularly recommends using aversives for yourself as a way to make behaviour more frequent, e.g. in this episode she says if you don’t use video while training you need to admit out loud to yourself that you’re making the choice to go against the most effective method for improving training. I would never recommend this approach personally because what does beating yourself up solve? She also recommended something similar in her training planning episode and said if you don’t train you should write in your log about how you didn’t make time or effort to train. Bizarre approach for someone who is positive reinforcement focused and claims to never engage in negative self thought.Anyway the other thing I wanted to mention is video editing. I understand not everyone wants to post their video to social media but editing is useful from a storage perspective as well. If you filmed a 10+ min video you may want to think about editing it down if you want to keep it for your records. The best app for this is Adobe Rush. It takes effort to learn it but it’s a really useful app. There are simpler apps out there but I like Rush for its extended features and its export options. @maiathegermanspitz The tripod I use is the Smartphone Flexi Tripod from Kmart. It’s an $8 piece of crap that falls apart eventually, but it still lasts about a year for me so I find it worthwhile. I just bought a new one today because my last one lost a leg. It’s a handy model because you can wrap the legs around poles and stuff.In classes I wrap it around the fence or the trolley we use for carting equipment around and just film from there. If I go to a park or something by myself I either wrap it around a football goalpost or a fence or I just place it on the ground standing up.For outside filming you always want to position the sun behind the camera’s point of view so that you can see what’s actually happening in the footage. It’s also useful to add some height so if you were at home, best to place the tripod on a table or something for a better view.I hope the three passes technique works for you when reviewing. I think it’s often natural for us to be hard on ourselves, but if we try to make one neutral, one ‘needs improvement’ and one positive only, hopefully it will help make our mindset a little clearer. -- source link

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