I’d been gone for a solid week, talking training in two states and running 16+ hour days. This afternoon I walked in from the airport, hadn’t even gotten my shoes off yet, and my phone chimed. “Have you been flooded with the new OK Go video yet?” asked a friend.
“Um, no,” I answered. “There is one?”
There is one.
[youtube video_id=”nHlJODYBLKs” width=”640″ height=”360″ ]
The training isn’t the spectacular bit; these are all fairly simple behaviors, and it’s pretty easy to follow the cues and reinforcers. But the choreography is outstanding — both the concepts (do you have any idea how hard it is to come up with original animal choreography?!) and the sheer orchestration of it all.
And most of the dogs are having a lovely time, which is always nice to see.
Mark included the link to the behind-the-scenes blog post, which says pretty much the above. Good work, guys. And I’m going to be discussing this video and its challenges with my KPA students, oh yes. (Dogs getting ahead of schedule? Chaining? Cues? Stimulus control? Anyone?)
Nice work, guys.
thanks for the behind-the-scenes blog link!
So fun! How did I miss this OK Go video? I thought I had seen them all! And was that a goat? o_O 😀
-Jen
It was! 😀