Does Virtue look fearful or stressed during our training session in this video?

Ask Your Question: We had our second training session off leash. Virtue was a little distracted a couple of times. I still felt good about the session overall as did our trainer. Virtue and I worked an agility sequence a few times as the trainer and my daughter talked and moved around on the sidelines, in the normal crating area. I am including a video that I very much edited and sped up but it is a bit over 2 minutes. I cut out his crate to start line behavior and his first sequence as I felt it was very similar to his home behavior and was happy with it. At the beginning of the video, I show me rewarding him with his ball. As he picks up his ball, he appears to scan the area but on the second throw, he comes directly back to me. In the next clip at 01:12, he starts sniffing at the weave poles (there was a female in heat training in that area the day prior so I am not surprised), I get his collar to help him refocus. As I sit him prior to our sequence, he makes eye contact with the trainer but remains seated so I reinforce his good decision with play. I sit him again and we completed the agility sequence. All went well and I was headed to the crating area to send him to a crate and he left me to go visit the trainer and my daughter, 02:08. I call him and he comes to me. We play for a bit and then I put him in a crate in the crating area that is right behind where we are playing at the end of the video. After a bit, we complete the sequence one more time (not included in the video) and he stayed on task. I rewarded with play and then sent him to his crate in the corner away from the crating area and where we had begun our training that day. Overall, I felt good about the session. When Virtue got distracted, he listened to his recall and was able to refocus quickly. The trainer noted that he seemed much more comfortable with her presence, even wagging his tail. Does Virtue look fearful or stressed during the training session in this video?
https://youtu.be/j04oWT3TjDE

A: For future submissions please keep the normal video speed and edit to only include the specific sequences you want reviewed. One question per submission with one 2 minute video. It affects my ability adjust play back speed and watch for body language if the play back speed is adjusted before submission. I broke it down as an example of how to do this in multiple clips with one question per clip.

1. At the beginning of the video, I show me rewarding him with his ball. As he picks up his ball, he appears to scan the area but on the second throw, he comes directly back to me.
Slight loss of focus but he made a good choice which was reinforced by a second throw. You waited until he was focused to cue him into agility.

Do an evaluation here. What worked. What didn’t work. What I am adjusting for next time?
For example:
What Worked:
The ball is his favorite toy reinforcement.
He was reinforced with praise and another toss for choosing you.

What Didn’t Work
He lost focus for a moment.

What I am I adjusting for next time:
Shorter tosses to test focus would be one option here.
Tosses toward an object that acts as a visual barrier so there is less temptation to scan, especially early in training or if he has been working a while as those are the times he is likely to be less focused.
Vary the direction of play to test for focus.
Etc.

2. Do the same breakdown for the weave polls and resubmit if you want more coaching.
3. Do the same breakdown for Virtue’s approach to your daughter and the trainer and resubmit if you want more coaching.

Overall, Virtue is relaxed throughout the session and focused most of the time during this session. I don’t see any fearful/stressed behavior. He does loose focus with distraction but he doesn’t seem stressed by the distractions, just interested based on his body language in the video.

You can also evaluate the training session as a whole session or individual subsections as mentioned above. Here is an example of a whole session evaluation:

What worked?
I cut out his crate to start line behavior and his first sequence as I felt it was very similar to his home behavior and was happy with it.
You were happy with it. Which means he was likely happy too :) Why? What were you happy about?
He had a slight delay in his ball retrieve but came back immediately the second time showing me he was focused.
He maintained his sit/stay prior to starting and responded to previously trained/known cues.
I reinforced behaviors I liked with play and checked for focus before starting agility sequences.
When he stopped to sniff the weave poles I was able to interrupt the behavior with a recall cue and a collar grab to reset him.
When he left to go to people, he recalled immediately (interruption) and I reinforced with play and then cued him to the crating area.
Body language was relaxed throughout.

What didn’t work?
He stopped to sniff at the weave poles.
When I walked to the crating area, he left to go see my daughter and the trainer.

What to do differently?
You could also ask what did I learn? What do I want to adjust? What do I want to work on between now and his next private session? etc.
Based on your goals and his progress, I would focus on his leaving and make adjust related to maintain focus until he is crated and start working on the end being as consistent as possible. He is still working until he gets to his rest spot.
You could…
Practice with scents introduced to the training area.
Practice cueing to the crate from the agility field with out distractions and than adding distractions such as proximity of people.
One question I had was if you started walking to the crating area before or after cuing him there. If you moved before or after you cued him to the crate. Do an evaluation of that specific section of his run and resubmit for additional coaching if needed.