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>>>>>Also, when you let him settle into the sit, tell him he is good, then stay connected and praise as you lead out? He is really very good with the stay! When you are not as connected and you are quiet, he often moves. So you can definitely help him by staying connected<<<<<<
yes! also the not keeping a pause between release verbal and movement is what led to problems with Roulez and stays.
We started work on concept transfer- Serpentine
Best laid plans- Roulez threw up yesterday an hour before we were going to practice.. don’t know why but felt with heat that I should leave her at home.
Went out for short time this evening– I kept mixing course 1 with course 2 after watching Jamie yesterday. 🤦♀️
Anyway – the backside at 13– I don’t think
I could get there to handle so tried a couple of times tonight to handle with layering 12 and going in to handle 13. I was late both times.We leave Thursday am for Perry, GA for USDAA so no more training for awhile.
Carrieand I know we lost some training time because of Audubon’s shoulder, but how on earth do people have their puppies ready to show at 15 months? We have so much left to train and he is almost 12 months. Part of it is because I have held off on contact training because he didn’t seem to be mature enough physically. but still…
😭😭😭 They mowed the grass today and took down our course! So we worked Dws to weaves and plan to run all of jumping course 1 and work course 2 tomorrow evening.
I had started planning my handling strategy and also read your Jumping course hints. (Package 2, Jumping)
With the backside at 13, I don’t think I would be able to layer the weaves. It would be a good test of verbal understanding🤣
Even with a decent send to #11 tunnel, I think I would be so far behind. I would need to handle 13 as a backside or threadle wrap .We will see!
First of all, OMG Tracy!!!!!! Why didn’t you day something?!?!?!?! I had no idea my camera was giving such a horrible view during our live sessions. You must have had to squint to see something!!
Next time we do the angled jump grid,I will measure the spacing.
We went out and worked the Forced front cross beginning steps. He did great with the throw back and FC and LOP, it was our stay I had questions about.
If he gets up, I’ve been stopping and waiting. He then sits. I really don’t want to build this into our stay. what should I do? If he does it twice, then we need to stop our session. I’m trying to balance conserving energy and time with getting some work in and also getting good work in .
One thing I know I need to do is incorporate some sit stay work in the house.If he gets up twice in that scenario, do I stop working?again so sorry about my live feed—
instead of working the pop out again, Jamie and I set up and worked the jumping course from Package 2. We broke it in halves. I wanted to run as a whole but was too hot at the end. Hoping to get it in tomorrow. It was a fun course.
I was sooooo shocked and proud of him!!!!
“the first rep and backed up a little,” Jamie busted me on that as well
“Try and quiet your collection cues, whisper them” yes……..
“To get further ahead and have a faster line, turn her away on 5 (to her left) not toward”
oooh, didn’t even think of that!! but so true!!
“The last rep was great! Doing the FC 4-5 actually worked really naturally there – you were decelerated so that was the better choice…”
Thank you , that felt good.I’d like to try these again this weekend with the changes you’ve laid out.
Thank you!!
And then we went to a trial out of town this weekend and he looked awesome!!
Several sessions at the practice jump- wraps, pushes, go, go, go.
Worked teeter end behavior with a balance pad and a target. practiced walking civilly.We worked a little jumping this evening at home. And i had a little with his stay. Hot? tired? 🤷♀️. Thought he looked pretty good til I had the jumps angled. THOUGHT I had the angled jumps spaced appropriately but several times he jumped 2 bars.
We trained at a field yesterday. Sessions were kept short, started with “get it” pattern game, went back in car to rest between sessions. Roulez was with us but remained in car with doors and windows closed.
Teeter went well. I had previously introduced a target to him. He picked up on using it with teeter.
Next session, was a single jump. He could not stay- I tried several things and when went to move a step, he would follow. I moved on to doing a few wraps without asking for a stay.
There were a few new people at the field. Only one other dog in the field at the same time- and far away. But he was clearly uncomfortable. Should I keep it to just me and Jamie or one other person for now? other suggestions?
Didn’t do the tunnel jump lead out as you layed out above. I’m a little exhausted after UKI weekend.(but oh so much fun!!!)
Audubon stayed at home – so after work, wanted to do a little something with him. Forgot to go back and read your notes.
anyway–I’m thinking we may need to make a trip to Va for rear crosses because I am not getting it.
ps. set a timer for each sequence with a break in between. Never heard the timer!! will have to get an egg timer
sooooo, picked a song, hummed it during my walk through and my visualizations.hummed to myself as we walked in the ring. Started, was totally disconnected, . Don’t even remember seeing her take the first jump. was in training mode, not handling. Rest of run was a hot mess!
Onward!
I should have stopped one rep before i did to avoid a failure but stopped at 2 failures.
When I start him without a sit, he does jump up at me. I need to remember that .
“– stopping or reacting to it can be frustrating for the dogs”
I get that and can see it in Roulez– she wants to “go, go”…What I used to see as pushiness in her,I’m realizing is usually the frustration that I have built into her. Although, she can be pushy also.😉 GAWD, I love this girl.
“play with the blind cross option by layering to get 4 so you are on takeoff side of 6, then send to 7 and cut directly to the BC 9-10”
I walked it and did not feel comfortable with the BC- although I can see how it could create a tighter turn. Will try it out. I also felt that I needed the decel to tighten up that RC turn.
“Looking at the Threadle wrap at 2:00 and 2:06 – your shoulders and line of motion look like the threadle slice/backside push motion, so you got one of”
yiy!! I felt so awkward with my positioning!!!!
but she definitely needs it…Thank you Tracy!!
I did it again… sent a reply, only I didn’t 🤦♀️.
So we were both done by the time we got to the closing and it was a half hearted effort on my part. It’s another part that I want to set up at home and work as you described.
Tonight we worked RYG from Package 3 . 1a. I could not get the threadle slice. I broke it down and still couldn’t get it. Then finally while I was letting her cool down, I looked at my video and saw the problem right away. my feet. Worked only that small piece the next time and… btw, how come you’re so smart? In the middle of trying to get 1a., we ran 1b.
For sequence 3, my space did not allow for a rear cross at the tunnel. It could be cleaned up some, maybe tomorrow.😊
