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First session of Plankrobatics. The last time we did climb the mountain, my assistant did not have the teeter securely elevated and it wobbled quite a bit. Freaked him out some and he was hesitant to climb afterwards. So I have left the teeter alone for a bit.
Because of that, I positioned the teeter today so that there was little movement. He had no issues hopping up on the plank and walking. He turned left once successfully but after he lost his balance turning left the next time, he would then not turn left. I practiced with him on the ground but didn’t press the issue on the plank.
need to purchase power patterns two. was driving to GA and totally forgot.
Again, he did well at the trial warmup jump. I kept it fun and short and when there wasn’t any other activity going on.
also did a few stays at our crating space.
Got a pretty large corneal abrasion Monday morning so have been laying low. Feels better tbis morning so training on our plate this afternoon.
My plan is to start with a wrap so I don’t ask him to stay. Brought my cato board inside so we can work our stay away from equipment and with less distractions.
Can’t be happier with how he is able to chill in his crate at shows and focus on me when we are out and about,
So I had a revelation this past weekend! But need help with how to interpret and incorporate
When I found out that we would be running in Finals at the Regional, my attitude and approach changed. I got laser focused and determined to run as confident and aggressive as possible. Going to the line, I remained confident and stayed connected during the run.
Is it because it mattered more? Because I knew for us to be competitive at all that I had to lay it all out there?
How do I funnel that focus into our “routine” runs? In the past, I’ve mainly looked at competition as a “test” of our training. Q’s were great, QQ’s were awesome but not the end all be all. That’s not to say that I wouldnt be disappointed to not Q but overall, I would take joy and satisfaction in the things we did well. After I started getting close to our MACH (#19) and repeatedly would Q once but not the QQ, I did start feeling frustration. The harder I tried to grasp, etc….I got to the point where I just wanted to get it over with so I could focus on USDAA and UKI. I’ve decided to enter whatever trial I want to regardless of event or if we have completed our MACH.
Competing in USDAA this past weekend was a good reset for me- We do have lots of skills. We are a good team. I think it will help me when we compete in Akc in a couple of weeks (if Roulez doesn’t come in season)
And let me tell you the crowd screaming and clapping was a rush for both me and Roulez!!!
I have been so fortunate over the years to have you as a mentor and instructor. Who knew that the 11 hour trip for the puppy seminar in the hot, dust filled barn 13 years ago would lead here?
Thank you again so much for all of your help!! Love you!Carrie
Kathy,
I thank you for being so open and sharing. There is so much in your post that I can relate to –either currently or with past dogs.Look forward to seeing y’all this Fall.
ooohh yes, I was so focused on getting to the jump to handle the backside that it didn’t compute that I was showing all acceleration.
Look forward to setting this challenge up. With the larger courses and me not being able to run with her, adding layering to her skillset has been very helpful. Even used some in Akc.
Thanks Tracy!
Ok, that what I was thinking too– working stays away from equipment, avoiding sequences where I need a stay. My other thought– should I work the stay with the platform as we did at the beginning? Would your self study stay class use the same method ,different, more?
in the midst of watching the first episode of power patterns – looking forward to the second and finishing the first – for more pattern games and other info.
>>>>>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.
