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Hi Tracy,
Thanks for the great feedback. Alas, temperature is 88 and I need to prep the field for tomorrow’s UKI trial. So, that will have to be enough for that one.
However, the barn has a/c and we were happy to go in there to train. He isn’t quite as fast in the barn but we go with what we have. 😊
Starting off with the Novice Sequences. Please note, all the times are VERY approximate. I just get them from iMovie by trying to align Enzo over the first jump and last jump for each run.
The biggest problem on all of these runs is the turn out of the tunnel!
One: https://youtu.be/6FZ9x2xSkyo
First time through, I let him drift too much over #4 and that made the turn to #5 very difficult. Second time the turn was better but the time about the same. Third time I tried the better tunnel brake and RC; and got the best time. Not really a surprise, since I got much nicer turns.Two: https://youtu.be/SDLi8YcP4e0
This first run had a nice turn out of the tunnel. He is only reading the tunnel brake when I am near the entrance. (sigh) It also had a pretty nice wrap – again I was close to the jump. The other two runs I am further away from the key points and they are slower.Three: https://youtu.be/gGz_pl-1Fs8
Hee hee. Not really loving any of these runs. The third one had no tunnel brake at all.Hope you had a lovely Fourth. Alas, my dogs are freaking and today is only the third.
Thanks,
BarbHave a great time! I bought a tight wrap (like a thunder shirt) for Enzo for fourth of July. Hope you don’t have firework troubles!
Well, verbals are under constant pressure: which ones am I going to teach and use? Are they truly fluent or do they require support by motion? Based on various tests, I can say that these cues are fluent: sit, down, stand, left (as a spin), right (as a spin), ok (release), come. I thought “switch” was in this list but Enzo demonstrated to me today that it still requires motion support. Push and Around are very close to fluent. We work on them all the time.
Everything else requires support. Here are the ones I am working with:
Go on! (take the line in front of you; usually the ending line)
Check (wrap left)
Dig (wrap right)
Jump (jump in extension)
In-in-in (threadle to slice; “S” shaped jumping effort)
Push (Backside wrap)
Around (Backside slice)
Punch it (Contact command for stopped contacts; i.e. teeter)
Switch (RC – turn away)
Jump-right Jump and turn 90 degrees right
Jump-left Jump and turn 90 degrees left
Flip turn away and find the backsideI see that I am missing a threadle to wrap cue but I think I would use In/Switch. I haven’t missed it yet. 🙂
Barb
Hi Tracy,
It’s Friday, so here is my zigzag video. Setup:
– I tried to duplicate the amount of zigzaggedness from last time
– Started at 12 and moved up to 16Video: https://youtu.be/qt_4yWagdt4
I thought the 12’s looked pretty good. The first 16 is pretty raggedy but the next 3 look ok. I numbered them so you would “get” which one I did in slo-mo.
I am staring and staring but I am not good at deciding if he is properly jumping off his rear or improperly pulling off his front. (I feel like I know the words but not how to apply them; recognize them <sigh>).
Thanks,
BarbHi Tracy,
Well, I did give it a try.
Video: https://youtu.be/FDJgmTVlbOo
The coolest part is watching him add a stride on the last rep.
Thanks,
BarbHi Tracy,
Many great ideas!
If the weather cooperates, I will try your running line. My thought is: would I really be able to do that multi-layer irl if he hadn’t seen it before? Because, to be honest, I considered it and “chickened out”. 😊
I would expect him to pull in to take the off course #3. I had a similar line with my Monday team (3 of us) and he couldn’t quite do it.
But…we’ll see.
Thanks,
BarbHi Tracy,
Ok, I know this is weird. My plan was to work with a friend (first time seeing her in 6+ months because her dog was out and then the virus). We were to be in my yard, masks and so on. So I built the masters 1 course, because her dogs are masters dogs.
Well, it was still too hot at 6:00, so we canceled. But by 8:30, it wasn’t as bad, so I ran Enzo. Here it is:
Thanks,
BarbPs: I know the teeter is <bad>. Working on it with Jen Pinder. Some progress…
Hi Tracy,
Under skill sets, we found the tunnel skills. Was there supposed to be a practice set with lines and crosses? I was watching a video showing you and the nose working on handling on the line and creating sharper turns (eliminating the zigzag). But now I can’t find it. Maybe it’s someplace else…?
At any rate… We worked on the tunnel. We have mostly been reliant on
(1) ”Go-on” or no verbal – this is the default and means go straight
(2) Variations on a tunnel break (“chk-chk-chk” noise with sharp rhythm change and hand facing)
(3) I depend on a rear cross to work but I’m not going to insist on a verbal with it.So we haven’t used “left” and “right” with the tunnel. But it will probably be a good idea so we tried it. Temperature is 89 and I didn’t have much dog. I’m going to go to the barn later and that might work better.
We started by warming up a stationary left and right. Left was fluent; right seemed a bit stickier. Then I did some reps from a sit in front of the tunnel. Then wrapping the 8” jump. He seems to mostly get it.
I forgot to demonstrate a RC; oh well.
Video: https://youtu.be/r3s46CtS5RkThanks,
BarbHi Tracy,
Ooh, ooh, let me be one of the people who explains about waterskiing. While I haven’t water skied in over 20 years, I do remember.
1. Straight behind the boat, smoothest path that travels exactly where the boat is going
2. In the “wake”, the miserable, bumpy part where no one wants to ride
3. Outside the wake, in the mirror smooth and flat area where the boat and its traveling is not noticed.
I made a pretty picture; but I couldn’t figure out how to upload it from my PC, so I made a short video. A lot of energy to be a wise-guy… 😉
https://youtu.be/JsavY6M3YpQI really have actual work to show you; will work on the video now…
Barb
Hi Tracy,
First, THANK you for watching out for Enzo’s shoulders and youth. He is SO easy to work with that I tend to just keep blasting along. I will make a note to pull out the zigzag drill about once a week.
Also, it is hard for me to look at him doing that drill and not think “gosh, that looks great”. So, I’m glad to have your more sophisticated eye on it.
Next Friday or so, I’ll just repeat at 16 and see if it is getting better/smoother/…
Thanks,
BarbHi Tracy,
A couple of comments (whines) before we move on. First, my stupid computer is doing many weird things. It only prints sporadically despite much heartache. Second, it no longer does sound. Not through its speakers and not through headphones. Third, I enter these notes into my document using Word and then copy/paste into your website. For some reason, Word is no longer performing the spell check as I type. My spelling is quite unreliable, so I depend on technology to help out. Not helping…happily this editor is trying for me. 🙂
- Regarding your commends on the sequences:
On sequence 1, reps 1 and 2, I tried to “release in motion” (running!). I admire this technique and I have seen lots of people (including you) use it with great success. But. It is just not going to make it in to my handling system at this time. Perhaps after E has been showing for a few months and we have a rhythm going, I can try it again. Right now it makes everything too late and to difficult.
Seq 3: I thought about the slice line on jump 6 and decided to go with keeping him on the same lead (after looking at coming in; going out and distance). Not sure about more turning cues at 4 – I guess I was late… When he is in the air over #4, I turn left and give my verbal “tunnel” cue. While the shape of the tunnel creates a turn, the line from where he finishes the turn from #3, through 4 to the tunnel entrance does not look to me to have much of a turn in it. I agree that the wraps on #6 were both very pretty. Hmmmm that is almost (not quite) the turn we’ve been looking at in the head turn section.
- On to the novice courses.
Novice course 1: https://youtu.be/UqK67m1vXCk
I ran the first one a few times. On the second run, he drops the final bar. I’m inclined to think it is just carelessness, since he knows the stop after the last bar is the toy. But I’d like your thoughts. The blind before #8 is not something I would try irl; not sure I should have tried it here. 😊
Novice course 2: https://youtu.be/DVhvpvjFBYU
It was getting on toward supper time, so I only ran course 2 one time. I picked the handling I would typically use for this kind of thing. I see him slip after #8 and the turn at #10 is very typical of the turns I get on that kind of thing (in other words: ugly). He came straight out of the #11 tunnel, despite the tunnel brake; I could have used my outside hand for the brake – that would have forced me to turn more toward him and might have helped. He came out of the tunnel looking in the right direction but he didn’t turn tightly out of it. Then I got a very sharp slice on #12 and sent him over the bonus #3.
Not sure if/when I’ll get to run Novice course #3. He is going to the chiropractor tomorrow and she doesn’t want him training that same day. (Actually, she wants 2 or 3 days of rest but that’s just too bad). We may get a chance Friday afternoon, then I do UKI on the weekend.
Thanks a lot, Tracy. So far, so fun!
Barb
Hi Tracy,
Here are the novice sequences.
We ran sequence 1 three times. I thougth the third one was the “prettiest” but they were all about 6.2 seconds long.
Sequence 1: clickSecquence 2 also went 3 times. I modified my lead-out position a bit each time. The times were: 7.2, 7.0, 7.0. I’m thinking that the time difference was the “practice effect” of knowing how to exit the #5 tunnel running hard for the end.
Sequence 2: clickSequence 3 was fun! I liked the dog path I chose (slice 3 and 4; wrap 6) – it felt very smooth. The second run, I timed my motion so that it was easier to see # 3 as he exited the tunnel. I only did 2 runs since I really liked the second one. Both had pretty nice wraps (turning left). 😊 The timings were 10.4 and 10.3.
Sequence 3: click(Notice the cute t-shirt?)
Thanks,
BarbMary,
In parallel with this, I am working on a separate exercise for weight shift. More an “act of faith” than a well reasoned plan. If something spectacular comes from it; I’ll be sure to show it off <grin>.
I’ll be interested to see how Zing comes along.
BarbHi Tracy,
On your video – I put it up on the larger screen and slowed it to .25 speed and stared. Very hard to see. It seemed to me on .42 that he turned his head early but then flipped it around and down as he was over the bar. Not sure because, as you say, it is very hard to see black dog against dark green and so forth. Hope you can get one either closer or with the pointy nose. 😊
Barb
