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Here is my sending video from pack 2.
As you can see, Casper sends beautifully but drifts around the turn, especially turning left. I tried a few things to tighten them up without very good success. (Why do I bend over when trying to communicate something?) Ideas? Maybe I should place the toy on the tight return line? I thought I had tried strong counter motion but I couldn’t find it on the video. (As we used to say in the pharmaceutical industry: “not documented = not done”.)
Also, we (Jen Pinder and I) have decided that we really, REALLY need to get a handle on this “no recall” thing. I am doing a lot of “work for breakfast” exercises (touch, stay, sit at a distance, sit/down while I approach) while he is on a long line. For these exercises, that got really old, so I put the line on the toy for a while. I did discover, however, that a dog who hasn’t had breakfast yet will work for dog food. <grin>
Then I tried the next part (with the FC or BC on the far side of the two jumps). I really feel that the only reason I could get the cross in was because of how long he went over the first jump. Possibly shouldn’t have continued before fixing the initial error with the drifty sends. <sigh> Although you might be pleased to see that the errors on the FC and the errors on the BC were about the same.
Thanks,
BarbHi Tracy,
Alas, I was last to send in any video. Maybe I’ll start to catch up this weekend — I’m NOT going to a trial!
This video is just the very first week, first exercise. 🙂
(I was just today talking about the importance of connection with my students. And they are supposed to be Masters/Premier students. Oh well.)
Thanks,
BarbHi Tracy,
Here we go on the next bit. While I was working on your sequences, I was also working on trying to get Casper’s preferred toy out of my hands. I tried to let you see where it is. At the end, I had it in the middle and that seemed to work well. I HATE having a toy in my hand (pocket is ok). Not sure why, maybe left from obedience…?
I thought it went rather well. At the end, I played around with the BC versus FC. This is exactly the kind of situation where I don’t understand the BC. I am already facing my dog, why isn’t the FC easier. You have to rotate through over 180 degrees to get the BC and hardly any to get the FC. (This sounds argumentative but it is a real question.)
The bar at the top of the pinwheel came down a lot. (It came down for Enzo, too, when I let him work this series.) Clearly, it is something I’m doing…
After a while we got tired of setting up and just started wherever.
Thanks for the feedback on length of training. In my mind, I know better than to train to depletion. In the obedience days, I used to set a timer for young dogs (I like training fronts and finishes; most dogs don’t). I may have to start doing that for Casper.
Here is our video: https://youtu.be/dhyXSzYKv2E
Thanks,
BarbHi Tracy,
My first reaction is: thank you so much for such a detailed review! I can see what you are saying but it is hard for me to see how I could have seen these things myself. <sigh>
Also, I am pretty darn reluctant to us a BC on such a young dog, since he might go anywhere…! I hope to have time to play with it more later today or tomorrow.
I tried to leave a toy on the ground (not on the line but for after the run) but he had a really hard time ignoring it. We will work on it but for now, I’m sticking with throwing it. At least he brings it back in my barn. Still working on it at Mark’s place (Highest Hope Dog Sports) where I take lessons from Jen Pinder.
Interesting thing that I’d like your feedback on: Casper will work well and willingly for about 15 minutes. That includes actual work plus toy fetching and some tugging. BUT, when he is done, he is done. Yesterday, we played a bit and I threw the toy and we played a bit and I had the toy; then when I asked him to line up for another rep, he just didn’t. It looked like playing keep away but without a toy involved. Of course, no recall. After a bit of BS, I got a couple more reps on the A-frame and got ready to leave. He was totally on board with that, no problem with recall or anything: he met me at the door, I put on the leash and we walked up to the house. Of course, IRL, you never need more than 60 seconds of work, so that’s not a big deal there. But I would like to train (with breaks and so on) for more than 15 minutes. Ideas?
(aside: I have not done much with working Enzo and Casper alternately because the non-working dog SCREAMS. My only solution has been to drive the van down to the barn and crate the non-working dog in the van. I suppose I could just plan on that every time.)I will try to take your advice for the next section as far as trusting him on the lines.
Thanks!
BarbHI Tracy,
Alas, I am running behind (again; as always…).
Here is Casper on the first part of the exercises. Except for not knowing a toss-back at all, he did pretty well. I can thank Jen Crank for the RC (he learned it in one session at her place using a tunnel).
Barb
Hi Cindi,
A Million thank-you’s!! I could swear I had looked everywhere for it but no go.
Happy, happy
BarbGood Morning!!
iOS Version is 16.6.1
iPhone 13 Pro MaxI can’t figure out what version of iMovie I’m at but since I deleted and reinstalled, I’m assuming the most recent.
Barb
Hi Tracy,
This is dreadfully long.
However, I have figured out a kludge: in iMovie get it all ready, then on the iphone, turn on recording, then run the video. <sigh> I will try on the next one.
Barb
Hi Tracy,
Are you dictating your answers? I can understand it all but the one I really liked was:
“…Yo can also teach the skill with your hat far away …”
Never thought my hat was part of that skill. <smile>As far as iMovie. I have taken these steps:
1. Delete iMovie from my iPhone
2. Turn iPhone totally off
3. Turn iPhone back on
4. Reinstall iMovie (didn’t have to buy it again)
5. Try againHA!!
Under Export and Share; it says share to family, friends or post on social media. But the only workable choice is Facebook, unless you want me IM’ing them to you (I don’t think so) or email.
I put one up on Facebook with you tagged (both with and without Golin). Not ideal. I don’t have any idea why I can’t get it to Youtube but I have to get it out of iMovie as a saved video.
Any Suggestions?
BarbHi Tracy,
Mostly what I think is: “This will be lots more fun to chat about in person.” I sure hope it works out this time.
Thanks for all your help and detailed reviews!
Barb
Here is the second course. I think the errors were more because I was tired and wasn’t able to get where I wanted to go. Also, late cues.
Barb
Hi Tracy,
Well, I did this Monday but haven’t had a chance to edit it. I did an okay job on the first Standard course but the second one was such a goat rodeo I didn’t even include it.
Thanks,
BarbHi Tracy,
I think this jumper’s course was much trickier than it looked! When you go back to the same place multiple times, there is a good potential for getting lost. That’s why I walked forever and stood and stared so much (actual time = 7 minutes and 51 seconds).
I saw the trickiness of 20, 21, 22 but didn’t think it would be THAT tricky. After the first run, I was convinced I needed a FC between 20 and 21 but I didn’t get there (hence the little bit at the end to show I knew better). I did a short re-walk after the first run but I spared you that.
On the second run, I gave some thought to doing #3 as a sideways German but the threadle IN worked so well (and got me further ahead) so I didn’t bother.
For course two, I’ll try to get more course and less grass on the video. <grin>
What a cluster! The alarm went off about halfway through the walk-through but I didn’t know it, so I didn’t get the end of the walk-through AND I didn’t get the first 2 runs. Honest, MOM, they were good, except on the first run he dropped #14 and on the second run he dropped #15. Otherwise clean. I probably shouldn’t have just said a bad word and rerun at that time. We were both hot and tired, with the result that the 2 runs here are quite terrible. But I sure wasn’t going to wait a bit and re-run again. Seems way too much like cheating.
I did play with #2 doing it as a slice backside on run 1 and a backside wrap on run 2. Didn’t seem to matter as far as workability but I’d guess the slice was faster. Listening to my video, I realize I tend to drop my voice, so it sounds like GO weave GO weave. Funny, my husband, Ken, has been complaining about that in normal conversation.
First run (third): I think he went the wrong way around #5 because I was hot and got lazy. Happily, that was easy to fix. The off-course after 14 surprised me because he had done it perfectly twice before but I sent him down to weave again and continued. Surprise off course after #16 also. <sigh> Ah Well.
On the second (4th) run, I have no idea why he dropped # 9, especially since I had 10 on the wrong side (making it easier). Wrapping #2 allowed me to get further downstream but didn’t make a real difference in how the course ran. I tried wrapping #14 just for fun. So except for the crash, it wasn’t too bad. Had to laugh at how he handled the dropped bar as if it were an actual (really LOW) bar.
I really, really hope to see you later in the month. I had to flake out on Diane’s seminar but I should be able to do Dawn’s. Assume everything goes well with Ken.
Thanks!
BarbHi Tracy,
Oh dear, I look at your videos inside and then go outside to run. The result is, after the first course, I forget how you did it. Also, as always these days, it is hot and Enzo is jumping 24”. There were more bars than I would normally expect but we survived it.
Sequence 1:
On this one, I did recall that you didn’t take a huge lead-out. It seemed to me that a lead-out was a good thing, so I ran it both ways (and walked it both ways). Both worked pretty well but Enzo was having a bit of trouble with bars. So after thinking about it for a moment, I reran both ways. I didn’t do the flip (backside turn away) because I was easily there for the blind (although I might have been a bit late, I didn’t have to be).
Video: https://youtu.be/KEt0icP6khISequence 2:
I had no memory of how you did it but I thought “my way” was pretty good. On review, you and I were not that different, except I had #7 on the backside which made it a bit harder. There were some issues with taping—I discovered that if an alarm goes off while you’re taping, it stops at that point. By the way, who was the demo dog on this one? It was Voodoo on the first run but this one looks tiny. Too dark for Export; was it Hot Sauce Marie?
Video: https://youtu.be/_LhE-4q5Y_gSequence 3:
We went inside for a long chilling time before going out to do #3. I also re-watched how you did it. Then I went outside, walked it forever and then ran. So interesting that Contraband has lovely tight turns and you have to be able to send him out. In contrast, Enzo runs wide and away and I have to hang on to get the tight turns. Also note that, between 6 and 7 I need a helping hand to get a sharp turn out of the tunnel.
Video: https://youtu.be/3fkaFbS-zkkThanks,
BarbHi Tracy,
Here we are working on package 4, standard courses.
Standard Course 1:
As I was walking the course, I realized that I only walked 3 minutes (instead of 8). So that is nice; of course, that does mean I make mistakes sometimes.During the walk, I tried a couple of times to see how to incorporate #11 and then forgot it entirely during the first run. The “HEY! Walk it” was in response to his longing look at his toy. He was also very, very wide at 18.
I re-walked 9-10-11-12 and took another look at 15-16-17-18.
I did a FC after #3 on the first run and a BC on the second. Don’t think it made much difference. I suppose I should have done the BC sooner and further back, then I could move in the new direction sooner.
Standard Course 2:
Again, I have trouble forcing myself to pay enough attention to the course while walking. I didn’t find many places where I thought different handling choices would help. That said, there are a few places…On the first run, I got sloppy at #6 and he toured quite a bit of the ring before coming back to #7; then I forgot #8 was a backside, so I did Fix’n’Go, then kept going. A bit of a mess but got him into the tunnel, over the jump and into the weaves. I meant to just spin the FC and send him jump/tunnel but I setup a bad line and he managed to take both 12 and backwards-8 before the #13 tunnel. Then backside/DW/backside and we’re off to the end.
Obviously, I had to walk a bit more.
On the second run, I got the backside at 8, into the #9 tunnel and jump to weaves with only minor excess distance. This time I was on the landing side of 12 and easily turned him into the tunnel. Then I was admiring how well that went and forgot the #14 backside. Back he goes into the tunnel and the rest was fine.Temperature here is over 80 with hot direct sun, so we didn’t spend THAT much time outside. Maybe that’s why my walks were not sufficient. <grin> Also, I am not taking as much advantage of my verbals as I could and I am not “moving in the new direction” with crispness and speed.
Oh my! Almost caught up – if you ignore how much I skipped.
Thanks,
Barb
