[Barb VanEseltine]

Hi Tracy & all,
Here is Casper doing the pre-games. I am very sure he has seen the foot target game a couple of times before. The nose target he has only seen as a hand touch, and didn’t catch on as quickly.
Foot target: https://youtu.be/ayqAO528eH0
Nose target: https://youtu.be/2Y26Gvtu4vY
I was able to do the foot target with a clicker but the “lack of three hands” made the nose target harder. I resorted to “YES!” which he has heard before as a marker. Also, the nose target video had various interruptions because my spouse had to check on his laundry and show me a funny thing and so on. At any rate, that one needs a bit more work!
Thanks,
Barb

[Barb VanEseltine]

Another thing:
I see the picture of the Resilience Rainbow but I don’t “get it”. Is it getting more difficult from one end to the other? It doesn’t seem to in my mind but I am obviously confused. Please explain.
Thanks,
Barb

[Barb VanEseltine]

Hi Tracy,

I had a few minutes to compare the slice to the wrap in the last course. Here is what happened.

Video: https://youtu.be/sVHQ3tD0ZlE

Camera Angle #1; runs 1, 2 and 3
Run 1: slice; time 4.9; I think he slipped in the tunnel
Run 2: slice; time 4.6
Run 3: wrap; time 4.5

Camera Angle #2; runs A and B
Run A: slice; time 4.7
Run B: warp; time 4.7

I wanted the second camera angle to try to time to the tunnel entrance but the light was bad and I was in the way. I guess the bottom line would be the wrap might be slightly faster or they were even. However, the handler can leave earlier on the wrap, so I guess I would say that the wrap is the preferred way in this case.

So hard for me to comprehend! For Patt, the wrap was NEVER better. <smile>

Also, I need to be much more careful about left and right verbals. Just saying…

Barb

[Barb VanEseltine]

Hi Tracy,

Casper is doing well. Now 2 weeks post-surgery and I met with the rehab specialist yesterday. LOTS of stuff to do. Thanks for asking.

Video: https://youtu.be/qixB6JAyuKo

These are the standard courses from package 3. There was some confusion in the taping and some stuff got missed (sigh). Also, for some reason, I did course 2 first and then course 1. Here is what you get:
– Walk-through course 2 (you could stop at that point and see if you can guess where Enzo went off course).
– Run course 2
– Immediately pick up from the error and finish
– The next section is actually my third execution of course 2, since my second one was lost.
– Last is my execution of course 1 – there was a bar but I didn’t see how to improve my handling to prevent it. Loss of connection, maybe.

Thanks,
Barb

[Barb VanEseltine]

Hi Tracy,

I am totally out of sequence here. The weather is frightful, so I thought I’d do some of the sequences in the barn instead of broiling Enzo and me. Working with me are a couple of friends who come by on Mondays.

This is from package 4, the “Evolution Skills Challenges: First Run, Best Run! Part 2: Critical Connection Points”

First set: https://youtu.be/B8uO2cUdcEo
This went pretty well. I did the longer sequence twice using your handling, I don’t remember why. I also did it a third time, replacing the wraps with slices. Generally, Enzo is faster with slices but I recently did some timing work and we found a couple of times when the wrap was faster. I would like a better understanding…

Second set: https://youtu.be/YCXi_a5X09U
Small problem here: I essentially never use an “out” to mean “move away from me to pick up a jump”. I use it when a tunnel discrimination cannot be characterized as the far one is on your direct line versus coming in toward me. Even then, I try to avoid that situation. Therefore, I worked very hard to be past the line of jump 2, so that my motion could support Enzo’s line away from me.
In the first little sequence, I did your handling twice because I didn’t like my line from 4 to 6; the second time was better. Then, I guess to be a wise-guy, I did it from the other side (since IRL, I would work very hard to be on the other side).
The final, longer sequence took a bit longer to decide how to handle. I left out all the chatting between the three of us. Then I ran it with my original handling (took 2 tries) then I walked revised handling (a couple of changes) and tried that. This is the type of sequence that Enzo tends to “E” on because he jumps pretty wide. The first error I cleaned up with a delayed blind cross (don’t know what you call that). It is not my favorite move but can tighten up a turn.

The weather is cooling off and I hope to build a course in the yard! Also, it looks like I should back up to package 3! My threadle slice cue is IN-IN-IN and my threadle wrap cue (never seen it in an AKC course of any flavor) is IN-Switch.

Thanks,
Barb

[Barb VanEseltine]

Hi Tracy,

The weather outdoors improved quite a bit, here in Michigan. Well, at least today. I built the course on Sunday in the broiling heat. This morning it was almost cool (high 70’s).

This is package 2 Standard course 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jIp2RJRzXs
How disappointing that he missed the weave entrance on the first try. I didn’t give him any help. When I repeated that sequence with some body English, he had no trouble. Fun Course!

Package 2 Standard course 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5QVm2QVQxY
I wanted to handle #12 as an “IN”. I thought I could get there and I thought it would be safer than a backside in the face of the tunnel entry. FAIL! Turns out the “PUSH” backside worked just fine.
All the rest of the course was a delightful speed circle! Except Enzo was sure the course went #8 then teeter. It took a bit to convince him otherwise. Oh well. At least the weather was “ok enough” so that we could run it clean at the end!

Thanks,
Barb

[Barb VanEseltine]

Hi Tracy

What a fun time Wednesday night! The live sessions are a great idea and I really enjoyed it. Of course, the fact that I had a/c made a huge difference.

So today, I built the package 2 standard course. The temp is over 85 and the sun is brutal. Maybe tomorrow or Sunday, we will run it. (We took the weekend off.)

I’m sure you have carefully planned the upcoming packages but, I beg you, while the heat wave continues, please consider using 0 or 1 tunnels. Now I LOVE a tunnel and Enzo is delighted by them but setting up tunnels and tunnel bags in 85+ degrees is a real pain. Setting up 2 is twice as much. <just saying…>

Thanks,
Barb

[Barb VanEseltine]

Hi Tracy,

We had a GREAT weekend, thanks for asking. First time, in a LONG time, with 2 double Q’s in one weekend. He laid down some wonderful, fast runs. We were also in a runoff but my nerves got the best of me at about jump 12 and it went all to $%^&. Still, a fun experience.

Here is a re-run of course 1:

I never got a clean run but this one is close with only one bar and the wraps are much better.

Here is the re-run of couse #2:

First off, he does have a separate cue for backside wrap versus backside slice. Alas, the jump is performed as a slice in both cases, but he handles it differently on landing. For the wrap cue (push) he expects to come back or even circle. For the slice cue (around) he expects to continue on the slice line and maybe continue behind the jump (back towards the takeoff side).

As far as the run, I wanted to tighten 9-10-11 further but he was done (85 degrees). I had one take that was a bit tighter but he dropped #10, so not really better. Also, I need a tunnel brake at #17 but I always forget. <sigh>

Thanks,
Barb

[Barb VanEseltine]

Hi Tracy,

For unknown reasons, YouTube took DAYS to process this video. I am at a trial this weekend but I left the jumpers course up so I can try it again with your feedback.
So this video is the second JWWW course.

Thanks,
Barb

[Barb VanEseltine]

Hi Tracy!

First, I would love to hear ideas and anecdotes from your Russian friend on hard-entry weaves.

I found time to work on the jumper’s course; video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoS761pUC3A

I guess I shouldn’t admit this but remembering some of these courses is getting in the way of more subtle handling cues. Just saying that 21 obstacle without any weaves? No time to think.

The place where I put “think, think, think” in the video was where I was looking at the ending line. It should be just a call and push, I was making it more complicated. Not sure if it shows but it felt very different.

I did the second one but my upload has failed 3 times. I’ll try again tomorrow.

Thanks,
Barb

[Barb VanEseltine]

Hi Tracy,

In any given week, I have very little time to train. Obviously, this is my own choice, but I trial almost every weekend (Friday, Saturday and Sunday). So I hope you don’t think it arrogant that I will mostly work on the courses.

This first standard course really kicked our butts! There were a whole lot of little things which really added up to quite a mess.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTiTB3wykVI

The second one was much easier for us. Or maybe it was because we had already worked through the first one! On the first run, I was happy with everything except the ending (14-19). I didn’t position myself after 14 where I wanted to be. So I redid the ending and handled it correctly.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vBdvYNRVsE

Thanks,
Barb

[Barb VanEseltine]

HI Tracy,

This is turning out to be a hard time for me to be taking a course! My puppy is almost all-consuming and the social justice work takes up the rest of the time; and that’s not counting the weekends when I’m showing. I had no actual meetings on Tuesday and thought I’d really get going. Turned out I needed a nap more than I needed to train.

However, I am feeling pretty good about these (left and right) because they are already in our toolbox and I use them quite a lot. I find it interesting that he can do left/right in a trial quite well but not check/dig (the wrap cues). Well, to be honest, he does the wrap cues but so wide…

With that long winded introduction, here is our soft turns part 1 video:

(this wound up a bit more choppy than I thought. My class started coming in…)

Thanks,
Barb

[Barb VanEseltine]

Hi Tracy,

Well, here is the rest of week 1. I hate to be so far behind but we have had much excitement here (including baby Casper). 🙂

Barb

[Barb VanEseltine]

Hi Tracy,

Here is my next try. Bar at 4″. I’m pretty happy with this. Next time bar to 10″?

Thanks,
Barb

[Barb VanEseltine]

I will go back to 8 inches and see what we get!!
Barb

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