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Mountain Climber & Wraps/BCs – 7/15/24
Located a box of PVC Tip it pieces in the garage (there since our move 2yrs ago and previously lent out to a friend after Kaladin didn’t need it anymore) and then realized that was only part of the Tip It. Panic ensured until Dean asked if the thing I was looking for was the PVC ladder like thing propped against the wall in the basement training room. (also been there since the move and I completely forgot about it). Set the teeter at about half height at first because she is small but after 2 reps to realize she could eat the piece of turkey meatball off the target, she thought it was easy. I’m using my old teeter because I don’t want to leave the nice new Galican one outside and realized the old one (my first piece of contact equipment bought 20+ yrs ago for Fingal) is slightly warped so it took a bit of adjusting to get it to stop moving on the tip it. However didn’t seem to be an issue after the first time it moved slightly. And I was reminded that you need to collect the puppy and/or block the teeter before going to release the other dog off the cot. Whoops! My plan is to move it up in height probably over 2 more sessions.
Wraps & BC – 7/15/24
She wasnt’ in a fluffy toy mood tonight so we just used cheese. It was still close to 80 after dinner so she wasn’t very zippy but is sending to jumps and tunnels plus the BCs worked well. Had a rep where it was hard for her to line up so I tossed the treat back for her to catch on that one. Next line up was easier for her.
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Wraps – 7/12/24
This was from last Friday morning. Experimented a bit with a new toy that she decided she really liked. Obstacles are about 15ft apart
2nd video was after a short break. I think some of the Jumping up is in reaction to her not wanting to drop the toy. She does stop tugging and drop it but has feelings about it. First time she dropped it but then jumped up. I had her chase me for it and then the next time I traded her a treat and then she did the wrap with no jumping up and grabbed the toy for the reward.
I was able to do 2 short sessions with the practice jump in Winnipeg when a Beg/Nov class was walking. One or 2 reps with a toy but mostly with food. Also had some good toy olay sessions at a good distance from the ring. Given how spacey she has been in public the last few months, I was really impressed with her focus. Still working through leash/collar/harness stuff and how best to collect her at the end of a session but Nancy’s Glue class had a lot of great stuff in it. (Unfortunately I got behind pretty early between the Cup and the trip to Scotland)
For the mountain climber, should the teeter be on the base (set lower) and resting on something or can I just use the teeter board propped up against the table? Just trying to see what needs to get dug out of the shed for this. (I did find my teeter tip it thingee though)
Live 2 – Seq 3 – 7/11/24
Sorry for the lopsided view. Apparently my Tripod needed tightening. Experimented with going into the box and not layering (worked better the 2nd time). Timing from first to last jump going in the box was slightly faster (like 0.12sec).We’re heading to Winnipeg this weekend for UKI and so that Lift can have a play date with her brother (Bev Benson’s Wyatt)
Plank 7/10/24
Don’t have blocks but do have 2 cato boards! My next option for height is 16in table bases (with or without the table top assuming I can find my 2nd table top). And then my Galican DW goes down to 24in.
Still harder to turn right but she stayed on the board. Straightens out nicely when loading from an angle.Wk 2 Lazy Game – 7/11/24
She remembered it so I rolled into adding the tunnel. In my mind I was going 1 step beyon the jump and sending but sure looks like I’m just ambling along lazily – however she is finding the jumps.
2nd session after work and this time I actually did the sends. Started with the jumps about 10ft apart and then moved them to 12ft.
Lift – Wk 1 – Plank – 7/9/24
Comfortable trotting back and forth. Had an easier time turning around on the plank to the left than to the right.
1 Step Sends – 7/9/24
Wings are 6ft away in the first session and 7-8ft in the second. Discovered she finds it very hard to line up at the tunnel exit but was able to do it with a treat lure. Worked through the neighbor’s dog’s barking fit. And I remembered my left verbal so yay. (Jet lag will probably catch up to me tomorrow afternoon!)
Wk 1 – Lazy Game – 6/24/24
This went for longer than I intended since it was hard to find the treats in the taller grass (even the bigger pieces I was using – I’m going to need to weigh Lift after this one!) Dean is waiting to mow until tomorrow or Thursday morning right before we leave for 11 days in Scotland.
I also think I didn’t follow directions well as I had my standards 6ft apart as opposed to the distance being center to center, but Lift seemed to catch on even if the jumps were a bit further apart and she had to hunt around for her cheese and turkey/bacon treats.
Jpg Seq 2 – ending -6/21/24
Ask and you shall receive. Actually I took advantage of it not pouring and storming this morning. While the threadle wrap has gotten a lot better, we don’t tandem turn much . 2nd try did feel a bit better than waiting for the circle wrap yesterday. I thought he drove on a tighter line even though he does tend to slow down a bit on threadle wraps.
Week 1 Jumping – 6/20/24
I saw you had pop-outs for smaller spaces but I wanted to see how he did on the layering and other bits so I compressed the course a bit, used 6 weave poles, and left out jump 13 (in seq 1) to accomodate my oak tree.
Sequence 1
Got it done on the first try. Decided I wanted to try the 2nd course too instead of re-doing parts of the first. Left the course set-up, but we’re supposed to have storms all day Friday and I”m trialing this weekend and then Dean has to mow (if it stops raining) so this might be it for a bit.Should have set him on more of a slice for the first jump (ran this before work and before I read your feedback from the short sequences). Substituted his frizzer reward for jump 13 (he approved)
Sequence 2
I was impressed he got the layering from 6-8 since 9the compressed distances made it a bit tricky to still show motion going into the layer. Had issues with 10-11 which probably would have been worse if jump 1/12 had been there. I thought about handling 11 from the back of the tunnel but that didn’t put me any place good for 12 if it was there. I felt like I was standing still and waiting too long for the circle backside at 18 but wasn’t sure if running into a BC and doing a threadle wrap there would have still gotten me the jump or the off course tunnel.
I like the idea of strategizing how to get him the fastest lines. I still need to post his Biathlon and SS videos from the Cup (portioning out some of their raw food for when I”m gone took priority) I entered the Canadian Open and their Speedstakes is times plus faults so we’re going to have to really hustle to come out ahead of some blazing fast dog that drops a bar.
Thanks! I was really happy with how he ran at the Cup. Getting better at sending ahead on those sharper angle “flip away” into the poles” entries. 2 for 2 on awesome dogwalks and 2 for 2 on decent a-frames. Held all start lines (not something I’d asked him to do in a bigger event for a little while). Kept me honest by running by the 3rd to last jump in Masters Jumping when I didnt’ maintain connection in my mad dash down the line. (LOL) Only 16in dog to run double clean in Biathlon. Double clean in SS and really tight lines, but those courses weren’t quite technical enough for us to podium. We’ve got a combo UKI/AKC ISC this weekend and then it’s a trip to Scotland for 10 days for our 25th anniversary. So I blew through the hot topics today (it was pouring the last 2 days) and have a slightly modified Jumping course ready for tomorrow (assuming it doesn’t pour all day).
Hot Topics – Sequences – 6/19/24
I trimmed out some of the playing between reps, but this was the sum total of what we did today. He wans’t keen on looking at the jump in sequence 4 where I was a bit behind him. (probably because I usually take 1 step forward and then fade back on these kinds of starts)
Seq 1&2
Seq 3
Took a break to train Lift and do a few other things. Then Seq 4-6
Smiley Face – 5/8/24
I think it’s more likely pressure than something sore. I’m not finding anything on her or seeing any change in her gait. If anything she is boing-ing around more lately. I did see a slight change in her gait about a month ago where her right hind didnt’ extend behind her quite as much and that did turn out to be something that needed an adjustment but then she felt great at her massage after that. She has a massage appointment in about a week. (She tags along with Kaladin to get a short puppy massage)
She has been more barky and leapy around the house and more distracted when working outside (granted the bunny poop is a big distraction). She is also 10.5 months and hasn’t gone into season yet so maybe the hormones are ramping up more in preparation for that? Min had her first heat at 9months and Lift is about her size. I think Tari was about 1year and she was 14-15lbs compared to Lift’s 10.4lbs so I feel like Lift is probably pretty close.
Anyways we’e been playing with toys in the house and doing some tricks. (her retrieve when inside is actually improving). Also did a RDW session in th back yard with the PT behind a wing and she didn’t put her cape on so that seemed to help.
I decided to try the smiley faces with more race tracks than wraps this afternoon. I did think about whether I should take her out on leash/harness incase that was contributing but I dind’t want her to start hunting for bunny poop while I was turning on the video so decided to. Had some mixed results with the smiley faces. Sometimes she likes the race track and other time she boings up at me partway through and I’m not seeing a pattern for why this happens. There are lots of things I wanted to circle back to in MaxPup 2 but maybe I should just give her a break for a week or two and only do really easy things like toss a treat and have her chase me for a toy/treat. I’m show manager-ing UKI this weekend at Animal Inn so she’s going to tag along to have fun playing with me in the big lower field when I have breaks.
Other question – I think I successfully submitted for the last 3 live classes for Kaladin in summer camp, but now I’m not seeing a confirmation email or a charge so just want to make sure I actually remembered to hit submit on that form.
Uh…remember how you were just commenting on Lift’s stellar stays in the lateral leadout? Now I seem to have broken her release. Went out this morning to do the accordian grid and couldn’t get her to release from the sit. Went back inside and played some moving target and leadout games with no problems. Tried again at lunch when she was more into the toy and still had issues.
Starfish – 5/5/24
Poor little Lifty has a handler that was super late on the tandem turn cues today until the last one. Actually I’m not sure my timing was much better on the last one so maybe she just took pity on her hooman. However using go instead of directionals for the racetrack parts really seemed to help her out – she just flew on those parts and no pop rock explosions ensued. Even got a tunnel threadle.
I’ve been having her get her harness on before going to train and I dragged the cato board outside so that we can brush up our station skills before and after games sessions.
Zig Zag – 5/2/24
This was from Thursday. Those are 4ft bars that are eventually at 4in, I think I’m going to need to go down to weave poles to get her to actually bounce.
Lateral Leadout – 5/3/24
This was from Friday morning in 2 sessions (Kaladin got to play with jump-weave discriminations between Lift’s sessions) I think this is what you were describing with the 5& 4o clock positions, but I’m having a hard time thinking of a course where I would want to set her at that angle if the course was going back towards me later (vs having her on the other slice position so that it’s an easier jumping effort)
Today we did a nice long walk and then the dogs helped supervise me pulling some nasty spiny things out of the yard. (compliments of the neighbors with the very unkempt lawn that borders our front yard. Thankfully they put a privacy fence up late last summer so that helped stop the spiny thing migration)
Wind in Hair & Turns – 5/1/24
Came back to this one to do the other direction and test how she handles a wrap to the inside following a RC out of the tunnel. Brilliantly with the left wrap. Not quite sure what I was doing to turn her off the jump early in the next RC unless I wasn’t keeping my shoulders pointed to the bar enough for longer as I pushed on her line?
Doubled up on sessions today since it’s supposed to pour all day tomorrow and more over the weekend. We’re going to lose Lift in some of the grass soon but it hasn’t dried out enough to mow.
Backside Challenges – 5/1/24
So this was odd. Starts out brilliantly with me moving a bit faster. Then starts cutting behind me. Switched to doing the exits and she was looking good there too. Ended up taking a short break and then trying the other side where she didn’t cut behind me.I signed Miss Nifty Lifty up for MaxPup 3. Are there going to be live sessions for it? (not that I really need more things on my calendar since I want to get 2 of the Camp live sessions for Kaladin!)
So a quick release added to where the chest strap connects to the saddle part of the harness? Do you go over his head when putting it on but use the quick release just when taking it off?Turnaways – 4/30/24
I thought it would be good to revisit the tandem turns on the wings since she had some trouble with them on the starfish. Watching the video I think I’m late cueing most of them but she’s still getting them and is pretty zippy about them. Had about a minute of her being completely distracted sniffing at something on the ground in the middle – no idea what it was.
Accordian Grid
3ft 9in bounce- 5ft in 2nd & 4th reps & 7ft for 3rd rep. She coughed up a piece of cheese on the 3rd rep right before she got to the toy and then she decided she was done with the toy. She also didn’t think much of me adjusting the jump distances and even did a lap under the deck during one of them. I feel like the 1 stride distance can spread out a bit more. She looks like she was shortening her stride to fit it in.
