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Live Session 3 – 8/19/23
Air quality got better so snuck in the sequences from the live session #3 this morning when it was still in the 70s instead of the 90s.
1rst sequence – I left #9 off since I figured we were working on a go from the tunnel to the jump which would have had him landing underneath my a-frame2nd sequence – Not sure why he was trying so hard to get the back of 3 when I was telling him right which means take the front side of the jump & turn. The only thing I could think of later is that the jump was reflected off the house windows straight ahead of it so maybe that confused him at first?
3rd sequence – thought I’d get a tighter turn out of #6 tunnel by saying his name quietly as he was heading in….and he turned right out of the entrance! I let him go through without saying anything the next time and he shot out nicely to get a good wrap on 7.
They didn’t cancel Dean’s outdoor concert (with the orchestra tucked in a bandshell that has a closed glass back (can we say let’s bake the brass section?) He’s borrowing with my Cool-on-track towel!
Live Session 4 -Seq 3 – 8/17/23
We snuck in the last live sequence this morning before the air quality index started climbing.
I felt like he was wide on the backside circle wrap but watching the video I’m not sure if it would have been better for him to collect a bit more before taking off so that he landed more towards the tunnel.
And LOL – run slower! I was thinking I needed to do that in the yard since the parallel path is so important for him. I think I get spoiled since he’s so responsive so he’ll still turn even if the cue is a bit late, but he does like to chase me and he also goes faster when he knows where he’s going so I should get better at that.
Live Session 4 – 8/15/23
Tried part of Live #4 yesterday when it was cooler. Did the warmup in the morning and discovered apparently I can turn too early when sending to a tunnel. I thought he was looking at the tunnel but he turned off it when I did. I think if I had him driving ahead more it would have been easier for me to peel off when I wanted to so that I didn’t get trapped behind the jump.Did sequences 1 & 2 over lunch since it was still cool (sadly only for that one day) Not sure if I like the spins for Sequence 2 or not when the verbal and shoulder turn also worked. And apparently I did need a bit of a threadle cue near the end of sequence 2 since he decided to throw in an extra backside.
Going to try seq 3 tomorrow morning since we’re supposed to be under an air quality alert later on Thursday along with getting warmer temps. Poor Dean has an outdoor concert on Saturday even when it’s supposed to be 90 at 7:30pm!
RYG 5 – 8/13/23
Scrunched the course down a bit to take the oak tree out of play. He seems to do better on the switch out of the tunnel when I go almost to the tunnel exit.
I like the spin on 7 in sequence 2.RYG 5 -8/2/23
I tried each sequence on Tuesday morning before taking Kaladin in for his dental. (Yay for working for a frizzer since he couldn’t eat). I thought I would circle back later in the week but it turned out he had a badly abscessed tooth (way back on the top left- the one you can’t see and can barely reach to brush even if you have small fingers like me). So no frizzer or other toys or Agility for at least a week. Poor guy. Apparently it had probably been slowly getting worse for weeks or even months and he was showing no signs. I am interested to see if he adds another gear when we go back to agility.Seq 1 – oak tree made this one harder and I lost him behind it while watching my footing around an exposed root and then was late on the threadle wrap. Next try was better
Seq 2 – I think he would have sent out better on the switch if the oak wasn’t blocking the view of the jump
Seq 3 – redid the end so I could send more and hustle up the line better. He liked chasing me and the dig dig left wrap RC was really tight.
RYG4 – Sequence 3 – 7/21/23
This may be it for a while. We’re getting new windows next Mon & Tues (Shelties have spots with friends and I’ll be working from the downtown office. Plus we have to move everything that is near a window), heading to upper 90s next Wed- Fri and I’m entered in a UKI trial (outdoors) next weekend. So glad it went well!
Tried seq 1 & 2 again with your excellent feedback. Got the layer in 2 by not going so far across the bar at 3 in Seq 2. Got some counter motion at the backside in Seq 1 so a tighter path.
And nailed #3 the first time (ok so I tested the threadle slice after the layer first) I like how the threadle wrap at 10 let me leave earlier than a BC to a FC wrap turn so I had plenty of time to work the turn on the jump out of the tunnel.
RYG4 – Sequence 1&2 – 7/18/23
OK -other than Kaladin trying to help a bit in the walk through, sequence 1 ran well this morning. The jump layering after the RC worked much better than I thought it would.
Seq 2. Dropped #2 so I tried it again and then I think I got too far ahead and ran out of room so he got the tunnel instead of the jump layer.
Geoff Nieder was the judge and also designed the premier and other regular AKC classes. Daniel Walz was the ISC designer.
That A3 was wonky for us at the opening – I need to work more on driving out to the weaves, but in his defense my RC between the tunnels did confuse him. I knew it would and was hustling to keep driving the line but I think running up the outside of the 2nd tunnel and then RC-ing as he entered the weaves would have helped him out. (since I wasn’t getting the BC in between the 2 tunnels! Dog after dog were getting the wrong tunnel, not #3 but one under the a-frame off to the left, or coming in for the DW since the handlers were hustling up for the BC. And 2 even got the a-frame way off to the side)
I am hoping to scrape together enough PTO for EOTT. It’s a bit tricky with the proximity to US Open and Thanksgiving but I actually reserved a hotel room (at Kory Kaye’s suggestion) back in May when I realized he had gotten almost all of the requirements in that ISC only trial we did in WI. I mean, I don’t think we’re going to get picked (being realistic with where his ground speed is at for us now), but I think it will be a blast and that we can make a credible showing for ourselves and look like we belong there. He’ll be 4 then and it does seem like this world team thing keeps going to younger dogs so it feels like this is the right year to go for it. We also plan to try out for WAO at 16in at the Open. I mean – why not? A $40 donation to the team and then some fun to see where we end up.
Julie
So happy with how Kaladin handled the ISC courses this weekend. It was like all the Camp stuff in actual courses over 2 days! Unfortunately there was a videographer error and I don’t have video of his A2 Standard on Saturday where he did a lovely threadle wrap after a fabulous RDW and where I layered a jump both directions while sending out to a tunnel.
I think we were the only one to successfully get the weaves in Premier Standard while layering the dogwalk. (Most people had mixed results trying to handle it without the layer) It totally worked to imagine the DW as a USDAA gamble line and then to realize that he could totally do that gamble as long as I started cueing the weaves before he went into the tunnel.
We were just barely hanging in there on the A3 Standard course but I just love how he got the jump while running by 2 tunnel openings in the DW layer. I think I saw his head flick to me but I was running forward and cueing the jump so he locked on and got it – and this time I wasn’t so shocked so I was able to get the backside jump after it!
The Premier JWW on Friday also got us qualified for EOTT!
Jpg 2 popouts – 7/10/23
Had some time to circle back to Games package 2 complete with added challenge of trying to run the parallel line when layering the tunnel & the oak tree!Jpg 3 – Popout 3&4 – 7/8/23
Experimented with some different starts and 5-6. For this angle I like the throwback start better. First threadle wrap at 6 had me completely in the wrong spot but we got it when I did the flip to the tunnel on the 3rd try when I threadle wrapped from further up the line. Did the circle wrap for variety in the 2nd rep. The threadle slice 9-10 was more challenging because a root on the oak pushed my line closer to the jump but he got it.Popout 4 – the oak was definitely a handler restriction 7 to 8. I think the RC at 9 would have been smoother if I hadn’t run around the oak so the next time I layered the oak for a BC and right wrap.
I’ll have to circle back to the previous RYG sequences later but everything came down for Dean to mow so we moved on.
RYG 3 – Seq 2&3 – 7/6/23
I did the threadle wrap from the jump before the night before and he nailed it. Did it again this morning as a warmup & was convinced I wanted a threadle slice. Hard to see but I think my feet were pointing to the slice exit path. Where should my feet be pointing? More to the jump?
Ended up moving the middle jump a bit towards the house and it made it easier to make the turn out of the tunnel.
RYG 3 – seq 1 – 7/4/23
For the USDAA Gamble –
I didn’t even think about the handler danger of running into the up end of the teeter. Luckily I didn’t see anyone do that. Plenty of eeek moments as dogs scrambled onto the teeter at 90deg angles though.Got back from our North Shore vacay early so decided to try the RYG 3 package. (and yes, the mowing didn’t happen before we left so there are weird tree like things trying to sprout everywhere)
Nailed the go to the last jump everytime. Yay!
No issues with threadle slice but he ran around jump #4 until I did a FC. Realized after watching the video that I didn’t connect with him on the right arm out of the tunnel but switched right away to the offside threadle arm (left). Aside from the lack of connection and the hard right turn, I think he could have been correct in threadling #4 if my feet hadn’t been going towards 5. Took a break for a few hours and then tried it again before dinner to test that theory. First time he didn’t believe me but then he started coming in over #4. Just for kicks I decided to spice things up by threadling #4 and then going back to threadle Slicing #5.
ADAA USDAA Gamblers- 7/1/23
No opportunities to fit in a backside wrap or threadle wrap, but we did prove he can stay out on a line (layering the teeter) when I run the parallel path.I almost didn’t run the Master Gamble as numbered because it required the dog to repeat the tunnel and then stay out on the line to the finish jump. It also had no good way to approach the teeter which was gamble obstacle #1. (Judge was Tami McClung) So I was thinking about doing 1-2-4 (skipping the 2nd tunnel). When I walked it the angle to call the dog to you out of the tunnel and send them back out didn’t look too bad so I decided to go for it. ( haven’t trained a circle back to the tunnel at a distance and don’t plan on doing so). Unfortunately I was late cueing the right turn out of the #2 tunnel. Poor Kaladin charges out of the tunnel expecting to go straight and I call him to send him back into the tunnel and then ask him to go straight. It got cut out of the video, but I was running the parallel line (and using the inside arm) and he did stay out (after a question) for the jump.
It helps to have something more concrete (the head and the step) to focus on so it will just be a matter of practice to make it more automatic on my part. I may be able to manufacture an opportunity in USDAA Gamblers on Saturday. Otherwise I’ve got some AKC ISC & Premier in the middle of July and a UKI trial (with Claudette Mo judging) at the end of July. August is our trial-break month (and ideally less training too….assuming I get going on finessing his a-frame striding before then – I was waiting for some new grass seed to take hold but now I’ve given up on it with the drought. Then the thumb thing happened, but my frame doesn’t have fancy wheels so I can adjust it just fine with no danger to fingers)
