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Kaladin – jumping 12in vs 16in
I had been planning on posting this earlier, but then our lives got up-ended last week. It’s not class material, but I’d really appreciate your input. I’ve been thinking for a while about how long I want to keep Kaladin at his regular 16in jump height. He is 16in tall and while he looks good at 16 and we’ve worked hard on his jump grids, I know 12 is easier for him, especially if the course is more technical. He is more confident at 12 and faster. I am also concerned about how long his back is and whether that is an issue at the higher height even if I can keep his core in great shape. (and yes, I’ve sent the same videos to his Chiropractor/rehab vet)
What do you think? I tried to pull together some relatively recent videos where he was running a similar type of course at the 2 heights.
August Monica Bush “US Open Speedstakes Prep” seminar – 16in
First run of the morning – a flowing Speedstakes type course with some fancy stuff. Good footing on grass even if slightly wet in spots.
August Monica Bush Seminar – 12in – 2nd run so a different course but also generally flowing with some fancy stuff. A bit warmer but still nice. Grass has dried out. He’s still pretty fresh as the first session was just a one & done (video above)
USDAA Masters Jumpers from last Sunday – 16in -1rst run of the day on day 2 of the trial. Grass was wet so we were being conservative on the tighter turns.
USDAA Adv Snooker from last Sunday – 16in – 2nd run of the day on day 2 of the trial. Grass is still a bit damp, but footing is much better than when he ran Jumpers. Some backsides of jumps plus long running lines. (right before the video started, I had warned Dave Visniski that we were going to be running around the frame to 6 and our path was where he was standing.)
Fusion class 9/13 – 12in
2nd run of the evening. On Comfort King mats so you’ll see his stride collect more in spots so that he can keep his footing. (This was Min’s class, but he nailed the international-style course and will be staying in this class going forward)
Min & Kaladin – Games 5 – Seq 4
Snuck in the last sequence before I broke down the course so Dean could mow before we headed out of town.Min
She got up from her sit but I just had her sit again and kept going since 1) she is not usually pushy on a lead out and 2) she prefers a very short one or me running off the start with her.
She came inside the jump to the tunnel really well and then came right with me past it when I thought she had it and started moving on. Did the 2 jump layer for balance after and she does do well on a “go”. Jump is supposed to mean jump in extension and keep going but I don’t use it on every jump like that.
Kaladin
He is usually not pushy on the start either but I do like to have a strong leadout in the toolbox with him so we did work on it a bit.
We had been doing some weave gambles 2 days earlier and apparently he had weaves on the mind for the first rep. Got the tunnel but he was on a line for it after running back from left field and the weaves. Then we had trouble with the tunnel. I didn’t think his jump layer was so strong but it was stronger than a slightly late tunnel cue.
Min & Kaladin- Games 5 – Seq 3 &2 – 8/29/22
I blame the doubled up links on the sugar crash after all the food and mead at Renfest. (Video is above)Min
Tried the opening as a RC and as a threadle slice. She got the layer with less arm so I did part of sequence 2 again to see if she could do the layer right off the start too.
Kaladin
Decided to try less arm with him on the layered bits with him too
Kaladin & Min – Games 5 Seq 2 – 8/28/22
Slipped Seq 2 in this morning before heading out to the Renaissance Fair (sans dogs). Starting with the layer is harder for both of them.Min
A very nice left turn out of the tunnel for her since I got a “left” out before she entered.
Kaladin
He almost turned too tight out of the last tunnel
Kaladin & Min – Games 5 Seq 1 – 8/27/22
Kaladin
Threadle wrap worked well. I also liked the BC to FC I did the 2nd time
Min
Threadle wrap wouldn’t have been my first choice at a trial, but it worked the first time here. I also liked the BC-FC for her. Doing the FC on the 270 made the layer feel a bit harder but maybe that was because my slightly lateinstant of facing her in the FC slowed her down a bit and then she had less speed going into the layer.Min & Kaladin – Live Session 4 – 8/16 & 8/18/22
Min – 8/16/22
Min had issues doing the wrap to the left and not coming in over the jump after the tunnel. (Last rep I cued her in on purpose and then decided to quit since it was getting dark)
Min 8/18/22
After turning her too early and getting 1left wrap out of her system, she was happy to wrap to her preferred right side tonight
Kaladin is feeling ambidextrous this week
Kristie,
Thanks so much for your kind words. I’m glad you’ve enjoyed watching Kaladin and I run. He’s a lot of fun.
Julie
Kaladin & Min Games 4 – 1&Done – Seq 2 – 8/10/22
I’m so excited about the fence!
These were done the same after Seq 1, but I just got around to cropping them down. In both walk throughs I think I rushed the wrap from 3-4, but Min in particular whipped through there faster than I thought she would. Both also had a better wrap to the right on 6 thanks to a bit of my decel. Especially with Min who is so small, it can be hard to remember the decel before the turns.
Kaladin thought not helping with my walk through was overrated.Min –
Kaladin
Each dog gets to do a half day with Monica Bush this weekend so we took today off and just did a nice sniffy walk on some trails.
Kaladin & Min – Games 4 – 1& Done – Seq 1 – 8/10/22
We finally have a fence!
I may have jump 3 a bit further over than it should be, but I was getting wide-ish turns on the wrap.Kaladin
Tightest wrap was when I somehow managed to step on the edge of my shoe and almost fell over. (I’m in Liz Joyce’s agility fitness class and clearly can’t think about footwork on a lateral decel while running a dog)
Min
Got a wide turn on the first try and then cued too early and pulled her off the 3rd jump on the 2nd try.
Kaladin & Min – 1& Done – Seq 3 – 7/29/22
Did these later in the day from Seq 2 and just realized I hadn’t trimmed them down and posted them!Kaladin – I think I did a better job staying connected on the FC wrap on 3 in the walk….even though I hadn’t gotten your feedback from Seq 2 before I ran this. If the tree wasn’t right there I probably would have done the BC like I did with Min or a RC to go left instead.
Min
She’s a pipsqueak so I hustled up to do the BC and turned her left in front of the tree.
Kaladin & Min – Threadle Wrap – 8/4/22
Kaladin – had one goofy one where he cut behind me to the other side.
Min did much better with treats from my hand, but we had 2 instances where I think I was moving too quickly or got too far ahead as she kept coming with me past the wing and then spun to the left in place.
Kaladin & Min – 1&Done – Seq 2 – 7/29/22
Min – She ran clean the first time, but I wanted to see if FCs produced tighter turns than blinds for her so I re-walked (and didn’t realize she was joining in until the 2nd half) and re-ran. FCs did have tighter turns and I don’t think she sacrificed speed -just dug in more.
Kaladin – I got a bit ahead of him going into 6&7 and then stupidly waved my hand back and forth so he missed 7, but he had amazing wraps on the BCs. Re-walked the 2nd part and re-ran.
Kaladin & Min – 1&Done – Seq 1 – 7/28/22
Catching up on my video editing!These were fun! Both fluffballs nailed it the first time. Glad I watched your demo video first. I originally had too much layering on the brain and was going to run down the opposite side of the tunnel while they did jumps 6&7, but that probably wouldn’t have worked well when they were coming out of the wrap on 5.
Kaladin
Min
Kaladin & Min – Threadle Wrap – 7/27/22
I did an abbreviated version of the first few steps & cut out a few additional successful reps in the video. Both dogs had 2 short sessions (before work & at lunch) that I mashed together.Kaladin
Had an early error in the first session where we went to the outside, but just look at him pounce on a nearly dead Nemo when I dropped it behind me! Steam was coming out of his ears in the 2nd session for sure.
Min
This was plagued by her first not being able to find tossed treats in the grass and then for the 2nd session taking a bit of convincing to get Nemo instead. I think I might have had a toe turn out a bit to the wing around 1:20 but am not seeing another reason for her going to the outside. At 2:00, I really don’t know what I did to cause that debacle. I feel like I can keep working on this “for fun”, but when the chips are down, I had better have worked on my own sprinting to get ahead and handle these situations some other way.
And in answer to your earlier question about fading the wing, that’s the only wing I have that fits next to my weave pole base. The clip & go ones have those feet and they don’t have enough clearance to fit over the crossbar on the weaves without leaning at a crazy angle.
