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Ladder Grid – 3&4 Jumps – 10/23/20
6in locked bars. Added a 4th jump.
One thing I am seeing is his head coming up a bit if I’m tossing Nemo after I release him. so I think maybe I should either move myself or lead out and drop/toss the ball but not do both. And he looks a bit less rounded over the jumps when I am moving alongside.
Get Out – 10/24/20
OK – Sometimes I felt like I was teetering on a gamble line for the get-outs. I think I got better about not pointing my feet towards the jump or stepping in to that path a bit.
Had one failed get out but I think I had too casual a connection there.Mission Transition- 10/24/20
Good news is that I have my back yard mostly back after some shoveling and a few days with no new snow. Bad news is my transitions need work. I’m not quite sure why he was turning the opposite way when as far as I can see, my feet were still going as forwards in the decel as they were the times he turned in to me. I purposely didn’t use verbal wrap cues at first as I wanted to see what my motion told him.RC on Course – 10/23/20
Shoveled/swept the back yard and most of the rest melted…just in time for more snow on Saturday night. 2 separate sessions today.
His backside slices are not as strong as the 360s. And had some issues with the 360s going to the right. This was new. They were lovely in a session earlier this week.
Ladder Grid & Set Point – 10/19/20
Moved the bars to 6in for the ladder grid and he’s doing more of a jump through them.Set point is still at 10in but did the all the reps at 10 instead of starting and ending at lower height. Mixed up tossing Nemo right before releasing and as I released. I think I like the 3rd & 4th reps the best in terms of his hind end not kicking up too much as he drover more to the recently dropped Nemo.
This was during the flurries on Monday before we got dumped on on Tuesday. The funny thing is that I’m out at lunch trying to pack in a few more sessions and my next door neighbor is busy mulching the leaves in his yard. We skipped mulching ours (which are all from his tree anyway). Well the next morning he had a new carpet of leaves there right before we got 8in of snow. So now we both have leaves moldering under the snow but I think I had more fun.
Ladder @6in locked bars, 5ft distance
Set Point @10in
Diamond – 10/17 & 18/20
2 sessions – I did the first one before I got your great feedback on the session from the 16th but it looks like I did better about stepping towards the tunnel after the wind wrap. I was alternating sessions with Min to give him a break but he was getting tired here. I moved to Nemo ball since this was his last session.
2nd session on 10/18 –
I was thinking about cueing the blinds early and looking at the first rep, I’m not quite sure how he stayed out for the wing and then came in to the correct (and right) side since I had closed off my connection before he got to the wrapping wing. He did bulge wide, no doubt because he wasn’t sure if I really meant for him to come to my right side.
Serp/Threadle Proofing – 10/17/20
I locked the bar at 6in. There was a short break between the 2 directions but I mashed the videos together. Bit sticky on releasing with my threadle cue but the turn back over the jump is great with the tunnel there (I didn’t see such a good turn back when we were doing these on the single jump to the toy/MM). Had a brain fart on the first serp in the 2nd direction and actually indicated the tunnel on the release before getting my arm back so he took the tunnel. I think that contributed to the later rep when I asked for the tunnel and he didn’t quite believe me so did the the jump first.RC on Course- 10/17/10
He seems to be having no trouble with this whole concept transfer thing! Of course it’s even better when I manage to get closer to his floofy butt so he has more advance warning.
In a perfect world, am I running the diagonal line pushing on his path with my shoulders pointed to the jump or to the new direction? I tend to go more towards the new direction which doesn’t seem to be negatively impacting his jump commitment.Mini Pinny Proofing – 10/16/20
He’s spending less time thinking about it in the neutral position (except for the squirrly rep where he had to kiss me and lie down)Serp Proofing – 10/15/20
Added some more motion and tried to think about being more subtle while still staying connected. Had a few issues with the tunnel this time.Tracy –
Ladder grid are 4in locked bars for all 3 jumps. Did you want me to raise to 6in for all 3?
Will try tossing the ball on set point. Assume you want me to keep that one at 10in for now?Ladder Grid & Set Point – 10/14/20
Set him up closer and he was better about getting through the first space. The angled bars don’t seem to bother him.We just did 3 reps so we could do a bit of set point at 10in too. (He blew a bunch of coat after his bath but the butt floof is still strong in this one). I think I had him a bit too far from the first jump on the first 10in rep as he was arcing down over the jump. The next two were better.
Ladder grid – 4in locked bars and 5ft distance.
Set Point – up to 10in
Wind in Hair RC & Backside 360 – 10/14/20
Really happy with his backside 360s after the RC. (this was his first shot at it) I especially like the last RC going to the right where I started in on his line as soon as his fluffy butt went by so he had his head turned to the right before he went over the jump. (2:02)So the sports foundation class I am in likes to teach a RC on the flat around a cone. I’ve never liked that as it feels awkward to have the dog take the cone between you and the cone and wrap away from you. I find it encourages me to pull and flip as opposed to driving the diagonal line to cross their path. I talked my way out of it by showing a RC on the flat by crossing behind his path and using the prop as a target in the new direction. I also feel like he is reading the RC nicely in this exercise. Any suggestions for other ways to explain why I don’t like that method?
Zig Zag – 10/13/20
OK -he nailed the 6ft distance. Wasn’t sure if you meant 3 wings or 3 zig zags with 4 wings so did 4! And luckily he seems excited over any ball he can squish. I had switched to Mickey Mouse because it was smaller and easier to hold as I was doing the LOP dance. I think I’m going to give this one a rest until we get the next game that progresses it.
