[agilitywawa]

Hi Tracy,

We started the tight blinds to wraps. OMG, half the time I’m using the wrong words, especially when I added the second wing. As we know, I also struggle a lot with the visual when it’s only a wing, so my crosses are all over the place and I had a hard time with the spin on the wing. I did watch the video before I went outside!! Apparently, I need to watch it before every rep… If any of these are actually correct, then I can do better next time. Didn’t bother Judge that his mom was having a moment.

Thanks,

Joan

[agilitywawa]

Hi Tracy,

We were gone to a USDAA regional, so just getting back to working and feeling massively behind! It has been quite a while since I have done any threadle wrap work with Judge, so we started with the one wing. The first side (turning to his left) seemed more physically difficult for him than turning to his right. You will see- it’s like he wasn’t turning his ahead at all. He was moving his head better on the right turn.

Thanks,

Joan

[agilitywawa]

Hi Tracy,

I started the tunnel to 2 wings with the backsides. I had a couple of mistakes myself – turning the wrong way (I have a hard time visualizing what I’m doing on one wing), but he hung in there with me.

Then we revisited the one wing and I tried to do my crosses earlier.

Thanks,
Joan

[agilitywawa]

Hi Tracy,

I redid the tunnel to wing after paying better attention to the directions!! I hope to get to 2 wings later today or tomorrow – feeling a bit behind and I will be at a Regional this weekend.

He did pretty well with this set up.

Thanks,
Joan

[agilitywawa]

Hi Tracy,

We started the tunnel to wing – I need to take the map with me because I was turning him the wrong way on a lot of the reps, so this session is a bit more free form than the lesson plan… I knew those first couple felt wrong!

I did a couple of them the way it was supposed to be done. lol.

Thanks,
Joan

[agilitywawa]

Hi Tracy,

I will revisit the head turning. One issue is that because I’m out early in the morning, the grass is wet, so I don’t know if that contributes at all.

We added on – more motion and the racetrack each way. I forgot my last verbal, but he turned with my body.

Thanks,

Joan

[agilitywawa]

Hi Tracy,

Like everywhere, it has been hot, gross and smoky from the Canadian fires, so we have not done as much outside. The weather finally broke and looks good for a while. Here’s the beginning of Winging it – Countermotion – I did some with me stationary and then I started walking.

My wings are 15′ apart to give him a bit more room. I had not had my coffee yet, so a lot of the time I forget to tell him to strike the toy. haha.

Thanks,

Joan

[agilitywawa]

Hi Tracy,

I will revisit the rear cross work. It was hot already this morning, so I thought I’d do something easier for him that might be more fun and less thinking. We did baby and advanced level of looking ahead (on one side).

He was checked out yesterday – nothing physically wrong with him. I’m going to start doing more jump grids to teach him how to use his rear better. And we are going to start working at some height – he actually looked better doing a set point at 20″ than at a lower height.

Thanks,

Joan

[agilitywawa]

Hi Tracy,

We started on the concept transfer rear cross today. I had 2 short sessions – am and pm. I seem to do better with my timing with him on my right. It’s so easy to see on the video when I’m late. We did the first set up this morning – tunnel to jump and then added on this evening.

His word for a RC is “swing”. I use it with Dellin and I find it really helps – she can do the RC if I am way behind her (imagine THAT – being way behind…lol)

Thanks,
Joan

[agilitywawa]

Hi Tracy,
We went out early and it was already warm. I tried doing this work first (instead of the RDW). Not much change in the result. I was trying to remember to keep my arms low.

Going counterclockwise, he is now consistently going around the pinwheel jump on the far side. Maybe it’s too tight? I can move the set up – I was lazy – don’t want to have to move all the tunnel bags across the yard, but I was running out of room there. The grass is a bit wet, so I also saw him slipping some which probably did not help.

The good news is much cooler weather is coming after today.

Thanks,

Joan

[agilitywawa]

Hi Tracy,

I have noticed the bad jumping (and at 12″!) – he gets in too close and not using his rear. He’s seeing our conditioning person next week – I can show him the video and see if he has some ideas. Now that Judge is older, we may be able to do some more things. Judge has not had any massage work done yet, but I do have one message person who comes to the house and he likes her a lot – that’s a possibility.

I don’t do many agility reps of anything with him at any one session and yesterday was not hot (and we go out early am). He’d chase the frisbee until he keeled over regardless of heat, so I think it’s more of a motivation issue and he does not like too much repetition.

Today is quite hot, so he did 5 dog walks this morning and we did not go back to this set up to do anything else today.

Thanks,
Joan

[agilitywawa]

Hi Tracy,

We started the BC exercise this morning. I’m still having issues getting my words out at the correct time.. Just a couple of reps on each side this session.

Thanks,
Joan

[agilitywawa]

Hi Tracy,

I spread everything out another 5 feet and re-tried the wrap exercise.

“Question: on this pinwheel, would you use the sprinkler on all of the jumps including the one before the tunnel? You were using it on all the jumps for most of the reps (except the wrap jumps) so I was not sure if that is what you intended or not. There was a whole lot of sprinkling going on LOL!”

Yes, generally I would sprinkle twice, although in this set up it might not be necessary. I’ve done a bit of AKC with Dellin and usually they have those pinwheels but there’s also a straight ahead jump (after jump 2) that you don’t take, so when I sprinkle, she knows she’s not going straight (and she rolls her eyes at me – ugh, pinwheel). When we do AKC it often sound like my hose sprang a leak…

I don’t need it going to the tunnel or coming out.

We also started the back chain for the BC exercise – the wrap away and going back. I was running out of dog, so we didn’t get to the BC part yet.

Thanks,
Joan

[agilitywawa]

Hi Tracy,

Here’s the start of the Timing and Connection and a few wraps. The sprinkler is for the soft turn -pinwheel type turns. He doesn’t really know it, but I’m using it (I’m pretty sure that’s how Dellin learned it – on the job). Dig is right wrap, check is left wrap.

I think my set up is a bit more spread out than the diagram, but I felt like it’s about as small as I’d want to go with him.

Thanks,
Joan

[agilitywawa]

Hi Tracy,

Here’s some more Winging It. I moved the wings further from the tunnel and tried to stay back closer to the tunnel on the sends. And used my words 🙂 The “go” was not the right word on the that one rep where I tried the 2 wings!

Thanks,
Joan

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