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Decided to work on std 4 next, since the weather outlook is dry but hot the next couple days! Plus I had a few extra helpers to move all that heavy equipment yesterday!!! Plus we really need contacts and sequence work😂😊.
I took your advice and split this course into three distinct sections and walked each separately before I ran her. I kept her inside while I walked and treated it more like a trial. Focusing on the sections separately was easier on my brain and I could definitely focus on our connection more points and i think it showed in our attempts too!!! Quite a few surprises, some I should have expected (off course dogwalk-aframe😂), but she really wowed me with some of her skills I thought we would not get. 😍😍😍. I really wasn’t sure she would get that Dogwalk layer and she absolutely nailed it!!! No hesitation! I also thought the last sequence was possibly not possible😂 (I really thought not at all possible😂) and it was our one and done!!! I got too excited which caused her to get too excited and then she flipped over getting to her toy😞. She is ok!
Number 1 was harder than expected! I underestimated the power of the Dogwalk 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️. I tried a backwards start, but really that wasn’t a correct use of it lol so of course it didn’t work. I think I finally succeeded with the good ole name call😂😂.
The number 12 push was an issue. We never got that one correctly. I did not attempt Dogwalk actually because that really truly is above our Dogwalk skill level at the moment!She also got a little frightened of the teeter and did an early exit. She hasn’t seen the teeter in three weeks and we have been really heavy Dogwalk. I think I worked it out. Will continue to work on it that so I don’t lose my teeter.
Wow! So impressed with baby girl😍😍😍!
Standard one- so challenging. If there was an off course we managed to find it lol!!!
I included my last running walk through, unfortunately it was solo lol. Annalise has school. Before the walk, through I took my course map and wrote all my verbals and connection points.
I felt like my connection was good 1-3. She did keep taking the bar at 2. Later when I raised the bar to 12 she did not knock it. I was thinking too tight, too fast was the reason for the bar.
4 was incorrectly labeled a go. This would mean go straight. Good girlie first time. It took me another turn I think to fix it to a right turn. Since we are still waist deep in Dogwalk training I still question which verbals. Also problematic was my position for this sequence. I could not seem to find a comfy spot.
7 tunnel first time came shooting out. My position was bad also first time
8 this is something I overlooked on the walk through with connection. I did not see the aframe coming lol!! And it just came coming. I finally clued in and called her name there lol! I am learning though that on places like these still needs a very hard connection still, unlike my veteran shelties.
12- not sure why we got tunnel. Connection?
14-19. I expected us to struggle with this and we did lol. You can see my dream plan in the walk through lol! This so did not work😂😂😂😂. I was way too far behind to execute that lol. We did not try reworking that piece. I will have to get stronger on the threadles to attempt that one again lol!
Despite the train wreck it was lol 😆 we had fun!!! She was rewarded heavily!!! Sorry for such the far away angle. It’s the only spot to be able to get the whole course in. Unfortunately, it’s a terrible angle for the problematic jump after tunnel.
Great feedback! Lots of ideas to work on again!!! Love the idea of going to the landing at the weaves!!!Promise got a day off today😊! Things are really starting to click for her with camp! Hard to believe it’s only been a little over a month! She’s grown Leaps and bounds! She’s putting a lot of concepts together😊! So exciting to see!
Oh I’m so excited about the focus on rears!!!! They are my weakest skill, in terms of when to use them and also executing them!!!
I’m 10 years into agility and rears were not en vogue then! Blinds were the rage 😊. I was actually told I wasn’t allowed to rear with Potter most of the time in class lol! I came to view doing a rear as a weakness, a last resort. All that has changed!!! We have to be good at All the flavors today😊! Looking forward to it.
Week 3 std 2
The great parts were the go on’s distance and layering skills here! This was very good. We struggled with the more technical part 11-16 which I anticipated. Would have liked to done a threadle wrap, but the skill is not there yet😊. Our running Dogwalk is not there yet either😳. A little Superman!
I broke down the very technical at the end. I had a hard time keeping her out of tunnel and found that I had to use her name. Which is a lot of words to spit out lol at high speed 😊.
I did a much better job the second go after rewalking with my verbals after the dog walk. She got her weaves the second go!!! I also liked the blind much better on the landing side of two than the front cross at before 2 I did the first time.
I think this is a good idea! My walk throughs fall flat at home. I don’t seem to give them the same attention to detail as I do a trial! Annalise loved the idea and is excited to offer me some constructive criticism 😂😂!
Promise’s speed also places a lot of pressure on me. I feel like I have to rush and hurry on, but in doing that I am breaking connection with her too soon! More team chill needed.
Week 3 sequences! This were hard for us! They were not one and done lol! I feel like maybe I had things a little squished. That added to the difficulty!
Sequence 1 https://youtu.be/WlTZDMTwlgE
I did this much early today. Right now, I can’t remember what went wrong lol! Things did go wrong that’s all I remember 😂😂😂.
Sequence 2 was especially hard for us. The tunnel trap was tough. I realized I was disconnecting too fast for her. As a baby dog, she needs much more connection than I have been used to giving!! Once we got it down I was able to add the blind like I wanted. The ending was really tough too lol! The last jump was hard to get and it look pretty haha!
Sequence 3 was also tough. Somehow miss tunnel thought no it’s not the tunnel lol, probably connection again!!
I had a technology issue during my walkthrough on 2! I did run it. My phone decided to malfunction and stop videoing. Three I did not run due to the elf being underfoot and trying to beat the thunderstorm about to start.
Threadle wraps! Got a little taz devil with the jumping at hands haha… 😊! Must have reward! Still so much a righty!!! So interesting to see it! She was instantly so much tighter on right.
Thank you so much Tracy!!! I’m really on cloud nine!!! So many amazing things happened!!! I was just so impressed! We had so much fun!!! Mistakes were no biggie! I would loop around or reset and we all stayed happy🤗.
I was very happy to share with everyone that Promise is a Max puppy/ agility university baby and Tracy is the bomb😊🔥! I owe so much to you!!! I feel like she is your baby too🥰! Thanks for all the classes we took, independent and working!!! All the trouble shooting in taming the beast! Your instruction is just the best! You put 110 percent in!!! Thank you for all you do 😊!
I have email addresses to let people know when max pup starts again😊!!! And a referral for the teeter independent study 😊.
Here is our alternative starts video. We are figuring out how to best do it in the beginning, since I have two other start line behaviors very similar 😊.
Her debut is going soooo well!!! Here is her jumpers yesterday! I was soooo proud of her!!! If only mom could have gotten the directionals right! She totally turned left when I said left!!! Then I got the knocked bar! Time to start week 3 when we get back!
-Your BC 2-3 was a bit late because you didn’t quite lead out far enough – and ended up starting the blind as she was taking off for the jump so she dropped the bar. So, in a perfect world, lead out to or past 2 before releasing her. But since you might not have a super long lead out at the trial, you can also work this opening as a rear cross which might be more realistic to what you will be doing in coming weeks.-
Haha, I don’t have a super long lead out at home😂😂!!!
Yes, I’m going to have to have a big mind set change lol! I was a blind cross person before lol. Lots of rears are in my future, especially in AKC novice. When I watched the video, I realized I should have done a rear on 5 since I was so late with my blind. The rear just doesn’t immediately come to my mind. I’m sure it soon Will lol!!!
I am hoping for a couple steps of a lead out at the trial which won’t really help me much at all😂😂. Let’s start praying for all tunnel starts😂😂🤞.-Do you mean she took the #1 jump again after the backside?
Yes, this was hard to see from the camera, but she took 12 as a backside. It was a beautiful backside lol! I knew I ended up in her way, but was unsure how to fix that. 5 a.m. sprint work outs for 6 weeks lol? I think I like your ideas better😊. I will play around with those.
Somehow a cool front blew in for maybe a few hours. It was 81 tonight feels like 88. It was nice!!! Sadly, that is NICE😂😂! Annalise and I wanted to get some last minute practice in before the trial to knock some dust off of Potter and I wanted a stab at 2! So here it is! I really have no clue how to handle the whole ending with her lol! My attempt was to rear 16 and then do a push to the backside… well we never made the backside lol as she has huge value for weaves the same as tunnels too apparently 😂. We quit here and even though it felt nicer than this a.m. it’s still too hot😂. Plus I need some help Lol! All ideas welcome!
Dogs had a spa day today and she was wound up tonight!!! She was feeling spicy!!! She thoroughly enjoyed her two tunnels again and I think she might finally be tired! Happy I got these in before the weekend. She will be working on the alternative start next😊.
Annalise was awesome with Potter and he enjoyed the tunnels too😊😊!
For a morning laugh… watch the beginning. Apparently, she is the real team chill! No fake chill needed😂😂. I just found this on my phone 😂.
Well, the humidity is good for one thing lol. There is no choice but a one and done 😂😂😂! Also, I had an audience for this to get ready for our trial this weekend. She did absolutely fantastic with that!!! Overall, she did awesome!!!
The things I noted while running it, the German turn- I got the backside. My setup Was an obvious line to the backside, so no surprise there.
It’s also so hard for my brain to spit out my verbals at high speed! I snuck a peak at next week and saw we would be working on this😊.And just lots of cleaning up on my part lol!
Can’t wait to hear what you think!PS. I think the two tunnels back to back made her day😂😂!!!
—-The sequence there is also a threadle to the backside of that jump, which might be easier to get her back on the layered line.—-
I knew that was a threadle before I built the course! Then I was out in the heat building it and looked at my phone map one more time before I ran itand read it wrong 😳😳😳!
We don’t really have a threadle wrap yet! But yes it was a lot easier to get her on the right line. We just did an attempt!
Weaves with wing. Am I leaving soon enough??
