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I had one and only one goal for this week. No stopping.
I’m pretty sure I was successful!!I probably should have stopped after my first run at course #1.
I did 2 & 3 this morning and I loved how well they went.P.S. sorry about the excess barking, I try not to do that to you very often. I only had a limited amount of time and they other 2 needed to stretch their legs too.
Yee haw!!
I wanted to leave the DW out for practice so it condensed the course some. I told Donna maybe to take one of those middle jumps (5) out tomorrow since I can’t make our weekly CAMP time. It will be better for the big dogs. I didn’t do the ending cuz I didn’t like how the 18-20 was. Look at those weaves though, holy crow I’m not sure I realized I had THAT!! Damn, red girl’s got skills.This makes sense however, she doesn’t give me a chance to show her what I’m going to do because if I’m behind her on any contact she comes off the side and comes back at me. I don’t know how to address that because I can be behind her at home. She may do 2o2o to the side but she waits. Always being ahead is not very realistic for me.
If I’d known then what I know now I may have considered running and no I do NOT think that would have solved all my problems but her desire to stay in motion is difficult for both of us. She’s already off the contact and mad cuz she doesn’t know where to go and she’s entitled to that. I’m expecting her to even briefly pause for instruction and she’s off and in my face.
One of my hesitations with running was always my lack of verbals and that changed with her.It’s always a learning experience that the next puppy benefits from.
I’m stuck on my contact training. I do feel like what I got in these videos is what I had last year at home. I could keep running even if there was some decel but she’d rock back and stick. It’s the getting back in the show ring. We’ve done a ton of FEO. It doesn’t seem to hurt, but only seems to help my next run. I was going to ask though, do you feel the release is enough of a reward and no more treats?
This course was FUN! Here are my 2 runs from STD course 1. I just realized the 2nd video says course 2, it’s not they are both course 1. I wasn’t sure how it would go layering the tunnel when she was in the weaves and holy easy peasy. Plus her contacts were spot on this morning. It’s gonna be a good day!
I did work the last few jumps and got my timing better and as Tina said, got my a** out of her way and there wasn’t more back jumping. Josie probably back jumped more this morning 3x than she has in 3 years. It’s just something she doesn’t do and I’d like it to stay that way-LOL.
Back to CAMP!!
After a long weekend trialing we opted for some pop outs today, not that they were easy 🙂 but at least easy to remember!I wish I’d had more time to play with this course. Found it easier to her to handle the distance behind the DW the 2nd time 10-12 around vs the first 4-6. My 2nd try on the course we struggled getting the teeter. Seems easy until it’s not. Then we get into a shouting match and we both get frustrated. My bad, sigh. That’s very much trial like behavior but usually it happens after the teeter.
My whoa is typically quieter and drawn out, whoooaaa.
Until i get running and frantic then I guess everything comes out louder and quicker so thanks for pointing that out. She really understands the whoa I’d hate to change it. I’ll add it to my “things to remember” list. I think I’m up to 47 now.Got in some practice on course#2 this morning. There were some parts we didn’t get, but overall it went well again. Getting her to drive straight out of tunnel when I’m not there to find a jump is a HUGE big step for her.
Actually, you cued her to NOT go into it at :35. As she lifted for 12, you started saying “jump jump jump” and turned away a bit, and both Josie and I were like “wait, what?!?” LOL!
Right? That’s what I meant though, “I” got stuck at the tunnel about how to keep going in that instance cuz I’d messed it up so bad. I’m trying really hard to not stop and resend. And yes, I thought some of those lines were kick butt.
Sometimes I don’t know if I should revisit something I already did or move on to the new stuff. There’s just so much to choose from ya know! We did the JWW course 1 this morning. I did not think it would go as well as it did, till I totally forgot my words the 2nd time around and I swear she was saying WTF to me-LOL!
My classmates are doing a much better job of continuing. I got stuck when I couldn’t get her into the tunnel, but I did improvise nicely at the end 🙂
You may have to include hints for the pop ups too since I don’t even see the handling options that are featured that week- LOL!!!
I got to work on a few of the std pop outs at Kris’s barn.
I started with #2 and then didn’t get far with #3. It’s super humid today so I didn’t work for very long.
On #2, how do we get the back side of 5? I didn’t even bother and figured just getting the turn to the jump behind the tunnel was enough of a challenge. It’s apparent just getting #5 straight on was a struggle until I figured out what words she really needed. Go. Right.
I also need to spend even more time on the jump skills for something like jump #2 when I started course #3. I tried to support it, tried not to support and nothing I tried seemed to help her keep that bar up. They were not at 16″. Help.
