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Tracy
Thank you!! I am going to right it down so I can read it before every run.
Connection, keep your arms down, use your words!!
This was a great session. Taq says thank you Tracy!
Tracy
For those in the back who did not hear Tracy asked me to connect less!! 🤣
I will get back to those slices but wanted to run this walk/run sequence before I do my pre trial prep.
I am showing the order I did them. I am
Hoping that it will help you help me with Taq!!Cricket first
Then Taq
I did her amp up start line and felt after the first run that I was probably not connected enough. I have noticed she does not carry well to the wraps so wrote that down to work on separately.
Tracy
I cleared my field to mow but plan on setting up the walk through! We have a trial this weekend. I will likely also set up some big long lines for both girls!
I did the BS slice ex this morning. Cricket only had one verbal for bs slice and wrap. I tried to test her fluency on slice ( Introduced to her recently). We will stick with back as her single cue! It has worked well.
Taq (video). I so struggle with timing and cues. I did not edit.
Tracy
Ok we tried it again and walla! She can do them when I cue them correctly!
I put the entire session in. Sticky would be like those last two jumps where she is looking up at me being super handler focused.
Tracy
You are just the best! I knew it was me, but I felt like I was following instructions. I’ve always wondered why I was given permission to point on these forward sends, considering my entire agility life has been about avoiding pointing! Even though I got frustrated, I spent 3x as much time rewarding her. I just edited out the throws since I figured even you might get bored with that.
So I have a pointing reminder to help me. If I point for either dog it needs to be at their little *ssholes and nothing else. That should put my shoulders where they need to be. Think rectal exam Danika. I used to have a prof in vet school who said the rectal exam is the most underdone and important exam you can perform. You can’t know unless you stick your finger in there.
Today is a scorcher so we may not be training today.
Thanks again for all your support.
Danika
Tracy
Each dog teaches us something new right? Taq forgets so many things. I swear if I did not know better I would think she was dropped on her head as a puppy!
Such a struggle. She could not do the forward focus.
Cricket of course nailed the entire course.
Tracy
Thank you for the feedback! I ran Taq yesterday and it was better. I am
Going to build jumpers now and see if Taq can feel better about that. The good news is that her a frame and teeter are looking really good! She is having trouble weaving – maybe wanting to get through them too fast and not enough muscle memory. I gave them a rest since she had the weird lameness a few weeks ago. We may only have a speed stakes career! We have a trial weekend after next. Taq is entered in 1 speed stakes each day plus we have a practice ring. I will be sending video!Tracy
Thank you for all your feedback! I hope your drive went ok.
This is cricket on package 2 agility 1. The first run I forgot what side of the jump before the tunnel. Oops! In between these two reps I ran the dog walk since she did not have feet in yellow the first time.
Taq did ok on the parts I ran but was sticky and not wanting to take obstacles. I will try it again with her this morning.
Ps sorry for the camera view. It is the only spot where I can film it all but the good bits were on the other side!
Tracy
I was so excited to do these after watching your video and I was super focused on getting my feet in the right place but somehow Taq and I were not communicating. Cricket did it all with no problem.
Thanks for help.
On the first set was I was using a lower value toy hoping to have her focus on the work and less on the toy. Second time was with her ball. We seemed to do better when we had a running start.
Tracy
Cute puppy!!!!! Can’t wait to hear his name.
The verbals worked much better with me sitting and saying them before release!
Tracy
My cues are slice for backside slice, back for backside wrap (cricket only had back for both so sometimes I try slice but only if it is a real slice- Taq should understand the difference). Push threadle wrap and in in for threadle slice.
I knew when I saw this verbal ex I was in trouble Cricket could not do it. Verbals support my cues only with her. Weaves may be a sl exception. The video is Taq who also apparently needs my body cues! I am showing the entire session. I felt really bad that there were errors. I also was trying to avoid having her jump up but one throw was bad. Btw she is sound but I am being careful.
Our current distraction is new puppy popcorn aka Aqueus Excited Maize. I thought you would w joy my fav snack name!
Tracy
I have no idea why I did not turn her left over jump 1! Tried to
Connect better and give her less questions. She was lame on her left rear yesterday so she enjoyed crate rest ( not!)She is sound today but I will be giving her some time off so back to Cricket.
Tracy
Yesterday morning cricket and I went to run course 2 agility and she refused to run. She has done this at Kathie Leggett’s and the best we could figure it started with a wet tunnel. Ginger and I tried bringing her there on a hot dry day and she refused (literally tries to leave). Then when Taq got sick I tried to Sub Cricket for a jen Pinder seminar and cricket walked in fine but the minute we started agility she declined this was full year later. So needless to say I freaked out that she was broken. There was water in the tunnel. I broke down the course and set up a jumping pop out this AM. She worked!!!! Thank god. So dry tunnels only. Oddly enough if it is raining they can be wet.
Ok so the video is all Taq. Three session. The first one I felt like I could be moving faster and I missed some connections. So I went back out later determined to be connected. Eventually I got it right. I did a send from
Side release since I had a mistake on the lateral with me behind and did not want to make another.I don’t think I ran faster… why do I look so slow?
Tracy
Right on about the start line! That was Cricket letting me know she wanted her info now! Our souls are linked so I responded! So this try we did a proper startline.
I added the spin. I hate post turns and rarely if ever do them so not sure why I made that handling choice. I did not show that run 1 and 2 I did not get the layer teeter. It was good for me to see the difference. I needed to go into the wrap jump after the dog walk to them show her the commitment line to the teeter. If I sent her to the wrap I had no way to show her the evil line away from me.
Your backside on that jump that I missed the first time was yucky! I also should have used my backside slice word. Normally cricket is less focused on my words do I forget to use them with her.
Thanks Tracy!!
Tracy
Little break there. Taq got sick again but is back on the mend. It took me two days and a crashed finger to build this course!!!
Ok no crying in agility. This video shows cricket 1st and only run through. I deleted my happy dance when she layered the dog walk!!! Woohoo. Then I showed some short sequences with Taq. I know she was not weaving (she tried) and I rewarded her effort!!
