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Thank you for all your insights. I feel so bad for her when I go back and watch it with the things in place that you tell me to watch for ugh!!!! I never mean to do that to her. I knew I was too tired to do a good job that session.I will put her to 20 for training. Do you think she would still be able to compete at 24 if I do that? I’ve been told that if she practices at 20 she will become lazy about keeping her feet up?
When you said to stay near the backside wing to avoid the tunnel, do you mean the one closest to the next jump? Or the following obstacle? I wasn’t sure how to handle that part.
Thanks! Standard course up tomorrow !Hi Tracy!
We started work on the RYG challenges today. Donna helped me remember to stay connected which helped with the bars on sequence two. Once we got the tunnel back, we had a really hard time staying out of it lol! On the third sequence I broke it down to just the two jumps and the tunnel but she was still going for it. Then on the last sequence we were both tired and I shoulda quit. It was one thing after the other lol. The thing I struggled with the most and finally gave up was backside 7. She slices it and lands almost in the tunnel lol. Even the lotus ball wouldn’t convince her otherwise. Is there a way to get her to round the wing a little softer so she is looking more at me?Thank you!!!!
It’s amazing how much better I felt just writing all that stuff down and having someone I admire kinda validate that there is a long list there. I can’t explain it but it just made it feel
More manageable!!!
And the idea that I can just do fun stuff for training or sneak in little bits and it’ll still help makes me so much less worried about them! That constant feeling of being behind is subsiding a little bit. This course that I thought would be one more pressure thing to check off on my list is becoming my favorite part of the day! Thank you for offering this course!Hi Tracy!
Thanks for the feedback!!! That made my day!!! I don’t often remember to handle proactively or aggressively, I was smiling to myself about the whole rest of the day.
I wasn’t able to get back up to FF to redo anything but I did go to the barn and set up the RYG challenges. I will be focusing on them this week whenever I can. Do you think in general rear crosses are not my best option for her? Or just the way I handled them in the 11-14 line?
Thanks (:Hi Tracy,
We got the chance to work on jumpers course today. I really had a hard time figuring out11-14. The second run a handful of bars came down too so I’m guessing I was late with stuff.
Thanks!Hi!
Still feeling kinda overwhelmed but here’s my lists so far
Can’t control
Daughter got hurt and needs much more help now
Have to take care of mother in law which adds to things I am juggling
So much work around the property with bees chickens etc and I get very sore and tired
Have developed a heart condition since last bout of Covid
Winn’s ED has progressed badly and she has many sore daysCan Control
Trying to eat better so I feel better
Trying to carve out. Consistent time every day to trainDog sport out of control
Don’t always have enough time or energy to train properly
Our Q rate is really low and I wish it wasn’t
Courses seem very tight for my big girl
Feeling very overwhelmed with a almost 3yr old and almost 1 yr old to trainDog sport I can control
Learn how to target my training sessions to help me and the dogs learn better and more efficiently
Make sure we only enter trials with good surfaces to help keep bars upHi Tracy!
To answer your question – Winn received PRP for her elbow dysplasia and is now going weekly to Cornell for shockwave therapy. She seems to be responding so fingers crossed!
Huck and I got a little practice in, my footwork was very wonky with the rocking horse lap turn thing. And I thought I got more reps in with the go and then wrap but I guess not lol.Hi Tracy!
So excited the stay is starting to sink in a little bit!!!
Winn had a PRP injection at Cornell yesterday so we were stuck at home. I only have a few jumps here so we did rear cross practice and a version of the left and right proofing. It wasn’t perfect but I am so happy with the attention he gave me outside!Hi,
We worked a little bit on some of the week 3 stuff today before going back to week 2. Otherwise I’m going to get too far behind.
Thanks for the feedback.Oh geez. Lots of mistakes on my part on this one I guess. Ok I will try to work on all that stuff you said. I will be on week 2 forever sounds like. It is hard to switch from a dog that is 25” withers to one that is maybe 12.
I do play crate games with him by the way, the concept just doesn’t really seem to transfer anywhere else. We also work on sit tug sit a lot but that also isn’t transferring yet.
I’ll keep working on everything.Hi Tracy!
Got called into work last week and had no time for training. Don’t know how I trained my other dogs when I worked full time lolol.
Anyway we worked more set point and the tunnel games from week 2. I think his set point work is coming along a little bit though staying is still for losers in his book. Moving the jumps apart definitely helped! The tunnel games went well but he is very very focused on me still I think. Do I do toy races to help with that?
Hi Tracy!
We practiced the other two games today – smiley face and wrap proofing. They went pretty good though I’m thinking I need more value on the tunnel then I have.
We also practiced the advanced level of the wind in your hair. He did much better with the reward thrown versus placed I think. I got more speed anyway. Sorry the video has painfully long gaps while he finds the lotus ball, I had my readytreat out for this and the dumb battery died!
Didn’t revisit the set point since I can’t get him to sit still!Hi Tracy!
Thanks for the feedback. I wondered if I had set the jumps too close I know I felt squished. It’s proving hard for me to switch between Maple and Huck lol. She needs the jumps about 8 feet apart with her legs.
I practiced the stays in isolation today. Thy went ok but boy is he a fidget! When I started catching him faster I think that helped. I have a feeling this is going to be a work in progress for awhile?
Good side – the go go go games he is all over!
Here’s some stay practice so I know if I’m doing the right thing for him.Hi Tracy!
We tried another session of the wrap verbals and I moved it closer. He was much more successful thank you! Should I keep it here?
He had lots of fun with the wind in your hair game but not so much the set point. I was getting frustrated but tried not to let him know. His stay is pretty non existent. Should I work on this somehow separately? If I crept away ok he seemed to understand to look towards his ready treat fine.
Hi Tracy!
Huck and I worked on a few different things this morning. We did perch work, rear crosses and sends to the cone. Was he turning the right way on the sends? I felt like I was sorta doing some awkward version of a FC instead of how nice and smooth yours looked 😑
Trying to pick up bits and pieces to try and catch up before class ends!
