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Week 3, Setup 2……all 3 sequences. Another really great setup! Again, we played with these without watching your video first, just worked off the pdf. Worked on applying your suggestions for how to think about my lines from the Setup 1 sequences. These are GREAT exercises for me!!! I love blinds and they are by far my “go to” cross, if at all possible, the class is everything I was hoping for to help them be even better! As I like to say “I’m channeling my inner Laura Dolan” š
Sequence 4 was pretty easy to figure out. I totally didn’t grasp how hard the dog’s line from the tunnel to the jump in Sequence 5 was and just how precise my connection, path and timing needed to be. Took more than a few reps to figure it out….Sly says he’s good, just play tug with me and give me some more treats! I’m really interested in your thoughts on this section in particular. Sequence 6 went pretty well, I thought. Putting it all together was definitely a challenge!!! Especially the last blind to the tunnel. Connection for the save with that one!!!!
And thank you for the screen captures with the Setup 1 sequences….way cool, and SO telling. I need to get in the habit of doing those when I’m really trying to figure something out. Hope you had a nice Memorial Day weekend. Weather was awful up here…..wet and 50s š
Yes, his line skills are pretty solid! And my āline skillsā are pretty good too š I purposefully didnāt watch your video before running these, I worked off the pdf so Iād be forced to work out my running lines more on my own. I was able to get it done but the changes you suggested made running these sequences so much easier š„°
Week 3, Setup 1. The first sequence seemed like it should be pretty easy but it was anything but that š³. Weāre running a lot of AKC these days, itās whatās closest and easiest to get to and I think the bigger distance in this sequence put me smack dab in āpanic to get thereā mode! The 2nd sequence was interesting too. I tried it with the blind on both sides of the #5 jumpā¦.liked the landing side better, easier to set the line to the backside.
Week 2, 2 Jumps. Kinda got carried away š This is the whole session, all the reps with the time in between edited out. Itās going to take awhile for me to get rid my helicopter arms! Have a great weekend.
Iām going to have to work on bringing my arms inā¦..Iām old enough that I remember when we all learned āairplaneā blinds š
Short session with 1 jump. Once again we ended up with some either/or work with sending out to the far wing and wrapping back or sending out to the far wing and going to the tunnel, I didnāt include any of that this time in the video. Thought the session went wellā¦.we both do love our blind crosses āŗļø
Week 1, Wing Wrap, Single Wing. The whole session, including the “in between” including the bad trainer moment when I was surprised by the off-course tunnel and didn’t reward my dog. Don’t worry, he earned extra chase the ball time – it’s a deal I have made with him! Week 1, L-Shaped Blinds…….turned into an Either/Or session with the just out of view tunnel. This session was a blast! Whole session, ie. all the reps but I edited out most of the in between. Millie is on RanR for a couple of weeks….came into season and hates her panties š
Flatwork with Sly….. My current plan is to “work” the handler mechanics items with Sly first as he is much happier to “just keep playing” as long as food or his tug is involved. Millie is a lot more thoughtful and less able to repeat things as I work on “me” even with very, very high rates of reinforcement. I’m learning a LOT with her, my first big dog and my first non-Spaniel.
This is the whole session with Sly.
In the rep where he disappears, he’s rounding the jump wing just out of site that I have moved out of the way to clear some space for the flatwork. š
I had to think about TW for a minute……;) SO much easier than spelling out Threadle Wrap each time!!
Played with Pop Outs 2 and 3 yesterday…these are so MUCH fun!!! Hope you don’t mind but I used Pop Out 2 with some of my students this week and asked them all to come up with 2 different ways to do it. They had a blast with it and one of them came up with a way I never thought of!
First video – Pop Out 2 with the way I first thought to do it. Warmed up our TW and then one and done x2. Frequently we can do the one and done but mess something up when we do it a second time. The line to the TW at 6 made for a really smooth TW.
Second video was at the end of the day – Pop Out 2 3 different ways š The Backside Wrap at 6 was one of my students idea. Timed from over the bar at 3 to breaking the plane of the tunnel at 7.
Last video is Pop Out 3, tried it both ways around the wing at 8. To the left made a nice line to 9 but not as nice to 10, and it was a longer dog path. To the right wasn’t as nice a line to 9 but it was a great line to 10…and overall a lot faster š
I just LOVE geeking out with these!!! We must be getting close to the end of camp, seems like I read somewhere that last day for posting is soon. Just wanted to say thanks for another wonderful Camp. Sly and I both learn a lot and have fun doing it!
Pop Out 1 from the Standard Course. First one was one and done š I wanted to try it with a Threadle wrap at 8, just to see if I could. Had to do some āreview/practiceā with the Threadle wrap but we got it! Finished up with a second rep of my first choice on how to do this sequence, blind between 7 and 8. I was curious about which was faster so I looked at time from over #6 jump to entry of weaves. The 1st blind was faster than the second rep with the blind by .2 seconds. I think the execution/timing of the first one was just a bit cleaner. Both were faster than the Threadle wrapā¦.and I thought my execution/timing on it was pretty good. Fun sequence š
The good thing about sitting in the parking lot while your husband is with the eye doctor because āhisā BMD wacked him in the eye with her paw is you find the time to edit videos!
Jumping Pop Out 2. The lead out is still a bit of a work in progress but itās coming š Last rep was to clean up the wrap at jump 4
Pop Out 3
Heās got a question between the blue and yellow jumpsā¦.at the last minute (after turning off the lights to leave) I decided to do one more rep really focusing on verbal timing to see if I could answer his question.
………..you were extending the hand toward the jump but it looked like a throwback wrap cue, so he wrapped (like at :25).
I couldn’t for the life of me figure out why he turned that way……..but as soon as I read your comment and rewatched the video it was like “well of course that’s what he’s thinking, cause that’s what I was cueing!”So, we played with this again today, two short sessions one in the morning and one in the afternoon. I wanted to focus on my hands. First session was one hand but working on the show him the hand and the check mark/J motion. Second session was both hands, sort of like the old OMD tandem turn, sort of…..
I think the 2 hands is our answer! I don’t use 2 hands for anything else that I can think of so it’s a unique look. Need some practice but I think this is going to work for us. Thoughts?
Great feedback, as always, thanks! Quick session this morning trying to understand and apply itā¦. Seems like the key for me right now is Iāve got to see that he is past meā¦.and bigger arms are definitely clearer! Thanks again!
Lots of regrouping and watching video trying to figure out what was happening with this session. š¤ Seemed like I had Sly confused enough that he started guessing? I decided to try to work this through with 3 options at the orange jumpā¦.turn right, turn left and a backside. Last rep was after I had watch reps of each that went well and ones that didnāt. Tried to be very precise and we got it but Iām not sure I could duplicate it.
