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Hi Tracy.
Pkg 5. I wasn’t able to set up things exactly as you had them this week but set stuff up based on the skills we are working on. One day I was able to make a standard course with one short tunnel under the dog walk (DW). The course layered around the DW to a large tunnel to 12 weaves. All obstacles were out so I could work on my stopped contacts for both dogs. Mookie’s are perfect of course, while Alonso is jumpy to go go go but he stays 😊 Both dogs had no questions if they went through the tunnel and I stayed on the other side of the DW sending them to jumps on their side.
And one day I actually made up a course with independent weave challenges with a tunnel and a jump. I set up 12 weaves next to gating next to a straight tunnel next to a jump like a sandwich. I found a lot of challenges with that set up. I learned that both dogs can go around and by pass a tunnel entrance in both directions to go to a jump or to the weaves with no issues. Alonso needed the come or out command then the name of the obstacle to take earlier than Mookie. I also needed to keep my arms low with Alonso. I will need the water bottle training for life 😊
I will see what I can get done this week. It has been a challenging summer with the heat. Very little backyard time which I love. Both of my agility boys are showing that they have nice skills. And Buddy’s nose work training is going great.
Linda and her 3 BCsHi Tracy,
I was able to do the 2 jumpers courses this week. And I started with Course 2. Mookie was on a roll and nailed Course 2, 2 out of 2 runs with ease. I lost my focus with Alonso and after 3 X I stopped with one thing wrong each time. I actually forgot where I was going or sent him to a wrong course. Course 2, 12 to 3 instead of 12 to 13 🙂 If I gave him the proper cues he could layer and go out nicely. He does have nice skills but he needs more verbal cueing support than Mookie 🙂 Mookie, I even ran silent for one run 🙂 In my defense, I did have little sleep due to highway construction noises 3 nights in a row. They decided to pound pylons until 2:30 am. But, I really need to stay extremely focused with my young boy 🙂 Mookie nailed course 1. And by the time I ran Course one with Alonso we nailed it first try so I stopped. There were nice skills in these 2 courses 🙂
Linda Mookie and Alonso
Buddy is loving his Nosework this summer 🙂Hi Tracy,
This is a short report
We did the Pkg 4 Switch Away into layering and both dogs did well on all the sequences over 2 days.
No issues
A friend brought a lifeside dummy in for distractions and we laid it on its back by the 12 weaves to see what the dogs would do.
Mookie charged by as if nothing was there 🙂
Alonso didn’t go in the weaves right away but when I re-sent him he weaved but at a slower pace. His next 2 tries at the weaves were at normal weave speed with the dummy still there. Such fun 🙂
Hopefully I will be able to do a full course next week without the dummy 🙂
Linda & her BC boysHi Tracy,
For the ISC AKC Trial, yes the multiple backside challenges were set at AKC distances for the Masters courses which made it tougher. The ISC courses were spaced correctly.
For pkg 3 I was also able to get through The Indep Handling skills short courses. For Seq 1 I could say close close for Mookie as he came out of tunnel to slice 4 to 5. He nailed it first try. For Alonso he needed his name repeated while in and coming out of tunnel to turn to slice 4 to 5. Alonso got it on second try.
For seq 2 Mookie nailed it. Alonso did also but I repeated it with a send to the backside out of tunnel to 9 vs a threadle wrap out of tunnel to 9. Mookie could do both ways easily. Alonso was better with the send to the backside to 9 out of tunnel 8.
For seq 3 there was a set of 12 weaves I left there which were in line with the tunnel 4. Both dogs did this seq first try but I needed a strong turning cue for Alonso out of tunnel 4 to jump 5 to not take the weaves.
For seq 4 which I did on a different day then the other seq, but both dogs did well and we got 10 to 11 to 12 to 13 easily 🙂 We have practiced a lot of tunnel bypass types of sequences and did this in a previous camp of yours throughout the years 🙂
And I am on the list for a possible whippet puppy from MaryHope Schoenfeld’s girl Prana and Korbo from Poeta Whippets in Canada. I am hoping 🙂
Linda and her 3 BC boys Buddy sat these seq out as I did them indoors. Way too hot outside.Hi Tracy,
WOW, the ISC AKC Trial I went to this past weekend had regular Masters courses with 3 backsides in them and close together. One course had a backside after a dog walk to a tunnel under the dog walk to a back side out of the tunnel to one front jump to another backside jump to an A frame. I used different backsides sends, threadle backsides and circle backsides to get through the courses. The discriminations were through lots of boxes. Alonso did all his backsides but when he had to jump and turn with a wall in front of him, he knocked a bar. We also disconnected due to a pole in the way and a piece of the wall jump came down. I wasn’t quick enough with my cues for one course and he took an off-course jump. We failed 5 runs but then for the last run of the weekend we got it together and he nailed it. He was the only one to qualify in his regular 20” height class. I am still high from that run 😊 Alonso did come in second in the regular ISC Jumpers level 2 class with a clean run because it was more spread out then the regular classes.
Mookie Q’ed in 5 out of the regular 6 runs we were in but we failed the last run of the weekend because I ran out of gas and lost focus after my great run with Alonso. So hard for me to run the boys in the same height class almost back-to-back. But Mookie one day was also the only one to qualify and for all the 20- and 24-inch heights. If I hadn’t been doing camp with you all these years, I don’t think we would have done as well as we did. I always practiced all the skills but never tested them all until now 😊 Alonso was so close to Q’ing for a little man but we did nail one hard course at the end 😊So, I got to do some homework today for package 3. I set up the Jumpers course. Mookie nailed both of them. After the trial they were easy for Mr. Moo.
As for Alonso, for course 1 I had set up an off-course jump right after jump 11 9 3 and he took that instead of going into the tunnel after the BS at 3 for his first run. He was fine second time through but I used close close arms so he didn’t take the off-course jump. Course 2”: I am teaching the “close close” cue which I had taught Mookie one summer so he stays on the right path i.e. 5 to 6 and not 5 to tunnel. I need to learn how to cue faster and teach the cue that will take him off a line. I tried calling his name and it seemed to work better than the “close close” verbal. Do you have other suggestions for verbal cues?? All his backsides were good.
I will look at more of Pkg 3 next week.
I am taking Alonso to a herding clinic this weekend on ducks for a change in sport 😊
Linda Mookie & AlonsoHi Tracy,
Pkg 2 Update:
Due to having a trial July 11 12 13 next weekend and being part of the committee, I needed to get in as much as I could of Pkg 2 for Camp this weekend.
On Friday I was indoors. I chose the Jumpers courses but needed to build them a little differently as I could not move an A frame by myself (It is horrible getting old but I make due 😊). The A frame was in place of tunnel 4 & 15 for course 1 and 8 12 & 7 for course 2. I also had to work around a pole to get to the weaves which my dogs had no issues with. Course one was tough to set. Due to my weird set up I tested pieces of it with Mookie to see if it would work and then I put it together. I was able to practice threadle wraps, bypassing jumps, sends to the backside and did a backside blind at jump 10 Course 2 that worked great. Course 1 was very tight with my set up while with course 2, I could send my dogs to the weaves and tunnel and stay back. Mookie handled both the tight areas and the sending without an issue. Alonso did well with the sending but really needed extreme focus from me to handle him through the tight Course 1. We did get through it. The trial I am going to has ISC courses I am entered in so these 2 jumper’s courses really prepared us for that.
Saturday I was Outdoors in my backyard and did the Obstacle discriminations.
Both dogs struggled from a stopped position to find the tunnel or poles at first. Mookie then realized what I wanted. Alonso got the jump and tunnel but not poles but the poles were hard to see as I had them straight on. I should have angled them slightly.
However, when I sent them around the wing and they were in motion both dogs found the jump, tunnel and the he weaves right away.
I did set up a sequence for Buddy in my backyard from Course 2, (7 8 9 10 11 12) and he did well. He also got the discriminations with movement going around the wing. Buddy is retired from agilty and only does nosework but I like to include him when I can 🙂 Tomorrow it will be 90 degrees and muggy, so I am glad I could do early outdoors training today 😊
So, this maybe it for this package. I will let you know how the ISC courses went next time I update. My problem is that I may run out of air myself to run the 25 obstacle type courses 😊
Mookie loves it and sends out nicely. Alonso may do well also as he loves to go out and find his lines 😊 Mookie is in Standard 2 and Alonso in Jumpers 2. We shall see 😊
Linda and her 3 BCsHi Tracy,
Its been a crazy busy summer but I was able to do some stuff for camp.
1) For the focus forwards exercise with the tunnel, both Mookie and Alonso had nice focus forwards for all the positions. This was a nice test to see this.
2) For the Super Independent handling skills: Mookie was clean first round for Sequence 1 through 5. I needed to really be clear to take tunnel 9 as he bypassed it for his first run for sequence 6.
Alonso was clean first run Seq 1 thru 3 For Seq 4 He took a tunnel once after jump 3. I had to be clear with my out command and out arm. Seq 5 Alonso did on first try. And Alonso also needed a stronger “come Tunnel” cue to get 9 for seq 6. Second run was clean.
I was able to do both Standard Courses this week. I did throw in a Double Jump at 5 Course 1 and 13 Course 2 to practice a spread jump in the mix.
I started with Course 2 :For both dogs I learned I really had to give a strong out to get tunnel 9. I was able to send both dogs to the teeter from behind the dogwalk. I also layered the weaves. Mookie does his backsides well both sending to a backsides or doing threadle wrap backsides. Alonso does better threadle wrap backsides than sending but we worked on it and he imnproved nicely. Mookie will follow my body and position while Alonso relies heavily on verbal cues. They are night and day but I am learning what each needs. I do practice them back to back.
Doing Course 1 after Course 2 was easy and we nailed it first try both dogs. Both dogs followed my cues for what I call circle backside wraps on Course 1. Buddy was not present for these sessions as I was able to do it indoors and I run Buddy outdoors but it was too hot out 🙂
So thanks for some Challenging course work.
Linda, Mookie & AlonsoUpdate # 13
Hi Tracy,
I was able to get in more pop out sequence work before the end of camp as the weather was finally good here 🙂
I did the pop outs for the Standard courses pkg 5 outdoors in my backyard
POP OUT 1
Mookie and Alonso had trouble with a threadle backside wrap out of the tunnel 5 to 6.
I said my threadle cue as they entered the tunnel and Mookie then got it but Alonso needed the verbal cue before he entered the tunnel and I had to meet him at the exit of the tunnel as well with an arm cue.
Buddy was fast and perfect with all my cues and nailed it first run. I was like “who is this dog” 🙂
POP OUT 3
Mookie ran this fine, one bar down first run, all stayed up second run. The backside to 9 had gone down for Mookie’s first run but I was using all wingless jumps. Buddy became himself and lost focus for this sequence. Alonso did better with the threadle cue going into tunnel 2 to 3 but he was knocking bars. I had to say easy jump and he worked to keep them up. He was extra speedy in the yard knowing his tug was being thrown at the end 🙂
POP OUT 4
Both Mookie and Buddy nailed their first try. Yes Buddy was back in the game 🙂
Alonso needed really early cues to get the backside of 4 and needed the threadle cue in the tunnel and for me to meet him at the exit of the tunnel again for a backside threadle to 9 out of the tunnel with an arm cue. He needed extra support today in our distracting yard which is on a well-traveled road but is all fenced in.
I think I will be re-visiting the pop outs for all the pkgs again this Fall as it is great practice.
Thank you again for Camp.
Linda and her 3 BC boysUpdate # 12 and possible last Update: Pkg 5
Hi Tracy,
I didn’t have the opportunity to do full courses for this pkg.
For the standard course I had to make up one from what was already set up in the building. I started at your # 1 jump and went to 2. Your 3 was a teeter. From the teeter which was about 15 feet from your # 4 I did a BS on 4 to your tunnel #9 to the front side of 1 to a threadle to your # 13 on the front side to your # 6 to the weaves to your #8 to tunnel 9 to 18 which I had put closer. At speed out of the tunnel to the front of one to threadle to the front of 13 was a nice challenge which I was able to work out with Mookie and Alonso. Both dogs nailed the backside from the teeter to 4 from a large distance away so I could handle the tunnel exit to the threadle sequence. You have taught me this summer how to set up challenging stuff for me and my dogs. 😊
Pop Outs from the JWW course
Pop Out 1 flowed nicely for both Mookie and Alonso
Pop Out 2 This was a challenge due to poles in the way so it was passable but it didn’t really flow for us as nice as Pop Out 1.
I loved the Zoom challenge and your Zooms have always been my favorite from Camp.
I did the warm ups separately with both Mooke and Alonso before I put them together and both Mookie and Alonso did fine. Then I went for the final course to put it all together. Both dogs needed both the turn cue to enter the tunnel plus seeing my body turn before they entered the tunnel or they would layer the tunnel 😊. The tunnel exits were fine to turn left to the backside circle wrap for both dogs. The go cue for the straight exit out of the tunnel was fine for Alonso but Mookie kept flicking out of the tunnel to his right to jump 5. I had to run with a close side arm pointing straight out for him to go straight. Mookie was also in a brain fog today not listening to cues and just assuming. I guess at almost 9 ½ y/o he is allowed to have senior moments 😊 Boths dogs layered the tunnel without an issue and both had nice threadle wraps 6 to 7 and back to the tunnel. Alonso actually did the course nicely as he is extremely verbal and listens for such a young boy. Mookie got over his jealously of having to take turns with Alonso and got it together by the end of the session.
On a happy note, Alonso earned his AX AXJ this past weekend outdoors with all first places and won his T2 B class. He really knows his lines and follows my verbals even if I am out of position. I am sure it is because he is a Max Pup Grad. Mookie not so much, but Mookie has 40 rules and has always been hard for me. But we have done well despite his rules 😊
I did sign up for the Clean Run course you are involved in this Fall.
And are you offering any post camp courses yourself this Fall. Just Checking 😊
This may be my last post so Thank You. There is still some stuff from pkg 5 I need to do but might have to put it into the Fall. My boys and I have had a wonderful learning experience this summer as always. We plan to be back next year 😊
LindaUpdate #11 Pkg 5 Hot Topics
Hi Tracy,
For seq 1A & B I needed to be careful of my hand movement for Mookie or he would go to the backside of 1. The further away he was from jump 1 the better for him. He was fine the rest of the sequences. I did both a Rear cx and Blind cx between 3 & 4 of seq 1A and all 3 dogs were fine. No one took a WC tunnel 😊 All 3 were good for seq 1B.
For seq 2 A & B I went straight to the true backside. All 3 dogs were fine.
For Seq 3 the backside circle wraps were good. Both Seq 1 thru 6 and 1 thru 8 flowed. Got a nice “in” at jump 5 to take the proper side of the jump for all 3 dogs.
I have been happy Buddy has been joining in this summer. He only has one rep in him for each seq but all have been great for him 😊
So that went well so I went back to the Zoom spins 😊.
My ass pass on jump 5 to 6 is good and consistent. It’s the blind cross between 4 and 5 then the spin to 6 that I am still turning the wrong way. I will continue to walk an imaginary path at home without the dogs and will put it together again when I get the chance 😊
I will try parts of the Jumpers and/ or Standard Courses next.
And the Spins, forever and a day………………… or third try is the charm 🙂
LindaUpdate #10
Hi Tracy,
I was able to get the Hot Topics and Zoom done this week so this is a huge update 😊
Hot Topics: Done in an indoor setting.
Seq 1 Buddy was up for the game so all 3 dogs played. All 3 nailed this first try.
Seq 2 Buddy and Mookie got this first try.
I didn’t cue early enough for Alonso and he went to the dummy jump first try. The second run was clean. I did have the jumps closer to the tunnel due to lack of space, so it was easy to go off course.
Seq 3 Buddy was clean first run. Mookie took jump 5 as a BS as the jumps were close. I needed to indicate and say “front” and he was fine. Alonso took the bar down at jump 2, the rest was fine. I needed to use break arms at the start as he was raring to go watching his 2 other brothers go before him 😊
Seq 4 Buddy was clean yet again and was a happy doing agility today 😊 For Mookie I needed to say “go straight” 9 to 10 as he took the tunnel from 9 first run. It was hard to cue early in a small space with speed. Mookie never slows down for anything 😊 Alonso was clean first run. I then played around with tunnel to a BCX between 7 & 8 to do a BS circle wrap on 8 vs indicating a BS right from jump 7 to 8 and moving up the line. Mookie and Buddy nailed both options smoothly. Alonso could do both but the BCX circle wrap option seemed to flow better with him.ZOOM Sequences. I did have the opportunity to do the Zoom stuff outside in my backyard as the heat broke a little. The sequence fit in my yard well. I still trial outside so it is good practice for me to be outside. Our next outside show is at the end of August.
AND now I know why you wanted to know how we did on these Zoom sequences 😊 As far as exit arms, I have been using them since you showed them in Camp during COVID. I have called them my “close close” arms and can use that verbal cue with them. All 3 of my dogs turn tight on wrap FCXs. But, me and spins 🙁 I tried out a spin in a trial setting during a T2B class with Mookie once. The spin left me disoriented but Mookie managed to finish the course without me and even cued. He left me in the dust.
So, all the sequences with the FXCXs went well with all 3 dogs. Buddy also played, even in the backyard. He didn’t want to be left out 😊
For the sequence with the spin at 5 to 6, I had to say “Ass Pass” out loud to myself as I moved into it and all 3 dogs read it. I needed to get closer to the wing for Alonso to turn tighter on the ass pass move. This was totally new to him so this is something to practice.
For the sequence with the BCX between 4 & 5 to the spin back to 6, I confused the dogs so much I had to keep walking this without them. If I spun the right way all 3 of my dogs were fine.
I was afraid I wouldn’t make it for the BCX but my tunnel sends are great and I was up there fine, but once up there I froze or turned the wrong way. I had to say “TURN IN” to myself. I will have to visit this without the dogs and try to learn it better. My dogs read the spins if I did them correctly and no one had and issue reading a blind followed by a spin if I spun the correct way. If I am sure of myself, they will follow. Such good boys.
For the sequence with the BS circle wrap on jump 6, Buddy and Mookie nailed it. I was happy to just do a post turn on 5 😊
Alonso needed “close close” arms with the verbal to come in for the BS circle wrap on 6 as jump 7 was really close. We then practiced this separately and then put it together at speed and he did it nicely at speed in the end.
So, Wow I need to practice spins at home more walking them without a dog. I need to be really sure if I try it at a trial. 🙂 I can get dizzy and disoriented at speed 😊
This has been a great week of training.
LindaUpdate # 9 Pkg 4 JWW Courses
Hi Tracy,
I started with Jumpers 2
Buddy nailed it first run. There was no one in the building 😊
I had to change it to the front side of 15 due to a pole in the way.
Mookie ran clean first run. I could layer 7 to 8 to tunnel from behind jump 10. I did a threadle wrap 15 to 16.
Alonso: I could also layer 7 to 8 to tunnel from behind jump 10. However, he needed me to go deep to 14 as it was close to the ring gating. He is affected by the pressure of when you have to jump close to ring gating or walls and I have needed to support that more. He also needed a threadle feet face dog 15 to 16. Alonso was clean on his second try. We did practice his weak areas separately afterwards.
Jumpers 2: Buddy was on a role with no strange people distractions and nailed it first try. I was able to do a blind cross between 3 and 4 to the weaves which I didn’t have time for with my other 2 boys.
Mookie needed a strong threadle out of the tunnel 6 to 7 to get the proper side of jump 7 otherwise he was great. Second run was clean.
Alonso: I knew to run to the fence at 12 and he was fine. He needed even a stronger feet face dog threadle coming out of the tunnel 6 to 7. His second run was clean.
2 Poles hid the entrance to the weaves for both courses but all 3 dogs found them without a problem. I say weave and it is like a sending a guided missile to them. I can beat Mookie out of the weaves to even blind cross in front of him. No way can I do that with Alonso who is way faster. Afterward I played with the set up and layered the tunnel going to the line of jumps not sucking into the tunnel as they followed the line past it. Mookie has it solid. I used a toy at the end of the line for Alonso as I continue to work on this. For the last try I did not use a toy for the other direction for Alonso and he got it. I then threw the toy reward 😊
I hope to get to the hot topics or Zoom stuff this week in my backyard as the heat is supposed to break.
Camp is keeping me on track this summer for training as I feel like being lazy from it being way too hot 😊
Linda and her 2 BC boysUpdate #8 Pkg 5 Standard Course
Hi Tracy,
This summer I continue to have the opportunity to get training time indoors and to do some full courses which has been great for us.
I started with Standard 2: Mookie: First run we were fine except for the 8 to 9 to 10 sequence. Mookie needed more than a verbal to get to the correct side of 9 and he was confused whether my threadle verbal” in in” in meant in to take the jump or in to take the tunnel. For the second run I was able to get up the line better to do a threadle feet face dog with verbal in out and he easily flipped into the tunnel. That was the only sequence I had to fix.
Alonso: I did the same with him as I did with Mookie and he nailed the course first run. He did better with a Front cross into the weaves as he went wide with a threadle rear cross at the weaves. It was reversed with Mookie who went too wide with a front cross and threadle reared into the weaves just fine.
Standard 1 seemed easy after Standard 2. Mookie nailed it first run and so did Alonso. Then I played around with 8 to 9 to Dog Walk instead of the tunnel. Mookie nailed it either way with just verbals. Alonso did well tunnel to dog walk the first time but when I tried it back to the tunnel right after he was patterned, he took the dog walk again. He needed a strong threadle feet face dog to take the dog walk and then a strong out verbal with arm extended to take the tunnel right after. Mookie knows this so well. And the baby just needs more cueing at this point in time. I know this will become second nature as he matures. Alonso is a game little guy and he really show such joy doing agility just like his big brother Mookie 😊 I have not shown Alonso at trials as I have been getting closed out for the first time ever. Alonso did get in an AKC trial at the end of August.
In the meantime, we have had the opportunity to do an AKC ISC full course Jumpers run which was fantastic. As I ran behind Alonso (I could not get ahead due to bad knees and it was a down the field type of run) I gave him verbal directions from behind and the little guy did it perfectly. I was amazed. Mookie also had a blast and nailed the run. I caused 2 knocked bars with Alonso for backsides at speed but the rest was great.
I will try to get to the hot topics next. I may miss the Zoom today so am so glad that you will record it 😊
Linda and her BC boysHi Tracy,
I forgot to mention that the reason Alonso struggled with the distance send outs is that he tended to want to suck into the tunnel as he had to pass by the mouth of the inviting tunnel to stay on the line. I really had to keep my arm out and say go but it took several tries. Mookie my tunnel sucker has really learned to avoid the tunnel if my arm is out. So with Alonso maybe I should have the toy reward as soon as he passes the tunnel entrance and stays on the line. So thank you. I will reward the flying monkey with flying toys 🙂 He loves his tugs so thank you.
LindaUpdate # 7
Hi Tracy,
I was able to get 3 jumpers pop outs done this week.
POP Out 1 Mookie easily read a threadle wrap to the backside of 8 and the rest was fine as well. We ran it clean twice. For Alonso I practiced the 7 to 8 threadle wrap before putting it at speed. A pole was in the way and the first time he went wide around the pole. The Second time he knew to come in. When we put it all together at speed he did well.
POP out 2 Mookie did really nice threadle backsides on 5 & 8 and I layered from the mouth of the tunnel 9 to 12. We were clean X2. For Alonso I practiced the threadle back side at 5 then ran it. He did well on 5 and was okay with the backside at 8 from a distance. I could only layer the tunnel 10 to 12 if I stayed on the side of the tunnel in the middle. I could not do it standing at the mouth of the tunnel like I could do with Mookie but it was still a nice send for Alonso.
POP out 3 Mookie did great. I had to cue early for the threadle wrap at 8 due to a pole in the way but it worked out well. Mookie can really layer nicely 😊 Alonso did nice threadle wraps on 8 & 9. But I could not beat him out of the tunnel 5 but he read my tandem turn arms to jump 6 as he came flying out of the tunnel. I could do either the tandem turn arms with Mookie or beat him out of the tunnel 😊 I layered 10,11,12,13 from the side of the tunnel. Alonso did well with the layering and no bars came down for either boy😊
I will try the layering at the mouth of the tunnel for Alonso in the future as I did with Mookie in Pop out 2 and will see if it helps to walk by the mouth for Alonso. I needed to give the boys a break so I didn’t try it. But this is a great exercise to revisit.
Another great work out for me and the boys.
Linda
