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I really want to practice… but it’s 45°C with the humidity and there’s no way. We’ll hopefully catch up after the weekend.
Ok, I think I got the physical aspects. Forgot the “good girl” bit. This behaviour has definitely morphed into a “I hope it works” set of movements rather than the original intention. I didn’t realize how far it had degraded. I know I stopped saying “Mark” after I led out because she was breaking if I moved or spoke. Glad we caught it now! You can just watch the first bit; it was good at the end and it’s over 2 min, sorry.
It is clear that anaylsis is not my forte! I never even considered timing it between the obstacles rather than just the sum total sequence. I would love to see a side-by side video comparison or one of those overlays like some people do for the big events!! However, I am unwilling to pay for that software 😉
I’ve never had a dog that ran at a consistent speed, so timing handling choices has never been on my radar. Thank you for your thorough analysis.
Moving forward, do I now adopt a new ‘rule’ about longer distances but straighter lines as our preferred handling, or are we missing too much data to make that generalization at this point? For the front cross on 7, what should I have done to straighten that line out more? I thought the concept was that further ahead was always better, but for the backside wrap from the dogwalk to 4, you had said to hang back more because I was pushing her off the line by being ahead. I wouldn’t hve tried for a blind cross to 4 since the turn away to 4 didn’t strike me as the clearest line for the dog, even if it put me further ahead. This is a whole new world for me.
Additionally, she is starting to miss her weave entry and just working her way over and under the weave guides so that she doesn’t have to slow down – LOL. I am reading that as a baby dog ‘need for speed’ move rather than a catastrophic training hole. What are your thoughts? Her chiro adjustments have always been minimal, so I’m not really concerned about an injury.
I’m pretty pleased with this one, but I think I fixed a few timing things in the second video. Let me know what you think! I’ve also been working on being more consistent with my physical cues.
2nd go (weird weave error), but better handling overall, I think.
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I rotated the jump behind the dogwalk because she doesn’t have that skill yet.
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Walk-Through 2
I tried to just walk it and then run it. I got caught a few times not trusting her on the tricky bits. The contacts are new for her, so I’m also trying to make sure she doesn’t break herself!!
Standard 1
Standard 2
This one kicked our butts and I had to give up. This is our last try (3rd Try I think) after a lot of messing around in the tight group of jumps and getting really frustrated. I don’t think we have the skills to get 16, unless I’m missing something…
I couldn’t get her to take jump 2 on my right from a long lead out, so we switched to a blind.
Jumper 3-2
2nd Try
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