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I think I was using her name way too much. She hit a bar on the first go round because I had one end on a different height. It was a light bar and she didn’t seem to notice thank goodness.
Ah, weave challenges! Her main challenge is never weaving in competition. Just running past. I might get one or two weaves when I put her back in. Or not. Every course in our big comp at the end of September has weaves so it is DQ city.
I put up a couple of barriers at the end of the soft? entry because the first go through I sent the ball flying past her and it pulled her out so she decided the last 2 poles in that direction were clearly optional. Mostly she stays in with the ball throw but we haven’t been practising with 12 poles for a while.
We started the switch cue – I think I’d call it a tandem turn? Cut down the course to fit better, sequence 1 anyway!
I am a little confused… so, no cue for middle jump just more extension? [Last comp with Maisy she took off straight after the middle jump of the pinwheel so I see some danger in this] Or a different cue? I thought you used a left/right for the middle jump?
We did Lazy Game 2 and 3. We definitely need to work on startlines again. She is clearly enjoying her agility.
Cannot tell you how excited I am to start this with Grace. We did the 1st Lazy Game. There is a question about how much string cheese I should be feeding her but I thought it would be easy to find. Not so much apparently. In fact she was more motivated for the toy which is probably a good thing!
We started on the dogwalk obstacle which went fine till we tried a left wrap cue… I thought moving closer might help but she was hearing “backside”. Tried a few things – placed reward: worked for that rep, alternating with a backside cue, didn’t work, alternating with a right wrap cue, didn’t work.
I also realize that you were rewarding out from the jump and she was getting the reward here for coming back towards me.
She threw in a bonus weave from a soft turn out of the tunnel so I took advantage of that.
I think my course walking has got a lot better through practising. I just get really disappointed when it doesn’t come off (pretty much every time). This setup looked really simple and straightforward – line to the tunnel then a couple of wraps. We should be able to do this standing on our head but… the first 2 reps with Maisy are representative of every trial we’ve ever been in – something comes out of left field and we are eliminated and then she is off with the fairies doing her own course. Not so much in the yard where she has nowhere to go. Mostly I do not anticipate the off-courses.
I am not sure about the left cue out of the tunnel – do I also need a wrap cue on the wing or should it be a wrap cue when she is in the tunnel?
Thank you – I had no idea it was my feet causing problems! This went better… and I reverted to the 2 jump setup.
We did as you suggested but I am not convinced she knows it. The reps after the balance rep revert to front sides.
My change in tone and cadence probably don’t help.
I think this was much more successful for us as a team! Thank you for the video. My hand cues are far from subtle but I think that is what she needs to change her trajectory, lol. Maybe they can be more subtle over time? It is pretty obvious she has made her mind up as she goes in the tunnel where she is going next ie over the front of the bar on the obvious jump. This trips us up a lot – although at novice level, more what she takes next, rather than backsides.
I really liked that I did not have to apply pressure to her line by moving toward the wing of the jump to get her to go round to the back but we did start with the angled jump as you suggested. It was almost straight by the time we finished.Any errors seemed to be due to late cues or inadequate connection?
