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Maisy did great at the switch setup. Clearly not my handling because Sass and co struggled with the jump behind the tunnel. I had to reduce the course size so the jump heights are low.
The FFX sequences showed me we really need to work on our startline stays! We struggled but I chopped most out. These sequences seem a little more staccato than I’d like.
It has been muddy and wet – ok for play with small dogs but tough on the backyard with Maisy! Inspired by the lives, we had a go at the rears. I like to think we’re generally not too bad but we haven’t done much practice on these for a long time. I struggle sending her away for long enough to do much…
We all had fun with the ladder after the tunnel. Also revisited the double crosses and I think there is some improvement. I tried to put into effect your suggestions but I still look late on the 2nd cross and it’s not so easy to get her around the 3rd wing. We’ll keep practising!
Found the throwback tough – running forward and turning backwards… then picking up with the same hand. This seemed to involve a lot of moving out of the way, sideways or backwards to let them thru. Maisy didn’t bother, just went straight into the wrong end while I pfaffed about. Sassy did the best because she is the slowest, lol. At the moment anyway!
I’m hoping these blinds are better. I’m trying to keep my wings in but I may also need to cut off my hands at the wrist. Put the toy away.
So much fun! says Maisy. OK, my cues were a littttle late on the turns initially (or verbals non-existent) but she had no trouble with the 3 ‘dogwalk’ positions in seq 1. I slowed her progress down some by yelling ‘tunnel’ on jump 6 when she otherwise wouldn’t have had a problem taking 7 but we fixed it. She does not give me a lot of thinking time….
Timing on the middle wing was tough! leave too early or trip over your crested seemed to be my 2 choices. The whole fam had a go. Maisy was a bit “I’ve finished before you’ve even started” which isn’t surprising lol.
I feel I’ve lost track of time – are we really up to week 9? Yikes.
Live wingin it W4. When I added verbals I think I went at half-speed, lol. I can see she is going to be quite forgiving.
We went back to Live 2 warm up 3 ways. This is our 4th session. They all look pretty much the same although I mistakenly deleted the videos. On the plus side, she has no issue layering. When I sent her to jump 1 she went out to the backside of jump 5 unless I threadled her into the tunnel. So I just started at the tunnel and she kept layering instead of wrapping… I had gone back and just practised wrapping a wing to help her a bit. It was better when I hid jump 4 in the bushes but I don’t see this as a long term strategy. I have to say my presence feels a bit redundant. Of course, the others managed fine although I didn’t ask the pup to layer.
