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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?
The independent backside is definitely something we struggle with despite years of practice. Unless I run directly at the wing, she seems to take the front side. This puts me in the way when she comes screaming over the jump. Luckily the toy distracts her! My attempts to leave earlier do not go well once she has a bit of speed up.
We did a brief session on the threadle wrap this morning and I was pleased she remembered what to do. I was at a seminar recently where she should only do the push, not the wrap and I have to say that the push is easier for us as a team mid-course ie I can be sure she will do it. Sass could not remember the threadle wrap at all!
This session she yelled a bit at the beginning so maybe I was slow with my cues or out of position?
Tried to do a sequence but stopped when she started hitting jump#4. She was probably tired but it was only a 4 minute session all up.
The discrimination was an interesting exercise for us. I tried ages ago and it was a 50/50 exercise at best between tunnel and jump. This was better than that and will be very helpful for all those off-courses. Hopefully. Gosh she is a rocket… And the weaves? No surprise they need work.
Sassy had a go: https://youtu.be/W_4To2GROrY
This is her 3rd session. I found when I threw a treat for each jump in the early sessions she tended to stop and wait till I threw the treat.
Thank you for your feedback. It really is much appreciated.
I did have to squash this sequence up to add jump 7. She did really well with a nice tight post turn provided I gave my collection cue. Last rep is a spin.
We practised more of the forward focus and she does struggle when I am behind her – ongoing work for that.
I was both surprised and pleased when she did the first 2 sequences without much help. I kept the bars low so she wouldn’t knock them but it didn’t make a great deal of difference.
We did some tunnel layering: success seemed to depend on where wing no.1 was once the tunnel ends were open. Still, happy with this. The jump was about a metre away from the tunnel but the angle makes it look less.
Grace did well at her seminar – not so much the stays (I think it was the sandy arena surface her butt did not want to approach), but her tunnel and wing wrap were on point and her focus forward to a bowl. She did go exploring once and did not want to leave but went to the instructor for a cuddle so I got her back … stuff to work on but the instructor was very impressed and said she could go in Novice when she comes to instruct at Wagga. She’ll be 14 months by then.
We did some diamond – I think I’m too slow with the sharp blind? And the racetrack foundered on the middle jump (out of frame). I think she was getting tired or the connection was not strong enough.
