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Hey Tracy,
The live participants made this look easy. We really struggled and not much went well. I have two clips, but Sprite was hot and not very enthused. Gemma had turns in between. Their commitment points are VERY different so I am trying to figure that out. I didn’t get the FFC to throwback footwork right at all and Sprite kept back jumping. I also tried the RC wrap, but she was done by then. Not our best moments.
Hi Tracy,
Yes, “hey hey” is my turn tight out of the tunnel cue. I’m not sure she’s heard it much yet. You are correct the left and right was for the wing. We BOTH have a lot to do out there! Getting the mama correct is a work in progress. But, she did well as I really struggled with the tunnel threadle earlier. I’ll watch the arm position.
Here’s the first part of long lead outs. Bars started at 16, but I dropped them to 14. She was dropping the last bar. Not sure if the was chasing, fatigue or misjudging take off. Or, toy toy toss!
Connection! Connection! I know. The blind are still hard for me to rotate that far back. Plus, I wasn’t sure about the throwback front cross. I think I need less arm back?
I have the yard again tomorrow so hopefully the front cross drill can be set within what is set up. Open yard is rare!
She’s doing a lovely job at her start line stay!
Hi Tracy,
We had the empty training yard which is rare! First up tunnel threadles. She did so well! I’ll watch my threadle arm. I noticed it got sloppy when we went to longer sequences. We didn’t get to the tandem turn wrap as I wanted to also set up the first night of long lead outs. Sprite and Gemma were alternating turns to give her a break.
Hi Tracy,
Yes, you absolutely get a heavily weighted vote! Thank you so much for your help. I mostly try to run like you teach. The hard part with online is sometimes my interpretation isn’t correct and the live people have different perspectives or don’t know what it is you actually recommended, 🙂
I said no to running with my arm extended outward perpendicular. You can’t really run like that anyway. The instructor just rolled her eyes and asked how do I keep the dog out on a line. She IS very accomplished with several dogs with double digit MACHs, the first AGCH in the country, won the 20 in invitational and has run clean in several national finals. But, a golden can’t beat a BC at a national.
I’m trying to run like you say, but I don’t always execute it well. Less footwork and more run works for me! I just need better decel mechanics and some FC footwork as you do occasionally need them. Where is the best place to leadout for the push? That worked well and I wouldn’t necessarily have chosen that move. I kicked the wing due to spacing.
Bars are 12 in and I don’t have much more space in the yard, I’ll bump them up when I have the training field. Hope to try the tunnel threadle lesson as we didn’t get too far with that yet.
Here is zigzag. It’s 95 out so I just did 4 reps. I’ll move the camera next time. Look, Sprite is playing with her toy toy more and more!
Hi Tracy,
I tried the mirror image leadout. Not nearly as much space and I kicked the upright once. Oopsie.
I’m just generally confused about foot work as one live instructor always has an arm extended out perpendicular to keep the dog out and starts with the dog side foot forward rather than back. Another follows OMD. I’ll have to think about leadouts as I will have one with Sprite and I don’t with Gemma so it just doesn’t come up how I should stand or what I should do. I’m starting behind and usually rear crossing with her.
Hmm. I’m still confused. If the DOR and I’m turning left for a front cross you said have my weight on the outside leg and then said left leg. If she’s on my right I’d consider my outside leg the right leg and normally it would be back towards her. The leg closer to the next jump is my left leg. I’ll see if I can figure it out. Literally I’ve had no stationary lead-out for years. Plus, I’ve never figured out footwork for a FC and there’s a big variation.
Apparently I should read before filming. Pretty sure I did this wrong. Toy is supposed to be placed and I’m walking and throwing. Did I at least set her up right? She just found a straight line and bounced.
Hi Tracy,
So, what is your footwork for a lead out front cross? Since Gemma doesn’t have a start line stay I’ve no real practice for years! I’ve done some OMD stuff which does have you step to take off. What exactly should I try? If it’s the same set up. I’d lead out to jump three with dog on right. Is my right foot back, forward etc? Which way am I facing if I am not facing her to step to take off?
I’ll set the reverse up in my yard sometime this week. Maybe today if I get home before it’s too hot.
Here is lap and tandem turns. Not bad. I think I’m bending over too much?
Hi Tracy,
It turns out I didn’t have the yard reserved Friday. This is my friends house. Bunnies, chickens and a new place. So, lots of distractions. She only broke one start line stay! Bars are at 12 in, but she was still knocking them. Maybe lower when I try the other side? She will jump 20 in.
Thanks Tracy,
I’ll keep trying. It’s definitely not natural for me. The answer to your prior question about how I say place versus tunnel… I suspect there isn’t a quieter tonal difference. Verbals tend to come out loud. But, I do need to work on the wrap cues not being shouted. They tend to be loud because…Gemma. She’s barking so much that I didn’t think she would hear anything quiet.
We tried the serp drills. I’m not sure I did them right as rental time was running out and I didn’t have wi if to watch the video again. We go back Friday so 8 can pick up the missing two then.
Hey Tracy,
My AC is OUT and waiting for repair guy. Can’t do much until he shows up. It’ll be hot later so I might film me with virtual dog to see if I’m getting the connection piece right if that’s ok. Essentially I need to get my shoulders back or open more and the “new” dog side arm should be stuck to my rib cage and “old” dog side arm on the opposite hip with the toy. Correct?
I’ll watch your video again. The concept is simple enough. My body says…what???
This is yesterday with tunnel discrimination. Her “place” on a Cato board isn’t as strong as a soft crate or cot. But, it’s what I had. I did make the choice easy for her though. Setting her up for success isn’t really cheating! Lol.
Ok, I’ll be in boot camp for a long time. I rented the agility yard and tried the tunnel exits. I used the wrong verbal on her first RC, but motion override for the win. But, I couldn’t get the opposite RC when she needed to turn right. Plus…I saw the wrap and the arms. Ugh…it’ll take awhile for me to sort this out. Overall she did very well even with really bad toy tosses!
I’ll tilt the jumps for more serp work. My yard can’t handle a tunnel yet. It got really hot right after the sod was put down! So sections aren’t doing well.
Thanks Tracy,
I’ll keep working on it. I had a similar issue with the serp exercise. She was going through the gap of the two jumps particularly on my right. Watching the video I had started to close my shoulder and move that right arm. So,on the serp you look at landing and then what? Do you keep that shoulder back until they’ve taken the next jump? I suspect this is a connection issue as well? Unfortunately, I don’t have great peripheral vision so that might be part of my issue. Thank you for your patience. You can just save what you type for me and drop it in. It’s a similar theme…
So I’m basically not getting the connection back on any of the BC, FC or wraps! Is that correct? I need more upper body rotation back and to get rid of my arms? Ugh. I’m really trying, but just not getting it right. Also, the decel eludes me. Again, if I understood my path better than maybe that would help. I’ll keep playing around with it. Geometry was always confusing to me, so knowing where to run is also not easy. I hear parallel the dogs path, but we don’t really do that or I’d be running a V. I need to send to the pinwheel then run a diagonal toward the outside wing, correct? This is where video with paths drawn would be so helpful. You are HERE, but should be THERE!
Here’s where we are with the bang game. Slightly different method and next step is to stand up and move around slightly. I’ll likely continue to use food as tug is so so for Sprite. Some days she likes it better than others.
