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Do not worry about a refund or credit. However, a recommendation for toe rehab would be great. I’ve worked with Leslie in the past for a jumping class. But, I wasn’t aware she did online rehab. Let me know what you find out from the whippet people. My guess is they have the best resources.
Also, you were going to send me a photo of someone’s quick release collar.
We saw a vet chiro. Sprain of right MCP 5th toe. She used a laser. No running or jumping for at least 4 weeks so we are out for the rest of class. I’m not sure if there are “toe” exercises to do once she’s better. Maybe Stephanie would know? I signed up for her webinar, but I’m not sure Sprite will be better by then.
In the meantime, I may film some virtual walk throughs for timing if that’s okay. I’ll see how motivated I am to haul stuff to the park and leave Sprite home. I’m sure she’ll get better, but I know toes can be tricky. They take time and can recur.
She’s still limping. I can’t get her into her vet until 8/22. That’s a drop off only. Tomorrow she sees Gemma’s prior chiro who is a vet. If she thinks it needs an xray I may need to go into the ER if I can even get in. I’m on a wait list for cancellations for her primary vet. Vet access is really limited these days. Even the ER turns you away. You have to call first to see if they are accepting patients. Sigh. I wish I knew what she did.
She had one more run afterwards and it was the FAST class. She did Q, but there’s no video. My friend had it on photo…oops. The paw came up later in the day after all 3 runs.
It appears to be a sore toe. Hopefully just bruised. Maybe from hitting the panel. We also have u shaped tunnel to DW to u shaped tunnel in multiple classes. She might have snagged a toe in the tunnel. I had a chiro look at her today on site who thought is was just a bruised toe. She has a more formal appt Tues and if still sore she will need an x ray. No running for a minimum of a week and maybe longer.
I think the weave pop was just the tunnel, but it’s hard to say for sure.
Of course, it’s going to be in the high 80s this week since we can’t run.
Hi Tracy,
We are at a trisl do I thought I’d post our runs. Standard yesterday she ran her DW right into the wrong end of the tunnel! She’s supposed to stop and today she did that well. She got a bar and an off course after the weaves. She didn’t read my turning cue snd dropped the panel and dropped the off course jump.
In jumpers she popped the weaves to go into the wrong end of the tunnel. The rest was nice except for the bar.
Overall, she did some really nice work. We did get FAST after these round, but the person filming had it on photo. Oops.
She was fine running all day. But, when I went to leave she was holding up her right front paw in the x-pen. I’ve no idea why. Her chiro is at the West Coast Open which is the same site. Do, hopefully I can get her looked at. It’s doubtful we are running tomorrow.
OMG…I just never can stay in my own lane. Migrating all over. So, ideally I don’t pass the wing edge on a FC wrap, correct? If I’m moving towards the bar she should rear cross. Poor Sprite!
It’s hot again here, but maybe I can set something Thursday. Back out of town to the cool weather for a competition Fri, Sat and Sun.
I played a little in the yard. Pulled her off twice! Am I waiting too long to see if she puts in the collection stride? I feel like I’m late waiting for collection, but if I move she will ignore the cue.
lol. Yep..it was a bad turn. But, she doesn’t do heat well, do I didn’t try again. I probably should have.
I’ll see what I can set later this week. It’s heating up and we have a trial Fri, Sat and Sun.
I’m really trying with the arm back and connection. But, it’s not easy! Haha. I’m not sure I’ve pulled Sprite off a jump. That’ll be my goal….
Hey Tracy,
I set the warm up connection exercises. Each was only done once except the tunnel exit. It looked really wide to me in real time, but it was an excellent turn. My tunnel is 20 ft so I have to adjust the jumps somewhat.
The FC at 5 was terrible. I felt like I was there and on time, but Sprite turned really wide and then wasn’t really on the line to 6 which created another wide turn. I chose not to repeat it since there were 2 more sequences and it’s going to be another week with temps over 100. Sigh.
What can I do better to help her. My guess is I didn’t slow down enough.
P.s. I still have pop outs from the 3 rd release. But, is package 3 a 10 ft tunnel? I only have a 20 ft tunnel.
Connection! Connection! I need more connection!
In exercise 3 where was I supposed to be? I thought lateral off the jump and not facing forward should cue a turn and not the tunnel. Should I have been closer to the turning jump?
So, today I set the go on sequence. I was pretty sure she’d do well. We did so many sit stays yesterday, so I didn’t make her stay today.
On the sequence I was in the wrong spot the first rep and got a nice threadle wrap on the incorrect jump that I didn’t mean to cue. I totally missed the fact that she came around the second jump on the next rep as I was busy doing the BC. Saw it on the video. We didn’t redo any of these. The ground was very uneven and had holes and my footing didn’t seem too secure. So, this is what we did.
Hi Tracy,
We finally have a nice day! Unfortunately, we struggled with all of these exercises. I never cleanly got the backside of 5 in exercise one even after taking out a clutter jump. I moved on as Sprite started to get tired.
Then, I struggled to get turns to jumps when tunnels were visible. The jump to tunnel was easy in exercise 3, but the rest was not. I just don’t seem to be able to cue turns if a tunnel is around. Pretty discouraging.
We had just finished our walk and filmed this. It’s already in the low 80s at 8 am, so I did not use the pre placed toy as you suggested. I will later.
I *think* it is my feet, connection and she’s too close to my side. I am trying to use my inside leg for the RC slice. But, if she’s too close to me she’s picked her line before I step. And, am I supposed to be looking at her? That’s inconsistent. This is hard! She’s very unsure about the wrap.
P.s. it looks like the live and the most recent hot topics requires 6 jumps and a tunnel. I can’t get all of that in my cat. 5 jumps maximum. Should I just try one of the pop outs? Saturday might only be in the 80s.
Hey Tracy,
It’s really hot again. I tried this, that and the other and Sprite is NOT understanding the RC with one step. She defaults to the backside. If I follow through with another step then she might get it. I’ll try to film later when/if it cools down.
I’m happy to try to plot a handler path, but I don’t think I can upload a photo to this site or a pdf. Is there a way to do that?
So, I’m thinking of playing around with her entrance. I watched Dudley and Jammy and she takes the leash off early. Jammy moves with her and dances around a bit. I thought I might try that. However, this leash is an issue. It shouldn’t be hard to take off, but it’s getting twisted. Where did you get your quick release leash? I had one before from clean run that was great, but they don’t make that one anymore.
DA is definitely associated with smooth movement. Parkinson’s disease is treated with DA agonists. But, it’s interesting about movement and self regulation. I feel like we are starting to build conflict so I need to change something. She is typically good about staying and performing once she sits. I have done one day of UKI previously, but only speedstakes for her. However, many commented that these courses had tight spacing for UKI. I’ve no reference so I’m not sure.
Yes, when I watched the video after the standard run I saw that she released with the reconnection. I’ll definitely be getter about that and contact release. We are back to 104-107 so doubtful there will be class this week.
I need help picking running lines. Lots of people got in a blind cross and I choose the rear cross as I don’t trust myself and I really do NOT want to get taken out. Would she check her speed and avoid me? I’m not so sure. My knee is finally feeling better with a torn meniscus and I’m trying to avoid surgery. But, my comfort was RC with Gemma and I need to try to push myself to pick better strategies with Sprite. Unfortunately, I don’t know how to pick my best running line. There seems to be a pattern of running curves.
Hey Tracy,
Day 2. I apparently have a RC problem. Lots of great stuff. Sprite left the start line in standard. So, I reset her. I chickened out on getting a cross before the DW and didn’t plan to run with DW on the left.
This was my first gamblers. I had no idea how many obstacles she could do. But, I timed it well. I opted on crossing the line since it was our first time. She won the class!
I was late again on the RC and got an impressive backside wrap off course. Many, many dogs pulled off the tunnel at the end. I said go on, but not tunnel. That surprised me. But, I saw it happen a lot after we ran.
I was trying to get out to cross in speedstakes and sent her impressively across the field to another tunnel.
Overall, she did great. Going in the ring is still a problem. She’s not focusing on me and dancing around back and forth. It’s hard to get her leash off either the movement back and forth.
