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Haha. The crooked step is a bad habit! I’ll work on it.
Weather isn’t looking cooperative for the rest of the weekend and I really wanted to do both sets of exercises of shifting connection and serps. But, I remembered rest not reps and reigned myself in. We just did shifting connection. Maybe Tuesday it’ll be dry enough to try the serp exercise which I need help with.
Sprite was brilliant as always with this.
P.s. what’s the distance of the wings to the jump for the serp exercise?
Hey Tracy,
The ground is very, very soft! But, I did the send exercise including my bloopers. Hopefully, I’ll get exit lines filmed tomorrow before the next set of rain occurs.
Hi Tracy,
I’m glad we have a break week as the weather isn’t cooperating. It’s supposed up stop raining tomorrow, but the park may still be too soggy. More rain this weekend. I know we need it, but….
Hi Tracy,
Yes, I realized that she paired the connection and release in this run. She did indeed break her start line in the next run. That’s the first broken start so I’ll definitely need to put more reward in for that. Her brain was gone as it was the last class of the day.
I don’t have control over distances in class. However, one class has a yard that’s smaller temporarily due to grass seeding. That forces more AKC like courses. I was concerned about spinning that jump after the weaves due to where the tunnel was set. Going slightly wider was a better line to the two jumps. But, I agree she had little info about the turn. I need to proof more cues while she is still weaving which is on the training list. She was popping at 10 on occasion. However, she hasn’t popped weaves at all in competition. One time she entered on pole two and kept weaving quickly so I didn’t fix it. It was her first time in open jumpers.
I thought there was a ton of great stuff in this run!
She’s chilling outside the ring better overall. The pattern games are helping. I did tug with her in the next class before going in and that’s when she broke her start. It’s not necessarily related, but I did note it. I’ll work on talking to her more as we go in. She’s still very, very high, but I think she’s sitting faster. I’ve noticed the back and forth movement seems like her way to release energy.
Hi Tracy,
We were at a trial all weekend. I think you saw her great jumpers run from Sat. We struggled today. Most of it was lovely. But, I didn’t get the rear cross at 5 and she stayed on her line driving ahead and getting a wring course. I got her back and did dome great sends and a BC! Weaves were fabulous, but I didn’t get the turn to the left on the jump after the weaves. Maybe I should have spun it. But a really tight turn would have put her on the line to her friend the tunnel.
Hi Tracy,
The park is very slick and I had trouble getting traction. Pushed on her line a few times and got a RC wrap. I struggle to stay in my own lane a lot. It’s pretty soft and muddy.
Well, you know me and transition into decel! It’s really hard for me to master that skill. I will have to wait until I have my car back and go to the park with more space. No dogs allowed in the rental sadly. I agree there was nowhere to go on the BC.
I’ll still trying to figure out her commitment as it seems to vary a tiny bit. We will practice more soon. Should I move onto the combo exercises?
Hi Tracy,
I thought the broad jump wasn’t supposed to be used in a set point grid? At least that’s what Susan Salo says in her book. How would you put it in a general jump grid? Full height spaced about 20 ft apart? I think you’d need at least 4 or 5 jumps including the broad jump. That would take a lot of space. Yes, it’s pretty wet out.
I’m stuck home with a tire light on. Can’t find the flat, so it might be a sensor. Ruined my trial plans today.
So, we tried exit line connection. I struggle with the BC and a 90 degree turn. My timing is really off. Sprite tends to turn after landing. I feel like I’m connection ok, but I’m either too early or too late in all of these reps.
Hi Tracy,
This went well overall. There are a gazillion mushrooms out so I had her toy placed pretty far after the last jump. Literally I removed at least 50 of them. The ground is very soft and I’m not pushing hard as my knee is still recovering. She hit the broad jump twice. First time she took off early. The second time I’m looking forward. But, I saw it both times. Of interest, she struggled to find her toy when she ran on my right, but not on my left. But, that was the second pass so she knew the drill by then. This is all of our attempts.
Hey Tracy,
I need to work on a broad jump. Do you think it’s reasonable to use that as the first jump or second jump? Also, is your spacing 20 ft?
I’m assuming you do NOT want 4 tries in each position. That would definitely be too many especially with both sides. I think this will be easy for Sprite so I think it’ll be one and done in each position unless the broad jump throws her. If so, I’d remove it.
Ok..when it drives up I’ll play with this and my toss the toy back marker. It’ll be after class ends.
Thanks so much for all of your help! I’m still playing around with the pattern games and getting to the line. I think I’ll work more on leash off and saying ready. I can train that during the rain!
Hi Tracy,
I’ll play around with this again once it dries up. But, it’ll likely be after the class is over. It’s supposed to rain all week. But, I’ll have to send to a cone or wing to give me more space. Is it ok to use a u shaped tunnel with the contact facing one opening? That’ll give me more room to be lateral, ahead or behind. Also, I have better food markers for staying in place versus with a toy. I do have toy markers, but they aren’t that fluent with Sprite. One is a pitch the toy back and the other is I’ll walk back and place the toy in your mouth. Should I stick either the toys for arousal?
Hi Tracy,
Blu is only 5 months old, so no jumping yet. I’m not sure if she knows a tunnel yet. It’s supposed to rain tomorrow and for the next few days. But, I’ll see if I can get a tunnel out before the rain with her contact board. That’ll be hard!
But, I thought Sprite did well with the dog tugging. Blu’s brother Red definitely does agility. I’ll see if my friend is home before the rains start. It’s her yard.
Edited: Did a session before the rain. First distance too close. She went in the tunnel more than once. Tunnel bypass cue needs work too. I’m not sure why I can’t get more in the frame as I’m using my new phone that’s supposed to have a wide angle lens. I hope this is what you had in mind?
Hey Tracy,
This was a good idea with poor filming. The camera isn’t back far enough so when I changed sides to make the visual different for Sprite you will have to extrapolate from what you can see. My friend has her young BC on the other side. We did pattern games, some volume dial and line ups. Unfortunately, you can’t see the two line ups that face towards Blu ( the BC pup). But, you can tell from my speed of leaving that she did well!
She also did well on Tuesday in class, but no video. There was one weird moment during a sequence. She went up the a frame then stopped at the top and crept down. Never did that before. But, the instructor was at the bottom with her dog out and another person was on the side close with her Aussie on a cot. So, I think it was unexpected and pressure. She was fine in the opposite direction. Then, I heard two other dogs did the same thing in a different class using the same sequence. The instructor and her dog were in the same spot right off to the side at the bottom of the AF. I just noted it.
She also had trouble controlling her speed on the DW during one sequence. She came off, stopped 4 on the floor then she backed up into 2020. It made me laugh!
Hi Tracy,
We’ve had some rain here. Plus, I’ve had to deal with a few things with my Mom. So, not much got done this week.
Today I went to a dog show and watched some conformation. Sprite’s friend Taq was in the ring, THEY kept wanting to play. I have a photo to share, but I’m not sure if I can add one to this forum.
