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Hi! Thank you. I am definitely still trying to be confident in my handling and trusting her to commit to obstacles.
Today we tried out the German turn version of sequence 2. I felt very awkward and like I was waiting around. If I didn’t make it clear with my hand she would bypass. Also, I cued it as an “in” but that didn’t feel right either?
Sequence 3a felt okay! A few bars down each time. Hard for me to tell if she was tired or if it was me.
Hi! We had a week off as we travelled down to New Brunswick for the Canadian Open. Unfortunately Kida couldn’t run as she hurt herself at nationals, so we went to anyway to support our friends!
We did some distraction pattern games that she did pretty good with! We didn’t watch any agility as that would be too much for her.
The Threadle was hard for me! The arms made me feel weird and then I got into my head. I took a break and then tried again tonight and felt better about it, I think I was faster about it too?
Second sequence felt nice! A few bars were dropped. I think all timing issues?
Hi!! I definitely do think I try to over- help with cues sometimes, especially when I don’t trust her to follow through. My brain feels so broken in half between running Kida and Sól. Hard to break habits I have with Kida when running Sól!
We worked on a few different things this week!
Hi! Sól and I went to our first big girl agility seminar together on Monday, hosting Daniel Schroeder! I was really worried it would be too intense and I went in mostly for the environmental purposes, since she is still too young for NFC. It went great! She was purely focused on me and preformed fantastic. First time on turf, too. Lots of good moments and lots of learning too. I realize I really hunch over when giving her cues which really pushes her away.
Thanks! She’s just not quite sure about holding the 2 on 2 off. How to I help her with that?
Right now Kyla only has the camp set up, so we worked on some things with her until we can build the new pup course. I was so proud of her for fixing her line the first time to find the back side!! The others were not so successful. Was I just too behind?
Ok! Thank you. I unfortunately do not have a video- however I am definitely assuming it was me lol.
Another question. I fell off the train for a while with target training for the teeter. I am back training again, should I start correlating the 2 on 2 off behaviour with a cue now?
Hi! Question- how do I start teaching how to collect properly? I was doing a sequence with her where she was doing an inside threadle where she had to come toward me on the inside of the jump and collect to go to a tunnel right behind me. She really struggled to collect properly to get there.
Hi! Tonight we did seq 5. We couldn’t quite get the layer together. I split it up with a toy reward to drive to and she got it perfect. But, when I took the reward away, she would pull off the fourth jump.
Hi! Here we worked on sequence 3. I opted for the blind cross, as she doesn’t quite get the rear cross yet.
I also added a “good” and “break” cue in the beginning. Is that too much? Should I only use one?
Also, forgot to answer previously, she will be 1 on August 2nd!
Hi! Thanks for the good info! I agree, I need to be clearer and have faster cues. It’s definitely been a huge adjustment from running with my first dog Kida who has short little legs and is square shaped (lol) to Sól who is extremely fast and bendy!
That’s a good point about the start line cue! I will have to add that in and work on it.
We tried some timing here again. I think I did better than our first time but could still be faster on that blind.
Hi! We have unfortunately been hit with the smoke. Last week was brutal, but thankfully it seems to be getting better.
Today we worked on sequences 1 and 2. We are struggling with bar knocking. She was jumping 10 in a few of the parts and 8. I know at some points it’s my fault when she knocks, but I feel like there are other times where it’s just her? She has really been only jump 8. Should I start doing some jumping exercises? I don’t want knocking bars to become a habit.The blind cross in the first sequence was tricky!
Hi! Thank you, that was a big help!! We tried it again today and it went well! During the middle of the throw back video, I was so focused on her that I forgot to call her in time to cue her to the opposite end of the tunnel. By the end I was able to get better!
Next question- rear crosses. We haven’t been very successful with these. How can I break these down?
We tried out another sequence from the lead out 2 game. This is the one where they should do the rear cross, but since she doesn’t understand that yet I was trying to just get her to do a tight right. She ended up reading it as a back side, smart girl! I changed my cue on the last run on the blue to how soft turn right and deceled, that did the trick!
Hi! We did the lead out game yesterday and today. Our first try went good, but when I tried to lag behind her she seemed a bit confused. In our second session I placed the ball at the last jump and it made her accelerate and drive straight ahead. Is placing the ball ok? Is she actually taking in what she’s doing or just thinking about her toy? The first few takes on the blinds were rough, I could feel I was definitely not turning fast enough and it caused her to have two different lines.
For the throw back, we had a tough time. How do I go about teaching this in small steps? (Committing to first two jumps so I can get into the right spot fast enough).
