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Hi! This went well, it is a hard skill!
1st rep – she was a bit in ‘catch up’ mode, note how she had her hind end go flying up high over the 1st jump after the tunnel – your timing was good but she just needed a moment to process it 🙂2nd rep was better and so was the 3rd rep! Considering we were not really helping with more than just decel & verbal, this is good! So now you can add in the rotation and leaving sooner to the skill: decel nice and early like you did here, with the verbal, and before she passes you, rotate into the front cross – that will make for great turns. She is collecting nicely before the jump on the decel here, so now you can add in the cross and it will get the turn nice and tight 🙂
Tracy
Good morning!
She did well on the teeter here – the cookie at the bottom helped her a lot! You can try to fade the cookie out by replacing it with a small target that cookie is on, initially, then just the small target with no cookie… then make the target smaller and smaller (like a piece of tape of something).>> I am not sure if it’s in this clip or not, but as I try to move more laterally, Maia jumps off the teeter.>>
Do you mean starting at about 2:44 when you were moving laterally and she did not get on the teeter? That was because your body language never indicated the teeter, your feet/shoulders/motion were moving away from it even though I htink you did say ‘teeter’ there. When you stepped towards it at 3:04, she got it – so be sure to step towards it til she sees it, before moving away laterally.
If she was on it and then jumping off sideways, then yes – move through that challenge more gradually with narrower Ws then gradually expand them, and also a small target will really help too!Great job here! Have fun!
TracyHi! This run looked fabulous – the perfect combination of aggressive and connected. YEAH!!!! He read all the lines perfectly and you did not lose connection at any point. Thanks for trying the different (crazy) handling LOL!!!! The blind to the weaves looked great, the 7-8-9 line looked great, and the send to the tunnel to pick him up on your left looked fabulous too! Yay! This is how you should run at NZDAC, whether it is this year or next year (damn covid!). Fingers crossed we will have easy times ahead. Stay tuned for more classes 🙂
Great job with both dogs here!
TracyHi! If I am reading this correctly, I think what you are talking about is here:
And then in the Package 5 games we add them in sequences. I don’t use it with weaves, only jumps, so let me know if I am misunderstanding 🙂
Tracy
I am so glad you had fun! It was awesome to see how we could do crazy things with Min while getting Kaladin running the real courses! Yay!
See you in a few weeks!!! Great job 🙂
TracyHi! It has been a crazy month, I can’t believe how fast the summer went!
Great job with Demi and Wilson – you have done a great job with them and they looked great on all of these crazy challenges 🙂
Hope to see you soon!
TracyHi again!
This was Course 1 – this also went well! Little details to tighten up the lines:1-2-3-4 looked good – she had a question on the way to 5 (:06 and :48) and looked up at you – a bit more connection and earlier tunnel cue will smooth that out. (She also looked at you at 1:08 over the jump before the tunnel so it might be something that needs more acceleration in general towards tunnels?)
7-8 FC at :10 and :52 – you started it on time but then kept moving forward so ended it late (after she landed at :11 and :53) so she was wide. Start it and finish it without trying to get her attention with your outside arm – our foot rotation will do the work 🙂
Great connection between the 2 tunnels (8-9) at :14 and :57.. That is what you needed on the previous course 🙂
On the 12-13 backside, you can drive in there, really accelerate – then decel and use your arms to get her attention. It was smoother at 1:03 – I think lower, s.lower hands will help to set the turn. It also helped her when you turned your shoulders a little bit away from the line, because it brought her in to you more smoothly.
Then stay connected on the 14-15 line to keep her on it, more like what you did at 1:06.You rewarded after the last tunnel, but you can get the last 2 jumps with a rear cross, or you can BC between the 2 tunnels if there is room.
Great job here! I am glad you had fun this summer, you and Josie looked AWESOME!!!
TracyHi!
Hi! Well done here! This is a challenging course:Looking at it in sections –
On the opening line 1-2-3, your lead out push was too far across the middle of 2 and late moving out of it, so she read your position to jump long – so she was wide at :08 and :38. Good connection saved it! Yay! The blind at 1:56 was SO MUCH better on the line and also got you much further ahead of her for the #4 tunnel.Speaking of the #4 tunnel: the 3-4 line is a “get out” where she has to lead change away from you, so add more connection directly to her while she is still in tunnel #3 🙂 You were better at :41, but not as good at 1:58 – more connection, less pointing LOL! It is a good spot for ‘angry’ handling with really intense connection to her eyes.
She had questions on the back line 5-8 and back to 11 – I think you can do more accelerating up and down the line, because you were laying back and that was drawing her into you. You can drop your shoulders forward and hit the gas pedal 🙂
For the Backside on 11- the push cue needs a lot more connection especially when you get behind. You were turning your shoulders forward and so she took the front. If you are not all the way up there, because to turn your upper body towards her to send her away to the backside (another good “angry’ handling spot LOL!)
On the 13-14-15 line: 1:04 indeed looked like a tunnel threadle based on arm and your motion, you were moving in and so she was correct (it was not a redhead thing LOL!)
You were much better at 1:17, earlier cue for sure! And when you had more motion at 2:20 the cue was a bit late but your line was good and that break arm was good so she got it nicely.The ending line looked good! The only suggestion after the tunnel threadle is to give a clearer cue with a decel to the 18 jump at 1:42. You got it really nicely at the very end! Yay!
Well done. Onwards to the next one 🙂
TracyHi there!
>> He’s so funny – he’s starting to get pushy – I stopped after setting him at the start line to look at the exercise and he whined and grumped at me. LOL!>>
Ha!!! He is turning on to the game and getting pushy, I love it!
>>> BTW – what is it about the orange tunnel that makes me say ‘ready’ each time I pass it? I don’t even realize I’m talking till I see the videos.>>
OMG that is too funny – superstitious behavior 🙂
The skills sets are going really well! It is a really important skill for him 🙂
I think just about all of the reps were great! I will point out any of his questions but really, it was overall lovely!
The first bunch of reps all looked great.
:27 was a bit unclear – I think you were wanting jump to tunnel but your shoulder was closed so it was unclear. Try a more open shoulder/arm back to him so he can see the connection and the turn. You gave a threadle arm at :33 but I don’t think he needed it there, the open shoulder is probably all he needs.All of the wing wrap stuff on the other side of the orange tunnel all looked good, it seemed like he had NO questions. Yay! And also when you got him to the blue wing next to the other tunnel too as well as the blue wing next to the orange tunnel. YAY! And he also had no trouble with the other side of the tunnel and not the wings – good boy for following all of the cues!
And when you started going for the bigger sequences: super! The first big one at 1:14 looked great. Yay!You had a couple of questions later on – at 1:30, you disconnected and there was a bit of Golidlocks too hot, too cold:
1:38 you were early on the blind so he was correct to go into the tunnel.
Then late at 1:47 for the reconnection So he didn’t find the new side. Honest boy!
But then you got it nicely 🙂 And well done on the bigger sequences at the end! You needed a tiny bit more patience at 2:19 but then you nailed it at the end. Yay!Great job on these – it has been really fun watching him do the grown up stuff, he has turned out to be a major agility rockstar!!!
Tracy
Hi! Don’t feel bad about it – he was in cookie mode! He was predicting that the cookies were in play because they were on the table, so that is probably why he turned down the ball.
T
Hi! Great question!
If “ready” is more of a ‘focus forward’ cue to get looking at the jump or toy, then yes – let’s develop another word. The other word would be great for engagement outside the ring, so I think a phrase like “do ya wanna” would be PERFECT!!!! Let me know if that makes sense :)
Tracy
Hi again!
The forward sending after he tunnel looked great! You mentioned that she didn’t always get the sends – my guess is that you were not connected enough? You were connected here and she rocked it.
And your decels on the jump also looked good – good position and good connection!
As with the previous session, she was a little better turning to her left than her right. I think also there was something out ahead she was looking at? LOL!Good job on the go balance and gold star for Ruby for immediately turning on the next rep. YAY!
So the next step is to add your wrap verbals as you decelerate – then when that goes well, you can add in decelerating(with the verbal) followed by rotating into a front cross. At home in a smaller space, 8 inches is fine for now. You can also expand this exercise to fit in the 12” bars and then I think she is just about ready to see this game at 14” and then 16” – this exercise is one of the first times I will show full height (or close to full height) outside of jump grids.
Great job here! Let me know what you think!
TracyGood morning! Great session here! Her turns looked strong in both directions. Do you remember back in the early puppy classes if she was a lefty or righty? I ask because her left turns looked a little better here.
When you added the tunnel, things were a little harder but she was still good.She ended up taking the 180 jump at :44 and considered it at :55 because right now value on the line was a little higher than coming through the gap with just decel, If we add rotation, I am sure she will be fine 🙂 You can also add in your wrap verbal here – because with the wrap verbal, she should not take the 180 jump, she should come right around the wing even if you are standing still.
At 1:13 she just needed a little more connection – she only saw your back when she exited the tunnel so she was not sure where to be. You added more connection so she was perfect on the next rep.
Because this is going well, keep adding speed – the more she sees deceleration when she is wild with speed, the better she will read it when we give her the rotation too! I think she will be able to nail the turns at full speed 🙂
Great job!
TracyGood morning!
It sounds like Ida is causing all sorts of issues!!!!! Fingers crossed that she passes quickly.
>>I took Keiko to Yuki’s class in the arena. Yuki has managed to pick up gastroenteritis somehow, so she’s laying low. So Keiko went in her place. Since it was her first time with other dogs there, the instructor had me leash walk/sniff around the perimeter (there is a VERY exciting corner with great smells just out of reach). Then I took her leash off, and we wandered about a bit, with me cuing a piece of equipment here, another other there, and she did great. The instructor also had us do a variation of a find it game (with mats, Keiko hates cheese with dirt on it). All in all, a successful session. >>
Very fun! It is a great way to give Keiko a relaxed introduction to a different environment, incorporating stuff she knows and time to check things out. Fun! And I hope Yuki feels better asap, poor girl!
>>Keiko got to watch other dogs run, and she really wanted to go back in the ring. We left with her wanting more. More agility or a chance to play with other dogs? Not sure, but either way, she was happy and comfortable.>>
Exactly! Hard to know if she wanted to play with the dogs or play agility, or both, or neither LOL! But if she is happy and comfortable in that environment, then it is perfect to leave her wanting more. Watching other dogs run is very exciting and it it helps her be excited in a good way: yay!!
>> Hoping to find a time and day when she can start an intro-ish level class with a couple of other dogs and see how it goes. Get to use your wonderful focus T to T activities for real!>>
Same here, I have been looking for intro level classes and seminars to go to with my youngsters – sadly, they are few and far between. It seems like everything falls into the ‘super fancy’ category and I just want to do simple lines in new places.
>>Thanks again, Tracy, for your feedback, ideas, and great classes. What’s next???>>
Thank you for playing these crazy games!!!! You and Keiko are SO FUN to watch, coming together as a great team. I am planning the next classes – some of the skills/sequences we were chatting about, and I think it also want to do a “how to be on time” class 🙂 We’ve done that one before and it was a blast.
I will keep you posted!
Tracy
