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Good morning!
Sequence 1 is looking good! The turn on 3 looked good at :07, :24, Nietzsches timing and connection on the cues!
Cuing 6 with the outside arm at :13 and :27 worked really well! And when she lands, you can cue 7 the same way (early rotation) rather than stepping forward then rotating (:14 at :31) – I bet she can take it as more of a throwback and that will tight then turn and get you out of there even sooner.
On the 3rd rep, you turned her left on 3 which is a god one to try – you had a really nice collection before the jump but then she went wide on landing – as you move away, you can all her name a few times to see if that helps her drive back immediately – she might have been looking for a line and the name call can help bring her back.
On the very ending line, I liked the early rotation on 6 as you moved away – definitely earlier than the previous reps and she had a question on the bar, but worthwhile to show her as it helped you get to the rotation on 7 even sooner – which set up a better collect there at :45 Like on jump 3, she didn’t back immediately so you can try calling her name after the turn cue to see if that helps st the next line.Seq 2: watching it from a jumping perspective, I am happy with how she was organizing herself on the hard slices, like at 5-6!!! The modifications are good, and yes, she doesn’t need to see very many automatic backsides 🙂 The opening line and push to 5 was strong 💪, one detail to try:
between 3 and 4, I think a stronger collection cue, more shifted back to her eyes and the landing spot of 3, will get her to add a turn stride before take off for 4. And doing that a little closer to 4 (rather than landing of 3 and help it even more (which means handling 1-2-3 more laterally away from the line).
On the convergence line to 7 – your running line at :29 was good! She needed a bit more upper body turned towards her, so that the outside shoulder help to ping her away to the backside (you were looking forward a bit there so it opened up the front side more). You were definitely stronger with the upper body at :57 and it really helped – be sure to maintain the running speed there too that you had at :30 so you can support with running line and connection.
Yes, the go go was a little late on the tunnel towards the end – in those moments you can exaggerate your upper body turning towards her so she can push back to the line – you turned forward so she followed that line.Seq 3: very nice!!!! 1-2-3-4 looked really smooth and fast, especially the nice right turn over 3 to find 4. The timing on your turn at 4-5 was a tiny bit late on the first rep but really nice on the 2nd rep at :25! As you begin that rotation, you can try dropping the ‘new’ arm (right arm in this case) down low and towards the takeoff spot, rather than higher and out. Now, that is easier said than done when running LOL!! So, you can decelerate sooner into order to rotate and get the arm in, which will lead to an even strong turn cue.
She was collecting nicely on 7 here too! This is a spot where you can add in her name to help her drive back around the jump – she was landing and looking for you, waiting for the next cue – so it can be her name to finish the turn and then the go tunnel cue.
Good job on the get out on the exit of the tunnel, that is difficult! She was exiting turning left, so you can play with giving her the get out cue just before she enters – so she is prepared for it on the exit (I start it when the dog is 3 to 6 feet before the tunnel entry, then give it again when they are exiting. The other option there is to give her the right cue and then the get out (right happens before try and get out happens as she is exiting).Great job here! Let me know what you think!
TracyGood morning!
Seq 1 – the opening section went really nicely with the wraps on 2 and 4 on both runs, especially the 2nd run!! On the 6-7-8 section, your connection got a little soft, meaning after you got her to the backside of 6, you turned forward at :15 sp she didn’t read the serp at 7 as well (your shoulders should e ‘open’ to her, facing the jump bar, on the serp there rather than facing forward. Then ar :18 you were facing forward on the convergence at 8, so she read it as front side. On those seraph convergence lines, remember that your shoulders will face her and your eyes will be on her eyes – resist temptation to look at the jump. On the 2nd rep ar :41, you used more motion to converge into the gap and it really helped! Keep adding in the connection, looking at her eyes, an that will make it even easier for when you can’t get as far ahead.
Seq 2 – on the opening, you don’t need to call her as much while she is in the tunnel because that turns her towards you when we want her to turn away to get 3: so you can make a strong connection ke you did, but use a ‘get out or backside verbal to push her away sooner.
Really good running line 3-4-5!!!! Your path set up a really nice path for her. The only thing I would add there is opening up your shoulders to face her on the serp jumps (3 and 4) rather than facing forward.
I think on 5 you forgot for a moment on the first run that it was a tight turn back and you accelerated down the line rather than turned her – nice save to get her back to the tunnel! Good connection throughout, too!
On the re-do: remember that 4-5 is a convergence line, so you need to turn your upper body very directly towards her nd one your feet into the gap. That upper body connection is really helpful! At 1:21, you were running on the ‘normal’ serp line, looking ahead – your arm pointed out and you did say your backside cue, but the physical cue said front side so that is what she took. At 1:49, you had a stronger upper body turn (you even use a bit of outside arm) and she got it! You can support it even more with your feet turning towards the gap there, which is more of what you did at 2:19 and it worked really nicely!On the wrap at 9 at 1:58, you showed the cue as she was lifting off, so remember to lock eyes with her as she exits the tunnel, so you can decelerations and show the cue early enough to help her set up a tight turn. At 2:31 you turned without decelerations or connection, so she didn’t end up taking the jump. Remember to work the transitions of fast-slow-turn to get commitment and the nice turn (you did a great job on that in the opening of sequence 1). So you might have been thinking decelerations, but you were already turning a bit sideways and not connected so she turned on the flat.
At 2:07, she ended up in the purple tunnel! I think it was mainly because you were running really close to the pink jump and then disconnected a bit, which probably made her think you were pulling then sending her back out. She seemed pretty sure of the choice!Nice ending on the last rep!! Especially that last backside – you had a really nice convergence line (note your feet pointing into the gap) and she was able to read it really well! You were getting your feet going really nicely on the convergences, so the only thing to add is your upper body facing her more (more direct eye contact, shoulders parallel to the br rather than looking forward.)
Nice job! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi! Nice run here!
The opening looked really good you can be earlier on the blind at 3-4 but all the way to 10 looked connected and fast!
The threadle handling at 10 worked to get 10, but it made it harder to get 11 – you really had tp push her away and she had a question there at :14. You were backing away from 10 to get the threadle and that is why you ended up behind for the push to 11. You can try to stay close to the entry wing of 10 or do double blinds 🙂 or push to the backside. Good job getting back ahead on the threadle 11-12 though! And the blind crosses 14-15 looked good – that is an appropriate place to be able to disconnect and run, because motion and verbal support the line so nicely. I think part of the reason she went and grabbed the ball was when you got 16, you were not connected and instead you pointed with your arm and pushed in – so it showed motion towards 17 turning left… and there was the ball LOL! Connection rather than arm pointing will help you get her turned right and then she is less likely to grab the ball.
Nice work!!
TracyGood morning! Double gold star for him for ignoring the squirrel in the audience!! Impressive – I am sure he could at least smell it but the game was really engaging so he never considered leaving for it. Nice!!
Rocking horses is looking really good! The first couple of reps where nice and calm, and then when the toy got added in he added speed but didn’t lose being thoughtful. Great job on your connection and nice low arms! You can make it easier by trying to not switch the toy in your hands but he didn’t seem distracted by the toy moving. You can now move the barrels even further apart – this will allow you to move more, which will make the sideways sends even easier. He was really good about committing while you were sideways, which means he is ready for you to add more speed and transitions – fast forward, then decelerations while going forward, then rotate (all before he passes you) to commit. You were doing this on the last couple of reps and he was getting it, so more distance between the barrels will add speed for him (and it is easier for you because you have more time to make the transition into the deceleration).Wow, the serp versus threadle is looking great – not only is he nicely able to read the difference, but he had great self-control on the toy on the ground!!! Impressive, and it was a well-earned victory lap LOL!!!! He is really getting the idea of in-then-out, and less teeth on flesh usually means that the pup is stimulated but relaxed about the behavior 🙂 Alrighty then, since this looks so good – add motion! Very slowly of course – starting him back on the easier slice, position 1. You will have your arm in the correct position, move through the line (slowly :)) and either give the threadle cue when you get to the entry wing or the serp cue (release) when you get to the exit wing. I posted the video yesterday (on th Course Syllabus page) so you can get an idea of how to move into the position and when/where to cue the cue. It feels a little awkward for us humans at first to walk into it like that (arm back and moving slowly) but we don’t want to add more speed until they can do it with us moving only a tiny bit 🙂
Great job on these!! Enjoy your Sunday!
TracyGood morning! His wing wrapping looks GREAT!! I think you can leave nice and early… but sudden transitions into acceleration were making it harder when you tried to leave early on the first part – you were smooth and chill then exploded away and he chased you a couple of times at around :35. But then you smoothed it out a little and he worked through it generally and only had one more chase error (1:57). So we can work on teaching him to allow you to explode away and still stay committed (because it is something that he will see; we aren’t always smooth LOL!). Starting on just one wing, nice and close, where you are pretty sure he is going to commit… cue the wrap and then explode away, throwing the toy back to the exit spot as he is entering the wing. Fee free to be pretty exciting as you leave LOL!!! If he will let you explode away like that, you can add moe and more distance. When you do the rocking horses, you can try to be smooth but leave earlier and earlier (like you were doing) which will also end up looking pretty explosive. When you leave fast, you can mix in throwing the toy back to him so he is less tempted to chase the exciting motion (the timing of the throw is basically as soon as he arrives at the wing, throw to just about where he exits it).
Your connection and arms and verbals on this were all spot on!!! Well done!!!! I think you can also add a little more distance between the wings too, especially as he gets more comfortable letting you explode away.
Great job!
TracyHi! This is totally common 🙂 You were smart to stick with first position. You can make the first position even easier to get the ball rolling. The other thing to do is to put yourself slightly more on the outside of the wing, so more of your body is visible outside of the wing, and less of your body is visible between the uprights. And if that doesn’t help, making the hand target more obvious will help – you can sightly dip your shoulder, lok at your target hand and shake your hand up and down a few times.
And if he still says that he needs to take the jump first, then you can put a cookie in the target it hand and show him the value of going there LOL!!! He has a lot of value on the jump now, so we will add more value to the target hand before the jump and then I am sure he will be brilliant with it.
Let me know if that makes sense!
TracyHi! Yay, this is going well! She is starting to really ‘read’ the verbal! One note on the verbal – when you are working it from a stay, don’t say the ‘ok’ release word. That generally means “start heading towards me” which implies front side of the bar (like the start line) and we want a very fast response to that. if you say “ok in in” she is going to have a wait to see if there is anything after OK, which slows her down a bit (like you saw towards the end of the video – the last reps had that moment where you said ok, she started to come to the front of the jump, then you said in in and she switched to the threadle side. Good girl! But was don’t want her to slow down to wait to hear if there is more after the first verbal, so it is easiest to just say “in in” who she is that close to the jump.
What I suggest now is to start her back on a slice angle (position 1) and show her the various things she would see on that angle: Go, in in, serpentine, maybe even a FC or BC 🙂 Harder angles are not as important when you add the different possibilities, so you can focus on the speedier slice angles. And, while you are doing the threadle and serpentine, you should be slowly moving the whole time – as you walk to position on the landing side of the jump, you should be moving while you then give the serp or threadle cue – so she gets used to motion the entire time. Motion the entire time will make it significantly harder, so remember to move very slowly at first 🙂
Nice work here! Let me know if the next steps make sense 🙂
TracyGood morning!! Yes, she totally has the wing 🙂 Yay! The value was already there so this game is super easy on the wing for her. You an start to add distance further away: be slightly more. than a full arm’s length away and send her – and as soon as she is arriving at the wing, you can take off the new direction with the front cross. When she finishes the wrap, you can start dragging the flirt pole – her favorite reward 🙂 And I bet she is ready to let you do the FC and leave before she even arrives at the wing. It will push the boundaries of connection but I think it will be no problem for her at all.
Nice job!
TracyThanks for letting me know! It makes sense to take a break 🙂 We will have plenty of time to catch her up. I bet she is adorable, flirting with the boys LOL!
Hi! This looks GREAT!!! The Pet Tutor is a ig visual target and the value of the toy on it is making him explosive in the best way 🙂 He looked equally fast on the regular side and on the threadle side – nice body bemiring and no questions – all you had to do was let go. Perfect! Have you decided on your tunnel threadle word? Feel free to slap it on now when you have him on the threadle side (we will be building that this week). Try can also start further back, closer to the middle of the tunnel, and eventually work your way further back to the end 🙂 Great job! The scent work certification sounds *amazing* – have a blast!!!
TracyHi! It is here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/2sMuIYih2WROToXk0U7VU4E-IJrmX6a81HQf-_NZy0w4hjUn_J2FrrFvrnUwW90F
I will go check that is posted properly on the Course Syllabus page too!
Tracy
Hi! You can totally step into the gap! When you are up close, you can step in a little. When you are further away, the pressure of the convergence and feet facing into the gap will get it done 🙂
THi!
HOly cow your rocking horses look awesome!!!! Good job with the verbals and leaving nice and early! She’s had an oopsie at about :35 and 1:29 (she ended up on the wrong side of you) – that was a connection break where she didn’t see your eyes enough, so she had to guess which side to be on. It was happening when yo were sending – before she was committed to the side you wanted, you were pointing forward so then she lost which side to be on. So, as you are running, maintain eye contact a little longer until she is on the correct side, then send. The other reps looked truly fabulous: I am loving her commitment (you were leaving *early*!!) and I love how she is fast going to the barrel and coming back to you, as well as tight around the barrel. Super nice! Great job!Tracy
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Strike a pose – she was so funny on this one! She was so intent on touching your hand that she almost seemed confused about going to the MM that early LOL! But you did really well on both sides and she was able to begin really getting the in-then-out movement. So on. the next session, you can click the MM the instant her nose gets to the correct side of the wing – if that goes well, we will change it up even more for the session after that. Great job!!!Tracy
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Get out is going really well! Nice mechanics and connection throughout. On the last 2 reps (I think you can see it most clearly at about :40), you were already moving up the ‘line’ as she was getting the cookie, so you were in motion before she was in motion, and cued the behavior while ahead and in motion: I think those were the smoothest reps! The reps where you were cuing as you started moving earlier in the clip were good but not quite as smooth as the ones where you were already moving. Either way, she did a great job of discriminating between the get out and the come to momma! Very nice! Her prop hits were generally strong – I think there was one that was not quite perfect but still really good, and the others were rock solid, Great job !
