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Boom!!! There it is!! I was all excited to see The double crosses and then a TRIPLE cross!! Pretty darned perfect. You have great connection, ran perfect lines, and trusted her (or at least pretended to :)) Very cool!!!! She responded beautifully, tight and fast. Love it!!!! Now I need to convince you to do it at trials!!!!
THi there!
Yes, the set up is correct and 2-3 is really hard! She turns after landing on 2 and I think the forward-facing decel at :02 is not a strong enough cue. You rotated towards he a bit at :36 and it was definitely tighter! At 1:03 you were forward facing (not rotating) and she didn’t come in until you moved backwards a bit. Compare that to 1:13 where you used the same verbal but you turned your feet and she landed tighter.>>I could do a FC after 2 and a rear at 3 ?
Yes! Or a FC to a BC 🙂 Or a BC to a BC 🙂 All should work really nicely.
Loved the blind 6-7! It was especially terrific at 1:20. And good job with your left cue on the tunnel entry! Yes, she needs you to go help the weave entry a little but you got ahead again nicely.
Nice send to the backside at 9 but yes, it should be the front LOL! The blind you did on 9 was really nice though at :21. I thought your blind there at :51 was good too, but for some reason she dropped the bar (hard to tell why – you were not late starting it and you were not talking over the bar. My guess it that she needed you to reconnect sooner – you took an extra couple of steps before reconnecting). You were late starting it at 1:26 (she was already over the bar) so she was wide but you were close to the 9 jump and she did not drop the bar – it is possible that at :51, even though the timing was better, you were really far ahead and she was rushing?
The RC on 11 was GREAT and the the line 12-13-14 also looked really good on the first run! On the 2nd run, that RC was also really great. You pulled away from 14 at :58 too soon after hte Rc on 13, so she came off the line there.
It is a little hard to see what happened on 15-16 at :32 – looked like maybe you got ahead and off the line, and didn’t make enough connection to show 16. You showed the line all the way through at 1:38 and it helpd get her through 14-15-16.
Course 2:
Nice wrap on 2 at 1:40 and 1:54 and 2:15!
That set you up for a really nice opening line on ALL the reps!
Very nice blind 8-9 at 1:48! – you started nice and early and you were on a good line – just remember to reconnect immediately so she can read it sooner. You had the earlier reconnection at 2:03 and 2:24 and 2:52and she read it really well!On that pesky #9 jump 🙂 On the first rep at 1:49 – your turn cue was too forward and a little late so she was correct to get the tunnel. You were much earlier at 2:05 so she got the turn, but then you had pulled away so she didn’t see the backside cue to 10. You can be lateral like that at 2:06, as long as you remember to open back up to show the 10 backside.
Nice job at 2:12, it had all the pieces of the puzzle to get the line! Same thing at 2:29 – nice job getting it – keep sending to the 10 backside from further away, it looks like you were in her way there as she was trying to land.>>9-10 I liked 2.43 best. I was able to stay ahead better.
YES! I agree – that slicing rear cross is SUCH a strong skill that you nailed it and then you were 6 miles ahead. Also at 2:57 – really nice! And being closer to the 9 jump is actually getting a better turn, I think it allows you to decelerate and that helps get her to turn there.
About 9 – I notice that you used a whole bunch of different verbals…. It should be the verbal that is for the 90 degree right turn – which one is that?
I couldn’t really see most of the 14-15 line, the video cut off right there at each rep – was she missing 14? Or getting the wrong side of 15? Yes, the camera down there will help.
The very end of the video started at 14 and it all looked great – nice turn, terrific weave entry, really pretty ending line!Great job here! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi! I think it is super cool Jess puts up sequences that allow you to use the tools you are working on at home! Yay!
>>– I kept saying “go” but didn’t say “go Jump”…I guess maybe that might have helped keep him more on the path to the jump than turning to question it?
I thought your GO was well-timed at the start (I could hear it long before the little blur went into the tunnel) and you kept saying it, which is great. You can try adding the jump verbal but I think he just had a little question because the jump was so far away AND you were hard to see (not ahead). When you look at the video, it looks like you were looking forward and running like mad – I think the looking forward is what caused him to ask the question. Looking at him more directly will help on those big lines: plan to connect to his eyes at the exit of the tunnel (while you continue to sprint and yell GO GO GO 🙂 ) I know we are currently working on *not* having to be that connected – he is doing well with that when you are ahead, so now you can use the skill set sequence (tunnel-jump-jump) to work on it with you parallel and then with you a little behind him.
About the startle sensitivity – that is pretty normal! You can make it happy times when something startling happens – when I knock over wings, I always play a long game of frisbee or give out tons of treats (startle = good!). On the teeter, you can do one-rep sessions with SUPER high value jackpots each time you introduce a new teeter, so he doesn’t have time to sensitize to it (instead, he thinks teeters are jackpot dispensers :))
In quiet environments, he is more likely to think about things that are startling. When we get back to the busy environments where there is more noise – the startling stuff will be less obvious so it will go away.Have fun at dock diving!!
TracyHi!
>>First, before I forget to mention it: I know it is more fun to design a big course in all dimensions but then it is much harder to set up a stationary camera to film it. You could probably get a similar number/type of challenges in a long and narrow course and it would be much easier to film. The “squarer” the course is, the further back the camera needs to be. If it gets really bad, then I have to go to a wide-angle lens but those are so distorting that it is very difficult to coach from such a video.>>
Great idea!! I will incorporate a long and lean course design!!!
>>>As far as slice versus wrap on 11, Robin Anne and I walked both and debated. Because of Patt, I tend to ALWAYS want to slice. 😊 In this case, we decided to wrap and avoid the extra long path on the slice.
This might be one of the times that the extra yardage of the slice is worth it! Plus the it isn’t that much longer, if it is longer at all – the wrap here is one of the ‘roll back’ wraps where the dogs have to turn so much against the slice, that there is a lot of yardage in the wrap line too.
>>As far as the end, we don’t have a subtle lead change away. There is “switch” which is a 90 degree turn away. And there is what we did. 😊 My intent was to set the line so that I was pushing on it as he went into the tunnel. In that case, the go-on was just “don’t turn back”.
Alrighty then, we are going to teach him a lead change cue. Stay tuned for a how-to for adding it to your tool box – it is easy and super useful.
>>On jump 2, we actually warmed that up a number of times but he couldn’t keep it in his head for even one lead-in jump. I should try again with more of a step.
Interesting! Let me know if you tackle it again, I would like to see more of what he is doing there.
>>As you pointed out, the rest of it was mostly a goat rodeo.
“Goat rodeo” might just be my new favorite phrase LOL!!!
Looking forward to #3!
TracyHi! She was completely on task here, yay!! And I agree with you: I would rather work on short bursts with youngsters to show them the ideal handling, than to try and pull them through big courses with crap handling 🙂 LOL!!!
Some ideas for you:
Looks like the first section here is 9-14 with the puppy cannon to start: she had a question about the jump after the tunnel (slowed down, head high), so be sure to tell her before she enters the tunnel at :02 what the exit will look like. You were too quiet there 🙂
The 10-11-12-13 line looked good, the RC on 13 went really well! It is a valuable tool. Based on how well she read the 10-11 sending, I bet you can send from further away and blind cross the exit of the tunnel (as long as you are down there before she enters it).2nd rep – she did a bit of rushing on the 11 jump before the tunnel: you had a big transition to extension and exciting verbals, so she pulled the rail at :17. This is a good one to set up and show her to reward ‘no touching’ on the bar. Sometimes da momma will take off like a rocket 🙂 it is a good bit of distraction training, as the bar before or after a tunnel is often something that dogs struggle with.
FUN to see her weave with you layering! What a good girl!!!3rd rep – she set up the jump on 11 better at :29 but you also didn’t run away as fast. She had good success and you can definitely layer in more excitement as a proofing game.
At :36, after the weaves, I think she should have taken the jump. You were running past it with connection – it was a massive distance but I want her to just take that line and not scoot in at the last minute. You said “come” but I don’t think it was a threadle or bypass cue – I looked back at your verbal list and couldn’t find ‘come’ there (except in relation to the tunnel) so maybe it is a general attention cue or ‘come this direction’ cue.Nice balance on at :41 to turn tight and NOT weave 🙂 Yay!
1-2-3 section:
Loved the backside variations on the opening! Great idea to show her ALL the things she will need to know, because she is going to see this opening a LOT in her career. It wasn’t exactly my most creative moment in course design 🙂
Since you want to show her grown up handling, try to be in motion the whole time on these: maybe not FAST motion yet, but definitely in motion.
On the push-to-serpentine: try not to stand still quite as long on the sends to the backside, let her know that this is going to be a moving cue (:46 & :53) because you are going to send and move away as she is moving to the backside. You can be moving just a little but it will help her with the countermotion of continuing to the backside AND taking the jump as a default behavior.
Same with the threadle at :58 and 1:04 – don’t build in any stops or decels (dogs are brilliant at shaping us to change our motion) and also don’t cue the bar as a separate entity: the threadle cue means come in-go out, right? So steady, unchanging motion and letting her find the bar herself will set you up for those running threadles that I know you want 🙂2-3-4-5-6 section:
You can look for the perfect path on the FC 3-4 at 1:11 and 1:20. Your timing was REALLY good and her commitment was also really good!! You ended up moving a bit between the uprights of 3 which did not show the path to 4 as well, so she had to push back to find it at 1:12 and 1:21. Staying outside the wing of 3 to get on the perfect path to 4 will be a great commitment/timing challenge as well.On the 5-6: Ideally we can convince her to land from 5 and be facing 6 (that was a hard line!). A left cue (for the left turn that is almost 90 degrees, I think your actual word ‘left’ is for tighter turns) or soft brake arm can help there, all in the space between 4 and 5. You had your come cue going between 5 and 6 on the second rep (along with an arm and name call) – this is all the stuff she can see before 5 so help her land facing 6.
At 7 (Backside) at 1:30 – wheeee! She was such a good girl to get to the backside! She doesn’t fully understand the default to taking the jump yet, but you can isolate this like you did on the 1-2-3 line and show the steady motion with thrown rewards. You can help her at first by throwing the reward out to the landing side as soon as she gets to the backside… then start to delay it until she makes the decision to turn away to take the threadle jump.
You can also play with delaying the blind cross there so it is a forced blind (rather than a regular blind to a threadle) as that can help her find the bar as well.I like how you kept moving at 1:38 on the push to the backside and rewarded the default to jump! That was great training moment to show her what the real cue would look like (constant motion) without making it too hard with sprinting 🙂
You got the threadle at 1:46 (yay!!). There was a lot of deceleration to get it, so keep working in that smooth steady motion (no changes of motion) so you can eventually build it up to full on sprinting.Great job with these – she really has SO much understanding and skill already, the future is really exciting!
TracyGood morning! This looks terrific! Plus I love the name ‘sandwich twirls’ – it sounds like a cookie hahaha! I am also happy with how she turned with you on both sides – and then balanced it nicely with driving ahead.
Question: does she run through the tunnels yet? I think guessing she probably does (she is old enough…) If so, you can play this game with the tunnel: through a tunnel (you run while she is tunneling) – blind cross when she exits. Twirl – twirl! Then drive ahead back to the tunnel. Wheeee! It can be a fun way to teach her what to do on the tunnel exits and also when you want her attention on turn cues versus when you want her to drive ahead to a tunnel. I have some tunnel games coming soon, but figured I would throw this out for her 🙂
Great job! Let me know if the tunnel idea makes sense 🙂
TracyHi!
>>I think I have a different theory of what’s going on with the “wide” coming into the hat after some stuff we did yesterday. We played with the Opposing Motion without me moving and then we played with the Rear Crosses. I do totally agree that some of it is that he is yielding to the pressure of my movement – he definitely moves away from anything he feels is pressure, I see it in him in everyday life stuff (and actually that’s part of the story from when I got him). But after playing with the Rear Cross Game I think he’s also anticipating the turn and is setting himself up for the turn on the way to the hat…instead of driving straight to the hat and then turning. After you watch both of these videos (and I am going to put both links in this post as I think they are definitely both pertinent to what we’re talking about), let me know what you think?>>
Yes and no! LOL! I think there were 3 things at play here:
– pushing away from pressure of moving in tight to you
– setting up the turn a bit wider so he could make a tight turn without much slowing down (I call this ‘NASCAR-ing’ and sometimes it does indeed produce the fastest lines)
– late info on the rear crosses (plus the RC is a new and slightly weird skill :))It is all interesting to see because it helps us understand his natural strengths and what he will need us to train or show in handling. I love to see how the dogs set up their turns – many dogs understand exactly how to get the fastest lines without needing our intervention LOL!!!
On the videos:
the countermotion video was so interesting!! Pressure is hard! It was SO interesting at :33 when he was in his sit and leaning away even before the release! The long jump board was super clever! And he had several good reps then he came up with a different solution. HA! I love him. So, when working on the pressure, limit it to 2 or 3 reps and then do something with less pressure 🙂 I have more games coming that can help him drive in tight to you (serp and threadle foundation games) so we can build the love for the pressure gradually and across different concepts. He might indeed be setting up the best turn, or avoiding the pressure a bit, or both! Whichever it is – is it all good! My guess is when we add what happens AFTER the tight turn on a jump, he will be driving in more without pushing away.On the rear crosses – remember that you should still reward the hits even if he turned the wrong way at first. You can just toss the reward out on the line, no need to fix the turn then toss. Sometimes the pups turn the wrong way because it is a new and weird game (which is it indeed, especially because so far the entire frame of reference has been to turn towards the momma after the prop)… sometimes the handling is just late (like at :05 and :22. :36) For example, looking at the rep that starts at :21: you were not yet across his path when he was already turning to his left and a couple of inches form the prop, so he was correct to turn left. Now compare it to the rep that starts at :33 – you were pressuring the line earlier and cutting behind him when he was still about 6 inches from the prop – so he *did* pick up the rear cross turn thanks to the info being earlier. At :41 you were even earlier so he totally picked up the turn! Didn’t quite hit the prop on that one, but got the turn.
:54 was my favorite one so far: he is about 8 to 10 inches from the prop and you are already cutting behind him, so he got the turn perfectly. He got the RC on the last few reps – a bit of bowing out when you were trying to go fast but then when you slowed your motion down, he was able to get straight to the prop and turn the right way on the last 2 reps.
Nice work here!! Let me know what you think!
TracyGood morning!
She is like a large version of my little pup – barks when she hears the sit cue LOL! I think she is doing a great job of holding her sit here – she is excited for sure but *not* moving. She looks totally engaged but also holding the stay even with duration and distance being added in. She had two little errors – one where she took a while to sit (good job just waiting, you can also move to a new spot and ask again if about 5 full seconds go by and she doesn’t sit) and one where she offered a down (rather than walk into her, just call her out of it, move to a new spot and cue the sit again.Things to add now for your next session:
– as you move away, turn so you are walking away facing forward rather than backing away. This is a whole new picture, so start with very fast rewards so she can be as successful as she was here.
– Toys! Play this with a toy as the reward 🙂 Don’t make the stays too long as you start this with toys – the excitement of the toy might make it harder. But the toys will add the challenge of arousal, and it looks like she is ready for that 🙂
– Say your catch cue and *then* move your hand to throw, try not to do it simultaneously – that way she isn’t cuing off the hand motion. And when you throw , try throwing it lower – she is amazing at how she can catch it like a baseball outfielder LOL!!!!
– add in some releases forward to you, with your ‘regular’ release cue.With these added challenges, remember to also ping pong when you reward – after a hard rep, throw in an easy rep where she gets rewarded almost immediately.
Great job here!!! Let me know what you think!
TracyGood morning!
>>I swear I posted this yesterday but I obviously didn’t. LOL. I’m having some memory moments.>>
I 1000% feel this statement LOL!!!!
>>I used some different things for the wing wrap and also tried standing up. It was super hot that day so Fizz was a little blah. I really think this is coming along.>>
I agree, this is looking really great! And I love your creativity with the different objects, I literally snorted through my nose when the video cut to the fan LOL! I don’t know why I found it so entertaining, but I did 🙂
I don’t think he was blah looking here- it is a very chill game at the moment so he was just in a good state of chill 🙂 And even better that he did so well in the heat – it is so hard at this time of year!
Fizz was fabulous on his offerings – I especially love that he didn’t get stuck in the down at :25 when he was in the down for a moment (as you know, many dogs will offer and get stuck during shaping). The sideways cot at the beginning was easy, great job getting to the standing position! He had a couple of moments of coming between you and the fan but then he sorted it out. The fan is actually perfect for now turning perpendicular to you so he has a little more distance and I think he will be fine if you stand up with that one too. After you get standing, we can start to fade the cookie targets and shift the rewards to coming from your hands. More on that coming tomorrow!
And feel free to work this with 2 toys as well – the added arousal is good to layer in at this stage, because we will be building in more motion and excitement in the next couple of weeks 🙂>>I have a video of the blind collection go sandwich, I will edit and post asap. I still need to do more work with the send and rear cross with the target.>>
Great! Looking forward to it!!
>>I have a question, is there information in the zoom recordings that is not covered in class? I have such massive ADD right now I don’t think I can watch the whole thing. I don’t want to miss something but I also want to conserve my brain. >>
The games demo recordings in the Agility U classroom are actually longer/more extensive than the ones in the Zoom live classes – I edit those down for time and to isolate the games we are going to play live. So watch the recordings here on AU and not the Zoom versions.
The only difference is the trouble shooting when we work the puppies live – it doesn’t always go as planned hahaha! So you can always fast forward to the live puppy work if you were curious to see how it goes! And some of the Tuesday class participants are more experienced (either older pups and/or did a live online class with me in April/May) so I sometimes will give them crazier/harder versions of the games 🙂 Teresa with her JRT and her BW are two to watch for some of the more advanced stuff and also Melissa with Pirate, if you wanted to fast forward to watch for their stuff.
>>>I am loving the online class, I’m glad I didn’t do the zoom class part, it would have been too much for me right now. Covid has made things weird for sure. I hope you are coping ok.>>
I totally get it! An interesting thing about the Zoom classes that I have found is that other than the live working participants, people tend to pop in and out like they are watching sports on TV 🙂 Doing these classes and having 3 dogs under the age of 2 has kept me busy enough that I am mostly staying out of trouble (also known as staying out of trouble on facebook lol). We are coping OK here for now, just laying low and hoping that some day I can meet all of these puppies in person!!!!
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That is so weird! Youtube must have done a switcheroo and reverted to one of the older videos – I remember seeing the first part and then jotted some notes, then came back to the countermotion. Thanks for reposting it!!
>>Still missing hitting the prop on some parallel motion passes even with me close (and he doesn’t cut in on is path, he just trots over it without touching it)
I think 2 things were happening here:
– the ball was VERY hard to stop watching 🙂 It might be slightly too high in value for this particular game? Sorting out the reinforcement process is a real pendulum sometimes LOL!! Always trying to choose the right tool for the task at hand – not easy with pups!
– also, he did have some really intentional interactions with the prop – the interactions one the parallel path will look different than the sends/countermotions. The parallel path won’t necessarily have a smack or pounce look to it. I think of it as extension on a jump will look very different than collection for a tight turn. So you can totally reward those intentional interactions, especially when he looked away from the ball and put his head down to the prop (and feet on/near it). That works really nicely for the commitment concept were are building here. You can also make the prop bigger, a wider playing field to hit while in motion, by putting the yoga mat under it for now (I recall you did this previously, right?) And it would be fine to hit the yoga mat near the prop for the parallel part, because the prop is really just a jump bar replacement that we are building commitment for.>>This is the 3rd short session with the RC – I often get a turn the wrong way before he spins to go the direction I headed. I’m having a hard time pushing in on the blind-cross line since I don’t have him driving ahead much either. But this time I did get 1 correct turn each way. >>
Yes, I thought he did well here!! RCs are VERY hard and personally I have never taught them to pups this young. When you are getting the wrong way turns, it might be that you are late cutting in like at :35 and :41. So, to help be earlier on the line, start him closer to you and further away from the prop – if he is already a couple of feet lateral and close to the prop, it is harder to show the pressure without running (and we don’t want running yet). Have him start right next to you (a cookie at your side will help this :)) and then you will be on that RC line much earlier to get the turns. You did that at :55, for example, and he got it right. Nice!!!!
>>(He has the start of some nice right and left verbals but I didn’t think I should use them here since we want the body motion cutting behind his line to indicate the direction change)>>
I agree with that choice – protect the new verbals like gold and only use them when the correct answer is virtually guaranteed 🙂 We will add them soon enough 🙂
Nice work here! Let me know what you think!
TracyOMG the box is brilliant! I loved how you turned it then moved it away. It is perfect because she really has to wrap it and I agree – she did a super job!!! She was thoughtful and accurate but also speedy.
This looks great, so on the next session: start sitting down like you did, then go to your knees/kneel (if your knees are OK with that) then go to standing up. Do it with the box nice and close to you, because we only want one element of challenge (position change) at a time. I don’t think this will be a problem for her at all!With the toys: as soon as she realized that she had to let go of the first toy to get the second toy, she was perfect LOL! Only one behind the back cheat moment 🙂 With the toys, you can let them both get ‘quiet’ and see if she offers going around the stanchion (I bet she does). That way the stanchion with toys will look just like the box with cookies! And if that goes well, you can move to standing up like you did with the box 🙂
Great job!!
TracyHi! She is doing really well on these! Very definite hits on the target!!! A couple of ideas for you (which will transfer to the jumps when she is on those, eventually :))
Bear in mind that motion is a distraction 🙂 So try not to do much running yet. She gets very excited when you run, and it almost always results in a miss in these 2 games. So, you have to pretend that you are very chill 🙂 And move at a walk or light trot 🙂 When you were tossing the treat way far away then moving back parallel to the prop at a quick walk, she was GREAT like at :50 – really great! And also at :27, when you were moving but not running, and had your arm low and back: PERFECT. On the reps where you were running or had your arm up high, she had a harder time 🙂 She can go fast at this stage but to get accuracy on the commitment, you don’t need to go fast 🙂
The countermotion is also looking really strong 🙂 As with the parallel path – when you wanted to run forward after the send, it was too exciting and she missed. But when you were a little slower moving away from the send, she was great! Everything else was strong (connection, mechanics, etc) so remember to walk through these for now 🙂
Nice work!!!
TracyHi there! Lots of good work on these!
Skills – as you get more comfortable doing the double blinds, you can start the 2nd one earlier, as soon as you see his head turn through the gap. He understood them perfectly and as you mentioned on the video – he totally knew where to go 🙂 On the threadles – you can add more motion now too – your feet will be pointing towards the exit wing, and you can walk to position and give the cue while yo uare still walking. The reward out there really helped and he did a great job with the default behavior there too!On the sequences:
At :58 and 1:11, you were almost perfect on the timing of that blind! You can anticipate it more – anticipate his tunnel exit so the instant you see his nose, you are saying jump and starting the blind. You can also stay in acceleration more – you were waiting a bit and it would be fun to see if he can get the commitment while you are blasting and blinding (I think he can :))2nd sequence – on this sequence, the jump after the tunnel is supported by your motion and connection after the blind, so you can do this blind while he is still in the tunnel (so it is finished before he exits). You started it after he exited at 1:27 and 1:41, which he read but I think you can send him to the tunnel from further away to get the blind sooner. That will allow you to not have to look back as much to time it on the tunnel exit… which allows you to get further ahead on the next line if it was a big course 🙂 You easily got there at 1:41, so you can just do the blind – it will feel crazy early but should be fast and fun!
Kramer looked FABULOUS!!! You did the blind here earlier with him… which means you can totally do it earlier with Ivan too 🙂3rd sequence: you totally did the blind while he was in the tunnel at 2:04 and look at the giant extension strides he took on the line! And you got to the backside really easily there!
4th sequence: At 2:21 you did the blind when he exited the tunnel, and I agree with that choice here – you were on a good path and if you turned sooner, you might have pulled him off of the jump. You were a tiny bit earlier at 2:35 but I loved your timing at 2:50: you were ready for him to exit, saw him exit and look at the line, and did the blind. Really nice!!!
Now this is a good set up to play with some higher bars – I see they are a bit higher already 🙂 On sequence 3 for examlpe, you can put the 2nd jump and the jump after the tunnel to 12 or 14 and see how he does! We don’t need to do a lot of reps at tall height, but we can start to slide it back in so we can get all the courses back to full height 🙂
Great job! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi there!
The opening is hard!! To get the blind cross on 2, you can angle the jump to soften the angle a little but also turn sooner – the eye contact/reconnection is what cues the jump (it turns your shoulders to the takeoff line) and is especially critical with baby dogs who can’t begin to imagine that such crazy handling exists hahaha! Pippin is used to it 🙂
The middle line looked good – try to reward her with the thrown toy while things are looking so good – she might lose her brain a little when she stops when something goes wrong and has to come back, even though you are good about rewarding her, she might get off kilter with that.
The middle line again looked really good at 1:26!!! You had a good decel, send and go at 1:29, but I think her lack of experience showed up there and she took the off course tunnel (she is still learning to read the decel and subtleties of lateral motion). For now, a strong turn cue like a brake arm or even a spin can get her eyes off the tunnel when she comes driving in on a big line.
I like how she came back and was all like “nailed it!” LOL!!
I looked like she loves her aunties/paparazzi 🙂 So you can do things like short lines passing them and big rewards for ignoring them – the easy handling can be down by them and the harder stuff can be further away.
Coming back around the big line at 2:09 – she is really looking beautiful there! You had a moment of looking forward at 2:13 so she read it as a blind cross and popped behind you (part of it might be the visual draw of the tunnel!)
Nice reward for finding the jump after the tunnel and ignoring the aunties at 2:25!Oooh, I liked how she handled the slingshot start at 2:41! 1-2-3 looked really good, and when you trust her on the backside at 2 more, you will get through there even more smoothly! And you will be able to get further ahead there too as her skill builds to get the blind 3-4. as you mentioned you did with Pippin. The RC works too, remember to get on the diagonal so she sees the RC pressure happening sooner – you’ll probably have to decelerate at the wing of 3 to set it up so you don’t get too far ahead: you ended up pulling to the right side wing of 4 so she thought it was a right turn. The RC was a little late so she pulled the bar making the turn.
Yay! She read the decel at 2;54 and did NOT end up in the tunnel! Good girl! You had a pretty obvious decel there and it helped.
The line to the tunnel looked really good, she is putting together some really lovely lines! On the backside after the tunnel, remember to stay super connected to help get the shoulders pointed to the backside line. You were facing forward a bit so she ended up on the front at 3:05. You helped with a little more step to it on the next rep, but I think your position at 3:05 was good – just needed a little stronger connection and less arm.
Good ending line!!2nd video – the opening line is getting smoother on the slingshot! You were a little in her way on the landing of 2 at :08 – she can probably get that backside entry more independently so you can be further across the jump. Your movement through it was great, she just caught up to you really quickly because you were close to the entry wing 🙂
I thought your rear cross pressure at 4 was definitely earlier (:11) but she says it needed to be one step earlier 🙂 You can start putting the RC pressure on (running towards the center of the bar on 4) as soon as she lands from 3 and looks to 4.
LOVELY collection on 6 at :16!!! She read the decel/send really nicely! Great reward after that.
Good job with the backside after the tunnel! You can give her the right cue before she enters, which will give you time to switch to the backside cue. Nice connection on the backside send!
The ending line was almost perfect, she just needed a bit more connection to get the jump before the tunnel, and a go verbal (or a jump verbal) – that will all get easier as she gets older!!Well done here! Let me know what you think!
Tracy
