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Threadle video – the first rep was the best rep in terms of line of motion, where your feet were facing the line of travel and you didn’t turn them – on the next reps, you were turning your feet and then it became all about the physical timing of the foot rotation. So send to the first jump and head towards the MM – with your upper body doing a bit of turning. I think you are using the dog-side arm too much and it is turning your feet, so less arm motion will help you be able to move forward. Using the dog-side arm only on those threadles means it is mainly a verbal cue, so you don’t need as much of a physical rotation as you work through these.
Jump grid: I think on the first rep she just needed a warm up on the MM as the target – she was looking at you and not really powering. THe 2nd rep was much better! On the 3rd rep, she came in with more extension lost her balance and flung herself to save it LOL! Oopsie. She fixe it on the last rep – so it is a good thing to keep showing her motion on these grids to challenge her to stay nice and balanced.
Serp sequences – the serping is looking great!! She is finding the serp jump really nicely on the first 2 reps out of the tunnel! You can be closer to it so you don’t have turn turn your shoulders forward to cue the next jump.
On the 3rd rep at :13, you used an arm change on the serp – I think a threadle is a better place for an arm change and the one-arm serp is easier like you did on :20 (next rep) – that rep was really lovely!On the threadles- I suggest backchaining them – starting her in the gap between the 2 jumps then gradually working backwards to add in the previous jump. She was not getting it while you were moving properly, so you were altering your movement and adding motion changes… so it did pull her in but it didn’t teach her to threadle. The foot movement (running line) you did at 1:33 was completely correct – feet facing forward up the line. But she doesn’t yet disciminate the verbal cue & arm from the motion – so keeping the correct line of travel (no foot rotation and not change of motion, keeping it a steady pace), you can isolate the exit of the previous jump to the last jump and work through that with you moving (catch yourself if you end up turning your feet!). To get it on a verbal only/one arm threadle will take a little longer – I am a bit too instant gratification for that, which is why I use an arm change on the hard threadle lines like this one. Be careful of rewarding for just coming in through the gap, as the in in means come in AND go back out, so breaking down the cue to get both parts will make it smoother and easier. The other thing you can do is angle the jumps slightly so the correct side is easier to see, and then you can keep moving through them. For example, on the tunnel exit, you can angle the next jump so that is it harder to see the incorrect line, and easier to get into the gap for the correct side of the jump. Then you can gradually angle them back, while maintaining the motion and line of travel. The key is to get the motion installed as part of the cue. Threadles are one of the hardest skills!
Great job on these! She is really blossoming 🙂 See ya in CAMP!!
Tracy
Hello and welcome!!!! That is a great profile photo 🙂 Can’t wait to see more of you and Juno!!
Tracy
Hi! Welcome and have fun with your boys 🙂 I am looking forward to hearing how they do with the challenges!
Tracy
Hi! Welcome 🙂
You can do the skills and sequences as much as possible at home, and then maybe apply them to the set up you find in your training center? I believe they don’t really let you move things, but we can get creative 🙂T
Hello! There is plenty we can do with you not needing to do too much movement here for now! I am looking forward to it!!!
T
Oops! For some reason it shows up on my computer here but not in the upload. It should be fixed now! I bet Watson can tackle some of these!
Hi there, hope you had a great weekend!
On the threadle training:
He is doing well, figuring it out! One thing to consider: use your “in in” cue as the release from the stay, rather than saying “break in in”. Using break first can be confusing – it means front of jump, in general, and that is what it meant on the serps. And that is probably why he took the front at :09 – he made the decision when you said “break” and it was too late to adjust when he heard the ‘in in’. So, just use ‘in in’ as the release (and yes, I would do that off of the stop on the teeter as well, for example).
One other thing to add: Have toy on the ground on the slice line after the threadles, for two reasons – it adds a nice self-control challenge! Also, he is twisting over the bar and watching you as you throw it and not really slicing to the next line – so the toy on the ground will smooth that out, get his eyes off you, and help him to set up his jumping earlier. Also, having to throw the toy is causing you to do extra shoulder movement that you don’t want in the threadle – you will want to keep your shoulders open.At this point, he looks ready for more: Add motion to the easier angles, using easy angles until you can run! And then go back and add motion to the harder angles, sloooow motion to start with 🙂 And speaking of adding motion: At 1:23 you did add motion, yay!! It was a good angle to add motion. As you add the motion, don’t rotate your feet. Drop the threadle arm back but not so much that your feet rotate. I think you were dropping the arm back so much that it was also pulling your feet back.
When you balanced with serps on one jump – very nice! They look good and you had lots of motion!!
Sending to the backside – good job working this on the verbal. One thought: Watch your feet position no these.
On the first one at :46, your feet were at an angle, facing perpendicular to the line (facing the tunnel). On the next rep where he didn’t get the backside, your feet were facing the jump (:50) and you got quiet too early. You were a little rotated out on the next 2 reps and you stepped, and he got them – so be sure to also have your feet forward and be closer to the jump so he can have a clearer understanding and not rely on foot position.
Also – is this verbal for your backside slice or backside wrap (or both?) The exact meaning will affect the placement of the reward. If it is backside slice, then toss the reward out on the slice line. If it is both, I encourage separate cues 🙂3 jump serp away from the tunnel: very nice! You might have been a tiny bit too far from the jumps, you can stay within one arm’s length. But your connection and running line were very nice!
Coming towards the tunnel: yeah, that tunnel is a big distraction at 1:34 🙂 Remember to call him! And also keep your left arm in closer to you, so it doesn’t accidentally push him out (like a get out arm). Don’t say tunnel til after he has landed AND turned to the tunnel you want 🙂
You got it on the next rep with a left on the previous jump but also calling his name can help after left.Serp away from the tunnel – also nice at 1:44 – but call his name before he enters the tunnel or give a left cue, so he exits turned.
Towards the tunnel at 1:50 – he did a great job of coming in to take the serp jump! You were moving directly towards the wrong end of the tunnel though 🙂 And at 1:51, as he was landing from the serp jump, he was looking at the wrong end, you were looking at the other end (disconnected when you should be looking at him) and you said tunnel… so he went tunnel 🙂 One of my personal rules on my tunnel verbal is to only say it when I see the dog looking at the line to the tunnel entry I want… Ha! Voodoo taught me that LOL!!!
Compare the connection and running line to 1:55 – you were moving to the correct tunnel entry AND looking right at him: much better 🙂 I still suggest calling his name there and not saying “tunnel” til he has landed and turned, just to be sure.
Great job on these! Let me know what you think!
Tracy
OMG! Her zig zags look AWESOME!!!! She might have needed a little more help but she still bounced it beautifully! She is really turning into a talented jumper, I am impressed (the zig zag grid is REALLY hard and she is making it look pretty easy, actually.) It looked just about completely flat AND the middle bar was higher on that last rep – no problem! Happy dance!
You are doing a great job with her – it has been such a pleasure to be able to watch her turning into an amazeballs agility dog. The future is exciting, I cannot wait to see you two in the ring!!!!!!
Great job 🙂
TracyHi! So much good stuff on these videos!
Sequence video 1: Lovely first rep! Smooth, connected, fast!
Lovely second rep! Good transition – you can tweak your connection to have your left arm after th rotation more towards him as a ‘brake’ on takeoff side, so he turns tighter. As you rotate, drop the arm more in towards him and on the takeoff side of the bar – you were tending to have your arm extending to the landing spot on these and that is more “swoosh” than he needs.2nd video: nice first rep! The toy was definitely a good incentive to get him to drive back faster on the wrap! You also stepped into the gap more (and on the 2nd rep too) and that really helped! Comparing to the running line on this exit of the first rep, the stepping in really helped. (and I suggest dropping the ‘new’ arm in towards the takeoff spot and towards him here too :))
The 10″ jumps looked good!
3rd video:
1st rep
An idea to get you up the line sooner: Send to the tunnel and move away on a sharp angle, rather than curve your line to match the tunnel curve: run directly into the gap 3-4 for the blind. Think of it as a send and go – one step to the tunnel then turn away to 4 with more of a sharp angle of running line. That will get you there sooner and show him the line sooner. The rounded line put your a little in his way on landing of 3. Nice wrap on 4! Good job getting back up the line to the tunnel!2nd rep – On the opening, this is a place to do the send and go on the tunnel that I described on the first rep.
I think you were trying to threadle or open up back to him too much after you did the spin at 4 – the spin should create the turn, so you don’t need to threadle – just run towards 4 (connecting on the new side). Your running line was good on the last rep but it still looked like you were rotating your upper body towards him more than needed (he was responding really nicely!!)
All of your connections look terrific, you two are looking like a smooth fast team!!
Zig Zag 1: look at him bouncing like a pro!!! Same with zigzag 2!!! My only tweak is to remember to not face him as he is doing those, face the direction he is going. But he looks REALLY good with his bounces on these, and they are almost flat!
Before you flatten them completely, let him see a few more sessions of this to really maintain the bouncing -then flatten them in tiny increments so he barely notices the difference.>>Should I try the progressive striding grid again with the 12″ jump?
You totally can! He will do fine: first session will be a little off balance and then the second session will be perfect, that is how he rolls LOL!
Great job! Fingers crossed for good Monday weather!
Tracy
