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Apologies for the late reply, I somehow missed this in the insanity of the weekend!!!>>Sorry it’s all one video. Let me know if you want me to split them next time.>>
No problem! All in on video is great – you can do whatever is the least amount of work in terms of editing 🙂
>>So we mirrored these and they don’t look exactly as prescribed but my course design was wonderful >>
All good! There were good lines and everyone got a good session 🙂
I grabbed some screenshots to show you some of what the girls were seeing, so you could see why they were opinionated in some cases LOL!!
Here is the link to it:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vCHQg52IeTC4HuJX9pisrPTgx7DYk2G6CojRNvjKsLQ/edit?usp=sharingPop out 4 with Puddin’ was at the beginning here: She is so fun! I think the FC 2-3 was delaying you from showing the threadle and the backside after it (bar down on 3) so you can try moving into a blind there instead of a FC so you are quicker to the threadle (will help with the bar) and then you can try a brake arm as you cue the circle wrap at 4 (:05) to get more collection as you run through.
After the tunnel – you can run into the tunnel for a few steps so you don’t end up
too far ahead at BC 6-7. You passed the ideal handler line there so the line was wide (:09) and at :27 you were so far ahead that you pulled her off the line.I have screenshots of the backside moments in the doc for you to match visuals to the thoughts here:
She had some thoughts about the backside info 🙂 When you were pointing forward as part of the commitment cue, she came off the backside line and to the other side of the jump.
You connected better at :44 but then released it and pointed forward (:45) so she came in.
Sahweet also had opinions 🙂 At :56, sending to the backside of the jump: you were looking ahead and not ahead of her, so that turned your shoulders to the front of the jump and she took the front not the back. You told her she was not listening but in fact she was having to choose physical versus verbal cue (You owe her a cookie for blaming her LOL!!) so she went with the physical cue.
Then she bit you LOL. Payback LOL!!!! She cracks me up LOL
Compare to 1:42 where you were ahead and she could see more of your face – already better info so she went to the backside. Yay!
Pop out 3 (2nd on the video):
She did well with her forward focus on the #1 jump here!!She needs a harder, clearer turn verbal on exit of 2 tunnel – don’t be shy about demanding her attention for a turn 🙂
The threadle wrap section after the tunnel gave us good info about what she needs to see for the threadle wrap. I have screenshots of this too:
She was not sure about the threadle wrap at 2:17 – I think the stationary position with your shoulders/feet facing the front of the jump cued the front side. She was definitely trying to sort it out!
2nd rep at 2:50: definitely stronger verbals for the tunnel exit and different body position (turned away from the front of the jump) made it clearer!
You are also using hand motion (a bit of a swoosh) of the opposite arm which helps – and it sounds like you said you used the wrong word and she still got it, so the physical cues are very important!I am confused about the lie down at 3:24 LOL Looked like a snooker move LOL!!
Be careful with the backside cues for her too – pointing forward and high is not as effective as arm back and she seeing connection (check out the screen shots to see how the high arm and pointing forward changes the line to the backside and the verbal does not override that).
For Puddin’ – if she misses the jump on a start, you don’t need mark or stop. You can keep running to support her confidence. You could see her start to sniff and wander off at 4:11. You stepped in a lot more on the release at 4:31 which helped, you can also throw the toy to the landing spot.
When you revisited pop out 4 with her later in the video, you had a much better line on the blind at 4:40, you stuck closer to the jumps and it set a better line! That created a tighter turn! She slipped a little on landing so that means you can be sooner with it: by moving in closer to the tunnel, you can decel at the jump and start the blind no later than when she is halfway between the exit of the tunnel and the 6 jump.
Looks like there was a little Three-Quarter-Border aka Cool Whip action at the end! Super! I think she found the lines super nicely, especially for a baby dog! You can connect more on the tunnel exit so there are no questions – when you were looking forward on the first run, she curled in a bit. On the second run, she hesitated on the tunnel exit a little. So as you move past, make a big connection which will turn your shoulders to the line, and she will zip right to the jump.
Great job! It was fun watching all of them!
Tracy
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>>Before doing 1 through 11 of the Standard course, I practiced backside circle wraps and slices with both dogs and both did well with the warm up. Both dogs nailed 1 through 11.>>
Super!
>>With Mookie I was able to achieve more distance sending to the backside for the circle wrap at 4 and I think because he has a huge stride compared to Alonso.>>
Yes, the longer stride helps and also he is more experienced so probably commits a little better. Did you also try this as a threadle wrap, keeping the dogs on your left for landing side of 3?
>>But I could also stay on the other side of 3 with Mookie as well and send him from a distance to 4. I am still learning how to cue Alonso from a distance and to stay connected as well as his stride is so different then Mookie.>>
Yes! It is a good skill and will get you way ahead 🙂
>>Both dogs sliced 8 without a problem.
Yay!!
>> And Mookie is totally handler focused while Alonso is both handler and obstacle focused.>>
That is really interesting – Mookie used to be very obstacle focused and if I remember correctly, it was a little harder to turn him when he was a baby dog.
>> I really notice the difference when they run at speed as the flying squirrel is not slow and needs to be cued more verbally where the flying bird has his eyes on me constantly throughout. I have a hard time getting verbal cues out on time for Alonso>
That is why it is good to work both of them and keep practicing the verbals – it will get easier and also Alonso will get more experienced, which will also make it easier for you 🙂
>>And this week I was also able to do the entire jumpers course 1 & 2. I usually only get to do the pop outs. It was too hot outside so I was able to get some indoor training time 😊>>
NICE! It is good to do full courses with the boys!
>>Jumping Course 1: Mookie nailed it slicing 17 to 18 as he turns tight. Alonso nailed it first time. I also sliced him 17 to 18 but he went wide. I tried it again with a circle wrap and he was tight and smooth. Buddy I could either slice or wrap 17 to 18 and he stayed in tight.>>
I think the slice on 17 is the fastest line on ther 16-17-18 section. If Alonso was wide, you can add in a brake arm: as he is landing from 16 and you are beginning to cue 17, add in the 2nd hand moving towards him and see how much collection you can get.
>>Jumping course 2: Mookie nailed it with 2 backside circle wraps in a row on 13 and 14 with ease. This is a strength for us. I then tried a backside circle wrap on 13 and a slice backside on 14 and it also flowed for Mookie.>>
Nice! The circle wrap on 13 and the slice on 14 is the fastest line on that section. You can also do a blind on the exit of the tunnel and then do a threadle wrap on 13! That makes the slice on 14 much easier because you will be further ahead.
>> I could use a threadle verbal “in” 16 to 17 for all 3 dogs. >>
Perfect! That is a good spot for it!
>>The jumpers was a nice fun challenge. 😊
I am glad you liked it! Sounds like all the boys did a great job 🙂 Thank you for the update!!!
Tracy
Hi!
SUPER nice run here!!! These courses are training courses so there are a lot of challenges – running clean the first time is HARD! Well done!
One thing I would add in general for him: if you need a turn on a tunnel exit, give a tunnel exit turn cue before he enters the tunnel. If you are quiet, his natural behavior is to go straight. You are quiet at :03 and :17 when you needed turns, so you ended up with a wider-than-desired turn on both of those tunnel exits (2 and 9).
>>there was some lazy-ass handling there but the passes through the tunnel underneath the DW pretty much discourage one from handling with too much speed, since you would wind up going in and coming back out. At least, that’s my story and I’m sticking to it.>>
I would not call it lazy, I would call those moments strategic. You used hanging back to set up a parallel line of motion, to support the layering. It worked brilliantly! I mean, it makes no sense to haul b*tt up the line then try to race him to the next line, when you can set the line and then easily show the next one.
One place you can be even more strategic is the opening: rather than changes sides, you can handle the 1-2 line more laterally so you can use serp handling on landing side of 3 and then threadle wrap 4 to the DW on your left. We are starting to see this as a popular design element now too, so it is good to practice.
Super layering of the line to the a-frame (angle the frame more to have a better entry) and a GIANT CYBER HIGH 5 for the layered threadle. HECK YEAH!!!! That was impressive.
And you had another super nice strategic line to set up the layered weave entry (this is a popular challenge on the higher level courses lately). You set up a parallel line to move along and used your verbals – he had no questions. YAY!
The jump after weaves (14) should be a backside which might make it easier to get the left turn on 17 – push to the backside then send away to the threadle at 15, using the parallel line you set up here at :29. Then you can move directly towards the center of the bar of 17 getting on the RC line sooner (use more phscial convergence/pressure on his line to get the left turn on 17 at :30).
The ending looked great!!! Fantastic job!!
Tracy
Hi!
I agree, you two were definitely more of a connected team. SUPER!!! And she is indeed working really well 🙂You used your distance skills to your advantage, to get to the threadle slice. It took a couple of reps to smooth it out: at :08 and :38 you were a little too early, doing the rotation for the threadle before he was committed to the previous jump. 1:32 was much better, and 2:00 and 2:17 were really lovely!
At :21 and 1:45 you did a cross and brought her to the other side of the jump for the backside wrap – it worked but it is a really hard line for her, so when heading to the jump on this setup, the slice you did as a threadle was a better choice, or the push to the backside then the blind you did at 1:23 was great too!
At 1:01 you did the circle wrap on the side closer to the tunnel but then sent to the jump – to worked, but it was a really hard line so the slice was better here too.
Great job!!
Tracy
Hi!
This turned out well! The only thing I would add is a marker that indicates that you have thrown the reward (like a ‘get it’). I don’t think you were using one, but my ears are numb from flyball LOL!
You can also start to move faster – that might especially help when he is turning right and kept offering that lovely left turn threadle wrap when you wanted a simple right turn 🤣😂 Being a little ahead can support the simple line there.
About the struggles getting to this point:
>>I moved the set up twice because there were spots of grass he wanted to avoid – he often gets weirded out by a stick or leaf that looks funny to him -but in this case I think it must have been a place there was previously a poop and I have never known him to be have such delicate sensibilities >>
You can embrace those moments and maybe go to the highest value motivator (food or toy). You can basically say to him: yes, that spot is weird, so I will give you a pay raise 😁 The might help work him through this stuff so you don’t need to move the setup.
>> after so many set changes the pinwheel only vaguely resembled the spacing you had shown>>
The spacing is fine! I want to see if we can get him over the avoidance of weird spots and weird things 🙂
>> he started finding the backside of the middle jump while avoiding the gross patch of grass in the beginning (and we’ve been working on our zip verbal) but he kept doing it in the new set up
I had to stay close to middle jump to keep him on front side>>Yes, it was quite a lovely zip LOL! You can also leave the jump in the weird spot and change the angle, so the front of the jump is very visible and the other side is not as visible. You can move it almost 90 degrees which can make it more of an obvious side of the jump.
Great job!!!
Tracy
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>>I tried a lotus this morning and she just ran off with it.>>
..Previously when I had a toy on me she got very grabby. >>Because of this, you should take the time now while she is young to work on retrieving toys (trading for another toy or treat is a GREAT way to start). Without being able to do this, or work with reinforcement on your body or in your hands, you will end up having fewer tools in your training toolbox – and that can lead to problems down the road. So separately from sequencing, play with bringing back the lotus ball to trade for something better. Same with a toy! Can be another toy that is in your pocket. And also get her doing simple things with a toy in your hand, so as going around a wing. It is worth it to do it now so you don’t run into trouble down the road in training.
>>I could try an empty food bowl but not sure it has enougn value yet – although she is starting to understand delayed reward.>>
It will gain value very quickly, because you will either throw a treat into it, or run over and put a treat in it.
And different markers sound very important for her too!
The first video looked great! Lovely connection and lines, and it looks like there is a toy in your hand. Super!!! The video edited out the delivery of the reward: be sure to use a marker for it. I use “bite” to mean “grab the toy in my hand”.
The teeter is going well too. What types of treats are you using? I think you need to go to fewer reps but crazy high value treats. This can be a big piece of chicken, or steak, or anything amazing. Human food is usually better than dog treats 🙂 and that can help convince her to go to the top of the board.
Great job here!
Tracy
Hi!
>>What do you think about replacing the 15′ tunnel with the little baby tunnel to leave more space for the jumps and reduce the distance he’s running a little bit while it’s so stinking hot>>
Yes! Great idea!!! Or even a jump wing so that you don’t need a tunnel at all!
It cracks me up that he is pretty darned happy to work in 10,000 degree temperature LOL! He did well here!
The first warm up sequence went great!
On the second one at :44, we got a good look at how pointing ahead to the obstacle while he is still behind you changes the line of the handling:
you pointed, disconnected, and took off. That turned the info away from the jump so he didn’t take the jump. Rather than give him an ‘oops’ marker and stop, just keep going then reward. Then you can make a handling adjustment on the next rep. The oops marker when the info is unclear can be confusing or frustrating for him when he was reading you correctly – watch how he stopped moving then his tail drooped, then he didn’t come right back.
Then there was a little frustration jump up at your arm at 1:04 when you pointed ahead: “but mom that doesn’t make sense to meeeee” LOL! The same thing happened at 2:13
Look at 2:27 where he committed much better, because you were clearly connected and your arm didn’t move forward until after he was already looking at the jump and passing you. Yay! And it was great again at 3:25
That great connection caused the cross to be late, but he was happy with the clarity of connection!
Nice connection on the exit of the blind at 3:20!
The last 2 reps also looked good in terms of connection – both of you were hot and slowed down, so it was good to take a break!
Great job here! Let me know if the connection-not-pointing on the sending makes sense 🙂
Tracy
Hi!
OMG it sounds so hot there! Eek!!This is a really fun session in the nice cool house 🙂
>>sometimes he was going around the wing ‘wrong way’ but I think that won’t be a problem with actual jump.>>
I agree! I think he is a natural lefty and also, he was facing the left turn line when you wanted the right turn. No worries! That will be easier when there is more handling involved.
I think you can make the forward focus more systematic:
– put the toy in position
– your hand in position and maybe a leg too to point at it (low and slow, so he doesn’t think it is a release)
– quietly ask if he sees it
– release him to it as soon as he looks forwardHe was looking forward nicely when you were asking is he saw it. But then you would ask a couple more times so he would look back at you 🙂 Try to release while he is looking at is as soon as possible.
The other thing that will help is if you are consistent with the arm cue before the release, to tell him that it is time to look forward. Sometimes you had it, sometimes you looked at him, sometimes you looked forward, so he looked at you because he was not quite sure when to look forward. I think the arm cue while he is in a stay will really help (moving the arm in slowly so he doesn’t think it is a release).
That will also help him to not release before the release because as you mentioned: he does have a very good stay 🙂
Great job here! Let me know what you think and stay cool!
Tracy
Hi! I think this went well! You did rear crosses instead of blinds, which is fine because they are actually harder LOL!
The main thing running Kishka (versus Biscuit) is that Kishka is still needing very clear info every step of the way (normal baby dog!) and Biscuit knows all about lines and sequencing. So it if feels harder with Kishka, that is correct LOL! Because it is harder 🙂 Running my 4 year old lurcher is 10,000 times easier than running my not-yet-2-year-old whippet LOL!
And I think the most important info for Kishka is connection: keeping your arms out of the way while you look at her while you move.
When she was smooth and successful on the videos, it was because you had a lot of connection and not too much pointing ahead of her. The best part was also the hardest part (the rear cross at :17 on video 1 and :13 on video 2) That section was the best because you had lovely connection!
As she started to get ahead of you at :22 on video 1 and :18 on video 2, you started to look ahead and point ahead…. So she looked at you for more info because your shoulders were now facing the other end of the tunnel. As she starts to drive ahead of you, keep connected but don’t point forward – just pump your arms and run while you look at her, because that will keep your shoulders pointing to the line she needs to be on .
Her happy whippet run with the toy at the end of video 1 was so fun LOL!
Great job here! Let me know what you think.
Stay cool!
Tracy
Hi!
>>What next steps should I do? She has some mat introduction.>>
For the next step, you don’t need the plank, it will be all about the mat 🙂 You’ll want to raise the mat a bit (put it on a foam board under it or something stable and similar) and then get her running across the mat from all sorts of angles, to a MM about 15 or 20 feet away. We are looking for her to hit with all 4 of her little feets! I call it the 1-2-3-4 pattern. You don’t want to watch her, you will want to watch the mat and see the feet, clicking the MM on the 4th foot.
On the video:
The blinds went pretty well! There are some things we can give her more info on, and it is all about the connection (which will help the rears too). Try to keep your arm back and pointing to her nose and not pointing to the obstacle at all. And your eyes on her eyes (Easy to say, hard to do!)The most important thing is that she sees your shoulders and feet supporting the line. And having your arm back towards her and making big connection to her eyes will turn your shoulders and feet the right direction. If you look forward or point forward, the line is not as clear for her.
I grabbed a bunch of screenshots so you could see the visual of what she was seeing on these and there are also RCs on them. Here is the link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_JatHoTW1Irbvs6QkRZbabZhXEPKpPgr0p7cvCX9h-c/edit?usp=sharing
The first rep was really good, you were working the connection at each step so she got it. Yay!
Moving to the blind when she was on your left, you were too early at :17 in terms of looking ahead and starting the disconnect from the blind. I have a screen shot and you can see she has landed from true middle jump and all she can really see is your back. Compare to :32 where your arm was back to her and she could see your shoulders pointing to the line – nice!!
She had a little trouble committing to the pinwheel jump on this setup, so you can definitely throw more reward for the middle jump to maintain the value there (all the value is down by the tunnel now :))
Also, maintaining connection really helps – at :25 you were pointing forward with a high arm to the jump so she had questions.
Compare to :15 and :30 where your arm was back and down, you had better connection, so she got it. And adding more value to the middle jump will make it much easier for sure.
The same holds true for rear crosses: she needs your arm to stay back and your eyes on her eyes as you drive to the center of the bar. Yes, that is counterintuitive to get her to drive ahead 🙂 but it works like a charm!
I think you set the line nicely with decel and you were trying to move to the venter of the bar – but the connection was not as clear so she had questions.
One thing that will help is a couple of reps of setting the line then accelerating straight, to get value referred for driving ahead by throwing the toy out ahead. It will all be easier if she drives ahead when you accelerate!
And then on the rears, set it with the decel but while you do that, you can keep your arm back to her nose and eye on her eyes as you move forward. She was stopping to look up at you because you were turning your shoulders away from the RC line and blocking connection by pointing forward and turning away (you can see it at :45 and 1:12.
Compare to the rep at 1:02 where you had your arm more to her nose and look at where your shoulders are pointing: to the rear cross line! Yay! She was successful on that rep.
Nice work on these! Let me know what you think and let me know if the screenshots help.
Tracy
Hi! That heat is insane! I am glad you are able to escape it a bit.
The runs are going well! (I know, at this stage, there are plenty of NQs with young dogs but really she just needs more experience. SO MUCH GOOD STUFF HAPPENING!)
>> I’m not sure what caused the dropped first bar other than it was a double.>>
Probably just that it was the double – lack of experience on the double as the first jmp. So let’s build a double UKI-style with 2 jumps and let her see it as obstacle 1 a few times.
The standard run looked good too!
And she probably needs more experience seeing tire-to-triple on the opening line too… dear god that is a hard jumping line!Wow, that was an impressive weave entry in a tricky spot with the off course being the backside of a triple!
>>We still are struggling with rear crosses. That shouldn’t have been hard for her…but, it was.>>
If you freeze the video as she is jumping at 1:01… there is no RC info. All the info was basically “go straight”. While she is weaving you would need to get a little further away so as she is jumping the jump after the double, you are already putting pressure on the RC line and using your verbals. Without the info, she won’t see the RC line. So it really hinges on the independence of the weaves.
Stay cool! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi!
The threadle wraps are harder for sure. 2 things to remember on this one:– Decel as you cue it, and wait for his cue to you for you to move forward again. His cue will be looking at the bar AND taking the first step in the correct/new direction (towards the wrap direction.
On the reps here: The first couple had no decel so he was a little slicey.
1:33 had better decel and better line of motion from you (going straight) so he wrapped really well!
– The motion line on this one this handler motion directly forward, not towards the bar at all! Feet face forward to the wrap exit line. If you converge towards the bar at all, it looks like a slice (this is what happened at 1:02).
On the last 2 reps, you were over-rotating to face the bar so he did turn tight, but it was more a tandem turn which will negate the handler advantage of you being able to run forward 🙂 1:33 was my favorite rep here!
>>I did have a question on what verbals you use on this move and when. I was using his turn-away cue, but then I didn’t know if that was what I really should use. Our normal threadle slice cue is “close” and then “in” is for normal threadle wrap.>>
The turn away is not specific enough – this is your in in for the threadle wraps 🙂
>>Let me know and also if you think we’re ready to move onto the sequence.>>
Yes! Onwards to the sequences, remember to add the decel 🙂
>>Thanks again for the special guest visitor. That was helpful and I found her descriptions of what she is looking for during each routine very clear. I’m excited to see how much they help as we include them in his fitness routine.>>
My pleasure! I really enjoyed it and she chose perfect exercises for us!Great job here!
Tracy
Hi!
The threadle slices look great! Only one suggestion as you add the sequences:
Run toward the exit wing more rather than running straight forward past the entry wing – that is one way to help the dogs differentiate the slice versus wrap: direction of motion (more on that below).
You did more of the running toward the slice exit wing at 1:05 but it can be even closer to the jump.Onwards to the sequences!!
Tracy
Hi!
>>He was supposed to take #4 jump, then the right hand side of the tunnel, then take #4/6 again. I thought afterwards that maybe I should have sent him to the jump with him on my left and then turned him “back” to the tunnel.>>
I thought maybe it was the jump? But your line said tunnel and the judge didn’t raise hands, so….. 😁
>>I definitely need rear cross work.
I agree that a decel and brake arm can turn him on the spread to face the jump before the tunnel, then you can RC that jump Think of rears as:
If you are ahead, set the turn with decel and then run to the center of the bar as he is passing you.
If he is ahead, run to the center of the bar 🙂 No decel needed in most cases.>>I’m starting to use verbals with Ivan now (but not on his running contacts) to help me remember to use them with Bacon.
Thanks for your help with timing and getting me t use verbals.>>Perfect!!! I am sure Ivan is a willing participant. And Bacon is so fast, I think verbals will make it easier to handle him 🙂 And Border Collies generally love verbals!
Have fun!
TracyHi!
Looking at the hot topics sequences:
>>Should I be concerned with how wide she’s turning?>>
No, not concerned. I think she is doing brilliantly! She was turning beautifully on the lines that were cued for tight turns, like the 180s and the wraps. The side changes and some of the jump before the backside pushes were wide, but that was more of a handing clarity thing and not a dog turning wide thing 🙂
Here are details:
On the side changes (like the BC for the threadles), your shoulders are closed forward so she cannot see exactly where to be: no clear connection, and she cannot see your shoulders. I am sure you can see her, peripherally, but that doesn’t mean she can see the connection.
Bear in mind that she is behind you AND small, so if your shoulders are closed the exit side info is unclear. That is causing her to stay on her line until the info becomes more clear, either by the next obstacle becoming visible, or clearer connection.
You can see it at :08 and :23 on video 1, and I grabbed screenshots of :44 and 1:30 from video 2. Your head is turned! But she cannot see that… note how your dog side shoulder is parallel to your torso so she really only sees you back and no clear side info. She is looking at you and heading towards you, but doesn’t know which side to be on. And, unfortunately, dogs simply don’t cue off of our dog-side have being visible after a side change. I wish they did! But they cue off of visibility of connection and shoulder position, center of chest pointing to the line.
Here are screenshots, scroll through so you an see the visuals:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lEZYMvBbPa2sbqqJiIwvJ2NqCc73VJMUnHTaIZqAUQ8/edit?usp=sharingSo what to do?
Practice the exit line connection like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCJtPqgTRPE
And when running sequences, plan to run it like this so you don’t default to a closed shoulder.
Using the toy across the body to get connection and get your dog-side arm back and out of the way will get this info embedded in you and her turns will immediately tighten up because the info is visible much sooner.
A couple of the blinds were too early, she was exiting the tunnel and they were already in progress, so she correctly came to you ( :27 and :54 and 1:17). :43 and 1:30 (2nd video) were better timed but she was wide because of the closed shoulder info.
On the pushes to the backside – you will get a tighter turn on the jump before the backside with more lateral distance if it is a slice, and deceleration into the wrap position. And the brake arm should be directed back towards her – you did use it at :46 but it was turned away from her so I don’t think she really saw it. The backside circle wraps are nice and tight!
The threadle wraps worked SO WELL and she was nice and tight when you decelerated and allowed her to you when to leave (head turn and first step in the correct direction). If you moved away without decel or too quickly before she gave you *your* cue, she slices like at :46. In that moment – either keep going or reward because she is actually not incorrect (she had to choose based on available info).
Having her come back and having her sit then do it from right there assumes it was a dog error, and it is also not the same context that produced the question.
So it is better to keep going, reward something else, then watch the video and see what happened.
On the jumping course video: This went really well!
At :10 on the 3-4 line, you were pulling away without connection when she exited so she correctly followed your motion cues.
Keep going when there is a handling error – stopping and bringing her back assumes it was a dog error (it was not) and that can be frustrating to her.
Plus it is much better for you to keep moving and thinking on your feet rather than stop and restart after a bobble.
You made an excellent correction and had great connection 3-4 on the 2nd start… that really illustrates that it was not a dog error 🙂
The middle section looked lovely! She had a question on the threadle slice jump before the weaves: you can support the slice more by running parallel to the bar on the takeoff side until you ee her turning the correct direction. The line of motion did look like a threadle wrap as you pulled away.
rBut EXCELLENT job continuing
Nice weave entry! Wow!Gorgeous connection on the exit of the BC 11-12 at :38! I put it into the google doc. Do all of them like this 🙂
When she lands from 11 – decel into a brake arm turned back to her, so then you can peel away to 13. You accelerated towards 12 so she jumped in extension, which made the 12-13 turns a little wider.The RC on the flat into a wrap works nicely on 13-14-15 – add decel to tighten the wrap. And if you can leave 12 sooner, I bet you can get a blind on landing of 13!
She had a nice exit line too! It would be interesting to see how the turn looks with a brake arm on 17 being more to her face and less swooshy to the jump. It was a good turn but the brake arm detail might make it a great turn!
Nice work here! Let me know what you think!
Tracy
