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Tracy Sklenar
KeymasterGood morning!
>Did a seminar last weekend- she did some amazing stuff. Lovely sends and got some blinds in. >
Wonderful! Those sends will be so helpful!
>Instructor nearly stole her- I wasnt worried thought she would comeback fast. >
I believe it 🙂 She is a very cool dog!
> A few things to work on- leaving from the wraps, sending to a blind tunnel entrance-although she nailed this once worked it out and a backside wrap with me moving forward.plus waits.>
Those are easy details to train – you can use connection shift (looking at the landing spot as you rotate to move away) and reward placement (tossing the reward to the landing spot to be able to move away from wraps, for example.
> I was pleased with her work ethic in a class where the other dogs were more experienced she was a trouper. >
Excellent!
> Plus Fusion we focused on reverse spins- Fusions class was easier than In Synch and wonder whether should look at these for In Synch as well long term>
Do you mean look at reverse spins? Yes, sometimes, but you won’t need them much at all. With her speed, keep moving forward at all times and only use a spin if it moves you forward in the correct direction.
>Since then have been crook so have done very little. ysterday put her thru six pole weave almost closed and she nailed it. then asked her to backchain on dog walk and she did and then offered a full dog walk. Big party and stopped as I was ready to crash again.>
That is great! A bit of rest is good and it sounds like the DW and weaves are coming together nicely!
Tracy
Tracy Sklenar
KeymasterGood morning! These runs looked great 🙂
Wow, that JWW run is something to be proud of! Long lead out where he held his stay, tons of speed, nailed the weaves, he had no problem letting you fix a jump he missed (probably a combination of short distance between jumps and the bleachers being a weird visual). Great run!
Standard was also lovely – long lead out and a ton of speed on the release. He took all the contacts first thing. He was happy with fixing the jump he missed and getting back on the table – the third fix was harder so he sniffed the judge, so you might want to limit fixes in a run to 1 or 2 tops, because you don’t want to stress him with with too much stopping to fix.
>then also seeing when he would really like to run around things.>
He still looks around a bit which causes some of the missed jumps – but that is greatly reduced each time he is in the ring. The environments are hard – bleachers are weird, the 2nd ring right there, etc. But he is ignoring distractions 90% of the time for now, and is getting better and better with each new experience. Pretty soon he will ignore them completely 🙂
Overall though, he gets faster and more tuned in with each and every run. His skills and speed are looking more like what he does at home, which is AWESOME!!!!!!
Great job here! When is his next trial?
Tracy
Tracy Sklenar
KeymasterHi!
>Yes, I’m signed up for UKI this coming Saturday. The facility does use food box areas, there are actually two of them, one on either end of the front of the ring. >
Perfect!
>My experience in this facility has been that there is only the judge, leash runner and 1 ring crew in the ring. Ring crew is generally sitting at the back of the ring, 120′ away from the food box area so it’s going to be difficult to work passing the RC.>
That is ok! You can set up a really great experience for him – I am sure he will be aware of the judge and ring crew and leash runner, so no need to figure out how to get past them and then back to the food box.
>What I’ve done here in the past has been to work the front of the ring with short sequences and toss his lotus ball into the food box for reward>
Great! And you can extend the sequences if he does well.
>Tried to figure out how to attach a photo of the ring setup to this post, my tech skills failed me with that task – what did I miss?>
It was not you – the site likes videos but not photos if they are anything other than tiny. I think this will be a good food box setup because you can work it as entry and exit gates – that is something to practice in class this week, even if it is just a table on the other side of the ring gate!
Keep me posted!
TracyTracy Sklenar
KeymasterHi!
I am glad to hear he was feeling good on Wednesday! Keep me posted on how the appointments go!!Tracy
Tracy Sklenar
KeymasterGood morning!
She did really well in the grown up dog class!!I like the arousal state she was in at the beginning – no need to toss a treat, you can ask for the line up and treat it like a trial environment. She was pumped up but then really got into her sit pretty quickly and had a strong stay!
She does remind you that she is young – when you lead out without connection, she comes with you. So remember to stay connected, that is where she was at her best wit the stays.
Her line finding in general is looking really strong! A couple of spots had questions:
>Decided not to try the first layer again since there was a lot of discussion at the start.
At :41, your voice said tunnel but all of the physical cues said ‘do not go to the tunnel’ by turning away, high arm, disconnection, etc. Even though there was a verbal tunnel cue, you can keep going to read the next jump rather than stopping because the physical cues implied that the tunnel was somewhere else up the line.
The cues were clearer at 1:04 and leading out even less can help get the momentum for the layering going there. It is hard to layer at the opening of a course! The layering at the end went great – the physical cues and verbal cues matched up to the line.
She has a little question on the send at 1:10 when she turned left on the flat – the send cues were a bit disconnected/turned forward so she might have read it as a tandem turn or something – keeping your arm back there to show her line & connection, and decelerating into it should smooth it out.
One other suggestion:
Give her tunnel exit cues before entering, such as a GO verbal or starting the backside cue so she exits straight and not curling towards you like at 2:38. Same for the layering at the end – a tunnel exit cue for extension will make it even easier. Her natural inclination is to curl towards you, so the cues for the exit can help her when the line is either a big extension or a tight turn.>Do we have more training night chats?
>Yes! It is on today’s to-do list to sort out which dates they will be 🙂
Great job here!
TracyTracy Sklenar
KeymasterHi!
>I mentioned in Frankie’s thread that she had some stitches from a biopsy & missed the last trial so she’s been on rest. Thankfully we got good news on the biopsy and it is just a crystalized spot. >
Nothing better than the call that says NO CANCER! YAY!!!!
>She was so motivated to do them when we were using the MM & so accurate and once I introduced the ball, she lost confidence & lost her rhythm. I was pretty deflated, but we slept on it. (thank you for teaching us that)>
When you switched to the ball, was the MM still out there, or did you remove it?
>I put some surpise treats in there to make it extra good to compete with the MM (lettuce & kibble. Yes, I’m serious). >
LETTUCE! Hahahahaha that’s hilarious
>That timing seemed to work better. We had a really good session and she was getting the 4 weaves. She was happy too. That makes all the difference for me!>
If the MM is not still out there, you can put it there as a target/visual aid but don’t reward from it…. Throw the lotus ball at it. Then the MM gets further and further away, and the lotus ball is thrown between it and the pole exit until she is no longer concerned about the MM.
>I’m going to try to not be sooooo cautious with the rest of track 1 so we can make some progress. She is really comfortable with everything we have done so far with the uphill & downhill.>
Perfect! Doing very few reps with mind-blowing rewards (a salad, perhaps? LOL) will be the fastest road to a great teeter 🙂
>She LOVES the DW. We are working on finding the sweet spot for her to wrap a wing & consistently hit her squeaky mat. She’s really good on straight exits. Still lots to work on but I’m glad she loves it.>
Yay! Getting straight exits can help get it into the trial ring as you keep working on the harder exits.
>Next steps: I need to sign her up for some classes for more ring experience & sequences. >
Yes – new locations and longer sequences are definitely on the agenda!
Perfect! I think she will be ready!!!
Keep me posted 🙂
Tracy
Tracy Sklenar
KeymasterGood morning!
>She had to sit this one out because she had a biopsy done & had stitches (biopsy came back with good news! She has a calcified spot on her leg, not a worry. I’m so relieved!).>
What a HUGE relief! I totally know how it feels 🙂 Yay!!!!!
>she did awesome & had the best time herself for runs 1 & 2 and then was less engaged for run 3 on both days.>
A bit of a pattern has emerged! More on that below:
FAST looked great, she seemed to like when you got behind and really had to run run run 🙂 She definitely likes urgency in handling!
Standard – lovely! Big yardage course though, that can be really tiring. I like the course and I like how the judge used the whole ring – but it requires a lot of physical and mental stamina.
JWW –
>We had a rough start but she picked up energy halfway. She was not engaged at the start, sniffed the ground and walked out of the weaves.>
The tunnel-jump-tunnel start did not have a lot of running energy because there was no place to go for either of you. I am sure that played a role. She does not seem to be a fan of tunnel starts.
> I feel bad that I let her know I was disappoined about the weaves. Should I have just kept going? She got into it after the weaves were done & she was awesome.>
If she is feeling disengaged for whatever reason and since you already had a fault… then yes, keep going 🙂
Sunday – must have been cold for T2B because you are all in winter coats LOL!
She ran well, the toy distraction in the weaves is no biggie 🙂 and she looked like she was having fun!
Standard looked great, you should always run it like you stole it 🙂 Yes, you had some good improv moves there but she seems to like it when there is a lot of urgency in the handling. That really pumps her up and gets her engaged
She did run the JWW run nicely, but I agree that it was different. She seemed to be carrying her head lower and was not extending as much.
Since both of the 3rd runs were not as great as the first 2 runs, we can look for reasons and figure it out:
What time of day were the 3rd runs? Was it hotter? Were you using her normal treats?
It might be that those 3rd runs consistently come at a time of day where her sleep-wake cycle is in a lull. For example, I am often pretty useless at about 2pm for a couple of hours LOL!! Dogs also have daily cycles like we do. So the real question is how to help her feel pumped up event the odd time of day.
It can be something simple like giving her a small late morning meal and then switching to insanely high value treats for the 3rd run. So if she gets normal good stuff for runs 1 and 2, you can break out the mind-blowing stuff for that 3rd run. I tend to use string cheese for pumped up times of day, then the rotisserie chicken or scrambled eggs come out for the harder times of day.
Also, is she drinking water during the day? It is possible she is not drinking enough (has to be more than what she drinks at home) and she gets stiff or dehydrated. I have used supplements to get the dogs to drink water and also to add more glucose back into their bloodstream – I can find the name of it.
Also to prevent stiffness, does she get a long cool down and light massage *after* each run? She might need that light massage in particular so she can stay feeling good.
>I’m still obessing on if it is phyical fatigue, mental fatigue, both>
I think that these courses were big yardage courses, so extra exhausting especially for small dogs who have to take sooooo many strides. That can be physically and mentally fatiguing for sure. You can also look at her fitness routine and pump up the cardio so she is not as tired out after 2 runs.
>That said, I really do feel like the Remote Reinforcement plays a big part and by the end of the day it is just really hard to leave the rewards to go in the ring.>
Absolutely! She is doing GREAT with the remote reinforcement but it does draw a lot from her mental bank account. There are a lot of factors at play for sure and probably not one individual factor. I think that the super high value food coming out for that last run can make a difference too.
Great job here! Let me know what you think!
Tracy
Tracy Sklenar
KeymasterGood morning!
>So, the 1st video is a CPE run from Sunday and the 2nd is from class last night – night and day.>
Actually, they are getting progressively closer and closer! He is pretty flawless in class at this point (he used to struggle with distractions more) and the trial behavior is getting closer to being in class (he is struggling with distractions less and less).
The class setting is easier of course because of the long history of reinforcement in the ring, and he has been there many, many times. The trial setting is harder because it is often someplace new, or someplace he has not been to regularly – and there is no going to be the same history of rewards in the ring. That is the main difference we are seeing! For the first run here, were you completely free of food, nothing hidden in your pocket? He did really well!
In the trial run, his big challenges are primarily the people sitting on the other side of the tunnel (he ignores them nicely now if they are near a jump or moving) and some distraction moving towards the front of the ring later in the run (could be related to the struggle with the ring crew, or he could think the run is finishing and anticipating the reward, or both).
>Keep repeating and building the remote reward work?
>Yes, and tackling the specifics of what he has questions about: people sitting behind tunnels and the front of the ring.
Two ideas for you:
– in class, you can still reward in the ring but at this stage, the lotus ball can be in your pocket or someone else can throw it. Your hands will be empty so he gets used to you running with empty hands 🙂
– in class, have people sit behind tunnels and surprise him with a reward when he passes them and ignores them (lotus ball from your pocket or the instructor throws it)
– also in class, when he runs past the front of the ring in the middle of the course, surprise him with a reward – either you pull it out of the pocket or someone else throws it.For the remote reinforcement outside the ring, mix up when you mark and run to the exit. Try to make it less predictable in terms of always happening when you are heading to the front of the ring – he might get confused at trials when you head towards the front but the run is not over. So you can add in running towards the front of the course then back into the middle of the ring… then mark and run out to reward.
Having someone else throw the reward can provide a nice middle ground for all the rewards being outside of the ring and not in your hand or pocket, plus he will get rewarded specifically for ignoring the 2 remaining hard distractions.
Any UKI coming up, with a food box? It would be really great to be able to have him go past a person behind a tunnel, get a reward in the food box, run back in and do a bit more, then more reward in the food box, etc. It is easy to add a food box if the local UKI folks are interested.
Let me know what you think! He is getting better and better!!!!
Tracy
Tracy Sklenar
KeymasterGood morning!
> He does spins and nose touches. I am working on leg weaves which he loves. And truly never thought about them in the run throughs.>
Great! Adding that cn help bring him communicate if he is feeling nervous, and also it can help bring him into a higher arousal state to help him ignore distractions (internal and external).
>When this issue began is when he went into a tunnel at a trial in Cato and he just stopped when he came out. Something happen inside the tunnel. >
Aha! This might be an indicator of an injury or underlying illness or something. Many dogs are pretty stoic about that and you won’t see lameness… but you will see things like freezing up or stress behavior when there is added pressure in the competition environment.
>During this time I thought it was just getting his self-confidence back, but guess it is more. >
It could be something that hurts but when he is physically warmed up or more aroused (like after running across the dog walk), he doesn’t ‘feel’ it. I am not a vet but my understanding is that endorphins can be analgesics, effectively acting like a natural pain killer. So if something hurts even a little, getting endorphins going will cover that (but we still want to figure out if something hurts).
>Since Spring has kind of arrived in the Rochester area, I am scheduling a massage for him and my other 2 dogs. Once I get the massage appt. nailed, I am going to get to the vet that does Chiro. Last time he saw both of them was in late October. >
Great! A canine physio person can find any ouchy spots (so can a canine chiro :))
>I can also have my vet do blood work on him also.>
The things we ask vets to do are things like tick panels, blood chemistry (there are inflammation markers that can indicate an injury), thyroid panel, maybe orthopedic radiographs, etc. One of my dogs was having a big struggle last June and it turns out her B12 was low. Fixed that and she is back to normal! So it is worth looking at all the different possibilities, plus it is a good baseline for when he is older to monitor general health.
>I took Knight for a walk around the neighborhood and once he got out of the house and walking he was jumping and barking like a little puppy and through the walk which was about 15 minutes. Never saw that much happiness and joy in a long while. >
Yay! The good weather has an uplifting effect for all of us!
Let me know what you think and keep me posted!
Tracy
Tracy Sklenar
KeymasterHi!
He did really well on all of these – the distraction level was really high during the ring rental time and he worked through it nicely!
Lots of speed and engagement in the first video!
>As Julie mentioned on her thread, there was some interesting distraction with a guy fixing the lights in the facility and talking pretty loudly to another guy and it was kind of loud, echo-y and just sounded a little weird given their location up by the ceiling! Plus, we had the added distraction of some additional dogs barking (one was my other pup who was having major FOMO).>
It was really noisy in a different way than he is used to, so he had some alarm barking in the first video. When the distraction level is really different like that, you can work pattern games outside the ring to help him process the distractions. That way, when he gets into the ring, his brain won’t be tuned into the distractions. If he does bark in the ring, keep moving then reward to try to get the arousal level from moving to override the distraction. And if his brother is also barking… that can trigger some of it too. Dogs tend to bark more or get distracted when their housemates are barking, so the housemate can be temporarily voted off the island 🤣 and crated elsewhere during his turn.
You can also bring a bluetooth speaker to play weird sounds and noises fro your phone – YouTube has a wealth of bizarre videos for strange noises LOL!
>Tried to be interesting and surprising with it. He was into for 1 round. >
One round of woohoo over the toy is great! Keep switching things up – that toy can make an appearance again as part of a rotation of fun stuff 🙂 For dogs that love food, often a toy is great at the beginning of the session then food becomes more motivating.
>Trying to hit those jumps on the way back toward the camera was good except for the offset jump at the end I wasn’t sure how to cue and he didn’t naturally take it. >
The last jump on the line is a ‘get out’ where he needs to lead change to his left if you are running with him on your left, or you can do a side change like a BC or RC between the 2 jumps before it.
You did have the outside arm up for the ‘get out’ the 2nd time but yo were saying ‘go’ which is a straight line cue. So using a get out verbal and more convergence to the jump can help. He is probably a little inexperienced with the ‘get out’ concept because it has been a low priority, but it might be a good thing to set up and work on in isolation (using a set up just like this) so he recognizes it on course when you use it.
>And I’m SO grateful for this problem in this session – he was speedy!!
It is definitely a champagne problem! Yay!
>Heading into that tunnel going away from the camera he nearly misses it because whataya know I wasn’t connected and the video proves it! But meatballs were thrown, he was happy.>
Right – you were running forward and it sounds like praising too, so he didn’t know where to be without the connection. But it looks like he really enjoyed the Meatballs From Heaven action at the end LOL!!!
>Next run I tried a rear cross at the end, but please critique it. Seems kind of late and cutting in too sharply but let me know what you think.>.
Did you mean at approximately 1:53 on the first video? He read it the you converged in for the RC, but you can also set the info sooner: being closer to the tunnel so you don’t get too far ahead will help, plus as he is heading to the jump after the tunnel there you are running to the center of the bar on the RC jump so he sees the info sooner.
On the last video – plenty of people moving around the ring here which was great!
>Okay, this is a lot of video but feel like I need feedback as I venture into this world of trying to get the rewards OFF ME. I did a lot of short courses with the meatballs on the table at the end of ring just off camera.>
I think he did really well with that. He didn’t seem distracted when he was out in the middle of the ring and there was no change in his speed.
>There is a tunnel just off camera for obstacle #2 and it’s a little hard to see on the video but I sure did notice some divided attention passing that table after jump #1 about twice before the final time.>
I think that will get easier as he gets more experienced. The obstacles at the front of the course are hard for youngsters: so many distractions to run past!!
He lined up nicely at :30 – be sure to lead out with connection so he doesn’t start to get up as you turn to look back at him.
The big long sprints back to the food rewards were inspiring me to be less lazy LOL He seemed to have no trouble working with the food that far away and was happy to sprint back to it!
>Didn’t get the turn away after the weaves the second time either but he got more Zuke’s and we just went on.>
One more step to the tunnel was needed at 1:50 after the weaves, to set up the line, along with being less stationary on the send so there was a little momentum. That tunnel was miles away for a little guy! It was hard to tell but looks like you need your left leg to step forward too – one leg was back so be sure to give a big swoosh forward with your leg too.
Nice ending line with the serpy stuff, his commitment looked great on that!
>I kept in because I hope this engaged chill is okay. I think it’s interesting because he was actually a bit nervous there as he got startled by someone ripping some paper off the pole right there by the table. He recovered but I realized after watching the video that that’s probably why he chose to then put his paws up on my for a bit. Needed comfort from the mama.>
Yes, that was totally good – there were weird things happening and also, there was a treat in your hand so he was looking at the treat then was happy to get some petting (looks like he did a nice stretch there too while it was happening).
Great job on these! See you at the chat tonight!
Tracy
Tracy Sklenar
KeymasterGood morning!
>There are a lot of things we can work on in the ring in the trial atmosphere. I really like the reminder to do some runs just like home with the visible toy and then incrementally work our way to toy in the pocket.>
I think the ‘just like home’ runs will really bridge the gap between training and trials!
>I might even play around with a behind the back start. He loves doing this start in disc. >
That is a great idea, plus you can use a disc as a reward on course (a disc is the HIGHEST VALUE reward for any of my dogs!) UpDog is super fun and so it Frigidity! Like in normal agility, he did better with your arms down so you can definitely try to just jog alongside the obstacles without pointing and I bet you see improvement in his commitment.
2nd video:
>This is a run from practice this weekend. He started off pretty distracted with his nose on the ground but then got into flow. >
Since this is practice, you can bring a toy with you! This way, you can get him pumped up before the run so he starts with focus, then you can reward during the run. That will help him be able to maintain engagement all the way through the run – there are really good distractions around which makes for great trial-like practice, so you can use the reinforcement to help build up his engagement.
>I felt like we had really good engagement at the startline of the 1st run in the video and continued engagement in the run. Definitely some handler errors too!>
Yes! He definitely had better engagement here. What did you do right before the run that helped get it? And great job for continuing when he missed an obstacle, rather than stopping and fixing. Staying in motion really helps with building engagement!
>The 2nd run in the video he quickly got distracted (probably random treats on the ground). I bounced a tennis ball and it got his attention and some re-engagement. In hindsight I should have let him play with the ball a bit before going to more obstacles.>
It looks like he really likes the tennis ball, so it is something to play with before a run to get him pumped up and engaged. And yes, use it as a surprise reward on course: toss it when something goes right! He did get re-engaged when you showed it to him, but ideally he gets it as a reward before something goes wrong 🙂
>I feel like we are making some progress>
Totally yes! The biggest piece now is getting engagement before the run – I think using a toy or using the ball as the reward of some tricks will help, plus surprising him on course with it will also help build that up.
Great job!!
TracyTracy Sklenar
KeymasterHi!
She did a good job sorting out the challenge of the tunnel + grid + motion! Yay! The last few reps looked really good 🙂 You can add a little bit more challenge by moving jump 3 further out and when it gets to competition distance (18 feet or so) start to raise the bar. But as with the speed circle – protect her confidence by giving her better grip by doing it on grass or wrapping her feet.
Nice work here! Let me know what you think!
TracyTracy Sklenar
KeymasterHi!
>I haven’t seen anything off with her but she is in season too and has been the last 1.5 weeks. >
Well, that can also be a contributing factor to her having a bit of trouble processing mechanics – hormones plus adolescence are challenging! Even the time before she is officially in season can bring behavior change in female BCs.
Plus she is not likely to show any obvious signs of being off is something is tight or she has a trigger point needing to be resolved 🙂 I mention that because she is adding little chip strides like at :42, :49 here (before the jump after the tunnel) and also adding small strides on the rest of the line rahter than running in extension on the low bars
>plus the footing here is not good. >
She was working the lines well but yes, the footing was challenging and she was having to run ‘tight’ in order to stay balanced. That can be part of why she was adding those strides (trying to stay balanced). She had trouble digging in to turn (especially if the cue was late 🙂 ) and then she was slipping trying to get around to the next jump (like at 1:49 and 2:32). I think wrapping her feet can help and definitely worth a try!
Nice work here!
Tracy
Tracy Sklenar
KeymasterHi!
He definitely gave good information! A few things come to mind:
He is definitely stressing about going towards the back of that building. It gets better with food in the picture and as he does more runs… but even with that, he still stresses about it. For example, on the 2nd speedway video – he came in with more engagement but even then would only move ot the back of the building when you tossed treats. So first thing is to figure out why. More on that below.
He was happy and moving when you were tossing treats and that helped! Yay! Separately from that, we need to get some behaviros going so when you can’t toss food, you can still get him engaged. The two most important ones are going to be:
– volume dial! What tricks get him moving a lot – can be spins, barks, hopping up for a nose touch, high five, leg weaves, etc… first we get them with food, then without food (remote reinforcement).
These are important because if he comes into the ring looking stressed, you can cue these behaviors to get him into the optimal arousal state.
– leash off, engagement on. When he is concerned, he wants to move away as soon as the leash is off. So pumping up the value of the leash off, engagement on game will really help: this can start with taking the leash off and running a few steps, then giving him a cookie or two or three 🙂 That way, the leash coming off becomes a cue that great things are going to happen and he automatically engages in that moment.
Back to the stress… it is hard to know exactly *why* he is stressing about it, because the triggers are not always the same. This time, there was no one back there. Yes, people were at the front of the ring but also – there was food in the ring with him and he was still concerned. Is it because the tunnels were dark? Did something weird happen back there, at some point in the past? Is it the weird visual od all the other stuff back there? Hard to know. But we need to help him out 🙂
Does he have that same concern at PFTF (heading to the back of the ring, even with food? I don’t recall it being an issue). Is this new for this location?
A few ideas for you –
– did we ever talk about getting a thorough physical work up for him? I scrolled back through your initial thread and couldn’t find anything. Getting a full physical check up (soft tissue check, blood work ((thyroid, tick stuff, etc)), joints check) is definitely on tap – his stress might be based in pain or illness. That is pretty common in sport dogs: we only see symptoms when they are under the ‘pressure’ of being in the ring. There are also some good probiotics you can consider to help balance gut health and reduce anxiety. One of my dogs is on Purina Calming Care and he is a much happier dog in life and sport!– for now, take out the pressure of trying to run courses in that building in a trial setting, even when you can have food. Get him going with tricks in the ring and having fun in the back of the ring (no obstacles needed for that) and then work him up to going to the back of the ring… but with remote reinforcement (food left in the front of the ring). When he is happily partying with tricks with you in the back of the ring, then add a jump or tunnel! Then we can gradually build up to the agility.
Let me know what you think! We will get him figured out!
Tracy
Tracy Sklenar
KeymasterHi1
> Flexible hybrid of 3 days/week in the office but they aren’t fixed days in the week and it sounds like it may not always be the full day. It’s less than 15min away and right off the highway so should he an easy commute.>
This sounds great!
>March OTR judge is Meagan Johnson.
I have heard really good things about Meagan’s courses!
>> I’ve got her entered in the Classic at 8in and am thinking I could move her to 8 for the OTR UKI trial too. It’s got a food box.>
Yes, I think she is ready for that.
>Dean said she slept most of the day.
She was encoding what she learned by sleeping 🙂
>I got done early (sadly only 150 runs on Sunday)>
That is about double what we are seeing locally in USDAA. Sadness!
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