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Welcome back!!
I can totally relate to the feeling of THERE IS SO MUCH TO DO with young dogs! But it sounds like you are on the right track: teaching contacts and weaves, while carving out time to work sequences and skills. Perfect!!Have fun!
TracyHello and welcome back! it is really exciting to hear that he is trialing and being successful!!!! Congrats! And no worries about using the faults in Novice… that is what they are there for, to be used LOL!!!
Looking forward to seeing you two in action!
TracyHello and welcome!!! I am excited to see you and Levy because I agree: you two are really coming together! FUN!!!!!
I will generally have the Hot Topics sequences and live class sequences set up at my house if you ever wanted to come use the field – training in a new location and not having to lug equipment around 🙂
Have fun!
TracyWelcome back! I am excited to see the boys in action!
>>Enzo is pumped and Casper isn’t sure what’s happening yet.>>
Ha! That cracks me up and is exactly what happens at my house: 4 year old dog knows exactly what is happening. Almost 2 year old dog? Doesn’t know what all the fuss is about but is happy to get happy about it LOL!
>>a million thanks for posting the courses on Sunday mornings. This makes a big difference to me as far as course building.>>
Great! Your feedback on timing of course builds from last year was completely on my mind when we went to Sunday crack of dawn releases this year.
Have fun!
TracyWelcome!!! I think I have seen Rayna in the background of some of your MaxPup videos 🙂 I am excited to see more of her! Bummer about the other dog 🙁 Hope her knee feels better!!!!!!! We can also break down some of the skills for West if you want to show him some of this stuff too 🙂
Have fun!
TracyGood morning!
>>I’m hoping it’s ok to ask you about my independent study jump class.
Of course!
>>1. When using the Cato plank for the wraps and slices do you transition off the plank when they are proficient at the low bar height? >>
We have fading exercises later in the class (two ways to do it: fading out the sit on the plank, and fading out the plank with a sit on the flat).
It depends on the dog’s strength and structure. Because she is young and fit and seems to have good structure based on what I can see in her videos and movement, you can take a two-pronged approach:>>Sprite is doing great at 12 in with all of those exercises. Do I add height with the plank first and then go down and fade the plank? Or, do I switch now at 12 in to start fading the plank?>>
For her, add height from 12 in 2-inch increments. She might be able to work all the way up to full height, but it is not required. And it is very gradual because it is also a conditioning exercise: low # of reps and quit before she gets fatigued.
Separately, you can do sessions on a really low bar (6 or 8″ to start) with the plank fading out – you can alternate training days on this by, for example, using the plank to raise the height on a Monday, and on a Wednesday do the low bar and plank fading.
>>2. She’s struggling on zigzag by adding a stride if I soften the angle. I only have 4 ft bars. I’m assuming stay easy and grow core strength first before trying to soften again? >>
Yes – keep it easy where she can maintain form, then change things by an inch or so. You can try shortening the distance to encourage the bouncing by overlapping the wings a bit. It is an insanely challenging exerise so it might take all summer 🙂 It took me 12 weeks to very gradually get my Voodoo to do it with the really hard angles.
>>I just downloaded an app that supposedly measures angles to be sure I’m not drastically changing it. It’s possible I am.>>
Ooh! Cool!!! What app is that? And feel free to send a photo of the set up in messenger or email so I can see if there is anything visual we can do to help her.
Have fun!
TracyGood morning, welcome back! And getting hooked on another sport is great: Nose Work is fantastic for the dogs and fun for all of us!!!
I am looking forward to your updates! Have fun!
TracyGood morning and welcome back with Bacon!!! He is so fun 🙂
Yes, we will totally be working on timing to help with bars and off courses. He is powerful and also young, so he will need early info to sort out the mechanics of dealing with his own power 🙂 Fun!!! The timing is very different than his Papillon siblings – I can totally relate. Feel free to pop in trial videos if you have examples of off courses or bars – that can give us ideas to help as you work through these course challenges.
Have fun!
TracyHooray and welcome back to CAMP!!! Let me know if you want me to fit CAMP courses into the class space you have, to help convince your instructor 🙂
>>Finishing up my recovery / rehab from a knee replacement – running pain free is a wonderful thing. >>
This is so fantastic!!!! I’m so glad you are pain-free, that must feel so much better!
>>Used the off time to build pre and post run routines for Coal using CU super bowl patterns, a fun project.>
Awesome! This will be super useful for class and for trials.
>>Also hitting the 70 number this summer – how did that happen? My next dog may have short legs LOL>>
We will have to celebrate! The new knee is only a year old (or less) so I am sure you will be running like a pro 🙂 And if you want to test out a short dog, I have a few you can borrow – they are harder to see than the tall dogs, but easier to carry around LOL!
Have fun 🙂
TracyHello and welcome!!!! This will be fun! I can’t believe Spot is already!!!
You’ve got lots of time to get the field ready and the sequences done – Mother Nature has promised perfect weather 🙂
Have fun!
TracyWelcome back! I am excited to see her work!!! We can definitely focus on tackling these challenges from the perspective of:
– being in a good spot to support her jumping
– handling from behind as needed, so you can support jumping AND get the hard challenges AND get her to drive ahead.It will be fun!!!
Tracy
Hi! It has been great seeing you here in MN!! I am excited to see Saphira. I can’t believe she is already 3!!!! Sounds like she is doing really well in her sports 🙂 And fingers crossed that Mazi’s toe holds up (darned toes!!!)
Have fun!
TracyWelcome! I am excited to get started!
About the zoomies… have you played Find My Face with her on course? We can definitely add that to help her de-stress!Tracy
Yay! Welcome back!!! I am excited to see you and Maple and Huck – you and Mae looked fan-freakin-tastic in May when I saw you in person!!!!
As we get started, give me a list of things you have run into on course that give you trouble. The shorter distances with such a big striding, fast girlie are definitely challenging, so we can work all of these skills at short distances.
Have fun 🙂
Tracy
