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>Her more favorite exercises are the sit/down/stand (in any order) on a narrow plank. This is hard. And doing it with one foot elevated is very hard. We have also been working on balancing on 2 feet. First the diagonals and then both feet on one side. And crawling. Enzo crawls forward pretty well; backwards not yet.
> These are all so good!! And doing it on the plank is great because it really requires control from the core.
Here’s another fun one! It isolates the quads, which my PT vet says can be quite “puny” on sports dogs LOL!! I was doing this here as a surgery rehab for a patella, but it remains in the regular rotation (slight higher bar to step over now).
Pop Out 1 went great! He was brilliant about finding the weaves of course, even when you were laying the #2 jump.
2 small details:
– because there is a wrap on 1, you can release with both hands up. This helps the dogs differentiate the wider turns on the opening jump (release with 1 hand) versus the wraps on the opening jump (release with both hands). It could be either in the current trend of forward focus on jump 1, so seeing the cue with 1 or 2 hands helps before the release.– After sending to 2 and 3, you can rotate to face the weaves as a spin on the tunnel entry (as opposed to the post turn). The spin will get you immediately moving to the line of the weaves and will cue a tight turn on the tunnel exit (taking out the line back to 1). It should feel pretty natural in the moment and doesn’t need to be a fast rotation.
Pop Out 2 went really well too!
On the first run: The switch on 3 looked great – you can call him sooner as he is taking the 3 jump to get a faster line to 4 (he was a bit wide with some questions there). As he was approaching 4, he saw a lot of acceleration on- that is what contributed to the wide turn on the wrap at 5.On the 2nd run, you turned to the right (FC wrap) – this also looked good! He is collecting really well and your decel cues and timing are looking great!
Looking at the differences, because lead changes are not always a predictor of what is faster/slower:
I didn’t think the right turn on 3 would set up as good of a line as the left turn would, but I timed it two different ways (landing of 1 to landing of 5, and landing of 2 to landing of 4) taking out the turn from 5 to the tunnel. Timing it like this came to the same results you found – the right turn wrap was faster.
It might have been slightly less yardage, plus he more immediately knew the line 4-5. The switch might have had more yardage and also he didn’t as immediately know what the line to 4 was (several extra strides there). I am interested to know if calling him sooner would change the outcome of the timing because it would take out the extra strides & yardage.
For Casper: >We did both the front side wrap and slice, I think they look pretty good. We’ll move along to backside wraps next. >
I agree, he is doing well! You can see him really engaging his hind end here in preparation for sitting and collecting to get over the jump.
As you add in the backside wraps, you can also put an empty bowl on the ground to give him a focal point to lower his head (otherwise his head if up and he watches you). On the slices, the bowl would be one stride past where he would land (so about 6 feet past the jump. On the wraps (front and back) the bowl would be past the wing on the exit side so he completes the wrap and goes to the bowl. Yes, he will have to pass the bowl to get into the wrap 🙂
The bowl is empty and then you drop the reward into it as you move away. You can also add more of your motion, plus take it outside to see how he does on grass (that is the first step to fading the plank :))
>I left in the last weave runs; if I carry it in my outside hand, he has better success than in the nearside. We’re working on it.>
He can probably see it very clearly in your nearside hand 🙂 He is doing great though and I know he will be able to ignore that toy very soon 🙂
Great job here!
Tracy
Hi! Nice job here!
I wrote the thoughts about the previous session before watching this one:
I think you arrived at a similar thought process about slowing down your motion on the runs here! The slower pace in handling for now was effective – she did a lot better and you did the handling more like the walking agility. The trick is going to be applying it everywhere for now, even that ending line.
For example, in the walk through at 1:15 – 1:22, you had a steady pace that was closer to walking/vert slow jog. She was very successful! Just try not to stand still near the jump after the tunnel – we want to shape her to take it while you are moving.
Our goal of course is to eventually have you run full out, but we can get her on board with that plan by slowing the pace.
She found 1-2 no problem! Yay!
Based on how this is set up, I think the 2-3 line could be a backside for her so using a brake arm and even a threadle cue to get it can help get her on the line. The spin you used in run 3 was great too: it got the turn while not using a ton of motion. Yay! That way you won’t have to pull really fast to your right – that burst of motion was contributing to her going past 3 on the first 2 runs.
Staying in a slower steady pace helped her find the middle section – then the burst of speed contributing to running past the last bar.
>am adding my third because I liked to see the comparison of what I actually needed to do to get a good rep (early cues, less movement).>
I am glad you did – the 3rd run was the best! You did not stop moving, but also you were super connected and moving at a slower steady pace. Just add that to the last line too, so she can drive ahead and find that last jump.
I am also curious to see how she does when there is no toy in your hand. These sequences don’t need a precision reward, so you can have a toy in your pocket or use food for now.
Great job here!
Let me know what you think!Tracy
Hi! Thanks for your kind words about Voodoo. Those boy dogs totally will do anything for their moms!
Thanks for posting the video – you were really great about making a big happy fuss when she got it right!
Yes, I can bug you about giving stronger turn cues earlier on the tunnel entry (like using both hands) but also… the jump was right there and she was actively going around it.
Same with jump 1 – she did better when you were closer on the release (as opposed to closer to the tunnel exit) but also… the jump was right there.
So three things to consider in training:
– always get her in high arousal with tugging beforehand (you might already be doing this) so she learns to find the jumps when she is more stimulated
– but to balance that: slow your motion. Do some walking agility on these sequences! You will be in motion the whole time, but not moving fast yet.
Moving fast plus arousal are resulting in going around a lot of jumps, so we can keep the arousal (because she needs to be able to execute in that arousal state) and dial back the motion for now (then gradually work it back up). Why this is happening? Probably a processing question where her brain cannot process taking the mechanics of taking the jumps, running fast, seeing you run fast, seeing the toy, etc. She might not even “see” the jumps! But the ‘why’ only matters in how we figure out how to help her.
If you are still get regular running past the jumps: lower the bars a bit especially on jumps after a tunnel.
The other suggestion is to not have the reward on the ground behind her – that was definitely splitting her focus a lot. I think she did better when you were holding it, but you can also go to no visible toy or food rewards. It is entirely possible that the visible toy is splitting her attention enough to cause her to run past the jumps.
Let me know what you think!
Tracy
Hi! I am glad your vision is better!!!
Yes, Indy is definitely enjoying finding her weaves LOL!!! One of the ways you can balance finding the weaves with watching handling cues is to tell her that she is very clever to get the weaves… but not cue them or reward them if you were standing still and cueing a tight turn 🙂 If we are late on a tight turn cue, maybe the dog picks up one extra jump then turns – I would argue that you were not late (and you were pretty stationary and you had two hands out) and she was simply locked on the weaves. We don’t need to reward it, but you can also do a lot of balance for the finding weaves and also finding turns and not the weaves 🙂 She probably went to the weaves the 2nd time because she was rewarded the first time LOL!
On the 3rd rep, you were more compelling as you got the turn cues going – the name call is effective as a “HEY SOMETHING’S HAPPENING HERE” as she is approaching 2 and the turn cues are starting.
The weaves to the jump layer to the tunnel looked great! You got the 8 jump to the 9 tunnel from the landing side of 8. She was a little wide on the tunnel exit because you were blocking the wing – another option there is that you can also stay on the takeoff side of 8 and handle it as a threadle out of the tunnel, so she is on your left for 8 and the send to 9
>. I think I need to teach a come in or threadle verbal, not sure if this calls for that or not.
I think the 10 jump after the tunnel is almsot a ‘freebie’ for her because it is so easy 🙂 And yes, that makes 11 a threadle slice, handling it as you did at the end of video (this is also how you can handle jump 8, too!)
Using the right verbal for 10 (when she exits the tunnel) then the threadle verbal slice verbal will be great there!.> To be honest, this type of course is still so new to me.>
You are doing awesome! And teaching her to stay on her line like you are doing is going to be REALLY helpful for the big crazy courses, as you can see here on the section from the #5 weaves to the 10 jump after the tunnel!
Great job!
Tracy
Hi!
T2B: This was lovely! She did a GREAT job with her jumping on this run. She had to work almost the whole course in a collected one-stride which means the distances were very short for her. You were lovely and connected except one little blip at :39 where you pointed ahead to get the jump before the weaves because she had passed you… but that point ahead turns your shoulders & feet away from the line so she turned. You were connected, though, so you were able to do a quick reset then carry on for a great finish.
Your transition into deceleration to get the wrap at :34 before a-frame #2 was FABULOUS!
What bit you in the JWW run was the small distance and the tighter turns needed through the boxes in AKC – as she took off for 4 at :18, you were connected and starting to gently turn. On a bigger UKI distance, I think it would be perfect! But on the smaller AKC distance – it took her to the backside line, especially with motion pushing in a bit there to set the RC. Even on the reset without a lot of momentum, it was a hard turn and the bar came down.
So what to do instead?
>. I feel as if she wants the info sooner even than one jump ahead and she prefers me farther away. >
In this scenario, I think your assessment about being sooner is correct (but she is fine with you being close to her :)) To set up the AKC-style RC, the turn info starts as she takes off for jump 3: that is a bit of decel and probably a brake arm to get collection for 4, to turn her to the left so she lands facing the front of 5. Then when you have that, you can move forward on the RC line. Your position to start the decel/brake arm can be closer to the wing of 4, making it easier to get the RC on 5 when she has turned (without pushing to the backside by accident).
I say “AKC-style” because this type of RC is a common challenge – definitely one to set up on these small one-stride distances!
>Also, heading to Rhode Island for the Block Party so will be interested to see how she reacts to the UKI for three days. >
FUN!!! I wanted to go to that but decided that a 15 hour drive was too much LOL! The distances will be a little different LOL!! She will be taking a fully extended one-stride between jumps and possibly 2 strides between jumps – so there might be a different level of hustle. But the lines and turns will make more sense (such as RCs). Keep your strong connection and run run run like you do on the courses at home, those are more like UKI distances.
Have fun!
TracyHi!
Looks like Lift had a great time at the seminar!
On the video:
This was a good challenge for him! And definitely skill he will need: drive in extension even when da hooman has to decelerate and stop. Placing the reward (not in the video) helped a lot and also throwing the friz like a real friz helped too LOLThe poles are a bigger visual and he did really well with the soft sided entry at first, maybe because you primed the pump with the jump there. He had a harder time on the other side then when you changed the picture a bit and came back to the soft-side entry. He was definitely thinking hard!!!
Since he was not fully convinced to run as fast as he could to the jump or poles while you were not moving, I wonder if we can get him on board by replacing the jump & weaves with a short tunnel? That might be the highest value and get the extension we want. Then we can get the jump added back in, starting it close.
Do you think the lotus ball would be easier to throw for him? Or you can enlist friends/family (Dean haha) to sit on the deck and be your thrower? As long as the person doesn’t stand near the obstacle, having someone else throw can really help!
Nice work here!
Tracy
Hi! She is looking wonderful!
Yes, revisiting start lines are probably good to add. All broken stays were simply crimes of passion – she is happy to be back in action!
On the sends to jump 2, the more connection you gave her as the send cue (and less arm being used), the better she sent! You can see this at :38 and :50 for example – great connection and she found the middle jump perfectly!
When adding the tunnel at :55 – give yourself a longer lead out to show the line. You did a longer lead out at 1:19 and she found the tunnel easily.
When you did the full loop including the tunnel, you emphasized connection and didn’t use a lot of arm… and she did a GREAT job finding the lines! YAY!!! You can expand the distances even more, and move into the next exercises too. Be sure that if you do a couple of days with jumping, that you give her a few days off from jumping so she doesn’t get sore. Her leg is ready to go in terms of surgery recovery, but now the muscles have to get strong again 🙂
Great job here!
TracyHi! This went really well!
On the first GO rep, she exited straight heading to the jump, but definitely had her head up and asking the question of why you were decelerated. Great toy throw!!!After that… no more questions about going straight, she was nailing it on both sides. Super!!!!
>The first left turn took her by surprise but her ears were on for the second.>
Yes, I agree – she seemed to be expecting another GO cue so the response to the left was delayed but she got it! Your timing of the physical and verbal cue was on time, so it was a good challenge for her. She got it perfectly on the next rep and she also got the right turn cue really well when you switched sides.
I was so happy with her weave entries!! That is FAR away for a small dog especially for a young dog, and she did great! You were smart to do it on 4 slightly open poles.
The 2o2o is going well! She wants to watch you, so you can mix in throwing a reward back to her as you run past the end of the plank to keep her looking at her target position and not your motion.
Great job here!
TracyThanks for thinking of Voodoo – losing them is the worst part about having dogs.
I think the session went really well in terms of starting the blinds!! You got earlier and earlier! Part of it is getting the quickness of the blind so you can establish the new connection quickly and more clearly, and part of it is her anticipating that the shoulder turn begins the blind cross cue.
You don’t have a lot of leeway to be sending with an arm then seeing if she will commit… she is just SO FAST. So when she exits the tunnel, you can be moving along the line, cueing the wing with motion and a verbal and connection. And when she is one stride out of the tunnel, start the BC – you were doing this on a lot of the reps, especially when she was starting on your left side.
Here are screenshots of the best timing moments (and one time you were too quick to pull away so she did not go to the wing). Note that your arms are extended on these – having them not extended will really help!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qDl4fgWiaE2JxSu95NGCncSGdPZYTaHHGq_do3LoiXU/edit?usp=sharing
So to get a tighter exit and then be able to get the 2nd blind:
– keep your arms in tight to your ribs. I tell myself “chicken wings” because my elbows need to be bent and tucked in to my ribs. That will will make it quicker to execute the blind! And then it makes it quicker to execute 2 in a row. Having your arms extended makes it harder to show the connection she needs to see on time
– as you execute the blind, place the toy across your body like you did on the last rep (exit line connection)Basically, there will be a moment on the line where you don’t see her – this moment is between the one stride past the tunnel exit and when she arrives at the wing. And when she arrives at the wing, you will be connected on the new side and she can drive right to it.
Once you are happy with that, getting 2 in a row will be easier: as soon as you see her exit the wing and lock onto the new side, you can do the 2nd blind (with arms in ‘chicken wing’ position) and make the big connection on the new side.
Let me know what you think! Nice work here!
TracyHi!
I saw the files come through, so I will get them downloaded asap!
>The terriers certainly don’t go by the “no killing things” rule here- rodents are FAIR GAME! >
I’ve been lucky that my terriers over the years have all been easily convinced not to murder things LOL!
> But there is a “no leaving work for critters” rule- crittering is either done during off hours or when cued!>
This is a good rule!
>The mental things are certainly what get to me with Roots.>
The mental game is hard, especially the intrusive thoughts! I totally relate.
> Maybe one of the things I lost/changed when I stopped taking in person classes?>
Possibly! Or the quick bounce back from errors – there is no time in a group class or a seminar to spiral, because the instructor gives quick feedback and then off we go again. You can treat yourself like a student!
>So maybe I’ll try to emulate that aspect of in person group classes. I’ll even plan it into the session, have a comfy chair ready (instead of the ground) and a cold beverage and maybe a snack. Yay inspiration!>
OMG I am stealing this idea 🙂 Brilliant!
>As far as how often I run full courses? Not very often. I trial about two weekends a month (July was pretty heavy at 3, plus being away camping for July 4 weekend, so no agility then). During the week I do small skills usually before work (rotating dogs throughout the week), Friday afternoons I mow the agility yard and build a course if we aren’t going to trial that weekend, then run it one of the days of the weekend, and take the other day to do something not agility related (but will squeak in some agility if I can). I’d worry about running full courses before work with wet, dewy grass, but could try to do course work on some afternoons? I got away from doing full course work very often because it felt like we were lacking so many smaller skills >>
I think doing full course work more often might help trialing. There is more emphasis on getting all the way through without stopping, making good plans (or learning from bad plans haha) and simply rehearsing challenges in big flow so the brain/body is prepared for trials. Yes, mixing in smaller skills is all good – but I think agility is one of the sports where having *all* or most of the skills is impossible. So we keep training, yes – but we apply our existing toolbox to the full courses and see how it goes. Do you think it would be possible, maybe twice a month, to set a full course and run it? And re-number to run other full courses on it without having to do much course building. That might be doable (twice a month) with a busy work-life-trial balance.
Let me know what you think!
Tracy
Good morning!
She was really great about coming up the ramp the first time, even though it was a little weird feeling… And she was super confident the 2nd time up the ramp. Yay! It made me laugh that she was so happy to drive up the board that she started without you even when you were trying to switch to a different game. So that added a tiny bit of movement but she seemed perfectly happy with it. You asked her if it was scary and she said, “nope, not scary” LOL!
Since she was on board with running up the board, you were able to add even more movement! Yay! You can leave the reward at the top of the board so she doesn’t wait for you to get there – I use a dab of cream cheese so it is high value but also doesn’t fall off when the board moves.
> I don’t have one so this work is very sporadic.>
It seemed like she was super confident after the first rep, and that is great! So you can use the first rep of each session as an easy reminder rep… then carry on with the training. Because she is confident, training it sporadically will not be a problem.
Great job here!
TracyGood morning!
>Here is video from the second session using just one bar and varying start points. He cleared them all.>
Excellent!!! He looked perfectly comfortable here.
> I tried replacing one jump in a short sequence with a wingless and ran it in both directions. Ven missed the jump completely on the first time through but that was my fault for not supporting it. >
That makes sense that he would come off it is the info was not clear about taking it.
>He didn’t knock it a single time so at this point, I’m just going to continue mixing in wingless, especially at home where space is so tight.>
Super!! Yes, keep adding it in so he gets used to seeing them on course.
> discovered Ven wouldn’t go out to jumps so this session I worked getting him to “go jump” from the tunnel exit.>
To add a complication, this sequence had a rear cross on the tunnel entry so body language said turn even if voice said “go”. You can set this up so you are not rear crossing the tunnel and that will support the go even more.
Good job breaking it down from the tunnel exit!
Getting to a position with you on the other side of the DW was hard, so you can split that more: after starting next to him, step away just a little bit at a time, then eventually step back behind him – that will include you standing on the bottom of the dog walk 🙂 before heading to the other side of it.To really pump up the value of staying on the line to the jump, you can throw the reward sooner so it lands on the landing side of the jump like you did at :23. As the session went on, the rewards got closer and closer to you which builds value for being near you. The lotus ball is perfect for this because it is easy to throw and very visible.
>We have class Monday evening so I’m curious to see if this session translates into him being able to take a jump in class.>
Great!!! In class, hand off the lotus ball to someone else with the instructions to throw it as soon as he takes his first step towards the jump. That will help build the skill!
Pop out 1: This went well! A couple of ideas to make it even smoother:
You can look at him more directly as he exits the tunnel so he goes more directly to the backside of 3 (he had a zig zag there because he didn’t see a lot of connection when he exited the tunnel)
Serping him in on the backside of 3 by opening up your shoulder (or using the opposite arm) worked nicely! You don’t need to turn your feet, I think using the arms will be all he needs.Wrapping to the right on 4 at :53 went well – he will collect better if you decel more and let your arm cues do most of the work to get collection before takeoff.
You had more motion at 1:17 which did cue the slice. The last rep there had clear decel into the wrap and he was lovely!Pop out 2 – I think this might have been pop out 4, based on the threadle at 3 and backside of 4. It is definitely a hard one!
Connect on the exit of 1 to get a nice line to the 2 tunnel. Say the verbal directly to him so he sees the connection. From the camera angle, you can see how he is coming around the wing of 1 and only sees your back. Having your arm pointing back to his nose will open up the connection he sees and smooth out the line to the #2 tunnel.
On the threadle at 3 – you can start calling him before he enters the tunnel, so he exits expecting the turn cues. That will allow you to keep your feet facing the slice line (towards the a-frame in this case). Too much rotation of your feet either got the wrap to the left, or he thought it was a front cross and came in too far from 3.
Sending to the 4 backside went the best when you looked at him when you said the verbal and step to the backside, rather than point forward. Pointing forward turns your shoulders and feet (watch your right foot in particular) to the front of the bar – that physical cue overrode the verbal, so he took the front when you pointed ahead of him.
You had more motion and much nicer connection into the send at :41 on the 2nd video! Yay! Your arm did not point til he was past you and heading to the backside, and that worked great!
Compare to 2:12 where you pointed ahead of him (less connection as you started the cue) which turned shoulders & feet to the front, so he went to the front side.
Being a little further from the line on the landing of 4 helped him see the front side of 5 (1:39 on the first video, :43 on the 2nd video). Being really close pushed him to the other side of 5 on the first video – nice adjustment to change your position to give him more room on the line! Remember to give him his turn cues for 5 as he is over 4 – at :44, the turn cues came as he was taking off for 5 so the bar came down there.
And you can be sooner with the cues on 6 (start them before he enters the #6 tunnel, so he exits turned) and 7 for the wrap. You were giving him his turn cue on 7 in the second video and he did really well there!
Pop out 3:
> discovered Ven could not release from approx 15′ leadout.>It might have been the distance, or it could be that he was not sure of what the line was: your position was saying it was the closer end of the tunnel but the threadle arm was saying it was not (and the threadle side of the tunnel was less visible)… so he might have been waiting for clearer info to avoid being wrong. Rewarding immediately for the release helped, probably pumping up confidence that the cue meant coming to you. He might also be frozen there because he doesn’t want to be wrong, so not stopping if something goes wrong will help. You could see him heading to the tunnel entry in front of him at 1:50 when your motion was showing it and the threadle arm/verbal were late (then a white fuzz was there so he probably thought it was a treat LOL!!) so always keep going, no fixes in the moment or stopping even if you drop a treat for him – continuing and rewarding at the end will be the most motivating way to keep him driving off the start line even on the harder leadouts.
Nice work here!!
Tracy
Hi!
Thanks for the updates! I am glad the boys did well with the sequences!!!
>Alonso didn’t go in the weaves right away but when I re-sent him he weaved but at a slower pace.>
Right, that makes sense – he was probably like WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH THE JUDGE hahahahaha but I am glad he recovered and was back to normal on the next runs 🙂
Keep me posted on how the course goes!!
Tracy
Good morning –
>First, I hope you are doing okay-looks like it’s been a really tough week. Hang in there.>
Thanks, It is so hard, even when you knew it was coming (bad diagnosis received in May).
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I have not used stride regulators before and admit I’m not really how to use them in this case. I’ll also acknowledge that this running contact training isn’t going quite as smoothly as the past two times I’ve trained it with my other dogs so I probably need to learn some new tricks. Do you have any recommended resources for how to implement them in training? I’m a little worried Reacher will think they are super weird and slow down even more, but it’s probably my lack of experience with them that makes me think that.>You’ve had two dogs where running contact training went smoothly? That is impressive. Usually it goes backwards, sideways, and all sorts of off the rails before being finished LOL!!
I was looking for videos where I had the stride regulators in place but I can’t find them. They are just to encourage the small dogs to leap the top of the down ramp a bit.
You can see the results of it here, especially in the close up moments (but I have no idea how I labelled the training videos so can’t find them):
Both dogs leap the apex of the down ramp. It is fast and fun and adds a lot of speed.
I used the little white attachment thing from CleanRun but I am sure you can also use a piece of pool noodle sliced in half so it has a low profile. I taught them how to leap over it on the flat, then lower on the down ramp, then higher on the down ramp, then back chained it.
I put the regulator over the first slat at the top of the down ramp, which is exactly where Elektra is leaping correctly here. Yay! Hot Sauce was giving a little EXTRA (as she likes to do LOL) so she really had to shift her weight to get into the contact zone. I think Reacher will have a less deranged approached to it, more like Elektra.Let me know what you think!
TracyGood morning!
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I thought I was rewarding on her line for the wrap. So I shouldn’t throw it at the completion of the wrap to encourage a tight turn? Instead I should throw it before she’s really finished the wrap?>>
You were rewarding the exit line – for now, it is more ideal to reward her for jumping the jump as you move the other way, which means reward on the landing side before she has finished the wrap. We are rewarding commitment because the exit part is the easy part 🙂 You won’t need to encourage a tight turn – when you don’t reward the commitment, she will automatically turn to chase the next line due to your motion.
Looking at the jumping course:
There were plenty of absolutely beautiful sections here!!!
>, but we did run into some issues as I was trying to clean things up>
Only one issue causing the same question in different spots… pointing ahead of her.
On the gorgeous sections, you were sending her and committing her with tons of connection and NO pointing ahead. Sure, there were spots where your dog-side arm traveled with her as she was driving away from you, but that is different from when you point ahead of her to cue a commitment.
Pointing ahead of her changes the line of your shoulders & feet and blocks connection, which changes the cue. So she has a BIG MAD when things are not clear (bark bark bark). You might notice her happy silence when you are not pointing and things are clear 🙂
#10 (realized I needed an “out” verbal instead of a backside),> This was also a pointy situation 🙂 At :29 and 1:05 and 1:58, you were pointing forward to 10, which changed the line and she was not sure of which side of the jump to take. So she gave you some verbal feedback 🙂
The ‘out’ was very effective because… no pointing 🙂 Your dog-side arm was back and she could see the connection and line of shoulders to 10. Outside arm helped for sure, but the lack of being pointy was the critical piece.The Backside cues for 14 were really strong on most reps – lots of connection, no pointing til she was passing you (one moment at 3:10 where you pulled up too early, but the rest were strong!)
And she was great on taking the jump at 14 then sending to the 15 tunnel when you connected and didn’t point til she was moving past you (your arm was supporting her there more than cueing her). You had a big pointing moment to 15 at 2:10 so she came off the line you wanted (shoulders and feet changed the info because of the pointing ahead of her) and on the resend pulled her off of it too. Compare to 3:46 where you sent without pointing and she nailed it. Lovely!
A couple of pointing moments on the ending line mixed in: you were pointing to 17 at 2:20 (then she was so mad because you were still pointing LOL – not her fault!) You didn’t point at all at 2:34 to get 17 and she went to it beautifully.
You were pointing ahead to 18 at 1:29, and that almost pulled her off the line (motion supported it so she got back on it). When you didn’t point on the other reps – very smooth commitment!
You needed to be a little closer and less pointy 🙂 and more connected to cue 20 at 1:33
You got great commitment to 20 at 2:39 (you needed to run to 21 and not pull away so much).Then 3:43 to the end was a point-free zone and it was gorgeous!
So, since everything else is going so well – in your course analysis/planning and walk throughs, identify any sending moments and challenge yourself to run without arms – just connect, deliver your verbals to her, and drive lines. That is when she is happiest and picks up amazing flow on course! And if she does back and come off a line, that is her yelling “POINTY! POINTY!!!!” (Nox always yells her feedback) so on the resend and as you continue, be sure to not point ahead of her.
Nice work here!
Tracy
