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>how do I start teaching how to collect properly?>
She already has a lot of education on this… but also bear in mind that she is very young and super inexperienced and wants to go really fast, so her questions might have to do more with processing delays (trying to figure out what the cues mean while running) and less about collection.
> I was doing a sequence with her where she was doing an inside threadle where she had to come toward me on the inside of the jump and collect to go to a tunnel right behind me. She really struggled to collect properly to get there.>
That is a complex skill – do you have video? It is possible that the cues needed to be earlier and clearer for her age/experience level. And sometimes my young dogs remind me that while I think I am giving the correct cue… I am not giving the correct cue 😂 😆 and they are correctly doing what I am showing them. Youngsters are VERY literal like that 🙂
And for complex skill work at one year old: break it way down first to get the turn (even if it is on one jump) before adding it to sequences or adding speed. Then let her sleep on it 🙂 so her brain can really ‘learn’ it 🙂
If you have a video of the session, feel free to post it and we can sort out what was happening!
Tracy
Good morning!
The pillbug session looked good here! He did really well on the right side too along with the left side. The next session can be where you do outside turns – putting yourself next to the tunnel and he is on the other side of you. I think these will be very easy for him, so you can wait until the weather cooperates and is not so brutally humid.
Looking at the set point:
I am happy with what he is doing so far! The main goal with an adolescent male large dog is to get coordination and NOT have him be reckless 🙂 He is hitting those goals easily!
>Rusty strikes me as one of those dogs that needs to be taught to jump.>
He is off to a good start – he is not really powering through the set point yet (mainly because of how it is set up, see below) but he is coordinated and balanced which is great!
>I hope to go outside tomorrow to work in the yard. >
Perfect, that is part of what I was going to suggest: moving the set point to grass so he can really dig into the footing (he is being careful on the mats because he doesn’t want to slip, good boy!)
Other things to add to the outdoor session:
Add one more foot between the jumps – if it was a 4 foot distance here, try a 5 foot distance. If it was 5 feet, try 6 feet 🙂 Eventually I believe he will be working at a 6 foot distance.
For the moving target: tie the toy you were using here to a long toy or a leash, so you can drag it without having to lean over. The leaning over can cue a bit of collection, and we want him to really propel.
And as you are using the moving target: lead out further so you are 10 feet past jump 2 when you release him.
These elements will let us really see his jumping form 🙂 You can keep the bar height as you had it here and jump bumps in for now.
>He is 10 and a half months and 20 inches at the withers. What should I be working toward in terms of jump height at this point?>
Eventually, he will be doing the set point at 6 feet between jumps and with a 20” bar on jump 2. But that is much further down the road. He is still very young, so the 2nd bar being 6 inches is perfect! (Just ignore anyone who has their 10 or 11 month old dogs jumping any real height, that is against veterinary advice and can do more harm than it can help). As he approaches a year old, that bar can go up. Then as he is in the 14-15-16 month range, it can go up again a little bit.
I don’t ask my adolescent large male dogs to jump full height until they are over 18 months old and are looking good on lower heights. This is according to the advice of sports vets and has worked GREAT to keep them sound and develop great jumping form 🙂
Nice work here!
Tracy
Good morning! I am SO GLAD they let her play!
>Thank you for validating the difficulty level of these games in your last message, haha! That helped my sanity a bit >
Ha! Yes – they look so easy! But then you try them with a baby dog… NOT so easy LOL!!! But they all went really well.
I agree, Macklynn loved the smiley face game (and any game where she gets to run run run. She had a little trouble coordinating for the tunnel entry (the angle of it required a lot of collection when she was on your left ) but she figured it out pretty quickly! The angle on the other side (when she was on your right) was easier and she had no questions.
She found the wings brilliantly, both with the wraps and the soft turns wing-to-wing. Your connection was lovely and you got your verbals out. SUPER!
So the next steps are to spread things out more so both of you get to run more 🙂 Adding more of your motion might be harder for her but since you’ll be running a lot on course (she is FAST!) we will want to add the motion at this early stage.
Set point: rewarding out of frame was no problem, it was still easy to see her movement over the jumps. And the distance between the jumps was good!
She did really well! Each rep got better and better. She was generally really good about holding the stay with the toy dragging (and actually kind of adorable lining up backwards at one point haha).
The moving target definitely added challenge to her mechanics and that is good, we want her to sort it out! You can see it by watching her front feet as you released her – she was switching around which foot to lead with 🙂 No worries, she was sorting it out really well.The next step here is to lead out further before releasing her, so she can really power through the 2 jumps. You were close enough to jump 2 that she was holding back some power in order to not land on the toy. So you can lead out and release her when you are 10 feet or more past the 2nd jump, which gives her more room to push off and land with power.
Looking at the tunnel exit videos: That double out there does make for a big visual on the first video! But she was getting the idea that it was the wing and not the double when you were ahead of her.
For the GO – she naturally wants to look at you on the tunnel exits, so you can cue the GO before she goes into the tunnel (you were generally saying it after she entered). And to get her really exploding ahead, throw the reward as she is still in the tunnel so it lands before she exits (which helps her to not look for you when she exits).
On the first video, the timing of the left cues can be sooner – she was already in the tunnel. She naturally wants to turn to you, so the turns were still good but that might change as we add more value to the GO cues 🙂
On the 2nd video, your timing of the turn cues were really good! She definitely heard & saw the, before she got into the tunnel. The GO cues can still come sooner: start saying them when she is 10 feet before the tunnel entry, super early 🙂 which will give you time to throw the reward early too. You did that on the last rep and it helped a LOT!
To get the wing after the tunnel, getting more propulsion on the GO exits will help a lot! And then we can also play with getting you ahead to connect and show her the line to it. But no worries about that for now – getting her to exit straight without looking for you is more important.
Great job here!
Tracy
Good morning!
I think she had a BLAST doing the tunnel exit game! It is very fun to see her turning on the speed and excitement for sequencing, while locking on the lines and NOT the toy. YAY!!!
The GO exits were strong: the ball helps that because the presence of the ball promotes running fast & straight. The turn exits got tighter as the session progressed: we don’t need them to be that much tighter than how the ended here, because getting them a lot tighter will bleed off a lot of her speed. And she has to duck down to get into the tunnel anyway, so acceleration on the exit is good!
But what you can do for the turn exits is to say the left/right verbals more quietly (kind of like how you did it when she was coming around the wing) so they sound different in terms of pitch/volume/rhythm than the louder GO GO GO verbals 🙂
Super nice session getting the ball to the ground! She might have cheated a little and released when you opened your mouth for the release on that 2nd-to-last rep 🙂 but the last rep was PERFECT. Yay! Since her motto is Ball Is Life, you can use 2 balls for this game: one to place on the ground, and one to sometimes throw back to her for holding the stay. That way she doesn’t anticipate the release forward when the ball goes to the ground. You can try it using both jumps and see how she does!
And separately from using the ball: you can try to fade the Cato plank and see how she does with her stays on the grass, using food rewards. The ball might be too hard without the Cato.
Great job here!
Tracy
Good morning!
>I took him to the field we rent last night and it illuminated alllllll the crate to gate things we need to work on! >
This is true of all young dogs! It is good that you started working on it.
>I’m doing an independent study of a class from Nicole Wiebusch called Freedom from FOMO: Overcoming Canine Frustration. >
Fun! I know Nicole from agility years back.
>I never thought I needed that kind of “control” from my dogs to do that “cot stay” but the sylabus mentioned that for some dogs it is actually easier to wait on a cot than inside a crate since they are not physically restricted. >
This can indeed be true: the barrier frustration of being in a crate can contribute to the screaming. And remember that the screaming is an anxiety-behavior, so hopefully the class approaches it as so.
Not sure if the class talks about this – One thing you can do is social support: have one of the Bostons with him so he is not isolated. Ideally it is a Boston that is quiet in the crate or on a cot. How does he do at home? I always start it at home of course, I am guessing the class suggests that too.
You can also leave the MM on the cot with him, which is a great motivator for hanging out on the cot and getting TONS of rewards while you are doing something else with the other dog.
Two other things to remember:
– staying on the cot is work, and for him it all be mentally expensive (exhausting!) so do it in short blasts, then give him a place away from the field to relax. If he expends all of his mental energy on the cot and regulating emotions, he might not be able to do the training all that well.
– because he is tiny, for safety reasons: don’t leave him on the cot without you right there while other dogs are running. Yes, I am insane about not letting small dogs get jumped.
>but I really would like to be able to put the dog waiting his turn in an ex-pen or crate or behind a gate and not have a tantrum. >
An xpen might be a less restrictive and safer option than a cot!
And giving him a decompression while in the xpen/crate or on the cot helps: Toppl, lick mat, etc. I have a video somewhere of how I start this if you want me to find it for you!
>He did a good job inside the ring at the rental though. I don’t have video but we did a quick session of the wrap proofing game. He needed a lot more support but he went into the tunnel and did some wraps. >
Yay! Good boy! It is normal to need more support in a new, harder environment.
>He wandered off after only a few reps but it was hot & a fairly new environment so I was still happy that he did some stuff.>
If he can do a 90 second session in the heat at home, try for 15 seconds in the new environment and see how he does!
Looking at the videos: I am glad he is having fun!!
On the wrap video: The wraps were great. For the tunnels, he was watching your hand a lot instead of going into the tunnel. Question: where was the reward? It looks like it might have been from your hand on many of the reps? If so, we can get more tunnel drive by always having the reward on the ground and not from your hand: you can use the cookie holder toy or even the MM sitting out there to get him to blast to it without looking at you (and without you needing to run 🙂
Looking at the wind in your hair:
>It was hot and he wasn’t driving ahead, so I couldn’t stay behind at the wing.>
I think the main thing here was getting him to track the reward throw. On the first couple of reps he was looking at you more than the line, so you had to show him the reward. Then about halfway through, he started looking ahead for the reward and then he was driving the line really well. SUPER!!! Getting that reward out ahead made a big difference and it will make it easier and easier to get him driving ahead of you.
It looks like he loved the smiley face game! Lots of great speed and commitment! He made you have to really run LOL!
He needed a shade more connection on the tunnel exit on your right side – when he couldn’t really see your eyes like at :58 and 1:09, he slowed down to wait for more info. You can see it also on the last rep at 1:23 – and he was also hot & tired by that point (I think that is why something caught his attention at 1:12 – hot and tired brain taking a break).
Because even cooler Florida temps are really hard for him, you can time the running/handling sessions to no more than 30 seconds total for now, or 3 reps…. Then back into the a/c 🙂 He has the double whammy challenge of being really young (so his body isn’t full developed to handle heat) and a short nose, so it will be better to give him an a/c break before his tongue even starts to curl. You might get fewer reps in, but those will be fabulous reps and super motivated. If you do get a ‘cold’ day (cooler temps and also lower humidity, if that exists :)) you can go longer. And summer is flying by fast, so soon enough it will be autumn and winter where you can have longer sessions too. Even with might long-nosed pointy dogs when we train at 6am, the humidity heats them up very quickly so shorter sessions are in order.
Great job here!
Tracy
Hi!
>I need to keep practicing that and want to set up the situation of a bar setter moving quickly past us as we head to the leash when her arousal is high from just running (like when the bar setter is sitting at the ring edge near the leash bucket and jumps up to go set for the next height.>
What do you think she might do if someone walks by?
That makes sense about not wanting more barking at 6:30am for the neighbors 🙂 Maybe on a weekend, where Kaladin can get the walk and Lift stays home, and you do her session at a more civilized hour of the morning? I think the arousal from FOMO without having an outlet for it in the form of the walk will be helpful 🙂
Looking at the pop out videos:
Lift:
>I think trying to run into a BC/threadle slice 3-4 was just a bad plan>
I think it was a good plan in some ways, depending on the stride length of the dog. The rep at :26 was actually a bit too early on the blind and created too tight of a turn, and the threadle slice info was not that visible. So you can start the BC when she is closer to takeoff of 3, then give her a big arm swing back for the threadle slice. You had the cross arm visible but I don’t think it was visible enough for her to adjust.
She is a small tight turning dog, so that might indeed make the push to the backside of 5 harder and awkward, and a blind on the landing side of 4 sets the better line. Getting her to the backside and not the tunnel is the challenge there 🙂 and the name call totally helped!
>Very happy with getting the BC to wrap right 8-9 though (no kangaroo!)>
Yes! That went really well! And the rest looked great too. The post turn on 8 sent her a little wide, as if setting up for a backside on 9. Getting a spin there on 8 will tighten up the turn really well.
Kaladin pop out 1:
He read the lateral lead out really well, but I think you will get more speed if you run into the blind from being closer to him and the wings at the start. He likes it when you have to scramble and speeds up 🙂Voice said tunnel at :16 but the rest of the cues all said backside of jump 🙂 The line wa better there on the next run, but the bar came down on 5 – I think the threadle on the takeoff side of 4 sets up a lot of lead changes which makes the 5-6 line harder.
Doing the BC on the landing side sets a better line and it I a similar time! I think the time difference came from running into the blind – if you stick closer to the 1-2-3 jumps and then send to the backside, you will get more speed overall.
Comparing the wrap to the right versus wrap to the left on the 7-8-9 line: in isolation, the wrap to the left was faster on from landing of 7 to landing of 9 (shorter yardage, probably) but overall, when adding the line in and out of the tunnel – the wrap to the right was faster because of all the extension 🙂
Looking at pop out 2: The 2nd half looks great! So I focused on the differences between the opening options.
Option 1 with all slices has potential to be the fastest, but currently it is the slowest because he had questions on the line especially 3-4. If you can drive him through 3-4 sooner, that might be fastest!Option 3 is on my radar as the fastest option: shorter distance to get the wrap side of 2 (less yardage than the slice by a little bit) and then blasting through the slice 3-4. I didn’t get an accurate time because he almost took the tunnel: but it was the 2nd fastest even with that extra wide line with the almost tunnel moment. That means that with a smooth line, it will be fastest by a mile 🙂
The double wraps were definitely slower, and the slice to wrap was fastest here but the wrap on 3 will not be faster than a clean slice on 3 🙂
Great job here!
Tracy
Hi!
>Here I had trouble getting him to turn to the right! Definitely handling that I will need to work on! He’s probably a lefty? >
It is entirely possible that he is a lefty, and/or you need to be super pushy about showing the slice line to get the turn. If it looks like a wrap or the info is late, he might be defaulting to the easier wrap side.
>PO5 I know I know! I did the backside of 6 as I did in PO4 but kept going. >
Always good to keep going 🙂 He was correct to follow the cues 🙂
>Up until now, as he enters a tunnel and I need him to turn I’ve been using his name right as he enters.>
Based on his feedback here, you will want to say his name (or a directional in the future) when he is still at least 1 and maybe 2 meters before entering the tunnel, so he can see & hear the turn cues.
For example at :37 – you were quiet and accelerating forward so he exited straight. Yo can call him before he enters and let him see you pulling away, which will tighten the exit and keep a lot of speed going through the next line.
>PO6 same 5-8 as PO3 1-4 where we struggled! I was able to notice when his eyes locked onto the tunnel!>Yes! It went really well. That is great – being able to see where he is looking is key to timing and commitment.
And keep that connection as he exits the tunnels too: for example at :09 and :33, be looking back at him as he exits to give him the push cue as he is exiting. He was looking at you and heading to the front of the jump there and then you gave the push cue. He got it, but you can smooth out that line by connecting right at the tunnel exit.One thing to continue doing with the pop outs and courses is walking them without him several times (like we did when matching walk throughs to the runs). That way you can lock in the connection more for the run, and not need to look forward as much.
You were checking the lines and looking ahead as you ran, so he was glancing up at you and slowed himself down to let your motion show the line (rather than blasting to the lines ahead of you). Since we want him to keep his speed up, connection is the key for him – and walking the sequences as few times so you don’t need to look ahead will really help!
He might have also been a bit slower here because he has done a lot of jumping lately, so you can give him a few days off from the jumping to let his muscles relax 🙂
Your spins and tight turns are looking really good – the spins were all used appropriately and got your feet pointing the next direction, so he responded brilliantly with super turns. YAY!!
Nice work here!
Tracy
Good morning!
The set point is looking really strong! Be sure to work it on your right side as well as on your left side. For upcoming sessions, you can lead out further before releasing – that will give him permission to add even more power 🙂 and we might end up adding 6 inches more between the 2 jumps
Remind me how old he is now? I am calculating when it would be appropriate to raise the height of the 2nd bar.
The pill bug went really well! These were inside circles, with him between you and the tunnel – these are usually harder, but not for Rusty! He was perfect!
You can also do inside circles with him on your right, as well as well as outside circles (you are between Rusty and the tunnel) on both sides. Changing where your connection is will tell him if it is an inside or outside circle.
>need to use a more visible thrown treat and one that can be eaten more quickly. I got too far ahead of him in trials that I didn’t include here and he just took the shortest path in the opposite direction.>
Well that was clever of him to take the shortest path 🙂 But yes, a visible treat helps a lot – when throwing treats outside during the summer, I use frozen bits of string cheese. It is very easy to see, it is easy to throw (doesn’t get stuck to my hand because it is still cold), and very easy to eat 🙂
Great job here!!
Tracy
Good morning!
He did really well here and I think he liked the extra action of adding the wings before and after the tunnel! And you are moving impressively well considering the big boot on your foot 🙂>Not sure why I am not getting it out of my mouth sooner. >
You are definitely getting earlier! To help get them out sooner, you can put a leash on the ground or a cone off to the side to mark the timing spot – and when he passes the leash or cone, start the verbals.
>All the new verbals>
One thing to consider is making the verbals sound different so they are easier for him to process. The GO can be loud and long, and the directionals can be different lengths/volumes: the left & right can be drawn out and more conversational in volume, and the wraps can be repeated quickly bt quietly. That will help him differentiate between the different directionals – if they all sound the same, he has to pick out the specific word which is much harder.
>And my tossing of toys today sucked. >
There were definitely some entertaining toy throws but he didn’t seem to mind 🙂 That toy is hard to throw at a big distance – do you have a toy that he loves as much, but is easier to throw?
>I wanted to look back towards him like you said after the tunnel but I think my position made it feel weird.>
I thought the connection was much clearer here! You can send to the start wing from further away so you don’t have to hustle as much to the next line (especially with the boot). And you can also think of using your arm to point back to him a he exits the tunnel, which might make it feel less weird to look back at him.
>Did check out once and I am not fully sure why other then I question if he didn’t want to give up toy.>
He was definitely into the toy! When he did the quick check out, I think he needed a moment to reset: he sniffed, did a full body shake off, then was ready to go again. You can try trading for a cookie to get the toy back – that will make it easier to give back so he will also have an easier time staying engaged and regulating the arousal of the tugging and running 🙂
Great job here!
Tracy
Hi!
She was certainly feeling feisty about being left in the car! You can also do the training before the morning walk, which might simulate an internal state more like what you will have at a trial.
She did really well here, I bet next time you can leave all 12 poles in.
>She popped out of the poles the first time she was weaving towards Kaladin, but I think part of that was me starting to move into a FC which I need to proof more in general.>
When I played it in slow motion, it looks like she popped out before you started the FC. But it is good to not do both in case she pops out, because if both things were happening it is hard to know what caused the pop.
She did well on the 2nd rep of weaving towards the hound, oops I mean Kal 😂 😆 . She definitely slowed down in the last couple of poles but stayed in, so that is a hard challenge but not overwhelmingly hard – let’s call it an appropriate challenge!
The remote reinforcement and the lining up/leashing up both seemed to be easy for her. Yay!!
Great job here!
Tracy
Hi! Yay for jumping into the CAMP courses! And starting with the big double whammys… that is hard!
>I tried to run it twice back to back as you suggested but physically ran out of steam, which was disappointing. >
At first I didn’t realize it was the BIG courses you were talking about – I thought it was the short sequences and I was worried about you not being able to do a double whammy. But not doing the double whammy on these giant courses? No worries, that is HARD and you did great.
Agility 1: run 1 went great! A couple of small suggestions to tighten up the line:
When she has the weave entry, you can start running towards where you want to be for the DW rather than staying relatively parallel and doing the FC as she exits.
Or, when thinking about getting a tighter turn on 12: you can hang back by the weaves and handle the dog walk (6) through 10 tunnel line by hanging out by the dog walk entry, so you can be further ahead for the exit of 11 – that will allow you to decelerate into the RC on 12 or potentially get a blind cross into a spin to tighten up the line there.
Or, as she is weaving, handle 6 on your left and flip her away to 7. Then handle 7-8-9-10 while layering the dog walk 🙂 so you are right there at 12 when she exits the tunnel 🙂
The only other place you can be tighter is on 17 at :36 – if you send to 15 and accelerate to 17, you will be able to show a lot of decel into it and also you will be closer to the line, using your position to tighten the turn.
She had trouble finding 19 at :41 – sounds like you were saying Go but it looks like the position of the jump is far enough away that she needed to lead change away to get to it. That would be a good spot for a ‘get out’ and opposite arm cue.
The opening in round 2 went great – excellent adjustments to handle it from behind! I liked the blind after the weaves here better than the FC you did in round 1 because the blind is quicker to get up the line.
Running out of steam at 1:00 might be why she didn’t take the 8 jump on the double whammy – too much decel on the send to 7 got a really tight turn. Same on the 10 tunnel, causing her to miss 11. The good news is that she is reading decel really well!
>Also, ridiculous aussie did not help the first attempt.>
Yes, she was feeling helpful LOL!!!
Course 2:
For that backside on jump 1 – be sure she is set up on a slice to the bar, not facing any option to the backside… and give yourself a lateral lead out so you don’t accidentally pressure the line to the backside when you release her and step to the jump. You can also release without a step, which takes out accidental pressure to the backside.
It worked better when you were more lateral at 13.
At 8 (:31) be sure to give her the same connection to bring her in on the backside that you did for 4 and 5 in the opening. You did it late at :31 and she passed the jump, but you were very timely at 4 and 5 in the opening!
Well done on the tunnel-tunnel section! She needed tunnel turn cues before she went into the 2nd tunnel
Did you want the left turn (rear cross) on 13? You pulled to the right turn wrap so the left turn/RC info came after she was gathering for takeoff. Good job continuing there! (If you did want the right turn and not the left turn, consider the left turn there because it is a faster line and gets you further ahead 🙂 )
Having to stay there to show 14 put you a little behind so she missed 16 but she got a heckuva weave entry!
I think you wanted her to turn left on the double whammy when you went back to jump 1 – be sure to decelerate into it and use big hand/arm movement to turn her away. She sa forward motion to the right turn side but good job continuing! That put you a little in the way so she passed 2 but GREAT job getting the 3-4-5 and the weaves to the teeter. Plus you gave great info on the 8 backside so she got it with no questions.
She had the same left or right question on 13, so that is a good spot where you can treat it like a tandem turn with decel and arms/hands to show her the jump then flip her away. She did find a jump after the 15 tunnel (it was 8, I believe) but then found the waves and finished super strong! Yay!
The double whammys on the big courses are a brutal 🙂 but the main reason or them is to get us handlers thinking on our feet and to keep going. You did that brilliantly! And you got through 35-ish obstacles before you lost steam so that is really good 🙂
Great job here! Safe travels to nationals and tryouts 🙂 and have a blast!
Tracy
Hi!
>This might sound weird but I wasn’t sure which side of the wings I expected him to be on.>
Not weird at all! Ideally, he is on the other side of the wing, putting the wing between him and you so he turns towards you (as if he was taking the front side of a jump).
>When I did the left he pulled into me. I am assuming that was due to my position.>
It was mainly a little bit of disconnection: he had a nice tight turn on th tunnel exit. You were pointing forward/looking forward to the wing, so he came to you. To get him to commit to the wing, keep your arm back and pointing to his nose, and make direct eye contact when he exits the tunnel as you move to the line. Letting him see the connection will get the commitment.
> With time I want him to wrap the wing and go back to the tunnel so I should have pushed him more. Right now since I am not running a lot I didn’t think to fix that and just concentrate on one left or right. Is that ok?>
Totally ok to do! I figured you were rewarding the great turns on the tunnel exit 🙂 And when you add more connection, I think it will be easy to get him to stay out no the other side of the wing.
Tracy
Hi! These sessions look really strong!
Set point –
She did well holding the stay here – it was not perfect but you were holding The Ball 🙂 so I think it was harder than usual 🙂 Ideally the ball (or any toy) ends up on the ground before you release her, so you can work towards the moving target (dragging toy) along with lots of stay rewards for that too 🙂
Her commitment to the jump in the Wind In Your Hair game looks great! And you have added distance and more running. Super! This is a game to revisit occasionally (we build on it in coming weeks) and change your position: on some of the reps, you can send to the start wing from further away to challenge her to find the jump when she is behind you. And sometimes you can start right at the start wing and stay there until she finishes the wrap – then start moving forward. That challenges her to drive way ahead of you.
Nice work here!
Tracy
Hi!
He did really well with the wind in your hair game! This is a good game to revisit occasionally (we build on it in future weeks), continuing to add distance between the wing and the jump. You can also change your position: sometimes send to the start wing from further away then move up the line to see if he can find the jump when you are ahead of him. And sometimes start right at the wing (especially when it is further from the jump) and stay at the wing, starting to move forward only when he exits the wing to challenge him to drive ahead of you.
The tunnel exits are also going really well! The GO reps had him exiting straight (great job with the timing and reward throw!). And your turn cues also looked good – your timing was earlier with the verbal and he was turning really well. Super!
>Although not videoed, I am making a lot of progress with Set Point – short sessions in the basement where it is cooler.
>Yay! Smart to do it in the basement to stay out of the heat! We build on it soon 🙂
Great job!
Tracy
