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>>Ah, you say “brake arm” and I say “early FC”; tomayto/tomahto
Good thing we likes tomatoes LOL! The brake arm is not always followed by a FC, and also not every FC needs a brake arm. But it sure worked nicely here!
Looking at 6-7-8:
>>There is a striding difference.>>
Yes – I think in the new runs, you getting into the gap showing a potential backside on th jump before the weaves, so you are seeing that bit of lead change which impacts the striding to the weaves.
>>I need your good eye.>>.
My eye can tell the difference in striding and collection but not necessarily which is fastest when all of them are fast. So I timed it all to quantify it:
The A and B rear crosses were close in time, and the C spin was slowest. The D post turn was fastest! I think the C spin was only slower because you didn’t ask for as much collection before takeoff as you did on B and D, so he lost a lot of yardage there. If you get the same collection as you did on D, that might ultimately be fastest.
>>Yes, I did give the “around” cue while he was still weaving. I am very confident that he can process a cue and not pop the weaves, so I do give the cue if it makes sense.>>
That is ideal!!! And very few people are brave enough to do it.
>>Apparently what his latent learning said was “add a stride”>>
Good job, Enzo-brain!!! I think the added stride is balanced and powerful, and far better on that distance than a shorter stride followed by taking off and hoping for the best. Yay Enzo!!! I am glad that hitting the jump is not something his brain ignores.
>>Lastly, I looked at the 12-13-14-15 line a few different ways.>>
This is so cool to see! Yes the slice/slice is the clear winner here, I didn’t even need to see the numbers. And in this scenario, that is great because you don’t need to be miles ahead.
He didn’t do too badly on the wraps though! The blind to takeoff side/threadle wrap is definitely a newer skill so he did lose a lot of time there (relatively speaking). But the skill is already in good shape so keep playing with it because it is going to be insanely useful when you have to magically appear on the other side of the 100 foot ring at a trial! Context will help you decide what is needed, so it is good to know what is fastest and what needs to be fine-tuned a bit. (Stay tuned for the 3rd package of sequences/courses where we directly tackle the challenge of massive long lines with something hard to be handled at the end of them).
Great job here! I love comparing and contrasting to see what is best!
Tracy
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>>Do you have suggestions for training her to look forward. I’ve tried “look” and “get it” with her toy on the other side of the jump and I’ve tried looking away from her and staring at the jump and trying to watch for a glance to the jump to reinforce, but she is pretty much just staring at me the entire time.>>
You can break it down to help her understand that you actually want her to turn her head and not just ‘see’ it all peripherally. I add a cue to it (hand indication) so the dogs learn really early to look forward at where my hand is pointing. Then it is easy to apply that cue to the jump at the start of a course. Here is a fun, easy indoor game for it:
>>Are you saying that you don’t always use your release word for a startline…that you use another cue or the obstacle name instead? >>
Correct! I will use an obstacle name or directional verbal to really indicate exactly what I want the dog to do. This is especially helpful when they cannot see me between the uprights of the first jump.
>>Using the obstacle or cue word as a “break” won’t confuse them?>>
Nope! What confuses them is when we release with motion tied into it (like a hand movement and the release at the same time) or when we don’t maintain criteria. They can release on any verbal as long as it is consistent and the context is clear.
>>So between 11 and 12, I’m basically doing a BC right into a brake arm?>>
On course 1, yes 🙂
>>Wouldn’t a slice on 17 show her a line to the tunnel?>>Wrap cues and wrap handling (send and go, or a spin) should get a nice wrap on the slice exit there without any bonus tunnels 🙂
>>Then we can go back and revisit these jumpers courses or maybe move forward to standar>>
Don’t forget about the Hot Topics and live class sequences! Those will make the big courses sooooo much easier with a young dog in particular.
Looking at the video: really nice work here on these challenges!
Leading out to the takeoff side of 2 showed the line 1-2 really well and her stay looked great! It did set a harder line to 3 because she had to go back out to find it, so pushing to the backside at 2 might be a smoother faster ling to 3 than the threadle side of 2 (threadle slices tend to set up very slicey exits).
The decel and brake arms into 6 are strong! Now rotate a lot sooner… ideally you start rotating as she passes you so she can add collection. You were facing forward at :23 and :45 and 2:26 til after she landed, so she landed hard and had a wide turn. Don’t try to manage her line around the wing – trust the training that she will collect and not back jump 🙂
You can also do a spin so she ends up on your right side, which makes it easier to get 7 and the weaves.
A RC on the takeoff side of 7 can also work! Keeping her on your left at 7 and not setting the RC line at :27 does indeed show the a-frame! The Switch on landing side of 7 is got it, but I thin it added more yardage for you both.
After the weaves: On the first round through there, you can a very clear push to backside on 9 – I don’t think she needs you to rotate to help her come in over the bar, so you can try trying connected/looking at the landing spot so you can get further ahead.
On the 2nd time through there, you needed more connection needed at 2:35 on the push – it is counterintuitive but very direct eye contact and not a lot of arm use actually really helps in sending to backsides!
10-11-12 looked great! She found that line independently!
To get to the threadle side of 13, she needs a turn cue *before* she enters 12 (big and loud so she knows to turn when she exits) and a directional other than her name for 13. She did better finding it when you were more visible outside the jump and not backing up (backwards motion is still motion that the dogs read as forward motion!)
Also, another option is that she can wrap the other side of 13 (she stays on her line after the tunnel, goes to the backside and wraps to her left) and threadle to 14, that might be the fastest line for her partially because she is good at wrapping, partially because there is probably a little less yardage, and partially because getting the slice side of 13 costs time on the tunnel exit.
The RC on the 2nd to last jump worked really nicely to set the line and have her drive forward to the end! Yay!
Great job here! Stay cool!
Tracy
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Nice work on these!!!Video 1:
Wow she looked great here with the layering! So speedy! All of that independent distance made it really easy for you to get the backside and the layering back down the line. SUPER!Her only question was on the first send where she turned right instead of left. I think it is because the send happened too fast after the toy release so she curled back to you. Setting her up at :09 worked great!
2nd video:
Thanks for posting some bloopers! She still did really well and there is only one spot she needs a bit of help with.A small blooper at :09, where she took the front of the jump: she needed you to take one more step forward to the backside at :09. You turned forward ahead of her and that did look like the front side, then she got confused so stopped. Compare to :16 when you re-sent her: you were facing the backside line and she was great with her send and commitment! Lovely!
She found the backsides perfectly (instead of the tunnel). She had a front side at 1:45 but she was correct – you called her name AND you were rotated too soon, so she took the front.
The hard part was getting her to take the bar on the backside jump.
You were trying to get her to take the jump by doing a FC, which is harder for you and also didn’t really help her. It is partially a handling thing, but also there is some training we can do to help her understand more about this scenario.2 ideas for you:
Rather than FC there, you can keep your lower body moving forward but shift your connection with your eyes and right arm (dog-side arm) to look back at the landing spot as you move past.You had this starting at 2:18 but it was a tiny bit late. She got it at 2:38 but you fully rotated – we can take out the rotation and teach her to take the jump even as you are moving forward.
Also, as you are looking back and pointing to the landing spot, you then also throw the toy to the landing side of the jump. That will build value for committing to the bar there. And you can add a backside verbal: the backside verbal means “go to the backside AND take the jump”. Her name is more of a “pay attention” cue and doesn’t really imply commitment, so I think the backside verbal will really help, along with dropping the toy on the landing side.
Great job here! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi!
Apologies for somehow missing this!!I think the session went well, overall.
>>Sprite is not a bendy dog.>>
This is not a concern for me 🙂 She will sort out the fastest, most efficient way to do this when she understands it fully, and you will get really lovely fast turns. I am already seeing it in this video!!!! I have had plenty of non-bendy dogs (in terms of structure) such as all the terriers, papillons, and whippets are really not bending LOL but with understanding they set themselves up beautifully!
>She still tends to jump on a slice, but I’m not entirely sure that she can round.>>
On the first few reps when she was turning to her right, I think she was slicing more on those because she was figuring it out and waiting for a little more info: slice or wrap, human? But your reward placement was spot on (click/treat for you!) so she VERY quickly sorted it out, so she could focus on her mechanics. The wrapping got rounder and rounder, it was great!
And she either turns better to her left or she had it all figured out by then, because the left wraps looked awesome in the 2nd half of the video. Yay!
So will she ever look like a tiny highly angulated sheltie on those wraps? Nope! Structure is structure! And just because a turn looks like a gorgeous magazine cover doesn’t mean it is fast, necessarily. But can she still produce fantastic turns and powerful jumping, with highly competitive times? Heck yes! I am happy happy happy with what she did here!
A couple of things to consider: As you add movement, using 2 hands for the cue looked better than one hand. It was just more obvious and it allowed you to keep moving without bending over.
She had the bar down on the first jump once or twice, only because the BC was late so she was trying to adjust in the air. The joys of a small space in a heat wave!
>>I’m not sure how far lateral and how far forward of the wing to be.>>
For how far lateral – I would say no closer than an arm’s length, maybe a little further for now.
For how far forward: at these early stages, try to be relatively parallel to the wing. And you decel and hold the cue and position until she turns her head to the line AND takes the first step in the new direction. The head turn only will get you a slice, so the first step is the real key that she is wrapping.Eventually, you will be able to change your position to where she passes you to go to the wing, or you are miles ahead and she will still get it. The trick is the decel as you show the cues and waiting for the head turn/first step.
Great job! Stay cool!
TracyHi!
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>>There were a couple of spots where things didn’t go as planned, and I tried to keep going although it was tricky in a couple of spots like near the weaves since there was really nothing else to send her on a line to.>>
Lots of really good things here! There were a couple of spots that I think she doesn’t fully understand the skill (see below) so in those spots you don’t have to keep going: when she gets the skill or even part of it, throw the reward to really build up the skill. That is more important than trying to run the complete sequence.
Looking at the sections of the course:
Good opening on each run! The earlier timing of the FC on 3 at 1:14 looked super good!>>She knocked the bar on jump #3 a few times. I felt like I started my front cross early enough to show her we were turning, but I guess she disagreed.>>
I think the timing of starting the FC on those was good – the bar down on 3 on runs 3 and 4 looked to be more about exit line connection being unclear so she was trying to figure out which side to be on. On the successful reps, you were finishing the FC and looking back at her (1:14 is a great example). On the bar down reps, like at 2:27, your shoulders are closed forward as you complete the turn so she was probably struggling to process which side of you to be on AND the jumping mechanics.
She is a dog that really relies on connection as part of the cue, so the more you can step connected, the better she can jump and read lines.
She read the 4-5-6 line really well! You can add a little decel into 5 to get an even tighter turn. It was weird that she came out of the 4 tunnel at 4 at 1:18ish, maybe she saw your change of motion? But it is not usual for her so we can ignore it 🙂
Looking at the layering sections:
I think she doesn’t fully “own” the skill of driving past a tunnel to find a jump. This was hard at 7 and also later in the course at 15-16-17. You can totally break this down and throw tons of rewards out onto the line!She got it at :21 and 1:48 when you ran in, but really had questions about finding the line independently.
Working the layering is great and exactly what she needs to learn to go past the tunnel… use placement of reinforcement to get the understanding. Rather than continue on the line which eventually curls back to you and then reward near you (like at 1:07), you can throw the reward long and far (landing side of the first layering jump) to help build value and understanding for getting out on that line.
She started to go at 1:28 but then came off the line when you turned your shoulders. Good job getting the reward out there at 1:34 even though she didn’t take the jump.
She went to the other side of the tunnel at 2:14 and that is also rewardable out on the line, even though she did not make it all the way out to the jumps
She did go out and take the jumps at 3:01! Yay! That is also a spot to throw the reward… building the skill is more important than completing the sequence. And the more you build the skill with the reward placement, the better she will be able to nail it on the first run.
>>Would our “conversation” at 2:35 be an acceptable TTFJ moment? >>
No 🙂 For two reasons:
She had already had a lot of failure/questions in that spot, indicating she didn’t understand the skill. She had been most successful getting that 7 jumping when you stepped in past the tunnel.
Also the cue was very closed forward with a high arm, and your position was not past the entry of the tunnel… so your shoulders were pointing at the tunnel more than anything else. Without knowing the course or hearing the verbals, it does look like a tunnel cue. You can see a screenshot here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1e33cf3hgRgIqS5OzRa0Wu_mvra61IaR7kYpIerjFz1I/edit?usp=sharingSo she had to stop, fully look at you, and then was able to figure it out but that doesn’t mean she was wrong in the first place 🙂
When she did go get it… reward that with a thrown reward rather than carry on. Remember to isolate the skills she might not fully understand so you can build them up.
She had a couple of other questions there and there, like finding the 11 tunnel when your connection was not clear (:30 and 1:58) but she was great when you maintain connection all the way through like t 2:48! Nice !
You got a little too far ahead in a couple of spots so got a bar down due to her taking off too early (like at :44 and 1:51) but you made really nice adjustments and stuck a little closer with more connection, so she recovered really well and overall jumped the lines well too!
I think the push to the backside then the blind on the jump before the weaves at 2:04 and 2:52 looked great! The blind to the threadle is an option, so definitely work on it in the hot topics so you can hash out the line to show her (I think you were on her line there so she never saw a threadle as an option).
Connection got a little soft at the end (3:06, you turned ahead too soon so it did indeed look like a blind) and right at the end at 3:18 after the last tunnel. That is probably handler fatigue (there is a LOT of running on these courses!) so keep working that big connection all the wya to the end. It is probably the most important element of handling to her, right up there with motion and sometimes more important than motion.
Nice work here!!
Tracy
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>>With the timing one, no video, Paul was running errands, but we breezed through!
Super!!!!
>>She totally remembered yesterday’s training, and adding more verbals, consistently, helped.>>
Yay! I have found whippets to be spectacular with retention from previous sessions AND latent learning to add next steps. They are truly amazing!
The wrap sessions looked great! So nice!!!! You had lovely connection and verbals throughout. She is finding her lines like a rockstar and getting even more independent so you have a little more distance here too, I love it! So fun!
I think your timing was strong here and I only have one suggestion:
When approaching the wrap jump, you don’t need to say ‘go jump’ and then the wrap verbal. When you do that, she process the ‘go jump’ and jumps straight (correctly) and then doesn’t start the turn til after landing. You can see the wraps, especially on the left turn wrap video where she was looking at the line to the tunnel based on the ‘go jump’ info. Good girl!
Since the wrap verbal is a turn cue and also it indicates commitment to the jump, you can use it instead of the go jump verbal. As she is landing from the previous jump, you can be decelerating into the turn and just saying the Choo Choo cue 🙂 She should commit to the jump and also set up the tight turn before takeoff.
Fantastic job here! Hope you are having a fun 4th of July!
Tracy
Hi there!!
The one step sends are looking good! A c couple of ideas for you to expand her commitment even more:
You can add use your wrap verbal as part of the send, saying it directly to her as you send her (the connection helps support commitment too).
And since we are really wanting to emphasize commitment, you can add in throwing rewards to the wrap exit sometimes too, so she gets ‘paid’ for committing independently on your position.
She only had on question on the sending, at :48 – you were a little disconnected by looking forward, so she curled into you. When you look at her more directly on the send like you did at 1:13, she easily finds the line. Yay! That was great connection 🙂
I think she is ready for more distance between the wings and tunnel!
The plank work looks good! She might have been offering the 2o2o because the dishes were close, so you can move them further away to have her moving more across the board.
She seems super confident here too, so 2 thing to add:
With the dishes straight off the end (but further away), you can elevate the board a bit but putting blocks or something under it so she has to get on a taller board. That challenges her balance and footwork a bit.
You can also change the position of the bowls by moving them towards you a little to add some more angles, so she is working on finding the entry from a curve. That will definitely b harder but also great for balance and footwork.
She had a little trouble turning around, so you can use a food lure and move your hand very slowly til she realizes what you are asking…. Then it can all speed up a bit but speed is not the priority.
Great job here!
Tracy
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She is doing really well with finding the lines here! The clearest cue for the send to the pinwheel jump is when you are sending to the takeoff spot, not to the jump. it is a subtle difference that relies on connection back to her as she is catching up and passing you.
When you send to the jump, you are turned forward more and connection is not as clear, so she has questions (like at :17)
When sending to the takeoff spot, she sees connection better and commits better, like at :23. You can see here (and the other successful reps like it) that your arm is back longer and there is more direct connection – which ends up pointing your shoulders to the takeoff spot and that is exactly where she goes 🙂 Yay! So as she lands from the previous jump, remember to have the arm-back, big connection as you step and send to the take off spot.
I think she is ready for you to add the tunnel and start tackling the sequences! Great job!!
Tracy
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Bummer about the messed up video but this one looked good!
He is doing well with the push to the backside! It will be even easier if you don’t go as close to the jump before the backside – you can be on basically the same running line as the layering, but the verbals are different 🙂
On rep 2 you had so much momentum to the jump before the backside at :29 that he almost went past the backside jump because of the acceleration and the line you were showing. What a good boy to find it!I would have rewarded it heavily because he kinda saved your bum. He was confused about why he didn’t get rewarded (he did it right, so if you didn’t see it reward anyway then go look at the video to see what he did) You were asking what he did and he was like “I did the backside, mom!” LOL!!!
The last rep looked better – at :53 you were further from the jump before the backside and closer to the entry wing, so he saw the turn cues sooner. You can work your running line to be no further across the backside jump than the center of the bar, and if he is happy with that then you can work it so you can be running down towards the exit wing of the backside jump.
>>really pleased that the “off course tunnel” wasn’t ever an issue >>
Yes! He was super good about not looking at the tunnel! Yay!
Nice work here! I am looking forward to the threadle sequence!
Tracy
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>>What are the pros/cons of 2o2o vs 4o for the teeter?
2o2o is generally faster, easier to maintain in terms of clear criteria, and helps the dogs control the whip of the board under them because they can use their hind end more. All of this of course assumes good weight shift on the board – the criticisms of 2o2o are all from people who don’t teach weight shift LOL!
>>Does the surface matter?
Nope – I use a target to get the head low and weight shifted back, but I don’t ask the dog to nose touch the ground. So there will be no dirt up the nose 🙂
4on can sometimes be faster because you can release sooner… but also the criteria is less clear (4 on the board, where exactly?) so what happens is that the dog begins to stop in 4on position further up the board… which is slower because they are stopping closer to the pivot rather than driving to the end.
>>I’m guilty of yes meaning cookie from hand. I know better. He doesn’t seem to like digging in the grass to get his rewards so I’ve been handing it to him. >>
Same here, I use to say ‘yes’ way too often until my dogs starting coming off of lines. OOPS! So I am more careful now. You can use a lotus ball of he is not loving digging for treats, or a marker to get the cookie from your hand (which is not yes hahaha)
>except for a sprinkler head that wasn’t really on his line, I didn’t see anything. I did shift the tunnel for tonight’s work, stretched it out completely in case he’d bumped a rib with a toe or something.>>
Might have been a pool of scent from something, or a stubbed toe, so hard to tell!
>>I thought he might enjoy opening up with less thinking. He did. >>
I agree! It looked like he was having fun!! And his commitment is looking strong too.
Your connection and timing is looking good! It is harder on smaller distances, because you basically need to cue the next obstacle or turn while he is in the air over the previous one. And that is what you did here for most of the reps!
One thing to think about is using the Go verbal or not (I think that is what you were saying here). Go should generally mean straight line extension and these are all slight turns toward you and not really straight lines. But since they are also not really tight turns, you won’t want to use left/right or wrap verbals… I suggest a ‘jump’ verbal which mean “take the jump turning slightly towards me”. That way Go can be used on the big straight lines where he can accelerate ahead of you (like go tunnel on this setup)
Looking at the wrap cue timing:
Check wrap cues at :35 and 2:25 can happen sooner: connect more as he is over the middle jump and as he is landing, you can start to decel into the wrap and start the verbals. Keep moving forward while decelerating until he collects and lifts his feet for the wrap jump.Really nice timing on loop loop wrap on the jump at 1:24 – your cues started when he was at the tunnel exit and he nailed it!
A little confusion at 2:36, good screw up cookies 🙂
>>I think we missed a jump going towards the tunnel because I dropped my arm so he then came towards me and lost the line to the jump. >>
Yes, just a tiny disconnection and maybe turning too much too soon. That right turn seems to be a little harder right now than the left turns? So a little extra connection will help him commit there.
>>He didn’t want to stop when we finished the planned number of sequences plus one extra to fix my mistake.>>
Good boy! He is doing so well in the heat, I am impressed!!
Great job here!!
TracyHi!
This plank elevation got her really thinking! This is perfect – she had to slow down and think about where her feet work, rather than do things as fast as possible 🙂I think it worked a lot better when you sat down, that was a really smart move! Bending over was a bit of pressure that was causing her to jump off the side.
Do you have a longer plank? That is the next step, at this same height. And you can also add standing up, but not bending over to get the the treats in fast. You can be very upright and then get the treats in slowly by placing them on the board – that will help her stay on, especially as you add more length to the board.
Great job!!
TracyHi! I am glad the contact training is going well! The sequences are also going really well and I agree, she is really beginning to figure out how to sequence! Super fun!
Looking at the videos:
Video 1:
She is finding the line nicely here! My only suggestion is to give her the verbal release off the start line here (so it is very clear to not move before the release), and to also use a ‘get it’ marker for the cookie toss so she keeps looking forward.Video 2 – This is also great! You added the tunnel easily! Love how she caught the cookie toss reward without breaking her stay LOL. Remember to use the verbal release from the stay here too.
Video 3 – This sequence ha the verbal release from the stay – perfect! And she is starting to get a really nice turn on the middle pinwheel jump, without needing any special help. Yay!
She had a question on the send to the tunnel because it was a little disconnected: at :12 you looked forward and pointed forward, which actually turns your shoulders away from the tunnel so an inexperienced dog will hesitate like she did especially as you move away from it before she is committed.
Compare to :13 on video 2 where you were looking at her when you said tunnel, so she saw the connection and line of shoulders very clearly and zipped right into the tunnel.
Ideally, on sending your eyes are on her eyes and your fingers travel with her nose. That means your arm starts behind you pointing to her if she is behind you, and you look at her while you say the cues. Your arm can travel with her as she passes you, but if you point forward ahead of her, that can change the physical cue and block connection, pulling the dogs off the line.
Video 4 – Very nice verbal release here too! And you added more speed (she was totally fine with that :)) At :12, note how you were looking ahead when you said tunnel so she looked up at you. Your line of motion was moving directly to the tunnel so she took it (yay!)
Nice connection on the tunnel exit to show the next jump! And she really liked the toy at the end!
Great job on these! Let me know what you think!
Tracy
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This definitely looked more spread out than the live class setup – perfect! And yes, keep telling yourself to run run run.
I think the brake arms will be VERY helpful for keeping you in motion and still getting the turns you want.
>>Yes it was sharon yelling and cheering- I love training with her as she provides immediate feedback rather than having to stop and look at video.>>
Yay! That is great! Ask her to tell you to keep running even if there is a blooper: no stopping or fixing, even if you give Fusion a cookie. It frustrates Fusion to stop, and it doesn’t help you keep moving or think on your feet. So when she went to the backside of 2 on the first run (she needed a threadle cue) – keep going! Don’t mark with an oops which implies it was a dog error 😁 just keep going and fix it on the next run.
Doing the 1-2-3 line as a RC on 2 worked well – she read the RC well and she has a really good tunnel send.
But then be prepared from wherever your position is to get the brake arm visible for when she exits the tunnel. They were happening as he landed from 4 at :45 an 1:19 so she was wide there.
Looking at the threadle on the opening lines and also at 5-6 – what is our threadle cue (verbal and physical) – ideally we keep you moving so you don’t end up stopped and rotated, which like you mentioned causes issues further up the line.
So you can add a turn verbal before 5 then a distinct threadle physical cue, like the dog-side arm swinging way back so she sees the front of you. It was much clearer at 2:17 – can you do the threadle without having to stop and rotate towards her though (bar down at 2:19).
You had les rotation there at 2:25 and it worked a lot better! I think using the dog side arm and pulling it back to turn towards her at the waist (but don’t turn your feet) can be the most visible cue for her and also help keep you moving.
FC wrap sequence: Like with the soft turns, you can start the cues when she is exiting the tunnel. I lie to start the cues while the dog is in the tunnel and keep repeating them (that way I can’t be late haha!) The wrap cues started at 1:50 when she was in the air. Ideally you would decelerate, start the verbal and show the brake arms so when she is exiting the tunnel, the cues are already in progress.
You did add some decel at 2:27 and 2:56 which helped but you can add bigger ore obvious brake arms there too.
Also, after the FC, use a big clear exit line connection: that is when your dog-side arm back to her nose and let her see your eyes.
Your dog side arm was closed forward there – I think she was staying out on the big line because the info on where to be was not that clear – could have been either side of you (she could only see your back) so she chose the jump at 2:59Adding the turn on the the tunnel – the turn info started right as she entered at 3:11 so she was able to turn after exiting. You can try adding it when she is still 2 or 3 meters before the entry to see how well she turns!
At 3:26 – you had too much rotation on the threadle so by the time you turned to send her back out, she had read it like a FC and correctly took the tunnel you had turned towards. This is why we don’t want your feet to rotate on the threadles, just upper body.
I think at 3:50 and 4:07 you wanted her to NOT take the tunnel, but turning towards her while stationary and saying here does not tend to work as a turn cue for her.
Part of what was happening was that because you had a lot of rotation on the threadle, there was a big send back out which looked like an extension cue and set her line to the tunnel.
At 4:29 you used both hands as brake arms as you sent back out, which gave her a collection cue before takeoff and she was able to get the tight turn to the jump. Nice!!!! Super!!!
Now we need to add you turning to move up the next line rather than facing her on those – the more she sees the brake arms, the easier it will be for you to then move away up the line.
4:50 – I think you wanted the backside but the handing looked identical to the other reps where she took the threadle jump – plus your line was blocking the wing of the backside jump.
You definitely a better line of motion to the backside at 2 at 5:34 and on the last rep, and that set up the backside and a really great line on the rest of the sequence. Nice layering there too!
Great job here!! Let me know what you think!
Tracy
