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Good morning! Welcome back!!
>>Full disclosure, I have not been using a start line stay lately. I am having trouble getting her to start in competition>>
No problem! We can adjust the forward focus and have her do it with you sending from further and further away. You can adjust all of the starts to how you would do it at a trial (slingshots or behind the back or sending) which will be useful! And that way you don’t have to work stays either 😁
Seq 1 – I think she missed jump 1 on rep 1 because she isn’t used to stays, no worries!
Rep 2: you can stay connected more on 1-2 but if she misses something: keep going 🙂 That will get you into the habit of keeping things going like you would do at a trial.
When you reset that run, you over-helped a bit by getting closer to 2 which made you in the way on 3 (bar down) and late for the blind (off course tunnel).
Compare to :57 which has GREAT connection 1-2 so you didn’t need to get too close… and the rest was all great!
The last rep had you going in closer to 2 than the previous rep but not quite as close as you did on the 2nd run, so she got it but the turns were a bit wider because your timing was not as clear. Run 3 at :57 was the best one for sure.
Seq 2: Great connection 1-2-3!! nice send to the tunnel!!!
>>1st run I did my own ending there, not sure why.>>
Your ending was good LOL! I liked it, and it was nicely executed (fancier than my ending haha!)
This went well and we can also add more distance to the tunnel sends:
Stick closer to 3 and send to the tunnel more so that you don’t decel or pull away – that was causing her to curl into you on the exit and push back out. If she has trouble sending to the tunnel from that far away, move the tunnel in closer to get started then move it further and further away again. Giant sends to the tunnel will be very useful!
Sequence 3: This one is definitely one to work without the stay, like you would do at a trial. You could handle it like a send to the backside (you start with her on the landing side, then send her to the correct side of 1) or you can both start on takeoff side of 1 and FC or BC to 2. You did the BC here and it worked well!
Nice FC on 3 at :34 and 1:08 and 1:45! You went a little too deep past the landing spot at 1:25 so her turn was a little wider there. Compare to 2:05 and 2:28 where you decelerated and didn’t go all the way to the wing: her turn was perfection on those reps!
This is a good sequence to work more tunnel send for layering here too. She had a nice out on the 2nd run at 1:10 (jumps 4 to 5) and sent past you to the tunnel. You can work on staying closer to 4-5 and sending her ahead to the tunnel more, so you can layer the jump.
At 1:30, your verbal said tunnel but the physical cues were the same as the previous rep so she read it as a send to the tunnel (you were blocking the jump a bit)
At 1:50 you used a ‘here’ cue MUCH sooner and turned to the jump sooner so she got it 🙂 Very nice!
>>The last sequence I though it was the other end of the tunnel, go figure.>>
You set up a good wrap on the first rep there to get the closer end of the tunnel. At 2:13 your right leg stepped backwards so she was confused – it looked like a RC cue but you were telling her to take the jump.
The RC at 2:36 worked really well to get the correct end of the tunnel! Super!! You can probably also get a BC before the jump (like you did in the first video).
Great job! Let me know what you think!
Tracy
Good morning! Hope the West Coast gets through the heat wave quickly and easily!!!
Working threadles is a good thing at this point, we are seeing them more and more!!
The first reps are the most helpful ones, in terms of what she is understanding according to the info she is seeing.
For the threadle slices, you can give a bigger upper body cue and your lower body should be moving parallel to the bar more instead of directly forward. The moving directly forward (towards the camera, rather than across the bar) is why she had trouble on the first rep on your left side (and first rep with the blind) plus the first few reps on the right side.
She did figure it out so there were lots of reps in the middle that were good, so let’s focus on those first reps:
On the threadle slices, you can move more parallel to the bar partially because moving directly forward like that is the threadle wrap line and also because it will support the jumping effort better. The rep at 1:32 (last rep) had the best line of motion for threadle slices! I also liked your line of motion at :48 – you can see your upper body is nicely rotated and you are moving towards the bar for a step or two, starting on the entry wing. She read that really well!
You can see her ask about if it is a threadle wrap or slice on t he first few correct side of the jump reps (lots of little collection strides) and also at :24 after the BC.
You can also see her think that the line of motion is for a threadle wrap at 1:15 – you were moving forward pretty fast, so she can to the correct side of the jump but wrapped (which is correct per the line of motion)
Eventually the verbals will override the motion, but she probably doesn’t have that quite yet so we can support her with motion too.
So to help her see it as a threadle as you are moving through it, you can add 2 things to the threadle slice cues:
– holding a positional cue on the entry wing until she changes line and is not looking at the front side. That might mean moving through it, or it might mean actually stopping there for a heartbeat.
– using a BIG exaggerated swing back of the threadle arm (almost to the point that the opposite arm come across your torso) so it is very different than normal connection. This is especially important after a BC: Normal arms down with connection for the blind, then do the big threadle arm wing back/rotation at the waist. And yes, don’t rotate your feet LOL! Threadles are complex : )
If the upper body is not clear enough, she might end up on the front side which happened on the first rep here and also when you changed sides at :55.
>>Remind me where to look. Am I looking at her eyes or my hand?>>
For now, you can shift your connection to your hand as you swing it back to see if that helps clarify the cue.
And for the threadle wraps, the moving straight past the wing like you did here will help get the wrap. Shifting connection down to your hands for this will help too, and decelerating is a big key to threadle wraps: decel near to the entry wing so she knows that it is the wrap cue and then she will give you your cue to move forward with more speed again when she looks at the wrap AND takes the first step in the direction of the wrap.
Nice work here! Let me know what you think!
Stay cool!Tracy
Good morning!
Yes, we had a brief burst of cool weather! And I have also been wrestling with sun glare in the morning like you mentioned on the video!
Looking at the opening: A few ideas for you!
On the forward focus: her stay looked great and she is finding the jump really well with you pretty far away. Super!
You can also add a hand cue to your focus forward. That way, she knows when it is time to look at the jump and also then you can release on a wrap verbal. That wrap verbal plus clear connection should get the front side of 2 and the tunnel entry at 3 (which I think was your initial plan). You had too much ‘here’ and too much rotation towards her on the 2nd rep, so you had the other side of the tunnel.
Remember to keep going if there is an error rather than stop and re-start, because that will get you thinking on your feet which is great for trialing!
Handling with the FC to the other side of 1 and threadling to the tunnel worked for 1-2-3 but it but you behind for 4-5-6. I loved the BC 2-3 at 1:55! Definitely got you ahead! And it took out her question 5-6 (she looked at you there on the previous run).
The middle section looked good!
The line to the weaves might have felt hard because 9 should be a backside – that will set up an easy weave entry.Nice BC 11-12! A brake arm on 12 will really help get a nice turn, she swung wide there (we did a lot of the brake arm stuff in the live class games).
Great job getting the wrap on 14 to come through the inside to 15 – that set a much better line than a slice would there because the slice would have turned her to face the wrong end of the tunnel.
You also wrapped 17 – she turned really well, but you can also try to slice 17 and see if that set up a faster/easier line to 18 (which is possible here, because the slice exit of 17 sets up a nice line 18).
Great job here! Let me know what you think!!!
Tracy
Good morning!
Course 1 went really well!
A couple of small details can help you have to manage lines less, getting you to better positions for the harder parts:One spot you can cue sooner so you manage the next line less is on tunnels: tell him what you want on the exit before he enters.
On this course, you can tell him to go jump before he enters tunnel 3 so there is no step towards you (:08 and :50). If he steps towards you, you then have to take an extra step to support the line to the jump, which delays your next line.
Same at :13 for 6-7 – tell him about the next jump so you barely need to support it and can just go to the threadle at 9. At :54 you did tell him sooner and he really found that line independently!
Threadle slice to weaves looked good on the first run and GREAT on the 2nd run when you were able to be further ahead.
On the first run: You can add brake arms at 12 and quiet verbals so you don’t have to manage that turn after landing (:23) – he went wide on 12 and then you pulled him back in then tried to get to position. That is what pulled the rail on 13. You did a spin there on the 2nd run at 1:05 but you don’t need the spin. Instead, as he lands from 11 (jump after the weaves) you can do a brake arm as part of the commitment cue for 12, and slide away to the 13 jump.
>could get a blind between 13 and 14. >>
I think it is very doable if you don’t have to manage the turn at 12 after you cue it – you can commit him to 12 with the brake arms then just move to the blind, all before he even takes off for 12.
Handling that line as a landing side threadle-wrap-ish move is also great! And that set up you easily getting in between 16-17 to get nice turns there for the ending line.
>>I wondered about slicing 14 but IRL, that seemed unlikely to be anything but a mess.>>
I agree with your choice to wrap 14, that set up a much prettier line!
Course 2:
>>I didn’t spend a lot of time working on the dog path on paper for this run. As a result, the dog path is what looked best on the ground. >>
I personally think that is a better way to make decisions. Take a look at the paper, yes, but decide on path when the actual course is built.
1-2-3-4-5 looked great on both runs!
>>The choice at 6 might depend on exactly how it is built; in my yard, the left wrap seemed the only sensible choice.>>
That was my intention – I think turning to the left sets up a better line.
At :19 and 1:14, the nice timing of the brake arms and rotation got a great turn and fabulous line to the weaves. You then did a RC on 7 which is fine. You also had plenty of time to do a BC on the exit of 6 there (a spin instead of a FC) if you wanted. I don’t think it matters in this particular context heading to the weaves, but it might make a difference if it was a line with a straight tunnel for example.
Sounds like you starting saying “around” while he was still weaving at :25 and 1:21… click/treat for you! Great backside send and lovely connected countermotion exit to 10 at :26 and 1:22!!
>>Now the way to go around 13 and 14 could be debated but I feel pretty good about the way I went.>>
Yes – that is a spot to try it 2 ways and time it. Your choice of slice 13 (towards 10) then slice 14 (towards 17) is one option. It has 2 slices which is fast, but makes for a harder turn 14-15.
The other option there is to wrap 13 (blind tunnel exit of 12 to threadle wrap, ideally, and yes, you can totally get there but sending away to 10 and using parallel path support for 10 to 12 to get the blind). Or, you can do it as a takeoff side lap turn – at :32 you were in position for the threadle slice when he exited the 12 tunnel, so you will definitely be in position for whatever other handling options you want to play with
After the threadle wrap, threadle slice 14 towards the weaves which sets up an absolute speed line to 15 and 16. This is one of those hot topic places there the blind-to-threadle-wrap is proving to be VERY fast on course while getting us handler miles and miles ahead.
If you want to compare, video and time the difference from the exit of the weaves to the landing of 16 and see which is faster for Enzo.
Back to the video:
>>from there the choice on 14 seemed obvious. It turned out to be “un-obvious” to Enzo, who struggled to find that one backside.>>
The angle of 14 makes the front side more obvious, so he needed more arm-back-big-connection on the cue. At :35 you were using the verbal but your arm/shoulder and feet all turned to the front side before he passed you, and that overrode the verbal.
He almost got it at :50 but that angled entry wing needed one more step of commitment (he took the front at the last heartbeat). We will definitely work on him finding the harder angles of entry, because of the angle was different I am sure it would have not been as hard. The 16 backside was a more civilized angle of entry and he had no trouble finding it.
You helped him at 1:31 which set up a RC on the tunnel, so more hustle was required to get 16 and you nailed it 🙂
>>On the second run, he dropped #11. I included a close up and still don’t see what I might have done – he took off very early.>>
It was actually a pretty similar jumping effort to what he did on the first run – small stride into it then BIG jump a bit early. That is pretty unusual for him. He kept the bar up on run 1 but kind of fell on landing. My guess is he was having a little trouble with the distance there while also processing the forward cues (I think you said out on that second run, plus the tunnel verbal) while you were moving away laterally. If the course is still set up, try it again today and see what the jumping effort it – there might have been some latent learning happening in terms of the mechanics and the awkward distance. If you can measure the exact distance, let me know what it is and we can set up sequences where he can figure it out.
Great job here! Let me know what you think!
TracyPS:
>>(If you are driving through MI with time to spare, I am in Kalamazoo, just off I-94, the major east-west route. I have an air-conditioned pole barn if you want to pop in and train a bit. Also, I have a huge, fenced yard for other adventures, training or just playing.)>>Awesome! I need to sort out the travel from Wisconsin to somewhere in Ontario. Step 1 is to sort out WHERE in Ontario I need to be LOL!!
Good morning! I think the brake arm practice went well here!
A couple of ideas for you:
The line at 1-2 in the beginning is a threadle, so you can show more of a physical threadle cue (upper body rotation towards her). She got it correctly each time but also ticked the bar each time.
Supporting the brake arms by adding the verbals to the forward exit of the tunnel and the turns really helped!
At the beginning, she had a question on the tunnel exit: Being relatively decelerated before she went into the tunnel then right next to the jump when she exited caused her to ask a valid question at :04, looked like a backside cue on that jump.
There was a big difference at :20 and :30 when you were moving forward with the cue – nice commitment, nice turns there! And adding the verbals helped a lot!
She had a bar down at :46 – it looked like you wanted more collection and you were facing forward rather than moving laterally so was not entirely sure what was next. The FC cues at :56 were clearer and you rotated into the FC – VERY NICE!!
You can also differentiate the very strong brake at :56 from the softer brake at 1:02 by moving away to the next jump as you do the brake arms to set up the soft turns. That all happens before takeoff for the jump after the tunnel (no later than halfway between the 2, ideally it all starts after she exits the tunnel), so she can set up her jumping.
I think by 1:08 she knew the sequence LOL! You had motion away from the tunnel without forward cues so she went forward anyway -try to always keep the forward cues when you want her to go straight, so she doesn’t ignore changes before the tunnel.
Great job here!!! Let me know how the rest of the sequences go!
Tracy
Good morning! He is doing so well here!!!
>>I only got in two of the live warm ups before he looked too hot.>>
Yes, he runs HARD so he probably gets hot quickly. Short sessions like this will still accomplish a whole lot!
The first sequence on the first video went great! On your second run, you made the adjustments I was going to suggest after the first run! It went really well! The main suggestion was to stay closer to the wing of 2 and send to the tunnel, so you didn’t get stuck behind the layering jump. And that is what you did on the 2nd run, and it was smooth and fast. Super!
You can add more verbal support as well – a GO cue before he enters the tunnel will help him find that next jump more independently, even if you are not ahead of him. And you can use soft turn verbals on the brake arm sections.
He did the threadles well – did not turn your feet on the 2nd run (I was going to suggest you not turn your feet) and so he was good about reading the upper body. Something to try on the threadles is opening you arm/shoulders back toads him (like swinging open a door) rather than closing the shoulders/arms forward and away from him. Having your arm back and shoulders open/rotated to him can bring him in and also make it easier to cue him to take the next jump.
The wrap on the 2nd run looked great! He turned really well!!! Excellent use of brake arms, verbals, decel there at :10 (also VERY timely, he is exiting the tunnel and you are already showing all the cues).
>>What caused the dropped bar on the second pass in the second video?>>
On that run, it looked like you had all the cues starting as he exited the tunnel (PERFECT!) but instead of decelerating as you were moving forward, you were decelerating and moving sideways, already kind of rotated. That will cause a young dog to look at you to see if he should keep going forward or not… and with his speed, after he realized that yes he should take the jump, he couldn’t quite sort the jumping mechanics (so the bar came down).
Ideally, you would face forward while decelerating for another step or two, then rotate. But also, we humans sometimes run sideways or rotate too soon, and the dogs figure us out 🙂 You can practice that “oops I am too early” on one jump by moving sideways and rewarding him for keeping the bar up. I personally prefer being a little too early rather than being too late, so this is good game to teach him!
Great job here! Stay cool!
TracyHere is a very beginning example of what I mean, with a baby puppy (he is a Mal/Whippet mix and was about 12 weeks old at the time). You can see that I was holding with one hand and pointing with the other (he didn’t have any real stay LOL!).
I started with a food bowl and moved it around the wing (you can do the same on a jump with a very low bar) then went to a toy.
And here is where it leads to, on a jump:
You can do as much of that as space allows on one jump, without baking outside.
Tracy
YIKES the forecast is terrible!!!!!! So in thinking about what to do indoors: we can do some focus forward to a wing/barrel/jump indoors! All you need is a carpeted space which I am sure you have (so he doesn’t slip when he is moving)
You can hold his collar, toss a treat or toy to the other side of a jump with a low bar. When he looks at it… let him go so he goes over the bar and to the reward.
Now if there is not enough room for a jump, you can do it with a wing or barrel (the reward goes just around the barrel, so it is a little visible but he has to go around the barrel a bit to get it).
You can progress this pretty quickly:
– add a hand cue pointing at the jump or wing and when he looks at the reward, let him go (some folks have also added a verbal cue to this, such as “look”)
– add a stay (if he will hold it) while you place the reward then use a hand cue to point at it. When he looks at the jump/barrel you can release him to it
– fade out the placed reward and go to a thrown reward: you point at the jump/barrel, he looks at it, you release him to move and throw the reward to the landing side.This forward focus game is super useful (we are seeing it needed for the beginning of courses a LOT nowadays!) plus it builds commitment like the lazy game does, plus it builds motivation to find the jump.
Let me know if that makes sense! I will try to find some video of it!
Tracy
Good morning!
Looking at the wrap video:
>>xIn watching the video, I think my feet are often wrong>>
I was watching it and ready to notate the spots where your feet were ‘wrong’ as in, not using the dog-side leg. I have bugged you about that in the past LOL!!
But I think you were 99% spot on with your feet here! Ok, maybe at :35 your step to the wing was a little ‘soft’ and could have been more obvious… but the rest looked great! You had that dog-side leg participating on both sides. Click/treat for you!
The other thing I really liked was that he was pretty self-propelled, meaning he was going going going with the must subtle cues. That means great commitment is really developing and I love that!
2 small details to consider:
Send with the wrap verbal consistently (or the soft turn left/right when using the middle wing). He is reading the context perfectly so is wrapping really well or going to the middle wing based on the physical cues – using the directional verbal is more about human rehearsal than dog rehearsal here LOL! You had it sneak in here and there, try to use it on every single rep. Take a moment before starting to remind yourself of the verbal.
The other small detail is if you are carrying the reward, don’t switch it from hand to hand during the sequence because it delays the next cue (you are switching when you should be cuing) and it draws his focus away from the line and up to your hands. So, leave it in one hand – that is also great rehearsal for us humans!
Overall this is going great. Onwards to this week’s new sequencing games!!
The plank walking is going really well too. He seems perfectly confident going back and forth. You can elevate the board now – do you have bricks or blocks or anything stable to lift it (and keep it from being too wobbly?
When you were adding the angles, he was still confident but I don’t think he realized he was supposed to get on the board at the end and not near you in the middle. So two things can help him out:
Toss the treats on angles that are a bit towards you rather than away, and on soft enough angles that the board entry is still pretty obvious. if he is having trouble finding them in the grass, you can us a towel on each end to toss them onto.You can also put cones at the entry on each end of the board, to give him a visual to lock onto for getting on rather than coming to you then getting on 🙂
Great job here!!! Stay cool!
Tracy
Good morning!
Starting on the other jump looked fun – I also like to sometimes just run the speed lines without the start line stays – fun fun fun!!!
The first loop looked great 🙂One thing to consider as you build up layering is the intensity of verbals – you were very quiet on the first loop at :14 where you ran with the line, but you can be loud there too 🙂 You got louder as you added more distance and layering, which totally helps: bigger, louder, repeated verbals will help propel him out on the line.
Other than repeating the tunnel verbal a zillion times, you can also add a directional – in this case, a “go” will be helpful. That will indicate to continue on the big line even if he doesn’t yet see the tunnel, or if there is no tunnel (when the layering is all jumps, for example). So people will be able to hear your for miles around: GO GO GO TUNNEL TUNNEL TUNNEL hahahaha I am sure my neighbors think I am NUTS. LOL!
Since this went so well, I think he is ready for you to add the backside elements of pushing the the backside versus blinds to threadles. Great job!!
Tracy
Yes! The 2nd rep was better than the first – on the first rep, he was also watching you reach for the toy 🙂
On the second rep, he looked at the jump when you first pointed at it, then looked at it again when you got to your position. SUPER!!! And he seemed clearer on the release on that 2nd rep. Nice work!!Tracy
Good morning! Lots of good work here!
Plank:
Turning around on the plank is going well! He seemed happy as usual and not at all concerned that it was elevated. You can keep revisiting this here and there as we add more elements to the plank game.Teeters – he likes the teeter a whole lot, which is great! I think this session progressed too quickly, so you can see he is slowing down as the teeter went from basically no drop at the beginning to the full teeter by the end. So, rather than try to get to running across the whole board, you can work it more gradually by getting it up to full height without much tip at all, then gradually adding more tip over the course of a few weeks. It looks like the teeter holes device can move down in tiny tiny bits, so the goal is that we don’t see any change in his speed as the drop gets bigger and bigger.
And at each step, add a wing wrap and some handling elements before adding more tip – one of the goals is that he can go independently to the end and wait there without you also needing to be at the end. We have more games coming for that too 🙂
Connection game is going well! I accidentally released that yesterday, there are a bunch more that go along with this coming today! He is showing really strong commitment and that is fabulous!
He did well finding the jumps! You can keep your arm lower, pointing downwards to him – when it is high (top of the wing level) he looks up at you more because it is blocking connection. So think of your hand position as being low enough that your fingers point to his nose 🙂
But when you just run without pointing at all and your arm down (like 4:45 to 4:49) he is smooth and fast! No questions! Compare to the end of that run when you had the high arm and he was not as sure of where to go.
Lazy game is going well too! He I driving around really well, including the tunnel. And that is good, we want him driving to the tunnel too! At 5:23 when he went into the tunnel, he was correct – you turned and faced it for a step, so good boy to commit 🙂
When the middle jump move further away, you needed one more step towards it to help him out (that was pretty far for a small dude!) And when he got that one extra step, he nailed it.
Super!Wingin’ It – nice connection on the one step sending! The only spot where you didn’t have connection (arm high and blocking it as you looked forward a step too soon) was at 8:23 and he looked at you instead of going to the wing. On the reps where your arm was lower and he could see you face, he went pretty directly to the wing. Super!
The low arms also help support the send to the middle wing better – the more your fingers point to his nose, the better he commits to the line without looking at you. When your hand gets high (above the top of the wing) he can’t see the connection as well and he looks up at you. You can add that arm-to-his-nose on the exit of the FCs, so he sees that big connection and can be super tight on his turns.
Great job here! Have fun this weekend!!
Tracy
Hi!
>>I meant to tell you the reason I didn’t add the spoon to the teeter – he fell off about mid-point yesterday morning so I didn’t think he needed the added motivation / distraction until he had a few more reps going up and some more plank confidence work. >
Ah! Good point! No falling off, Ven! He doesn’t seem phased by it, thankfully.
>>Thinking I will first add it for plank confidence before he sees it up high.>
Sounds good!! Let me know how he does.
>>Teeter end behavior – I’ve never had a dog do 2o2o on the teeter, they’ve all been taught 4on. Ven weighs 26.5 pounds.>
You can certainly do a 4on with him! He weighs enough to do a 2o2o if you wanted to do it. Or, a 4on where he is right on the edge of the board is also easy and fun to train.
>>I only see 1 new game for this week. Is that correct?>>
Actually, there are a bunch! The games are released on Tuesdays for this session (which feels weird LOL!) and I must have time stamped one of them incorrectly to release yesterday. The rest should be released before 7am Eastern with an email going out at 8am Eastern. I will double check that I did it all correctly 🙂
Super nice wingin’ it sessions! It must have been HOT but he ran really well (so did you!)
There must have been something in the grass on the tunnel exit side on your left because he had no trouble going fast when he exited the tunnel on your right – he was hesitant on the dog-on left side for some reason (heading to the wing). Heading back to the tunnel? No problem, the tunnel value overrides whatever the challenge was 🙂
Looking at where he was super speedy versus where he had questions and slowed down:
He was not quite as fast sending to the wing when you were not moving as he was when you were moving, so we can add value to the sends:The more you use you dog side leg to help send to the wing, the better he does! So give him a big swoosh step before he passes you. And then you can throw a reward to the wing when he gets to it after passing you. That can pump up the value for zipping past you to the wing and create even more speed and independence.
Great job getting the FC on the middle wing without any bonus tunnels!!! Yay! Nice connection 🙂 It looks like he never looked at the off course tunnel.
His only question on the tunnel was when you said ‘yes good boy’ which indicates reward so he skipped the tunnel – try to not make “yes” a reward marker because then they sometimes come to us rather than finish the obstacle (I have made this mistake LOL!!) The ‘get it’ marker will be better for a tunnel exit.
He liked the big speed loops at the end! On those, you can just bend your arms and keep them low (like a sprinter) and run with connection – that supports the line really well. If your arms get too high or forward, the cue starts to look different so he looks up at you and asks questions. You can see that at 2:18 on the 2nd video, where your hand is pointing high. The wing, but your feet & shoulders have turned. He is cuing off your feet & shoulders, so it looks like thought he was supposed to come through the gap.
Great job! Stay cool!
Tracy
