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Good morning!
Skizzle gets a gold star for working so well with kids on a trampoline in the background and another dog expressing displeasure about that LOL!! I noticed it immediately and was distracted (had to restart the video twice 😂) so I am sure Skizzle was aware of it! He worked brilliantly!
>I do have sincere thanks to the neighbor kids on the trampoline and the neighbor dogs barking – to help with environmental distractions.>
Right – he was not distracted. The only ones distracted by it were me and the other dog LOL!!!
He is paying close attention to your line of motion as well as your connection. When you were connected and moving up the line, he went to the backside every time. Super!!! When you disconnected to look forward (like at :25), he saw the turn of the shoulders and it looked just like a blind cross – that is why he tried to change sides there. Good boy! You reconnected so he then adjusted to get to the backside.
The weird thing about backsides is that you don’t need your arm much at all – connection is more important because it turns your shoulders to the backside line, and an arm showing the line ahead will potentially turn your shoulders away from it. So the further away you get from the entry wing, the less arm you need and the bigger connection you will need. Counterintuitive for sure! But works really well 🙂
So you can keep adding a bit more lateral distance, so he learns to stay on his line even when you are not right at the entry wing. You can also put a wing on the entry wing (or both wings) – that helps him find the backside and also, I believe the rules on all backside jumps in all organizations that have them require wings on the jumps.
>If my notes are right, I think tomorrow or Wednesday is the last day to post…this likely will be my last one. Thanks for another great course! I don’t feel like we’re ready for the MaxPup3, but plan to sign up anyways to have the progression for next steps available.>
Yes, today is the last day for videos. He has come a long way in a short time in terms of finding lines and commitment, as well as focus with distractions!!!! The MaxPup games build off of these, so I bet he will be able to do lots of good work on those too 🙂
Great job!!!!
Tracy
Good morning!
Bummer about the tree 🙁
Lateral lead out session:
You had good stay rewards throughout, after the broken stay at the beginning and on the first rep when you were on the other side of the wing! He might think the release is hand movement, so be careful to separate the two things (more on that below).
He found the jump really well and turned beautifully on the jump. When you get to the other side of the wing, you can still use your dog-side arm to indicate the jump. The opposite arm might pull him through the gap if the distance is big.
He is staring at you the whole time (one little eye flick at the jump though, which I liked!), so we can also get him to look at the jump more. You can put a toy down on the landing side of the jump, kind of tucked in where the bump and wing meet. He should kind of be able to see it 🙂
Then when you get to the lead out position, slowly bring your arm up and point to the jump – but watch his eyes the whole time. When he looks at the toy/jump, release! When he looks at it reliably after you raise your arm, you can start to praise before the release (so he doesn’t think of self-releasing when he looks at it). Then we can fade the toy by hiding it more and more behind the wing so he is looking at the jump bar 🙂
The 2 videos here were the same – let me know if there was supposed to be a different one. Great job here!!
Tracy
Good morning! Lots of good work here!!
Looking at the turn away videos:
The successful reps on the lap turns were when you let her get almost all the way to your hand, then stepped straight back and drew your hand straight back before turning her away… and she found the wing on her own, you didn’t have to indicate it.
At :35 & :45, & 1:18 you started a little early and indicated the wing while stepping back by moving our hand towards it, so she (correctly) went to the other side like.
You can still reward her on those handler error moments – she was reading your cues correctly 🙂
Tandem turns went really well – you made your opposite arm really obvious so he knew to come to the inside of the wing, then you turned her away really well.
She was really fired up during the smiley face game 🙂 She didn’t know what you wanted when you were near the wing so offered wing-to-tunnel (like in the other games) but did much better when you started moving! When you turned your shoulders to the correct line and kept moving, she was great about finding the correct end of the tunnel. The reps at 1:19 and especially 1:27 & 1:38 had really great handling lines!!
She had a couple of questions about getting directly into the tunnel on those – be sure to move slowly for now and don’t say ‘yes!’ because that will draw her focus to you. You can also put the lotus ball right inside the tunnel entry for a few reps, to give her something to lock onto.
Backsides:
Great job with the parallel line to get her to the backside! Those reps looked lovely. You can keep moving along that parallel line as you get further and further away laterally (aiming to have a path that takes you to the center of the bar).The countermotion is off to a good start too – on the first rep, she was not sure because she needed you to look back at the landing spot as you moved forward so you stayed on the landing side for the other reps. She got it easily with you on the landing side – so now you can start releasing after you have passed the wing and you are on the takeoff side. When you do that, look back to the landing spot behind you and point to it (and of course throw the toy to it too :))
Great job!
Tracy
Wow, she found a new gear of speed here! So fun!!! And she was still able to thoughtfully respond to cues. Yay!
> The first run I think I cut out too fast on the right wing so she cut through but we managed to keep going.>
Yes, that was at :06 – there was a little disconnect when you turned your shoulder, which pulled her off the line. Compare that to :29 and :43, for example when your connection was perfect and you line was parallel to hers, so she found the line with no questions.
>On the opposite side she had trouble finding the tunnel after doing the right wing but I think it was because I was going too fast to the tunnel?>
I think she was surprised that she had to collect to get into it 🙂 Up until then, it had been pretty easy to get into the tunnels! But this had more speed and she didn’t collect til she was past it (1:11). Oops!! You helped her with decel on the next rep and she found it nicely. As she gets more experienced, you can fade out the little bit of decel help.
The rest looked awesome! You had lovely connection as you drove her around the wings. I am really excited about how well she was reading those tandem turns!!!! You had to work hard to get her to the wing after it (lots of connection and acceleration) but she only had one question which you fixed on the next rep.
Great job here! It is super fun to see her getting to open up and go fast, while still responding to the cues. Yay!!!
Tracy
Hi!
Heck yeah, he did seem to love it! And I get to see his real speed (everything has been pretty controlled til now :)) And excellent job to you for running hard AND staying connected. That is not easy and you were lovely!On the first video:
The sequences looked fabulous – finding the wings and the tandem turn after the straight line all looked great! He didn’t quite get into the tunnel at the end of the first one because I think he was surprised by how much collection was needed. He got the tunnel entries on all the other reps, including the tunnel threadle! A little more decel as you headed to the wing before the tunnel threadle will tighten that line up a bit too.One little blooper at 1:44 where he didn’t come in for the tandem turn but I don’t think he could see the arm as well as previous reps (like at :54) and he might have felt some convergence towards the wing which pushed him to the other side of it. You were much more obvious at 1:52 and he nailed it.
On the 2nd video, I LOVE how he drove ahead to the wing (:05 and :38, and 1:09 on the other side ) so you could peel away to be able to beautifully execute the tandem turn on the other side of the tunnel. He is really fantastic about looking forward for his line, and not requiring you to stay ahead of him. There was some serious obstacle independence happening here!! Super!!!
One little blooper at :20 when he didn’t find the wing: it looks like you were across the line/blocking the wing, so he didn’t see it. You were definitely not blocking it at :53 and he found it perfectly.
Overall, adding the big distances really showed us that he is understanding his lines and is confidently driving to them. This is very exciting!!! Great job!
Tracy
Hi!
Congrats on her Star Puppy title!!! And it is great that you are taking her to a CU class – those are valuable games!We actually didn’t get any storms here – a couple of downpours but nothing else. I am relieved but also laughing because everything shut down and it turned out to be a nice day LOL!
T
Hi!
Very nice job setting up the backing up session: you got him doing multiple steps backwards – and they were good steps!! He was definitely getting it: He wasn’t flinging himself backwards – he was properly stepping. Super! You were getting more steps on the reps where you tossed the reward cookie between his feet so he had to back up more to get the treats. Delivering the treat in front of him tended to make him stop, so the tossing was definitely better even if he had couldn’t immediately find it 🙂
To get him to play at the end, try moving the toy away from him so he can chase it. When it was stationary in front of him, he was totally in treat mode 🙂 But if you swing it away for him to chase, or even toss it, I bet he gets right into toy mode. You can see it at the end of the 2nd video where he gets right on the toy as you move it away from him.
He definitely loves to look at you on the prop games! He is able to hit the prop AND look at you. Easy fix – we can change the reward placement 🙂
He was definitely going to the prop and hitting it really well with his front feet when you sent from your right side. The left side was a little harder at first because he might have more value for walking with you on your left side? But you were patient and he got it!To get him looking at you and your hand less, try this:
For the send hand, try a closed fist and a pointing finger, so he does not think the open hand means hand touch.
We can speed up the cookie delivery and place it so he doesn’t look back: before you send to the prop, have the cookie ready in your other hand (no clicker needed). As soon as he is heading to the prop and even before he touches it, you can say ‘get it’ and toss the treat to it. That will get him looking forward better, making the sends easier. The ‘get it’ will replace the clicker because it tells him to look ahead for the cookie, while the clicker often gets the pups looking at us. And, throwing the treat early and ahead will get him to look at you and your hands less 🙂
After he gets the treat, you can call him back to you then do the next send rep.
Great job here! Let me know what you think!
Tracy
Hi! It looks cold here! I could see his breath!
This went really well – it is super hard and he did great! He had an easy time finding the backside line, so you can start moving yourself over laterally (like moving to the center of the bar, for example).
The harder part was getting him to take the jump when he arrived at the backside. I think you were waiting for him to offer taking the jump before rewarding on those first couple of reps, but you can try to get the reward in on the landing side before he even arrives at it. Think of it as a quick reward for choosing to get to the backside: you can drop the reward in on the landing side just before he arrives at the entry wing. Throwing it closer to the entry wing will also get him looking more at the bar as he comes around the wing, rather than your motion, which will make it more independent as we add fancier moves there 🙂
On the countermotion exit – the food in your pocket was a bigger distraction than motion or the presence of the tunnel 🙂 He was locking onto the food on your right side even when you were dropping the toy in behind you, poor starving dog LOL!! I thought your mechanics were good but the food was a big distraction. You switched to the food reward and that totally helped! I think that moved the visual of the food to the hand near the bar – so the next session can address that distraction and have the food in the hand closer to the tunnel again: then see if you can get him committed to the jump. The treat can then get tossed back from the hand closer ot the tunnel – it might not be the most accurate toss, but that is perfectly fine 🙂
>Forgot to say the bar is on the ground due to league course. It’s hard having all the things going on in the yard. Didn’t seem to bother him>
Ah yes! He didn’t even notice it, good boy!!!
Great job here!
Tracy
Oops! Forgot to add the visuals of the different sends:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1PKKqpU5JG-RrtbaEFa6GHi_n_YIEgX8aVr-q9WW7kyU/edit?usp=sharingI think you can tell which one got the start wing and which got the backside 🙂
T
Hi!
One thing I notice: Using the middle line up cleans up that whole line up and send to the start. Yay!The rear crosses are coming along nicely… but no more toy throws allowed 🙂 He is cueing off of the throw and not off the handling 🙂 What I mean by that is he is either jumping to the original direction (like at 1:57, 3:27, 4:01) or straight then turning as he lands (2:56, 5:03) so he is not really seeing the info in time to turn before takeoff, and he is tracking the toy throw.
I think what was happening was you were trying to get to the other side of him but that required to him to get past you – so you got to the other side a bit late then threw the RC to a good spot.
So rather than wait for him to get past then change sides, keep driving to the center of the bar and let him squeeze past you – then as he is almost at the bar, he will turn before takeoff and you will be easily able to step to the new side. Then let him tug from your hand (you can be connected and drive to the next wing when you put it out there). Tugging from your hand will prevent the toy tracking being what creates the turn.
At 3:27 you were almost too early – you were turning your feet before he passed you which can push him off the line to the jump. It will feel less scary if you keep running to the center of the bar – you were nice and close to him and the line, and you have more time to change sides becuase it is the line pressure that gets the RC (because it is visible sooner) more than the actual side change.
At 5:03 as he was exiting the tunnel – you were waiting for him and far from the line, so the cues were late – he takes off turning right then turns left when he lands. As he is in the utnnel, you can be closer to the actual tunnel which puts you closer to the RC line, so as he is exiting you are already moving forward to the center of the bar. He should be able to get past you (he is plenty speedy :)) and then you can more easily get the side change and reward with tugging 🙂
Serp –
>Making sure I handled the error correctly on this>
I see no canine error 🙂 Look at the difference in the sends on the first one and last one, you very clearly stepped to the start wing and that pointed your foot and shoulders to it, so off he went.
On the rep at :49, the send was not the same: You turned your shoulders to the backside as soon as you sent, and your foot stepped to the backside before he really got moving… so he went to the backside and serped, per the verbal “right” cue and the setup. I would have let him have the toy there :), he was definitely confused when you called him back. If he does that, you need to freeze in position and look at your feet/shoulders. There are common handler errors that produce specific responses: an unclear send where we turn to the wrong line will produce the backside on this setup and not the start wing 🙂
When you did step to the start wing – the serps looked great!!!! So make sure that first step is very clear like it was on those reps and the rest will be lovely like it was here.
Nice work!
Tracy
Good morning!
>She did 2 great wraps on the pink & yellow jump. My palm is facing down instead of back to her for the less in your face brake arm but this seemed to work for her…maybe because my shoulders made sense for her?>
I agree, those looked great! I think all the cues were clear: the hand/arm position was clear, and it was supported by decel and connection. Really lovely!!
>She was very out of sorts/restless/on edge on Friday and I think she might be like Tari in being hyper-sensitive to pressure changes (we had that blizzard looming and lots of gusty winds as the pressure dropped).>
I bet that was why – that was terrible weather coming your way!!
Lift sequences Part 1:
>session 1 -also did a bit with the soft turn arm for the 180 turns
>Those looked AWESOME!!!!! Yay!
Looking at the get out cues: You were feeling the magnetic pull to the jump and she was reading your feet more than the upper body. Ideally your feet are moving pretty straight up the line and not stepping to the out jump all that much, to help solidify the upper body elements of the cue.
She read the first get outs as a rear cross due to the pressure on the line with your feet heading that way (note how she turns right at :17 & :37 until the reward lands)
You weren’t quite straight at :55 but your line was to the exit wing so she did not RC there. You can work on being closer to the get out jump, but moving straight up the line without stepping to the jump. That way she won’t rely on you stepping to it a lot – she is definitely watching your feet!
Watch your left foot at 1:32 turn towards the next line and away from the out jump so she was not sure of what to do – you got her to the jump but that made the threadle slice late – good job continuing anyway!
And staying straight on the line will help get the next cues as well. I think you wanted the backside at :56 based on the verbal but the physical cues all said front side. As she exited the wing of the wrap jump, you were turned away and facing the front of the jump with your arm pointing parallel to your shoulders. If I didn’t have the sound on, I would have assumed you wanted the front side 🙂
Compare that to 1:11 where you made a nice line adjustment: you moved forward on a parallel line to what you wanted her line to be, to where the wing and bar meet. That got the backside! She was a little tentative because you were not looking at her, but she got it based on the line and motion. Yay!
>Her martingale leash loop is pretty roomy (deliberately so), but I have sometimes seen her still seem a bit peeved at it going over her head so I am experimenting with unclasping the loop instead. (left that here in the beginning so I had that for my own record). I had originally gotten away from unclasping it because reclasping it so it’s ready for her at the end of the session was another thing for me to do after the leash was off and before we were lined up.>
Unclasping it with 2 hands then reclasping it as you cued the spin was great! It all happens so quickly that it won’t feel unnatural when you get used to doing it.
The right cue at :26 followed by that shoulder pull did correctly pull her to that line – good listening, Lift!! You were thinking ahead to the get out cue and didn’t cue the middle jump
She is relentless about insisting you stay connected: you were not really connected at :44 as she exited the tunnel, and pulling away (thinking ahead :)) so she gave you the what-for and some cursing LOL
When you started with the 180 at 1:06 – you can do a blind cross on the exit of the pink & yellow jump because the post turn sent her wide on the line based on your position
She turned to her right (rear cross) at 1:11 because of the pressure on the line and the plank of your right foot back behind her. Good girl!
>Had difficulty with the backside after the get-out on the first try. Not sure if my keeping my shoulders more open to her path on the 2nd try did it or if it was because I wasn’t quite as far across the jump.>
It was the line of your feet/shoulders that was cueing the difference, She was really paying attention! The line on that get out to backside line should be running forward to where the wing and bar on the backside jump meet. Your upper body shows the difference: as she exits the tunnel, upper body is doing the ‘get out’ without turning the feet, then when she takes the out jump, you are on the correct line for the backside.
Stepping to the out jump at 1:23 was then causing you to turn and pull away to the backside, which cued her to come into the gap. It was clearer at 1:43 and will be even easier when you don’t ned to turn your feet ot the out jump at all.
She did really well with the pattern games!! One thing to add is doing it in hgher arousal. Get her doing tricks, barking spinning, chasing the frizzer… then into the pattern games to teach her body to self-regular when she is in that higher arousal state. That is the most valuable element of it all: doing it in arousal that matches the trial state as much as possible.
Kaladin’s video:
He also responds brilliantly to the brake arms! NICE!He saved your baocn at :17 when you pulled away and the physical cues said front side – he went to the backside after glancing at the front side. He gets extra treats! Lift is not experienced enough to save your bacon plus she likes to keep you in line with the precision LOL
The get out to threadle slice to FC looked great! You had your feet facing more forward there and he read it well.
>Kaladin flicks his eyes towards Reacher when he was moving towards us(still about half a ring away) at about 0:50 which I think contributed to him taking the line to the get out jump instead of wrapping to the tunnel (I noticed the eye flick but didn’t react fast enough to pause my motion, over-emphasize the exit arm, or do something else to help him complete the turn.>
I don’t think it was a Reacher distraction – he was assessing the handling and going with what he saw. He figured he already saved your bacon once, he wasn’t going to keep doing it LOL
At :50 & 1:17 he took the orange jump when you waned the tunnel – that was likely due to the post turn exit of the start wrap. As he exited the wing, he looked at you becaue your verbal was saying wrap. But you were facing the orange jump for a step or two, so he went there, good boy! He considered it at 1:02 and 1:46, but came off it when you stood still and called him. A spin exit will get him to stay on the line without you needing to stop.
Nice line at 1:31 – you are keeping your feet straighter as your upper body cued the get out and he was great! And on the last rep, your feet were defniitely straighter on the line as you cued the get out, which set you up really well for the threadle slice to the FC. YAY!!
> I think I actually managed to use the same opposite arm for the Get out, then the threadle slice and right into the brake arm for the left wrap back to the tunnel!>
Yes! It looked really good!
>It wasn’t until after I got Lift out for her 2nd session that I realized we had forgotten to reset jumps so Kaladin ran at 8in!>
He seemed very happy to run low LOL!
Great job here!
Tracy
Good morning!
>It started great and then the woman you see decided she needed to tell me her life story. She is that woman in the neighborhood that you avoid talking with. 25 minutes later I finally got rid of her and proceeded, thinking my phone was still recording.>
OMG that is annoying!!! Neighbors!!!! You can always pretend you left the puppy loose and have to run inside to let her out LOL!
Looking at the video:
Your exit line arm was great on all 3 reps here! The first and last rep also had fantastic turns over the bar. WOW!
At :32, he hit the wing and the bar came down – the handling before that rep was slightly different than the other two, in terms of the line you showed him. On the other 2 reps, you were a bit more decelerated and your feet were turned to the new line (towards the street here) before he got to the backside. That was perfect! On the rep where the bar came down, you stepped to the backside more o for a moment, it looked like a slice (like a rear cross slice). Then you rotated towards the street – and his back feet slipped on takeoff so he didn’t clear the bar. No worries, the next rep was PERFECT!!! He is ready for the sequences with this skill.
Stay safe in this crazy weather – everything around here is closed (stores, schools, etc) so I am wondering what is in store! Eeek!!
Tracy
Poor Rou! Ouch!!!!!
We see pad issues at a lot of the indoor turf places in this area. Also, because I play flyball and because I have sighthounds – I see a lot of dogs with pad burns/chunks torn and also skin tears. I use something called Absorbine Silver Honey Rapid Wound Repair – it is a spray gel which has Manuka honey and microsilverBG to heal things very quickly. It reduces healing time dramatically: when my whippet rubbed a raw spot under his dew claw from running, it healed it within a few hours and he was back to normal within 12 hours.When I bashed my forehead into an open microwave door at 10pm in the RV in the middle of nowhere (not my finest moment LOL!), I put it on the deep wound and covered it with a bandaid. I really thought I would need stitches but it took 2 days to heal entirely. Crazy!
So you can try putting it on her pad, then wrapping it with some pwerflex. You will probably need to use a cone to prevent her from licking at it (sorry Rou) but I tell ya the stuff is miraculous. I have used Manuka Honey on whippet skin tears for a few years and it is great for healing but the Silver Honey spray gel is about 1000 times easier to use and less goopy.
Keep me posted!
Tracy
Good morning!
>I’ve been feeling like my hands and arms can be a distraction for her sometimes. She like to try and grab them like toys and I also don’t think she totally understands what they mean in handling yet. >
You can totally have the toy stuffed in your pocket for handling games – we don’t need precision rewards in handling at this stage and it will help clarify where to look. We *all* mess us the verbal marker for the toy and revert to “yay!” Or move the toy before a marker, which can make it muddy for when she can look at the toy or not. So having it in the pocket allows you to focus on connection and not worry about the toy 🙂
>I try to keep the sessions short but before I know it 3 -5 minutes have gone by and I know that’s too long for her. I’m going to try and be more organized and ready to work with her, and set a timer.>
Yes, setting a timer is very useful! The other thing I do when training is I use music – I turn on silly pop tunes which are generally about 2.5 to 3 minutes long. And when the song is over, the session is over and the pup gets a break and the next dog can come out for the next tune 🙂 It is fun if you like music and a great way to track the session length.
On the morning video:
She was very engaged at the beginning of the turn away session but she wasn’t sure if you wanted her to work or not – you can keep her in the house as you plan, then bring her into the session so she is ready to roll right away.
One mechanics detail on the lap turn:
Keep your feet together until she gets to within a couple of inches your hand, then step the leg back along with the hand. If the leg is too early but the hand is good, she will be a little slower. If the leg and hand are too early, she will go to the other side of the wing like at 1:21.
The rep at 1:55 was great timing of hand and foot – backing up a bit helped her drive in! Really nice!
The turn away itself is (correctly) slow moving – so pair it with running and tugging as part of the reward 🙂 That will also alleviate the repetitive factor. Our sighthounds will do it, but then need the outlet of running around and killing the toy LOL whenever we ask them to drive to us while we are facing them, or if we ask for multiple reps. I think there were too many cookies for a moment when you did the left turns but then she was right back on board when you took off with the toy at the end 🙂
Evening session: she started off with good focus – add in more toy play here to keep her pumped up too. The toy play can start as soon as she comes into the session.
She is responding really well to the handling cues. When you are spot on, he is doing great! If something unexpected happens, it is almost always a handler blooper 🙂
On this video, at :41 on the tandem turn, you stepped her to the other side of the wing by moving towards it – you can still reward the ‘wrong’ side of the wing because that is info from the dog that we cued it by accident 🙂
You can see her light up at :58 when the toy came out!
Then you moved faster on the next rep AND rewarded with the toy! Happy hound!You can mix things up more for her: instead of the same thing a few times in a row, do it once and then do the other side, or a front cross – that will keep things from getting too repetitive.
When I need to sort out my handling – I walk it without the pup and then I might ‘test drive’ it with my more experienced dogs. Then the pup comes out and I am a lot more accurate in my handling 🙂
But whether I am right or wrong, I still do a lot of toy rewards (more than food) because it keeps the dogs in the right head space: for my terrier and herding dogs, it prevents frustration behavior of getting bitey 🙂 For the sighthounds/lurchers, it prevents the frustration behavior of slowing down or checking out the environment.
Nice work here! Let me know what you think!
Tracy
Good morning!
The grid session went really well!! He did a great job figuring out his striding as the jump moved each time. I am happy with his movement and his head position and his striding choices. All lovely!
>Do you like the 5′ distance for the ladder grid for him?>
Yes, for now, it is working well! Will it change when we add more height? Maybe, maybe not, he will let us know 🙂 But if it changes, it would only be by about 6 inches (so it would be about 4 feet 6 inches instead of 5 feet).
As you rotate this game into training, you can show him a little more height on the 3rd bar, just 2 more inches here and there. The first 2 jumps do not get more height, they can remain as jump bumps.
>He broke his stay once so corrected and then reinforced.>
Overall, the stay looks GREAT – you were able to jog out to position, pick up the toy, drag it…. That is lovely!
The broken stay might have been anticipation based on the rhythm of the release: we humans are very predictable 🙂 You were running out, grabbing the toy, moving it, then releasing all in the same rhythm. Try to mix that up more so he doesn’t think that the release happens after a certain # of steps or when the toy is in a certain spot.
>And yes, movement is definitely better for him when training outside.>
Yes – but also he is figuring out how to work outside and ignore distractions because the jump grid has soooo many stays and he did great!
Looking at the rear crosses:
Good boy for putting the toy in your hand!
What was happening here was that you were actually blocking the line to the bar – you were setting the line to the backside of the jump by turning your feet to the backside line. Then you had to pull him over to get him to the front side- but that set the line straight and not the RC. So by the time he was the RC, he was already taking the jump the other direction.
You can see it on the video from 6:17 – 6:20.
Compare to 6:36 – 6:39 where you did not block his line – your feet were facing the center of the bar as he exited the wing wrap and had better pressure to the RC line (towards the center of the bar) and he read the RC really well!
He was more forgiving of the line on the left turn side but you will want to be sure your feet are facing the center of the bar when he exits the wing. The last rep on that side was fantastic!
One thing to add in is more connection on the exit of the wing. He was drifting a little wide because you were looking forward and your dog side arm was pointing a bit forward, so it was hard for him to see where to be when he exited the wing. But on the last rep, you were beautifully connected as he exited and he was tight on the turn!
Here are screenshots so you can see the moments described above:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1OGYeB_MmBKYI_Ofk2lyOcbRvjXPXFxUtxcUimeAf9Q8/edit?usp=sharing>I don’t know if I missed the info on Max Pup 2. Is there a deadline for submitting videos or can we submit up until Max Pup 3 begins? >
Let me know if you were getting the emails each week when games were posted – it comes from the agilityuniversity@gmail account and maybe it ended up in spam?
The last day for videos here in MaxPup 2 is tomorrow – you can see more in the course overview:
Then we give the dogs a little break before getting MaxPup 3 going 🙂 and maybe Mother Nature will cooperate too!
Great job here!
Tracy
