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Hi!
The 2nd threadle wrap went well (you were a little early on the first one). I timed the blind to threadle wrap here versus the circle wraps on the previous video… the BC to threadle wrap is faster by about 3/10ths (starting from landing of the first layered jump). I think the drive to get the blind is partially where he gets faster on the line! We will keep comparing and tracking!!!!!Tracy
Good morning!
>>I entered the Canadian Open and their Speedstakes is times plus faults so we’re going to have to really hustle to come out ahead of some blazing fast dog that drops a bar.>>
Hmmm, that is weird that they got a rule change for scoring it for UKI? I am confused LOL Not sad necessarily for a couple of my dogs, but it is strange to me that they would change the scoring rules for the big event.
On the first video: nice run here!!! A couple of strategy ideas for you:
Yes, more of a slice at 1 can help! I think he will have no problem with that.
The line for the blind 2-3 was almost to the tunnel (you can see as he lands at :14 your blind is finished but you are running towards the tunnel and he is running straight at it, then adjusts after landing). So we can totally pick up a faster time there: to get it, walk the tightest, most perfect line you want him to run… then you run exactly on that line for the blind (and keep moving so you are not in his way).
It looks like the line would start as you are passing the first wing of 2 and not further towards the 2nd wing.Layering looked great! Yay!
He turned correctly on the exit of the 9 tunnel – if possible, turn him on the slice to his right at 10 (not sure if there was room there to do that there, there is some foliage LOL)
If you have room for 12 poles there, you can layer the tree LOL! Great practice for all the crazy layering 🙂
The BC line at the end (15-16 at :52) can also be tighter in the same theme as the 2-3 line – at :51, you are running directly to the tunnel so he is heading that way too. The connection on the new side does get the turn but we can take out the extra strides:
Your line should not go past the wing where the cups and bar meet – a decel will help keep your there and that might also mean the FC is the better option than the blind (which tends to have more acceleration and a wider line presented by the direction of our feet).
That can also set up a send to 16 and 17, making for an easy peasy BC after 17 and a right turn on 18 for the shortest/straightest line to 19-20. Turning left on 18 works but I think it is more yardage and also not as easy for a line (more turns for him). He layered to 19-20 really well!!!!
2nd course:
The opening went nicely, no problem at all, those skills are totally in his wheelhouse. I was super happy with how well he got onto the layered line because coming out of the 5-6 turns, there is not a lot of momentum and it is hard to get past the purple tunnel in the smaller space…. And he took off like a rocket! Yay!He needed a stronger turn cue for the turn from the 10 jump to the 11 tunnel – the weaves were straight ahead and the off course jump was right there too, so decel and facing forward indicated the weaves first (he looked at them) then he ended up on the off course jump at :21. You decelerated more at 1:02 but he still looked forward and thought about the off course jump.
This seems like a perfect spot to add a handling cue that is getting more and more useful – the brake arm! That is the opposite arm joining the dog-side arm to cue the turn, and it is becoming incredibly successful to get the turns when we need collection cues to override a bit of forward motion (as is the case in this sequence).
He did really well layering the 14-15-16-17 line, going right past the tunnel entry to the 16 jump! YAY!!!
>>I felt like I was standing still and waiting too long for the circle backside at 18 but wasn’t sure if running into a BC and doing a threadle wrap there would have still gotten me the jump or the off course tunnel.>>
I agree – he was decelerated more than we need him to be because you were there so early. So you can meet him sooner after the layering line to move into it more (he was not looking at the off course tunnel at all).
For the BC to a threadle wrap – the only way to know is to try it :)It is a great skill to play with, especially with the off course tunnel right there. I used to say that the off course would never be that close… but it looks like it would totally be that close nowadays LOL!!
It would be more of a tandem turn than a threadle wrap, but definitely try it and we can see which is faster. And if you can’t try it on this set up, no worries – that is one of the hot topics for the next training package: BC to threadle wrap versus push to circle.
Great job here! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi!
Nice job sending away to 8 from more a distance here: not only did you get the correct turn on the tunnel exit to 10, but you also got the blind at :44 and 1:40! Yay!You don’t need to go meet her at the tunnel exit, you can hang out nearer to 10 – that way you are already decelerated for the turn cue on 10 and you don’t need to send her to it then decelerate again. Meeting her at the exit then accelerating caused the turn cues to be late and the bar came down both times.
After the weaves, you did a circle wrap on 13 but I think your original plan of threadle slice from the other videos was better – better/faster line for her, better position for you 🙂 You got the BC after the 14 tunnel but only barely (she had to wait for you to pass, especially at 1:58) but it will be even easier and sooner on the threadle slice. That way you can get the wrap on 15 and turn to 16 even sooner too!
One small detail for the ending: you can give the turn cues for 16 (jump before the tunnel) starting no later than when she is exiting the wrap at 15. That will tighten the line to the tunnel and make getting that blind cross 17-18 even easier for you.
Great job here!!!! Have fun trialing this weekend!
Tracy
Good morning!
>>I thought that we actually had some agility skills…and then we attempted the first jumpers course! >>
You have a ton of great skills! This jut happens to be a particularly wicked training course 🙂
‘First video:Jump 1 – good position on the lead out on the first rep! This is where we really need her to look at 1 and take it independently. Showing it to her as you walked away on the 2nd rep helped! When you started again at 1:54, you stayed a little closer… that got her t take the jump but being further away will help the next line a lot.
Also, when you get into position, you can use an arm point to indicate she should focus on it before you release her – you can keep working that skill on two jump setups like this til she reliably looks at the jump on cue.
Excellent BC 2-3!!
On the 2nd full run there, you lost connection by turning very forward at 4 as you turned to run the line, so it did indeed look like a blind cross to her (2:00) and she read it correctly. As you were reading her, you said something like “I don’t think I said that” LOL but your physical cues actually did say tunnel 🙂
You had a disconnect at 2:17 as well – not as much of a disconnection but enough that she had a question and dropped the bar there.
You can work on layering that straight tunnel so that you are way ahead at 7-8 to deal with that line and the 8-9-10 line, and it will help maintain the connection so she will stay on her line as well. Running the line with her behind the tunnel was a lot of hustle and it made getting 8 harder as well.
The 8-9-10 line requires either bigger independence on the end to 8 or a cross on the landing side of 8 then a turn away to get 10 after she exits the tunnel.
The independence is probably easier, running more of a parallel line 6-7-8 and not getting as close to the jumps there. That way you can be passing the entry of 9 before she gets to it which will get the turn the correct direction. If she is on your right and gets into the tunnel before you pass the entry, she is highly likely to turn to her right. But if you are passing the entry, ideally 3 feet or so past it, she is highly likely to turn to her left on the exit to see 10.
And then you can set her up to turn to her right (slice line) on 10, which sets an easy line 11-12.
She found the weave entry nicely each time! She lost a little confidence on the first rep and came out early because she needs a bit more experience with the layering, but she got it really nicely on the re-send as well as on the next full run, then you were able to get to position on the backside of the 13 jump really well! On the first run there, you were patient and let her read the cue to come to the backside. At 2:43, you started moving backwards too soon so she read it as a cue to the front side.
Things came to a halt after 14 at 1:25ish (I think you forgot where to go do a heartbeat) so you can reward her when that happens, then reset for the next line.
2nd video:
The toy is out past jump 1 (yay!) but I think she needs a clear “look forward now” cue. Just looking at her was not clear enough (I think you said a verbal too). So try slowly moving your arm into position to point at the jump, then release her when she looks at it. Start a little closer to establish the cues then you can move further and further away.
I suggest putting your arm in slowly because a fast-moving hand is paired with your release verbal, and she might think it is a release cue.
Getting her to look forward will really allow you to move further away – on the 2nd rep here, you were further but she was not looking forward so had a little refusal when you released her. It might take a couple of sessions with you closer to establish the hand cue but it is totally worth it 🙂
You can also isolate the layering on the 4-5-6-7-8 line too, it will make your line much easier and also get the correct turn on the tunnel exit to 10.
She turned right over 10 – nice!!! The a-frame there s indeed on her line, so you might have to block it off to get the correct line and no bonus a-frames LOL! If you look at her line and your parallel path on the video, you will see she was totally correct there. I think the verbal on 10 was “switch” but not a wrap, and so she was a good girl to stay on her line 🙂 My guess is that she came off the contact at the bottom because you were surprised so she was not sure what to do 🙂
Nice work here!!
Tracy
Good morning!
That is strange about whatever she stepped on! Hopefully she is still feeling fine today. The heat is definitely making it harder!
This session went really well – lots of good work and also a couple of themes emerged to consider in the handling:
Seq 1: Strategically, this opening is pretty simple so you don’t need to be as far away on the lead out – being too far and pulling away too soon contributed to the bar 2 coming down at :02 – hard to keep connection in that situation.
Being closer at :20 helped her set up the turn and that helped the bar because she was able to set the turn up really well.Staying closer to 1-2 here will also let you move along the line 3-4 more too – you ended up ahead with no place to go (she saw decel then acceleration as she was approaching takeoff), so she brushed the wing on the 4 backside
So on some of the openings, you will not need to be laterally away from her line – it will depend on the context: is it a simple line that you can move along, no advantage to being far away? Stay close. If there is an advantage to being lateral, in that it keeps you ahead to get to a crazy spot you need to handle? Then definitely be lateral and use the position to your advantage to get where you need to be.
Seq 2: She is finding jump 1 as a slice really well! She can be on the same line you had her here and about 8 to 10 feet back on the same line from where she was here, so she can take a nice big stride before takeoff. This is one where strategically it makes sense to be closer to 3 so you can work that turn.
That can get a better turn at 2 (:30)
So you can also be earlier to leave 3.
You were closer to 3 at :43 (as compared to rep 1 at :27) and the turn at 3 was easier and better.Looking at this turn and others like it on these sequences: if you start your decel/arm cue/rotation starting before she has passed you, she is consistently setting up gorgeous turns. YAY!!!! If you wait til she is past you to begin, she is jumping wider. So always plan to start your decel into the turn cues before she is past you, even if you are not in perfect position. That is one of the themes I see here.
The other theme is getting a tight turn on the 180 lines:
One suggestion here is to use a bit of a brake arm at 4 as you along the line 3-4-5. Your handler path can be the same as it was here, but add the brake arm/opposite arm to it so she adds a collection stride. Running forward out of the turn at 3 caused her to go too long over 3 and made 4-5 harder (and early on the first couple of reps :))
The rep at 1:02 was the other side of things – too late, the BC started as she took off for 5 so she didn’t read the side change. But, sometimes we are late on blinds so ramping up the connection there will be a big help to get her to the correct side. The main part of that is getting your dog-side arm back behind you (think of putting it in your back pocket 🙂 or pointing it all the way back to where her nose is, not where you want it to be) a you make eye contact – that way she can really see the connection. You were trying for connection here but your left arm was at your side, so it blocks the view of your eyes & shoulders so she didn’t change sides.
Skipping ahead – you did the blind at 1:29 and you were earlier AND note the BIG connection – your left arm was further back and your eyes were very clear, and she nailed it. Yay! Connection on blinds is more important than timing 🙂 so always work that big eyes, arm back connection.
The FC at 1:10 worked really well – good timing and she read the rotation perfectly! You had great timing of starting it before she passed you on the big parallel line.
Speaking of FCs… the FC at 1:41 on Seq 3 looked great too! You are getting really good with the timing and rotation, and she is reading them really well! She brushed the wing at 2 but that might have been because she was hot. I don’t think she brushed a wing on any other FC here.
You can call her before the tunnel so she exits turned and looking to the front of the jump at 1:43 rather than considering the backside line and then adjusting when she exited.
The BC to 6 was almost perfect at 1:48! You were a tiny bit off the line, just one step, so when you started to indicate the turn, she went to the tunnel.
You were on the exact correct lime at 2:00 and nailed it!!! When you trust the line more, you will be able to start the physical collection cues sooner – those started when she was already past you and gathering for takeoff.
Threadle wrap/tandem turn was GREAT – that skill is getting stronger and stronger!
It looked beautiful when you put it all together – and she is getting good at looking at jump 1 too! The tandem turn looked terrific but also at 3:06 you got on the perfect line again AND started the turn cues on time: she was not yet past you and your were already decelerating and beginning the cues. Her left turn was SUPER there!!! It is really great to have both tools in your toolbox – and she did not look at the tunnel 🙂 Excellent work from you both!
Seq 4:
She was great finding jump 1 from miles away! As she got more tired, she was not as quick to release to it but she still found it. All I could see was her head sticking up behind the tunnel LOL!Looking at the cues at 2 to get the tight turn through the gap: the timing at 3:18 can be sooner (she was past you) 3:45 was better but you can probably be one step sooner (she was already past you there too).
Your timing at 4:24 was the best timing – you broke connection a tiny bit before that so she had a question, but the cues were timely and she turned really well! And, in keeping with the feedback she is giving us, you did the cues before she got past you and that really helped!
I think the brake arm will help on left at 3:25 – she collected but not quite enough or early enough on the decel and verbal alone (landed wide and ticked the bar) and you can also use at 4:31. So you can play with this in your yard at home – maybe a tunnel and 2 jumps on a 180 turn like here, and move forward using the brake arm to see how she reads it.
The brake arm is designed to assist collection when motion alone can’t provide all the info.
One smaller detail: Even on simpler lines, don’t be too quiet on the tunnels – if you are silent and decelerating, she asks questions about what to do next (3:50). So you can tell her to go or jump and that will keep her looking at the line.
At the end, the wrap turn on 6 can be in the “before she passes you” zone too:
The wrap cues at 3:56 for example happened as she was in the air, so she stayed on the line to the 1 jump.Isolating it at 4:07 gave her the info before she past you and she turned really well! You were able to get that timing in flow at the very end too, and she had a lovely turn! NICE!!!
One other thought – because you do plenty of AKC, you can set these sequences closer in terms of distance: go for 18 feet maximum between obstacles. That will mean 2 or maybe 1 stride for her… which will get you in the flow of timing for those tighter AKC courses 🙂 These distances are closer to UKI style distances which tend to be 24 feet or bigger – timing in the shorter AKC distances will require things to happen faster, so you can play with shorter distances for trial prep!
Great job here! Let me know what you think!
Tracy
Hi! I am glad to see her back in action!!!! You did not look rusty at all on this clip!
The lead out went well, it seemed like she had no question on the opening line. Nice timing of the blind at :24!!! She was taking off and the blind was already in progress as you moved to the backside at 4. She never looked at the tunnel.
As she took 4, you looked forward to 5 and pointed – that broke connection and turned your shoulders so she came off the line a bit. To help support the commitment, you can make the big connection as you finish the blind, then keep the connection (keeping the dog-side arm back) to help drive her to the 5 jump.
Great job here!
Tracy>>Yep I could tell I was late with my cross. I will work on it ☺️. Looking forward to your feedback.>>
You can play with trying to get the crosse started when she is halfway between the previous jump, then we can toggle it earlier or later depending on how she responds 🙂
Tracy
Welcome back! A snake bite??? EEEK!!!! Sounds like things are getting back to normal, thankfully!!!!!
And yes, you can totally upgrade if you want.
Have fun!!!
TracyGood morning!
Sounds like the Cup was a blast – the courses looked really good!>>Double clean in SS and really tight lines, but those courses weren’t quite technical enough for us to podium.>>
I think we can make this type of thing into one of our CAMP obsessions this summer: how to podium on *all* types of courses, even the flat out speed line courses where he is probably running against BCs and Whippet crosses. He has all the skills and speed to do it, so now it is about strategy and finding the sweet spots 🙂 More below!
>>it’s a trip to Scotland for 10 days for our 25th anniversary.>>
Happy anniversary! That is so wonderful and sounds like a FABULOUS trip!!!!
The hot topics looked really good! When you get back from Scotland we can try things a few different ways on any of the sequences and time them, to get a catalogue of what is the fastest option 🙂 He is at that level now, which is VERY exciting 🙂
Video 1 –
He did well with the slow lift of the arm to cue the forward focus on the 2nd rep and the reps after it – slowly raising the arm right after you had stopped in your position was more effective than just looking at him, and he did look forward. As you add more and more lateral positions, be sure to take a step forward when you release to support 1 so he has no questions. With more practice, you won’t need that step 🙂 and he will just blast to the jump and line when you release.He had a little question on jump 2 at :22 – you turned forward before he committed to the slice line so he came into the gap and threadled (perhaps looking like a BC at first because he could see your back as he landed from 1 then went to the threadle when you stopped moving)
You got closer on the 2nd rep and that totally helped him get 2. I think you can keep yourself lateral and use connection/verbal (more eyes and a lower arm, plus a jump cue) while you move on a parallel line towards 2 before turning to 3 to get the commitment at 2 without giving up position to get commitment.
He was great about finding 4 and not looking at the off course tunnel. The Serp on 4 then RC to 5 worked well, and so did the FC on landing side worked. I don’t think these were your fastest options because you were decelerated on both… you can try a serp-to-blind on the landing side, or running like mad to get a FC or BC on the takeoff side between the jump and tunnel. He always loves the running like mad LOL!
Seq 2 was super easy for him – yay!!!
Seq 3: On this sequence, we can totally obsess on what is the absolute fastest ways to do this type of sequence 🙂
You can try setting him up on even more of a slice for 1 (kind of like the zig zags we do in MaxPup where he is parallel to the bar) He is pretty darned athletic and agile and I bet he can read it almost as a straight line. That can take out turning strides 1-2 which might be faster! And you can run into a serp rather than timing a BC, and see if that is faster.
Running into the BC 1-2 was a little late at :10 and :37 so he didn’t really see the line to 2 til he landed – so he was a little wider and not powering up the line as well as he might when he is on a slice. We can set this up again and time it both ways, or use the jumping course today to do these openings 2 ways and time them.
You can send to 4 so you get a better turn and more chase to 5 (:15). You sent sooner at :43 because you had the BC 5-6 on your mind, and he was tighter AND accelerated more 🙂
His turns on the exits of 2 and 6 looked great!!
Seq 4 was pretty straightforward for him in both variations (he likes the BC on the jump before the tunnel! )
The forward focus on jump 1 was weird on that angle, he says – not quite as fast to look at it even though I am pretty sure he understood it was the first jump. A lower hand (pointing downwards) might help? And definitely ore rewards for 1 as you move further and further away – you don’t need a lot more distance on this particular sequence, but it will serve you well on a bigger line on a crazier course 🙂
Seq 5: this is definitely a line we can isolate and time a few different ways – having him a little straighter adds a stride on landing of 1 with you lateral (1:08)
Nice BC 2-3! That created really nice lines! He has really good independent tunnel commitment so you can probably leave the tunnel send sooner (1:12) to accelerate up the line to the 5 backside to take out the one stride towards you at 1:15.
Seq 6:
On the lateral lead out here, raise your hand sooner as the cue, but then wait longer for him to focus forward (then add lots of reward for 1) – he looked at you and almost self-released and was not quite as straight to 1. Getting to position and putting the arm cue in as soon as you get there can cue the forward focus sooner and make it part of the routine so he doesn’t ask if it is the release.First rep you pushed to the backside of 3 and that was correct based on the cues/plan. Good boy!
On the 2nd rep, there were a couple of places we can play with working the turns less and seeing how he does with you miles ahead (which might mean not needing to layer, but that is fine if it is faster :))
For example, you were got close to 2 to set the turn then to get to 3 you had to move back a little, which added a bit of wideness to his line (but not as much speed while he was waiting for info). So you can be closer to 1, send a little more to 2 (I think maybe halfway between the 2 jumps might be the sweet spot?). He has a pretty independent backside, so you can send to 4 and accelerate up the line 5 to get the backside at 6. The decel on the tunnel send to layer got a turn on the exit of the tunnel – driving through there in acceleration can get full on extension the whole time to the backside.
The other option is to move more directly to to the entry wing of 4 (backside) so that you are accelerating all the way to the tunnel send then accelerating on a parallel path to the backside at the end – that can incorporate the layer but strategize it to get as much acceleration as possible.
Great job here! Let me know what you think about the plan to find the absolute fastest lines and options!
Tracy
Welcome back! Your little guy is all grown up now! He is doing great!!!
>>One thing we’ve been struggling with in general is slice jumping. >>
That is a hard skill for all the dogs! We will be focusing on that the summer for everyone so far – lots of dogs having questions on that. I am working on a surprise for everyone too!
>>I’ve been working on rear-end strengthening with Eidle’s exercise from her jumping class. >>
She’s great! Is it a conditioning exercises, or a jumping exercise? There is an entire library of things we can do to help the dog 🙂
>>I’ve also been working on the backside exercise you shared where you send him to the backside, have him sit to square up, and then push off from the rear. >>
Are you doing that on a circle wrap? I now use a Cato board to get the sit where I want it, and I also use it for slice jumping. But first: what does his tight sit on a small-ish platform look like? That is the first step.
>>He didn’t know what to do with all that body when we started at 16″ and he’s now better at 20″. >>
Yes, it is also a mechanics thing for the dogs, to organize and sort out the mechanics at high speed. The more experience he gets, the easier it will be 🙂
>I’ve also pulled out the zig-zag jump picture. Any ideas you have in this area, handling or helping him, are appreciated>
Awesome! I love the zig zag grid! That helps slice jumping a whole lot too because it helps condition the dogs AND it helps with the quickness of mechanics.
Ae you doing any grids, once a week or every couple of weeks? I add excitement and motion to grids, and also angle the jumps so the dogs learn to approach them as slices and not just straight.
For now, keep the slice bars lower than the rest of the bars as he sorts is mechanics. He can do the at 16 and the rest at 20. When he is reading handling AND trying to slice jump, he is levitating/hoisting over the bar more than jumping it 🙂 You can see that at the very beginning, when you were warming up the threadle then the cross on 4 (:02, :17) – watch how he is lifting his hind end, tucking it up under himself, rather than using it to push off and follow through. Without speed, he cleared the bar and didn’t touch the wings. But with more speed and harder angles, he will be less stable in the jumping effort.
When you ran into it like at 1:21, he levitated more than jumped
You can also angle the jump so it is less of a severe slice – all of this is to help get the form and not rehearse form we don’t want.
One other general thing that will help all the jumping: throw the toy reward low and a lot sooner – he is looking up at you as you throw and since you are tossing it kind of upwards, it keeps his head up. That is getting more head-up jumping. Throwing sooner and lower will help that a lot: throw before he jumps but while he is on the line looking forward, so the toy appears sooner and he looks at you less. You can also use a toy that rolls more like a hollee roller so he is continuing to look forward as it lands.
On the full sequences:
Nice forward focus on 1! Good rewards!!>>Overall, he read a backside at 3. >>
Because the line is to the backside, so he was correct 🙂 On the demo, you cn probably hear me saying “close close” 2-3 which is my threadle slice cue. It is a bit of a hidden ‘hot topic’ – finding where the dogs might see a line as a backside line and we want the front side 🙂 We are seeing that a whole lot nowadays, and dogs that are trained to stay on the line will find the backside if we don’t change the line. As you walk the sequences, take a look at what he sees on the lines and if there is a backside possibility, you can change the line to show the front side.
So he probably needs a turn cue before he approaches 2, then a threadle cue for 3.
You moved the jumps a bit at 1:05 which helped a bit but at 3 he did the ‘hoist’ jump and sounds like he hit the wing or bar. So he is still reading it as a threadle slice line. And without cuing the turn, he read the backside at 1:35 on the speed circle line 🙂
That is a good place to stop and look at the video – he got rewarded (yay!) but it was 2 incorrect responses so the video can show you what is happening:
At 1:35 for example, you can see that he has basically a straight line to the backside so even as you turned your shoulders (he looked at you), he stayed on his line. That straight line indicates that a threadle can be used. And if you watched the video and saw he was moving away from the straight line (flanking out or flicking to the backside) then you can change your motion to help (but that was not happening here).Turning sooner didn’t help too much on getting him off the backside – at 1:47 you dropped the support of 1-2 sooner so he ended up pulling the bar on 1 and still found the backside (still correct :))
Sequence 2: He was processing a lot of info here (good boy!) so on the first rep he hit a couple of wings but fixed it on the second rep. He read 1-2 nicely and you can set a tighter line on the FC at 3. Rather than back away from it, stick close to the line you want him to actually run on. On that line, you can send to 3 and decelerate so he collects more then lands on the line, which sets up a clearer line to 4 (and he won’t hit the wing making the adjustment to 4).
These are all relatively subtle details that make a pretty big difference as the his speed comes into play! Those details plus the jump work will come together nicely to create great work on course 🙂
Great job!
TracyWelcome back! We are having so much heat here that we will happily take some of your cold and frosty temperatures!
She did super well here – the forward focus is looking really good! And she kept the bar up on all of them too.
>>she got pretty good except if I was directly behind her trying to layer jump 4, lol. She kept turning round. Practice for another day.>>
She might have thought it was a rear cross cue, seeing you slightly behind her?
On the sequences:
Seq 1:
On the first full rep, you were a bit too early at :09, not enough backside cue so she read it as a threadle. Good girl!The next rep at :20 was GREAT! Much clearer backside cue and she was great about not looking the tunnel. The push to the backside followed by a rear cross worked great. You also got a nice turn on 5 there!
>>I am not sure if you did a threadle on jump 4 in your demo?>>
I did a blind cross there because it kept me moving better to get the turn and also move up the line to 5.
You got in for a FC there at :49 and it went well, she really responded well to the handling on the turns! She had a question about going to 5 at :50 – you were started to turn to the tunnel a little early so she was not sure if she should keep going straight (you can see her almost come off the line there). So one more step there will help and that will also keep connection clear – the question contributed to the bar coming down. Doing the FC might have slowed your footwork down enough that it caused the question on 5: the FC itself on 3 to 4 looked great, but then you will need more acceleration out of it to show the line to 5.
Speaking of bars down: it is really all about connection for her! For just about everything here, your connection was spot on. The 3 spots where you turned your connection forward to the next thing too soon resulted in bars down (:28, :41, :50).
So keep working to have perfect connection and separately you can practice softening your connection or disconnecting on one jump and giving her BIG rewards for keeping the bar up (because being perfect with connection is really hard!)
The race tracks looked great of course 🙂 so they are good practice for keeping the BIG connection which supports her jumping.
Great job here! Onwards to the next sequences!
Tracy
Hello and welcome! Hopefully your heatwave goes away fast! Crazy start to summer!
And yes, using a bowl to assist in the focus forward is great!!
Have fun 🙂
TracyHi!
>>I’m not sure what to do from 5 to 6 on pop out 3. I can try to send with DOL from the 3 tunnel to 4 and either BC or FC 5 to 6. But, I suspect that will buy me an off course tunnel. I could try to threadle wrap 5 to 6 with DOL, but that’s a very weak skill. What would you suggest to set that line?>>
Ah yes, it is a juicy one! Two things to try:
– yes, the threadle wrap 🙂 It is more of a tandem turn because you both turn the new direction but that might be the easiest handling. It is tricky because the timing of the turn away is hard. You can first try it as just a threadle slide so she goes over 6 but goes on a slice (landing by the back of the tunnel). And if you can get that, try the threadle wrap!– you can try working the BC line. It is kind of to where the wing of 6 is (depending on exactly how you set it) and is a great discrimination exercise!
The jump is approximately 8 feet from the tunnel on the map, but to get started you can set the jump 12 feet from the tunnel and see if you can get it, then move it in closer.
Let me know how it goes!
TracyHi!
You might feel rusty but the sequence on the video is looking good! We will get you feeling lest rusty. Your connection was really strong 🙂 If you point to the first jump before the release, will she look at it (and hold her stay)? If so, you can then get more and more lateral!
It was hard to see the timing of the FC with the jump out of the frame, but it looks like her head was up and she was waiting for you – so you can do it sooner. Or you can try a blind there too!
One other thing that can make it smoother – run with the toy in one hand (changing hands slows you down and draws her attention to your hands) or have it in your pocket 🙂>>Be prepared for really ugly next time with first try scenarios>>
Bring it on! It is those scenarios that give us the most info to build off of 🙂
Great job!
Tracy
