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>. I will incorporate people standing by.
Perfect, she totally needs to see people sitting in the ring, and I am sure the other dogs need to see it too! Otherwise, there is a big WTF moment at a trial when suddenly people are in the ring LOL!
>> I will incorporate people standing by.
>>The leash off cookie was a total panic moment as I need to rid the leash and I was afraid to toss it. The leash I use that’s small and I can tuck away is at camp to the leash was a challeng but sounds like I am not giving her credit and should pause 🙂>>
This is totally something to work separately, at home, just to practice the ritual of leash off, pause…. cookie.
>>Today I did the back side and it worked better. Lol! She also stayed on her frame after a few warm up reps.
Yay! And it is fun to ‘teach’ her a course or sequence on her own, no real distractions… then try the same thing with the other people there!
Keep me posted 🙂
TracyGood morning!
>>Finding time to edit and upload video with this horrible country internet has been almost impossible. LOL>>
Highly recommend Starlink For RV. It works great in the boonies here!!! I use it as my home RV when
I need to do video stuff. It is as fast as fiber and I can do all the live classes and video uploads that I could not do with my normal crappy internet.SQL looked great here! Look at her leaning in on her stay in front of the jump here 🙂 Ready to play!!!
She got into position nicely, and help the stay really well. The down in front of the jump is probably a product of the arousal, being young (see below for more ideas on the sit) and the BC genes 🙂 I am glad that at :52 you went back and reset with a cookie as opposed to telling her she was wrong, because by the time you saw she was in the down, any marker of “you’re wrong” would have had nothing to do with the moment she moved into the down. She holds the sit position better when you stay connected on the lead out, so that can totally help.
Going straight was easy for her! Yay! For the decels, two things to consider:
– your position parallel to the wing drew her eyes away from the bar, so you can be more tucked into where the wing and bar meet – that can help her lock onto it.
– I think her questions on the collection had to do with movement: she was driving to it, but then she stopped moving when you put the toy in on the landing side (maybe she didn’t realize it was OK to go to the toy in that moment) and then she also froze when you started to rotate a shade too soon. Being completely stationary helped, and so did moving her closer. You can test the theory about being stationary for now, by moving her a little further away while you are stationary and see how she does.
OK, about the sit posture (and this might be part of why she sometimes ends up in a down) – she does a roll back sit and splays her toes out when she is sitting, which adducts her knees/hocks into her sides more. It is a bit of an awkward position, so she might relieve that by going into the down because everything is lined up better and more balanced.
She is at a great age to work on her sit position – not the stay, but the tight sit that the PT vets all want, for conditioning/strengthening, and for the first step to great jumping power. Separately from a jump, you can teach her this:
Then the tight sit can be added to the jump (and to the tug-sit-tug games too!)
Great job here! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi!
This serpy session looked really strong! Just a couple of small details to sort out but overall, you are cuing them well and she is reading them well. Serps are HARD!!
The one jump work is looking good 🙂 No problem! When you play with 2 jumps, you can be further ahead on the release so yuu can set the serp from ahead (rather than having her drive ahead of you). Most serps will have the handler ahead, so we need to teach the pups to come in on the serp and not run parallel to the bar, when the handler is ahead.
Adding the tunnel went really well overall! Like with 2 jumps, you can get further ahead when she is exiting the tunnel, as long as you shift your connection back to her eyes.
She had a little trouble at 1:32 and 1:44 – your ‘right’ verbal to turn on the tunnel was too soft and a little late so she didn’t process the turn til after she exited. That, plus you ending up too far ahead, made it hard for her to find the serp jump. Nice adjustment to show better position on the other reps (closer to the blue jump and not the 2nd (red) jump) and she had a big a-ha! moment and got the serp 🙂
As you add more and more speed on the serps, remember to look directly back to the landing spot and at her, while running parallel to the line you want. At 2:23, you didn’t quite have connection back to her, your shoulders were a little forward facing the camera, so at 2:24 she never turned to look at the 2nd jump based on your connection and position. Adding more connection to her eyes will automatically turn her to the next jump, and don’t throw the toy til you see her look at the 2nd jump (which will create more connection too!)
And as you add more speed of your own – be careful not to pull away from the serp jump then push back/converge to the next one. This is part of what happened at 2:31- 2:33, where she missed the jump at 2:34.
It also happened a bit at 2:48 – you ended up a little too far ahead, pulling away from 1 then the shoulder closing forward/convergence pushed her to the wrong side of jump 2. It is super subtle, but she sees every.single.thing 🙂
You definitely ran a better line with better connection at 2:54! Super!!!!
>>Should I be moving the bars up from 6″ at this point? I know you usually want to bars low when we’re working new skills. What do you look for to increase height?>>
Yes, and no. It is complicated hahaha! The one thing to avoid is that at a certain age, all the bars go up. Nope!!!
Yes, on the stuff where she has a high rate of success and you are happy with her jumping form (watch the videos in slow motion!) then yes, raise the bars for the next session to 8″ then 10″. It can probably be done all in one session, as long as nothing else changes. One variable gets harder? The others either don’t change, or they get easier. That is where most people mess up: they raise the bars AND make the handling harder, which is too much for adolescent dogs and then frustration gets built in.
Then if you want to add another variable, like more motion, on the next session? Leave the bars at 8 or 10. And you can ping pong like that as you add all the variables until the bars are eventually at full height.
So what else do I look for to increase height, besides this? Physical maturity and mental maturity. The physical maturity is decided by my sports vet: before going to full height, all of my dogs get a physical exam where the vet clears them to go to full height (or not lol). This happens sometime between 18 months and 2 years old.
Mental maturity is more about how they handle training, especially in new places. Fully confident? Cool! Bars can come up. Concerned about new locations? Over-stimulated? Bars stay lower, to keep that element of processing easier because the internal and external environments are harder.
Then, even if she is jumping full height in training, all competition should begin at a lower height. This is partially because of the processing (keep the jumping easier because trialing is hard!) and partially to keep us humans in line. Jumping lower and FEO work is the best way t oset the ton for a great trial career. And jumping lower helps us NOT over-work the dog or stress the dog, because OMG Qs!! LOL!!
I start all of my dogs at a lower height for at least the first 6 months of trialing (their confidence and success will tell me when the bars can go up). If I like what I have in training, and I like what I have at a lower height at trials? Then I will raise the trial bars to full height.
Yes, that means my dogs do not likely run ‘for real’ at full height til they are over 2 years old, maybe 2.5 years old…. but WOW the results are great. I took a lot of crap from people when my current dogs were younger about running them on lower height. I hear no more crap from those people now that the dogs are adults – they run brilliantly and blow away the field (CB won his last Speedstakes by 7 seconds in the 20 inch regular division LOL!)
So, take your time, ignore what other people are doing, and remember that the future is so bright that you don’t need to see it on full height bars yet 🙂
Tracy
Good morning! The serpy stuff looked great!! I agree, she seemed to have no questions. YAY!!!
I think your position was really good on all of it! You can move faster now, to get further across the jump because she is going to also be moving faster 🙂
My only suggestion is that when you are serping jump 1, don’t turn your shoulders to point to jump 2 like at :17. Keeping your shoulders open to her and connecting back to her is actually what cues the 2nd jump, and then when you see her turn her head to look at jump 2, you can ‘relax’ the serp position and move to the next thing (or reward :))
As you add more motion, feel free to angle the jumps slightly so the jump line is easier as the motion gets harder.
Great job here!
TracyHi!
>> In the house he’s always laying on the A/C vents. He definitely feels the heat and is clever enough to find a way to cool down.>>
So he runs hot in general, which means keeping him cool in agility will be really important.
>>. It was actually very pleasant to work in. I’m aware I went much longer than I should have but it was nice to be working with him and he was tolerating it.>>
Yes, 6:30 am here was not too bad LOL! We must be nuts! HA!!!
I don’t think 6 minutes is too long of a total session… but you can set a timer for 2 mins or 3 mins to give him a cool break (wet towel on the concrete, or a drink) then come back and do a couple more minutes.
>>Notice the setup between the legs at the very beginning? He’s getting better yay? >>
Yes! The line up looks great! I think that will be very useful!
>>. The concrete pad and door into the garage is just out of camera range to the right on that red wing. I’m wondering if he missed it so often because he was thinking of going into the garage and that distraction was too much for him.
That is a possibility! But I think part of it was that he is definitely better on one side than the other (this is normal!) – serping to your right hand is hard for him, and it seems that serping to your left hand is much easier.
The other thing happening was that you might have been looking at him too much, so the pressure of that did not draw him in. So when serping – rather than stop your motion to help him come in, keep moving oh-so-slowly and after the release when he starts to move, shift your connection from his eyes back to your serp hand & the landing spot. That should help draw him over the bar as you stay in motion!
>>Also, I should have angled that jump a little bit to help him out when he was having so much trouble. I didn’t think about it until after I watched our session.
Yes – the connection shift and also angling the jump will both help – And if you get two failures, make the rest of the session easier so he can get it right (or make sure you are connecting to the landing spot and not his cute face :))
If something goes wrong, like he goes past the bar, send him back to the jump then reward like you did at 4:16 and 5:06 (and then shift connection more to the landing spot and/or move more slowly on the next rep). You told him he was wrong twice at the beginning, and he was beginning to wonder why he got out of bed for this LOL!! He got sniffy (confusion, stress) then you took his collar to bring him back. That was why it took him a while to get on the toy. So try to set up more success early in the session – that will really bubble over nicely into the rest of the session.
>> It helped and I actually enjoyed working with him again this morning.>>
Yay! It all feels better when it is a little cooler and everyone is happier to run round! I will be out at 6am tomorrow because the forecast is for 62 degrees!!!
Great job here!
TracyGood morning! This went well!!
>> Everything happens so fast on this
Well, yes. She is very fast LOL!! But she also is developing amazing commitment!!!!
She really only had one question here, which was at the very beginning (:04) when you sent behind you to the wing. On that rep, you were looking at her, which overrode the rest of the cues. Compare to :12, :28, 1:18, and so on, where you looked behind you and she nailed it every time!! So definitely keep reminding yourself to look behind you to the wing as you move the other direction; it really helps her out.
>>, I don’t think I ever successfully got good countermotion on any of the jumps other than maybe the first>>
You had mostly forward commitment (sending her past you then rotating as she got to the wing) and her forward commitment is looking great 🙂 And also yes, you were starting to push her commitment more: you were earlier with your countermotion at 1:35, and the countermotion at 1:37 was PERFECT!! You had the early rotations AND looked behind you, so her commitment was terrific! You just needed more connection at 1:39 – when you looked forward (maybe looking for where the next darned wing was LOL!), she took the change in connection as a cue to go to your left side. Good girl!!!
A slightly different way to think about getting the countermotion in:
Send to the start wing, and then decel as she exits the wing. Then as she is cathcing up to you, you can be rotating and sending her to the next wing. You don’t need to be near that wing if you look back at it! I bet the earlier decel timing will make it feel easier.The race track around the outside looked strong too 🙂
Great job here!!! Let me know what you think!
TracyGood morning!
>.. I saw you mention field guides to someone else – I will try to do the same.
I really like to text 2 or 3 things to myself, or scrawl a short list on the back of junk mail, or take a screenshot on my phone of 4 steps to get it right – it makes things so much easier to remember when I am out on the field and I tend to mess up less 🙂
Great job with the double blinds. They are HARD but really great for connection and commitment! The 2 main keys are to start the first one earlier than expected, so you are finished with Blind #1 before she even gets to wing #1. Then start blind #2 as soon as you see her head coming through the gap to get to your new side… that is tricky for both timing and connection! And of course, do this while running forward 🙂 You did a lovely job sorting it out and also making it fun for her, with rewards regardless of where she ended up.
Looking at the video:
The first few reps were mainly a bit of figuring out the timing:
First rep – a little late starting both so she had some wide turns.
2nd rep – a little early on the 2nd blind (she never came through the gap because she never saw connection)3rd rep and beyond on that side – much better timing starting both and so the lines got smoother and smoother!
The FC to BC looked good too – with the FC, it is easier to get her into the gap with the FC rotation, so you can be sooner starting the BC there.
Looking at the other side:
This is a good camera angle: when you were doing the BC to BC, you were waiting til she arrived at the wing to do the first BC, like at 1:05, so she read 1:06 as a cue to go back to the tunnel. The connection and timing of the 2nd blind were earlier and better at 1:14 and 1:21 and after that, plus your position was more lateral (closer to the middle wing) and that helped her too!I LOVED your timing of the FC at 1:38 – that is the best timing so far in this session – you were fully rotated before she even arrived at the wing. Nailed it!!! You were one stride late on the BC there at 1:39, but then at 1:44 and on the last FC-BC rep, you were earlier there too and I think the last FC-BC rep was pretty perfect!
The last BC – BC was almost perfect, best one in the session! You can totally start the BC at the same timing as you started the FC on the last few reps (she was less than halfway between the tunnel and wing when you started) so the BC is finished before she arrives at the wing. That will make the 2nd one even easier.
>. I was also trying to be consistent with my verbal on the last wing – if I wanted her to go to the tunnel at the end I gave her my soft turn cue. If I wanted her to come to me for the reward I gave her my directional wrap cue. I’m loving this process of installing power steering 🙂>>
Yay! I thought that all looked great, and being super consistent with verbals will really come in handy in the future on those huge courses, where we need all the verbals 🙂
Great job! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi!
>other than Kaladin trying to help a bit in the walk through,
When the dogs join us, it is a sign that the walk through is pretty realistic LOL!! And he was making it feel like a trial by giving you less room 🙂
The run looked great! If I remember correctly from last year’s CAMP, you were always a little faster in your walk throughs than needed in the run, and it worked out really well! That is what happened here too – looked great and I agree, the RC to the layering worked beautifully! My only suggestion is to stick closer to the exit wing of the #8 backside and have more of a countermotion exit there (almost like a German turn, but you don’t need to change sides) to set the line to 9 sooner – you ran parallel to the bar for an extra step or two and that caused a wider-than-needed exit of 8.
Sequence 2 – this was a tricky balancing act for how fast to move on the 1-2-3 line! The first run had too much propulsion parallel to the bar at 2, so he was surprised when you turned to 3. You had less propulsion on the 2nd run, which worked great for 2 but was harder to get 3 and the layering.
A combo will work 🙂 You can move more into the 1-2 line then decel into 2 and stay close, not going past the center of the bar. When he commits, you can try exploring away to 3. That might be the right balance?And waiting for one more heartbeat to see him look at 4 before you peel away worked well at :29 and 1:05. At :56, it looks ike you pulled away too early so he came off the line.
Let me know what you think! This is a good one to work through because it is such a tricky balance!
Great job :)
TracyHi!
Lots of really good pieces here and get info from her too!I think bringing her in on patterns and tricks was great! 2 suggestions:
– watch where she is looking. She totally telegraphed her question by looking over at where Donna was, so you can go a little longer on the patterns before starting, even bringing her over to that area to work the patterns.
– Add in a pause between leash off and next treat , to give her a moment to engagement. This leash off moment looked like it was treat the leash off, or simultaneous. But we can start shaping engagement with the leash off by taking it off, counting to 1 second in your head, then giving her a treat.
You can have her line up at your side with a cookie lure – I think there was some confusion with her facing you then you turning her on that first run, so she was not comfortable. So you can line up at your side, slip a finger under her collar, then send to the first jump.
When you send: stay connected and indicating the wing you want until you see her front feet lift off. On the first rep, she was not really facing that way and then you stepped back so she read it as a right turn.
The 2nd run was much smoother there but you turned away too soon, which pulled her off the jump. I don’t think it was the pressure there – I think you turned away before she committed there (and at jump 3 too).
>>What if anything can I do when something f like the snuffle mat happens? I see it as young dog stuff but maybe not?>>
Yeah, the snuffle mat there was hard plus she was already looking at Donna, plus the confusion on the start – I think waiting for her to come back was the best and only thing to do there! It was probably young dog stuff, stress, all rolled into one. And having a person standing in the ring is new and weird for her in that building (there is really never any ring crew for her) so definitely incorporate that more when doing patterns (not just agility).
>>I did want to try them again the second time because she didn’t hit any and she got 6 that time. I think it’s only 12 pole related. She nailed 6 at league last week. Not concerned but wanted to give her another shot.>>
Yes, she finds those hard in the sequence so if 6 poles or open poles are not an option, you can skip them for now.
Speaking of Donna (nothing personal, Donna, LOL!!) – there too much pressure from Donna coming in to feed her on the a-frame, she really was not comfortable with that and was avoiding it by slowing down or leaping off. Good to know!!!! So you can have a target there and go back and feed her – if she will pick up a target, you can get creative and use a piece of duct tape, or a bowl or something that she can’t pick up.
>>skip the back side in the middle and run a straight line.>>
Good plan! You can move the jump over onto a more obvious line to the front – the line from 9 was more obvious to the back which is why she had trouble with the front there.
The DW looked good – You can also put a target out for the DW because she is not totally sure how long to hold position (duct tape is your friend, or maybe painters tape or anything that won’t leave residue on the turf.
Very nice RCs on the ending line! And great rotation getting that last wrap, especially on the 2nd run. When you can send even more to the switch at 14, you can get blinds crosses to all of those spots!
Nice work here! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi! Watson did well here!
He had a few questions on jump 4:
On the first rep, you did it as a lap turn and you tarted your step back too early, so it looked like a throw back wrap instead of a turn away. Timing at :39 as better, maybe a tiny bit late because he dropped the bar.
The rep at :57 was more of a tandem turn and looked really good! Yay!>>for some reason he left and took the dog walk.
On the rep here, it looks like he went to dog walk probably because you had to get around the tunnel, then you lifted your arm up so he went out to it (and he has a LOT of value :))
When you were layering on the next rep, he looked at the DW but then based on your position and verbal found the jump. Yay!
Backside and ending line looked great!
For Levy –
Because he is inexperienced, he needs a lot of connection until you see him really lock onto the line you want. Compare :04 with :10 – at :04 you were looking ahead and looking forward so he didn’t commit, but at :10 you were looking at him and moving forward for longer, so he committed beautifully!The switch/RC to the layering line looked great!
Nice job getting him to the backside – when he gets to the backside, be sure to shift your connection away from his eyes and look at the landing spot instead (:20).
When something like that happens, just keep going and then reward, rather than try to fix in the moment. When you were trying to fix, he was still unsure and note how he was jumping up at you because he was frustrated. Since we don’t want to build in frustration, you can reward then restart and help him out.
Great job here! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi!
>>she kept telling me to run and I kept saying I got nowhere to go. staying closer to the tunnel would have helped – I do get stuck on always trying to get ahead, not always appropriate>>
Yes, in tighter spaces where we have to stay in motion, sticking close to the obstacles will really help!
>>1 thru 9 was super – he nailed the weaves.
Agree! That was fabulous!
>>However, the wheels did come off the bus at 10, Lord knows what caught his attention but there are all kinds of interesting things in that sand. >>
Yes, that was probably partially some mental tiredness (long day in the heat, with the morning session and the evening class!) and partially something smelled good 🙂
>>We did work thru it, but it took like 4 tries. Is there a better way to handle this type of OOPS?>>
Pattern games!! You can do the up and down game in that vicinity with cookies on your shoes (not from your hands and not on the ground). Or the 1-2-3 game, but I think up-and-down followed by some tricks will work better here.
>>Did try the slice at 12, sort of on the fly so I blew the timing. My time was up so no chance to redo.>>
It was close! You did a FC and ended up on his line, so a BC would possibly work better – the wider turn there would actually be a benefit to be able to set the line.
Nice work! Le the know what you think!
TracyHi! Thanks for posting this!
I think she was saying two things here:
1 – countermotion is HARD!!!
2 – the dropped toy at the wing when you are too far ahead and also stopped is confusing and not really a reinforcement. This is good to know!!!
First, about the countermotion – yes, it is hard 🙂 And that is why you had longer victory laps than usual (and less retrieving). Dogs often do this when something is really hard, and they need a moment to clear their head 🙂 No worries!!!
Also, when you realized it was not going well and moved to the next part of the sequence: that was a good dog training moment! It got her moving again and more success, so she was able to go back to the game and finish strong. Yay!
So about that dropped toy at the wing: she definitely likes action and movement when the toy is involved, which is why she kept offering the tunnel or wrapping the other way when she was unsure about the first wing.
And at the end, when you were not that far ahead and dropped the toy closer to you, she grabbed it happily.
So to build up this behavior, you can do a couple of things:
– don’t get quite as far ahead and drop the toy closer to you, or half drop it and half drag it so she gets more value because there is motion. You can tie 2 toys together for a really long toy that is easy to grab 🙂– use a marker before you drop it, so she understands she has permission to get it. The marker was happening after she was already confused, and I think you were saying ‘get it’ which generally implies the reward is out ahead (so she might have been unsure of where to look). Since you are throwing it back to her, you can use a ‘catch’ marker so it makes more sense to her.
– to build more distance so you can get further ahead, try using food! Maybe a giant piece of cheese so it is visible, or a lotus ball – I bet she would have an easy time grabbing that off the ground 🙂
>>Not sure if we should just walk away from the exercise for a bit or try to work through it?>>
Take a day or two off, then try it with some adjustments and see how it goes!
Nice work! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi!
He did well here, and a great camera angle to see your connection and what he was looking at!On the tunnel-to-jump reps – those are going well!!! You can look at him more directly on the tunnel exits – that will get even better timing. As soon as he exits, you can be saying the next cue and also showing the physical cue. The go go go was really good (especially the last one!). The right turn and the left turn (rear cross) can come one stride sooner and seeing him exit the tunnel will make that easy.
Speaking of tunnel exits: Be careful of doing a spin at the tunnel entry, it cues a turn (:41) which he did – GOOD BOY! That made the RC harder because he was turning towards you then you had to push him back out to the line before starting the RC.
>>When I start him without a sit, he does jump up at me. I need to remember that .>>
Definitely a good one to remember! And when trying to line him up very precisely facing a jump, you can use a cookie lure for now to help him understand it. His stays looked great!
He definitely had trouble finding the jump before the tunnel.
>>I should have stopped one rep before i did to avoid a failure but stopped at 2 failures.>>
I thought you were fine to ask for that last rep and definitely not over-working the situation – you were making an adjustment that I was going to recommend (lining him up straight) and you rewarded him anyway, so now it is a matter of building up more value and understanding.
Definitely keep lining him up straight, and put him super close to the jump so it is almost unmissable (it is a low bar so he won’t have trouble with the height :))
I think the motion on the release is part of the question, so lead out a little further and release and walk soooo slowly – then throw the reward when he takes the jump. If that works, we can then add more movement to the release.
If that doesn’t work after a rep or two? Place the toy on the ground between the jump and the tunnel so he can have the a-ah! moment of looking forward to the jump 🙂
Great job here! Let me know how he does with the jump-to-tunnel lead out!
Tracy
Hi!
Teeter games are looking good! You can have the target in there when you want her to offer position during the tugging sessions – there was some lack of clarity there because she knew it was something at the end of the board, but she didn’t know exactly what that something should be (2o2o). The target will totally help. And she did well with pulling back on the toy as you tugged – really nice weight shift! To get even more weight shift in this game, you can gently and slowly pull towards you while she is tugging, but you don’t need to move your hand up and down at all.
Bang game – she looked really happy and confident, so now we can sharpen the mechanics to get more leaping directly into position. At the start of each rep, have her front feet just about in line with the end of the board, and you holding her collar (let her wear a collar for this :)) The position next to the end of the board and the collar hold will help foster getting her to leap right into position, without starting further up the board and trotting to position. With the collar hold, you can get a little bit of opposition reflex by pulling back a tiny bit, and then say her target cue – then let go to let her jump into position.
As soon as she can do that, add a little bit of you slowly moving forward – during the teeter progressions, we will want you to be just about anywhere except right next to her 🙂 Then you can either release her forward for a toy or throw a treat back to her.
When she is happy with that (I am sure she will be happy with it very quickly :)) you can add a little more height so the board moves more!
Great job! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi!
Well done here, Annalise! You made it look easy (especially the ladder sequences – those are CRAZY and definitely not easy 🙂 )On the first video:
Tunnel to FC on wing – looking great on both sides! Perfect!Spins – looking good too! Big connection on the exit and staying in motion on the 2nd rep was GREAT – the first rep had a little less motion so she had a question. As you exit spins, you can use your dog-side arm to point back to her nose. That will show your connection even sooner and more clearly than if you keep you hand at your side and just turn your head.
2nd video:
The ladder is also going well! Prytania thought this was hard (because it IS hard haha!), which is why she would sometimes put her nose down for a second at the beginning. No worries! Great job staying in motion and helping her out.On the circle wraps – as she is passing you, you can lean forward a bit to stop yourself from taking any steps back. We want you to be able to get right behind her tail as she is passing you 🙂 You can see a good lean forward (no steps backwards) at :47- :49. Very nice!!! That puts you way ahead!!
When looking at the first video, I suggested pointing your dog-side arm back to her as you finish a blind so you can make great connection. You did it beautifully at 1:07 – 1:08 here and again at 1:42 and also at 1:58 and 2:13 – lovely!!. Prytania easily found the connection and picked up speed because the info was very clear!
Prytania really only had one question on this session, at 1:26 she didn’t quite commit. You can look back t the landing spot more as you move ahead of her, to support the commitment with all the countermotion.
Great job here, Annalise!!!
Tracy
