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Hello and welcome!!!! I am excited to see Dreamer work, he is SO COOL! And I am glad you are back in action – fingers and toes crossed for a peaceful, easy summer for you and the dogs 🙂
Looking at sequence 1:
On the 1st run, you rear crossed 4 and it worked well – just needed a little bit of decel into the RC to tighten up the turn. So as he is landing from 3, you are slowing down as you move forward to 4 to set up the turn cues.
2nd run – the blind 3-4 definitely works better here and on the other runs: as soon as you see him lifting off for 2, start the blind. No need to serp him in on 3, you can just do the blind and that will bring him in. The bar came down at :55 because you were serping and he was reading it well… then you did the blind as he was in the air at 3 so he tried to adjust and dropped the barThe bar on 4 came down at 1:07 because you did the blind without connection and he was confused about where to be. So be sure to start the blind when you see liftoff for 2 so you are finished and making eye contact as he is jumping 3.
Speaking of serps… the 5 jump is a serp and he was not driving into it, and that made it harder to handle. If you pulled away from the jump and slowed down (:41) he got it, but it puts you out of position for the next line (plus there will be a tunnel there soon LOL!)
Earlier in the session, at :21, you tried to do a serp moving down the line and I really liked the handling! But he gave it a big NOPE about coming in LOL! So you can isolate the serp skill, make it like the Strike a Pose game you do with Kaz: feet pointing to the 6 jump, upper body turned to the 5 jump, arm back (and it will help if you look at you left hand too). If we can get Dreamer to drive in on the serp, this ending line will be sooooo easy 🙂
>>The second one, he doesn’t have a strong verbal backside… I know I know, I need better verbals with him since he’s so fast, and I need to give him more information. I’ve been really working on Left and Right verbals, I need to work Back verbal too.>>
Yes, a stronger backside, but as you develop that we can also get it with handling 🙂
One thing to consider is turning him to his left on jump 1 (you can change the angle to make it fit better) so he exits facing the backside line at 2. And, to get the backside – don’t use a lot of arm pointing forward. Instead, use a TON of eye contact as you run towards the center of the bar of 2. You can also use a bit of outside arm, pointing to the entry wing. And maintain that til he arrives at the entry wing because if you relax the cue too soon, he curls into the front of the jump. All of that is powerful handling and can get the backside, making the verbal less important 🙂
Turning on the wrap side of 2 worked but it is harder handling – the slices ae generally easier to handle which means you can also leave for the next line sooner 🙂
Speaking of slice versus wrap – on 4, you wrapped him to his right which had him exiting 4 facing the backside of 5 (which he took) – but slicing him to his left will have him exit 4 facing the front of 5, so the ending line will be faster and easier for you!
Lovely connection on this sequence!!!! YAY!!!!
>> I left this set up so I can add the other jump and the tunnel too.>>
Perfect! He is ready for you to add the jump. And if that goes well, you can totally add in the tunnel too!
Great job!
TracyHi!
The sideways sending looked good!
>.I get mixed up which way my body should be facing and what I should be doing with my arms and legs, even if I practice without her first.>>
You will want your hip next to the barrel, and then your arm/leg closest to it sends her. It was what you did here and it worked really well! Her commitment looked lovely and she was super happy to work for the toy.
Only one suggestion: as you send her, try not to say “go” because this is not what go will end up meaning 🙂 Use your wrap verbal.For the next session, warm up with a sideways send like you did here, then move to the backwards sends: your back it to the barrel, and you choose which arm & leg you want to send her with.
>>. I’ve created a little monster for the pool🤪. She loves to go over and jump on the first step, running back and forth grabbing flowers, etc…makes her SO happy.>>
Perfect! That is so fun!!!!!
Great job on these!
TracyHi –
The rocking horses are coming along really nicely – she needed a bit more connection for the right turns on the smaller barrel on the first video (like at 1:03) but you added it nicely at 1:09 and she nailed it. And then she was perfect on the 2nd video, even with more distance. SUPER!! Keep building this up – she is having fun and getting better and better with her commitment!!! In another session or two, you can move to the advanced level.2nd video – the right turns on the smaller barrel are locking in! Yay! She did really well here.
>>>first time outside and first time with a toy. I’ve only used treats before for barrel work.>>
This makes the sessions ESPECIALLY terrific! Lots of changed variables but she was great!
>>Im trying to use less words and line her up with the palm of my hand. This first time I asked for the toy I gave her a treat, then after that not…didn’t want to flatten out her enthusiasm with food.
I think a tiny tiny bit of food to line up won’t flatten her, as long as you are throwing the toy like you did here. And it will help with the line up!
>>When I do give her a treat, it’s just one, but it takes her a long time to eat it.>>
Small dogs give us different challenges! What if you had a little bag with cream cheese in it, or squeeze cheese, in your treat bag? And to line her up, you put the tiniest dab of it on your finger so all she needs to do is follow your finger and lick it off, to get into position? No chewing required LOL!
>> She was grabbing at my hand a lot, or maybe for the toy?>>
She was just pumped up 🙂 No worries, we will add more to the line up.
>> I think we need to start our reps more thoughtfully?
Nope! She is in a good mental state! We just have to figure out how to line her up without a lot of chewing and with no touching for now, as we build in the touching separately.
>> She seems to be rersponding to ‘Ready’.
Yay! It becomes a conditioned word that can really help the dogs get pumped up.
>> I still CANNOT touch her, it actually shuts her down. >>
Question: at home, when you are not training – does she like to be touching or petted? Does she solicit being touched or attention that way, or sitting on laps, etc? How does she do at the vet?
It is possible that she is struggling with being touched or held when she is in a higher state of arousal. Since this higher state is pretty necessary for training and eventually competing, we can help her tolerate being touched:
You can do something like get her dancing around, chasing you, higher arousal, then scatter treats on the floor or give her a lickimat while you pet the air *near* her, or pet the ground *near* her but no actually touching her. This can eventually build up to touching, collar holding, etc, while in higher arousal.
>>You’ve given me a new perspective on dogs running off with their toys or taking a victory lap while training. It actually gave me great joy to see her run around with her toy at the end of video 2 before bringing it back to me. She was ready to engage with me when she brought back. I didn’t even need to bring out her second toy to get her back
That is great! It was less than 5 seconds: she had a joyous romp, decompressed a bit, and came back wanting to play more. I loved it!
Great job!
TracyHi!
This went really well!
>> I was trying a new treat, hot dogs, but maybe too big? Thought they would be easy to see and throw. Cheese can get sticky in our heat.>>
I thought it went well – she found the treats pretty easily and ate them quickly, and returned to engagement quickly too.
>>. We’re having trouble actually hitting the prop with her feet instead of jumping over, even I’m close.>>
Remember that on the parallel path and the get out, the pup doesn’t have to hit the prop in the same way she would on the turn cues in the other games. The prop is a jump replacer, and the parallel path and get out are extension games: so you will see a bit of leaping over the prop and maybe hitting it with back feet or a little with front feet. All of that is great and rewardable, as long as she goes to the prop. She was most definitely going to it here!
>>So don’t know if we’re doing this right. I think it’s going to take some latent learning for both of us. 🤪
Yes! It was correct. It might have felt uncomfortable but everything here was good. I was going to suggest switching to your ‘get it’ marker and you already did it 🙂
>>It’s interesting that you use your off arm for this. For some reason I’ve used my off arm for the ‘out’ obstacle, especially tunnel entries, for years, my dogs just seem to get it. But people here think it’s weird and always ask me why I do it. And I don’t have a good answer, just seems natural.>>
For some reason, the outside arm got a bad rap over the years, but it works like a charm. The reason it works is because dogs read out shoulders. And the outside arm allows us to turn our shoulders very closer to the line with want, without having to run to the line we want. So it is pretty effective and useful 🙂
Nice work!
TracyHi! Welcome back to CAMP!!!!! Nice work here!!
>.. I’m not sure if adding in the jump and tunnel made a big difference,>>
Adding the tunnel was easy peasy for her, I don’t think she looked at it at all. Yay! Adding the jump *might* have been a bit of a visual distraction, because she was wider on the 4-5 lines when the jump was in? But she never went to it, so that is great!
>>and her stopping right in front of an obstacle and us having an argument about doing it.
Let’s take a different approach: rather than fixing in the moment, carry on like she took the obstacle and keep going. That will keep the frustration level down, and keep you in good position for the next section to set u even more success. The errors are handling errors, so no need to tell the her that something went wrong (she knows LOL!). Then you can fix it in the next rep (usually she needs one more step or more connection or both :)) Keeping the frustration level down is super important and will help her commit more in the long run.
For example, you two had a discussion about jump 4 right at the beginning: not quite enough cnonection and an abrupt departure so she didn’t take it. Rather than resending her (which gets more barking and frustration built in), just keep moving as if it were perfect.
You fixed it really well on the next rep at :24 – a little more connection, a little more movement towards the jump. Nice!!!
One thing I see that she needs on course is for you to keep moving towards the next line, feet always facing the next line. Any time you pull away from the line or don’t turn your feet to it, she has big questions (and good questions!) So connection is important but always moving forwards towards the next line is super helpful.
One example is when you were wrapping 6 to the left at the beginning: she didn’t commit at :15 and :28 until your feet stepped to the jump. When you were moving a bit sideways, she was looking at you for more info.
The different handling on the 3rd rep was really good because you are facing the line and moving towards the line the whole time. She dropped 2 – maybe because your position at 3 for the blind puts you too far away for her to process the jumping mechanics? She got it nicely on the next reps!!
Comparing the ending 5-6-7 on those 2 reps:
at :39-:41, you basically connected and ran straight to the exit wing, so she turned to her right. Nice!
At :52 – :54, you pulled away from 6 then turned your feet back to the inner wing (outside arm up too) and she correctly turned left. So that is good info that she just needs you to run forward to the line, to get the slice jump you wanted.The first rep with the jump added looked great! On the 2nd rep, you pulled away from 5 and so she started asking questions… then you pushed back to 6 so she got it, but was not able to keep the bar up.
The next rep was really strong too, with you running smooth and straight on the lines.Adding the tunnels: it seemed like she had no question about the tunnel here. Super!
This was a good angle to see your running line 4-5-6!
For serps, our ideal line of motion is parallel to the bar and not pulling away from it. At 1:56 you were pulling away from it, so she had a little question. At 2:07, your feet were coming directly towards the camera for several steps so at 2:08, when she was over the bar, she was (correctly) jumping straight towards the camera. You did try to step her back to 6 but she needed more time to find it – at 2:09 you pulled away to 7 too soon, so she came with you (this is another spot where you can just keep going as if it was perfect, to keep frustration levels down).The same thing happened at 2:25-2:27 and she got The Big Mads happening. You had earlier motion back to 6 on the last rep and an outside arm to help her, so she got it at 2:42. Ideally, as you leave 4, you would slide past 5 running parallel to the bar (upper body and serp arm cue her to come in over the bar) and keep moving to takeoff spot of 6.
But if something goes wrong, don’t re-end her in the moment (it conditions more frustration into the game and rehearses that argument). Just carry on and fix it in the next rep by going closer to the jump.
Great job here! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi! I agree, these went really well!! He never looked at the off course jump: it was not on his line and your handling was clearly moving up the to the next jump on t he correct line.
>.All 3 steps, 2 reps of each step>>
I didn’t see any reps with the tunnel dropped in the middle of it all 🙂 He did well ignoring the tunnels that were nearby under the a-frame and dog walk!
A couple of ideas for you:
A small detail: run without the toy in your hand. You are switching it from hand to hand and in that moment, you need to be finishing the blind. So, it is easier to stuff it into a pocket so you don’t switch it without realizing it.
A bigger detail: You can watch his head more, so when he locks onto the jump by looking at it, you leave to the next spot. You were standing still til he took off on 4 and 6, which will put you out of position on a bigger course.
>>While editing the video I saw some variation in the timing of the blind,
That might have been the toy hand switch moment LOL! But it was overall really good!
>> he never looked at the off course jump but definitely had some turns that were wider than others>>
Yes – the earlier you left for the next line, the better the turns. For example, at :54, you left the send to 4 without standing still, and that drew him up the line really nicely!! When you were standing still on the earlier reps, he was going wider because you were facing that direction longer.
You can also use your verbals to help commit him, you were very quiet here LOL!
I think some of the wider turns were on the 5-6 serpy line. When you stayed nice and tight to 5, he was nice an tight on the line to 6. When you pulled away from 5, he jumped longer towards your position and motion then then you had to push him back to 6, which widened that turn too.
So stay really close to 5, and as soon as his head turns to 6, leave for 7 (no standing still allowed LOL!)
His only other question was at :56 when he hit the bar. You surprised him with a BIG serp arm all the way back and pulled away from 5 (all of the other serp arms were smaller and had the opposite arm involved) so he might have thought it was a threadle? So keep that serp arm super consistent to help answer that question.
Great job! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi!
>.I will spare you watching him fly the DW the first couple of times. Not sure what the deal was but it wasn’t acceptable.>>
In theory it was an “easy” exit but maybe it was harder because you were layering? Either way, yes, it is good to work on it because we want him to hit nicely even when you are further away 🙂
An overall thought on this course: I think in parts of it you are handling reactively, meaning waiting for him to respond before continuing on, and that is causing from trouble. If you can handle proactively by sending, trusting, and getting gone to the next spot, I bet we can answer his questions and smooth out the trouble spots.
Small detail on the opening: As he is heading to the #4 tunnel after the RDW, you can give him an exit cue (GO or GO jump!) so he doesn’t slow down to look at you (:12) especially because you are so far away.
Great job cuing the weaves, that is a particularly useful strength!! YAY!!!
The 8-9-10 line is a bit wicked 🙂 And this is where you were more reactive than proactive:
9 is a serpentine, ideally requiring a bit of motion across the landing side of it to move him to 10. Not a lot! But enough that as he is landing from 8 and looking at 9, he sees you moving towards 10.
At :44 you were closer to the a-frame side of the 9 jump – you gave a big arm and said “tunnel”, but that made the exit of 10 more obvious. On the restart at :52 when you started from the 9 jump, your line was perfect! So the question is how to proactively get from the weaves to that position:
Since he has such great independent weaves, you can leave the weaves and end up halfway between 8 and 9. Then cue the 8 jump (can be a backside cue, if you think he might take the front). Watch his head: as soon as you see his head pointing towards 8, you can then head directly towards 10, converging in across 9 with a bit of serp handling. He should find 9 on his own, and the convergence coming sooner will show him the correct entry to 10.
You were in a great spot for cuing 8 at 1:38 AND you even started giving the cue while he was still weaving: PERFECTION. That was proactive!
Then you got reactive: You stayed at 8 and turned your shoulders and waited for him to turn before moving again, so he was approaching 9 (1:39) at the same time you were which made it very hard to get 10 while maintaining good position (you ended up rear crossing the 9 jump on the takeoff side).
So send to 8 like you did at 1:38 then get gone up the line towards 10. Let him set up his turns: he either understands the lines and cues, or he doesn’t (and if he doesn’t, we will teach him :))
The next part after 10 also falls into being a bit too reactive and waiting too long category, which is why it was so hard. The main thing here is to handle as if the off courses were not there: what cues are needed? So for 10-11, pretend the teeter and the layer jump are not there – you would just move towards 11 and cue him to jump.
The ‘go out’ at :55 and 1:44 was too much – he went out for sure (almost to the teeter). Note how at 2:10 you didn’t use the ‘go out’ and he had a much better line to 11! Yay!Same with the 11-12-13 line – how would you handle if that off course tunnel was not there? Proactively, it would be the cross from 11-12 then as soon as he lands at 11, you would cue the wrap exit of 12 and had towards 13. Because the tunnel was there, you stuck around longer which ended up making for wider turns because positionally you were showing the tunnel as a possibility.
For example: The ‘easy’ at 1:46 on jump 12 of rotating towards him and opening up again almost presented the tunnel and didn’t get you up the line because you held position to make sure he had the turn: in this situation if you rotate towards him, you might as well finish the rotation for a spin or ketschker. That will not only get a great turn, but it takes out any motion towards the wrong line and gets your feet moving to the correct line even sooner. And the sooner you leave for the next spot, the less he will consider any nearby off course obstacles. You did the full rotation at 2:14 and the turn was indeed better, and your position was better too! Loved it!!!!
>>We were going along, 12-13-14 to backside of #1. I think this kind of error is caused by confusion between layering things and considering my position. Obviously, he didn’t get a turn cue at 14. I thought the “forward send” at 14 would include coming back but obviously Enzo and I did not see them the same way. >>
AHA! It is very useful when we get a trial error in training, and get it on video!
At 1:50-1:51 when he went off course, you had your arm up and you were saying “come here”… but moving backwards on a parallel path to his line, so he stayed on his line to the backside of 1. I think it was Linda Mecklenburg who said that backwards motion reads the same as forward motion to the dogs 🙂 so we get the same behavior (staying on lines).
Compare to 2:18 where you did everything pretty much the same in terms of position and verbals except you finished the rotation: no backwards motion and only forward motion to 16, so he had no questions about the backside of 1. So this is a good spot to be proactive too: finish the turn and head forward to the next position, rather than waiting for him to make the turn towards you.>>went on to what I thought was a lovely Ketschker at 16 but Enzo didn’t>>
I think the K turn was good too! But there was a lack of transition into decel so he didn’t transition into collection – he is good about staying on lines when you are not running hard, so if you need to get the turn you need to show deceleration even if it is coming in a spot where there is not a lot of motion to begin with.
The ending looked really good! He had a question at the end, but I think it was mainly a tired leg moment for you, from running these big courses especially if you had to repeat the DW a few times at the start! These courses are really big yardage, so next time when you run it, you can probably have more steam to run through the ending (my legs would have been jelly by this time LOL!)
Great job here! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi!
Really good work here on course 1!! Some ideas for you and interesting info from Enzo:Opening:
On the first run, I thought the lead out handling was well-executed and well-timed, but a little out of position – that caused him to rattle 2 pretty hard at :16 because he was looking down at the line at your position by the tunnel, and drop 3 because of the big decel to set up the layer at :18. So for the lead out push opening, being closer to the wings to set the turn to 3 will help, and moving in steadier motion (no big decels) will support the line better. The connection being clearer (like on the 2nd run and last run) totally helped but the steadier motion did too.
About getting that backside after the DW more easily (that backside after the RDW is getting REALLY common nowadays!! ):
I don’t think the lead out push into the layering does you any favors here because you end up pretty deep to 4 and 5 then need a tremendous amount of hustle to get the backside. And you did the big hustle on run 2 at 1:18, but you can get it to the point where you lead out less and set up more convergence to the backside after the DW – clearer, earlier info, without running as hard: yes please LOL!!
So a re-imagining of the opening can make it a lot easier: lead out dog on right and then either do a BC 2-3 or a RC on takeoff of 3, then send to 4-5 and you will not have to go past the blue tunnel at all, you can just directly converge to the backside – more accurate and less hustle required! Ideally you would be between 2 and 3 while sending to 4-5, which is an easy saunter to the backside after the DW 🙂 Rear cross seems counterintuitive but it creates a lot of momentum into the line and sets up your position easily too.
I think he new the opening by the last run, because he powered through it without you needing to move much at all – but you an see how getting onto the convergence to the backside sooner (2:56) makes it much easier to show him. Yay!
Middle section:
In the category of “This Is Good To Know About Enzo”: I think he reads convergence on the a-frame pretty early and shifts leads on the down ramp based on that. Here is what I mean, looking at the A-frame to backside at 10:
– on the first run at :30 you had a very straight line so he was coming towards you naturally off the frame. Nailed it! At 1:20 on the 2nd run, you converged towards the frame for a few steps as he got on it, and then turned and ran straight, which put him on his left lead so the push cue sent him off course.
You had no convergence to the frame on the re-start a 1;33, and he turned to his right of the frame. (The bar was just because the re-start there made it hard to get into the correct line)
Next run at 2:00 and last run at 3:00 – no convergence to the frame, similar to :30, and he was already coming towards you on the exit. You added a ‘come’ at 2:01 and 3:04 (understandably!) but he didn’t need it because he was already turning to his right, so you got too much turn on the ‘come’ cue (and made the line to 11 a bit wonky, but the good boy NEVER grabbed the off course tunnel that was right there!)So one thing to be aware of is as you go around the obstacles in your path (that 12/2/17 jump was in your way), you need to think about if the dog is seeing convergence or not. And if he might see convergence on his line, you might want to consider layering. But in this case I don’t think you needed layering, I think the straight line running you did was what he needed to see.
He did well following the turn of your shoulders 10-11 (line after the frame)! And you can do the FC 12-13 even sooner – trust his commitment to 12 so when he is looking at it, you can be finishing the FC and leaving for 13-14. the layering worked well 13-14. No need to call him, because we don’t want to draw his attention to the 10/3 jump.
One other small detail: you can give him the ‘out’ cue for 18 before he takes off for 17 – probably when he is halfway between exit of 16 tunnel and 17 jump. You did at at leaning at :52, so the bar of 18 came down. On the other reps at 2:32 and 3:29, you did it as he was over 17 and the bars stayed up, but the line had a big zig zag. So trying it at the halfway point between 16 and 17 might be the sweet spot for him, for best lines and best jumping.
Great job!!! Let me know what you think. Onwards to course 2!
TracyHello!!
>. I believe most of her bars are happening on a little drop of connection on my part.
Connection and timing! Because she is young and fast, she has to do a lot of processing and that is HARD and things will be delayed… thus the dropped bars. But as she gets more experienced and gets more mature, she will not have to actively process as much and you will see things get much easier for you both!
>>So excited this is about connection because that is our top priority right now >>
I think connection is pretty important too LOL!!!! We will definitely be watching it 🙂
>> I laughed that you said it was easy😂. I certainly didn’t think so 😂.
Ha! It is only easy if you drive the lines aggressively and don’t try to help too much or slow down with the handling. When you were slowing down or being too helpy? Things went wrong. When you moved aggressively up and down the line? Nailed it! That is one of our summer themes: move aggressively, always 🙂 And depending on the context, to avoid getting too far ahead, you can move closer to the jumps because that will set the line and allow you to move aggressively all the way through. These sequences and courses are perfect for that: moving aggressively (big strides, staying in motion, lots of acceleration and early cues) and being close to the lines).
Run 1: You were moving a little more carefully on this opening line here, which made you late for the blindat :09 – as she is comitting to 2, you can be driving to 4 and as she is landing from 2, you can be starting the blind.
Waiting a bit too much 2-3-4 made you have to suddenly accelerate and that made you late to 5 and which made it hard to get the serp to 6 (:13)
2nd rep was smoother motion but can be more aggressive (driving up the line with bigger strides & more speed, which will help the bar at 20>
3rd rep – being a bit too careful was when caused you to be in the way on the blind 3-4 at :51, which set the line to the backside 🙂
4th rep – better moving up that opening line for sure!!! Yay! Then it became a question of aggressive handling of wrap exit of 6 to get the turn and keep the bar up.
>>Broke down the wrap at the end. I may have been getting the bar because of pulling my shoulder??>>
It was more of a late timing issue: the handling looked like an extension slice exit but then it changed to a wrap exit after she had committed, which was what caused the bar questions.
At 1:06, you cue the wrap sooner and leave sooner so she can collect (not sure if it was a wrap verbal cue you used) – as soon as she is over 5, you can be decelerating and starting the wrap send – then as soon as she turns her head to look at it, you can leave for 7.
On the last rep, you had more aggressive movement on the opening line, really trusting her! And that set up a great ending and timing for the wrap: check out your timing of delivering the cue and leaving 6 at 1:34 – early and aggressive, and she was great!! YAY!!! This is the timing she needs 🙂
>.Also, I realized I said a verbal wrong🫣🫣🤯 in the homework. It was my right, but she was on the other side so that was a left!!! Oops🫣!!! I’ll get there someday lol!>>
Ha! I was like…. wait, what did she just say? And make sure it is the wrap cue for the exit of 6 – it was hard to hear wat you were saying (and I am not at the car repair place anymore either haha)
>>Here is an example of the bars and me losing connection I believe.>>
Yes and no (is that helpful? HA!!!) I think that yes, she can use more support in the form of your dog-side arm pointed back to her nose all the time so that she can see more connection. The bars came down when you closed your shoulder a bit to run, a mild disconnection. So in your jump class work, add in closing your shoulder to run, on the grids she does really well with.
But also, both bars came down when she had to follow handling past a potential off course that you had to run around – the AKC Open version of what we are working on here! So I bet we see some bars come down as we add the distraction of the other obstacles nearby. Then with experience and practice, that distraction will melt away and the bars will stay up. On the demo videos, I highlighted a CRAZY jumping moment from Contraband. We don’t realize how distracting the nearby obstacles are until we look at the videos. He is 3.5 now and almost never makes a jumping error… but there was a bit ass-over-teakettle moment when I added the tunnel distraction! It was definitely a processing question, and then he was fine after that. So, with Promise being even younger and less experienced, I bet her bars here were an example of the same distraction/processing question.
Great job! Let me know what you think!
TracyYay! We are going to have fun!!! And yes – be a goldfish and also: BELIEVE!!
I thought you posted a video, or did I make that up in my brain? Lol!
Hello and welcome! I am excited to see you and Spot (and maybe a bit of Wager too?)
Definitely take your time adjusting to the altitude! The sequences are short enough that they should be a good starting point. The courses are BIG yardage, so don’t start with those til you’ve adjusted. 🙂
Have fun!
TracyWe will definitely take a look at the collection work on the sequences and courses.
For the tunnels, it could be a number of things:
– maybe she doesn’t want to break visual connection with you?
– maybe the handling is not quite clear enough?
– maybe she is going so fast that she can’t quite coordinate herself getting into the tunnel?
– maybe all of the above, or none of the above?I am sure she will show us here in class so we can get it sorted 🙂 Have fun!
TracyHuzzah for CAMP!!!! We can also include the arousal pieces too, if folks will be coming to FF to run the courses with you…
Good morning!
>>I was definitely baby-ing his teeter. He has been leaving early and I am worried about the bounce ups hitting him. We have been retraining it with the touch, but I am noticing that when I say “touch” that is when he typically stops and rides the teeter down instead of running to the bottom. We have been redoing some of the exercises from your Terrific Teeters class, really working the driving to the bottom. Hopefully we’ll be able to get through it and I can leave him more confidently soon!>>
In your course work, you can totally leave a target out or whichever aid you used to train it. That way he can focus on teeter execution while you run to the next position.
>>>GD-it! I did not number the course correctly!! I thought it was weird ending at 18!! LOL. I may get another chance on Wednesday– fingers crossed>>
Ha! I thought you did a great job with it, but it was easier than the mapped out ending and I figured you’d want the added challenge 🙂
Have fun!
Tracy
