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This went well! You looked like you trusted him more! The next step now is to plan you turn cues to be sooner 🙂 Bearing in mind his enormous stride, you need to cue the tight turns sooner. In general, you can start those cues while he is in the air over the previous jump, especially on tighter distances.
For example, if you do the blind sooner on the 2-3 line (you can start it when you see him in the air for 2) then when he lands from 3, you will be finished and giving a decel and turn cue for 4.
You got nicely ahead on the 4-5-6 line, so when he is landing from 5, you can be decelerating there too and giving he wrap cues for 6. The dig dig dig started as he was in the air and since you were moving forward the whole time, he turned after landing. By using deceleration and then stepping to 7 sooner, he will be able to put in collection before takeoff.
Nice work!
TracyHi!
This is marked part 4 but I don’t see a part 3 – let me know if I missed something 🙂He is reading the lines well so now you need to trust him more 🙂 He had jump 2 (the backside beautifully, so you can keep moving and stay connected like you were, so you are further ahead for 3-4. That way, when he lands from 3, you can decelerate and give the verbal to get the wrap turn. You actually accelerated from 3 to 4 and said the verbal as he was taking off for 4… he read you 100% correctly and then you gave him a verbal correction for jumping wide. If he jumps wide, just carry on like he was correct, because he probably was (there was no way he could fix the turn in the air there). And take out any verbal corrections with him – they are arty stressful and confusing especially when he was reading your cues correctly 🙂
Tracy
https://youtu.be/VSRP_p-YRkQ Part 4
https://youtu.be/vgl-xenDUT0 part 2
This was sequence 3 of the raise your game challenges. Nice job!!! You can try a blind cross between 2 and 3 which will get you up the line to 4 sooner.
REALLY nice timing of the verbal and handling before the tunnel to get the turn to 4!Then turn your shoulders sooner at 4 – you helped more than he needed there 🙂 so he jumped long. That will get you to the FC between 5-6 sooner too! A lot of this is really trusting him, so he can turn better and so you can get to the next spot sooner 🙂
Nice work!
TracyGood morning! I consolidated the videos into one thread, so they are easier for you to find and track.
Nice run here!!
I think the lead out was just a shade too long, he broke the stay. So you can release sooner and see if you can get the push, or you can lead out on the other side and blind cross between 2 and 3.
Contacts are looking good – you were able to move past them to get to good position off the dog walk. As he gets more confident with them, you can run past the contact end rather than walk past, as this will help the seconds off the clock at a trial 🙂After the a-frame, the jump- tunnel discrimination was HARD! He did get to the backside of the jump but the tunnel was distracting enough that he didn’t actually jump it. That is a good start though – definitely show him that section in isolation and reward taking the jump.
He got stressed by the challenge and the stopping, so definitely build in more rewards in those really hard sections – he knew it was not right but didn’t know how it get it right. So you can start for the bottom of the a-frame, show him the tunnel then reward. Then start from the bottom of the frame, show him the jump, then reward. Then build it back into the full sequence.
The rear cross to the teeter looked good! After you cue the tunnel, be sure to call him when he is still at least 6 feet before the tunnel entry (or use a right verbal) and let him see you leaving for the next line, to get the turn on the tunnel exit 🙂
Nice work here!!
TracyI wasn’t planning on layering to the dogwalk but it just worked. We had some other issues. He had great contacts.
Hi!
The blind in the opening worked well in terms of support the stay! Pulling away to layer the tunnel was what contributed to the bar of 3 coming down, so definitely show him that again. You can also lead out a bit less and to see if more momentum into and out of the blind helps him get the line into the layer there.
He has nice contact stops! So the next phase is to keep running and not slow down as he is doing them
Definitely reward him for taking the jump instead of the tunnel in the 10-11 section. Tunnel- jump discriminations are really hard and he didn’t understand it that well… and didn’t get rewarded. Rewards in that section will go a long way to teaching him what you want there – those are popular discriminations nowadays.The switch was one step too soon so pushed him off the jump before the teeter. Nice job calling him before the tunnel! Then jump stay strongly connected between the last two jumps, so that he can see the line. You were looking forward and not at him, so he came with you 🙂
Nice work!
TracyHi!
Welcome back! I am excited to see more of him!
Yes, having a plan to get him off the teeter will definitely help! Jamie lifting him off was very helpful and also you can slowly turn him around with a cookie lure, or put a table next to it to help him jump off onto. If you are alone, you can do this on a lower teeter so it is easier to get him to turn around and come off safely. He is a bit of a stunt man 🙂 , so be sure to get him to move slowly on this and not rush for now – we can add speed later. When he was going up the plank to Jamie, you can be next to him with a cookie in front of him so he doesn’t try to go fast yet 🙂
Nice work here!!
TracyHi!
Welcome back! I am looking forward to more Caper TV!!
This game went really well. I think after some of the treats she took a moment to remember to move to next jump (especially the middle jump) – no worries, she was figuring it out and having you closer totally helped. And you gave her just en0ugh connection to tell her which line you wanted, while still being nicely lazy LOL!! Give her maybe one more session on this game, then add in more distance and the next steps 🙂
Great job!
TracyHello and welcome! I am excited to see you here!
>>I’m not sure how the format works. Are we supposed to work through all of the week 1 games before the first live class?>>
You can work on these games at your own pace throughout the week. The first live class (next week) is an entirely different set of games – the folks who registered for the live spots will work them during the live session, and then they will be posted for you and the other online working participants to try and post here in the Forum.
have fun!
Tracy
