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He was on fire here!Nice layering to get 3! Great verbals and parallel path line supported 3 really well!!!
>> I felt like he was wide on the backside circle wrap but watching the video I’m not sure if it would have been better for him to collect a bit more before taking off so that he landed more towards the tunnel.>>
I think a bit of decel will definitely help him there and also on the turns at 4 and 5. You were not late, necessarily, with the crosses or send, but without decel he was jumping longer so made most of the turns on landing. So if you give him a little decel as he exits the previous jump, he will collect more on takeoff side and 2 other benefits will pop up: he will land facing the new direction more so he can accelerate faster to it. And, you will be quicker to get to the new direction so he can chase you even more!
>>And LOL – run slower! >>
I figured that would make you laugh LOL!!!! But yes, when you accelerate for real but there is no place to go, you end up getting too far ahead which makes things like the layering harder.
Great job here!
Tracy
Hi! Both of these looked great!
Wow! That first pop out looked pretty darned fabulous!!!! YAY!!!!!
The opening looked great! Great connection and timing!
She must have fallen in the tunnel or something, she was in there for a LOMG TIME but you were connected and still got a really nice turn on the next jump.
I think you did a timely cue for the turn on the exit of the tunnel (someone made a sound and she turned well haha!)!! And the BC was timely after it too 🙂
I do think most of you at FF made that line more complicated with the BC to the RC, when it is very easy to serp on your right 🙂
I love how she offered her “I AM READY, HOOOMAN” on the start line on the 2nd pop out! Yay! And good for you for not pushing your luck and asking for more 🙂
The opening looked great – nice wrap on 3, she barked because you can finish the FC and move away sooner 🙂 As you move away, shift your connection to the landing spot to help support commitment: you tried t move away into the FC sooner at 1:32 and she almost didn’t take jump because you were looking at her.
The tighter turn on the 2nd tunnel exit will make the last serp easier for sure. You did call her name before the tunnel at :53 but you can do it even sooner and also you can be moving laterally towards the next jump more, which can help cue the turn on the exit. You did the left verbal MUCH sooner on the 2nd rep which helped, but not quite enough – you might need a spin on that tight of a tunnel exit for now! You probably won’t need it forever but it will help in these early days 🙂
Great job here! And yes, definitely start to add people into the ring :)
TracyHi!
Nice work with the boys, it sounds like they were really successful! And it was very clever of you to layer th eroded off area LOL!!!And yes, revisit these in the fall – especially for Alonso, so you can keep figuring out his timing as he gets more and more experienced (and to keep your timing sharp with Mookie and Buddy :))
>>And are you planning any short courses for the Fall ?>>
Yes! And it will probably incorporate the mental prep stuff (and only be open for the mental prep group participants :)) Stay tuned!!
Great job all summer with your boys!!! And thank you for the updates!
TracyHi!
Looking at the zig zags:
The angle of the bars was good! But that made it harder (longer distance between the 2 jumps) and she had a few questions (head up on the first rep, added stride on the 2nd rep, pulling from the front of the 3rd rep, added strides on the last rep). So since she was changing what she did on each rep, that is her way of telling us it was really hard! And my guess is that the distance between the 2 jumps was a little too big to get a comfortable bounce in (she is a relatively small girlie!)
So to help her out, keep the angle the same but overlap the wings a bit so the distance between the 2 jumps is shorter. Ideally you will want the jumps to be about 4 feet apart on her line so she can comfortably bounce the distance.The lap turns and tandem turns went really well! The turns were definitely tighter! Great job not going past the wing!!
Small details on these:
On the lap turns, you will get an even better turn if your hand is towards her more and moving more slowly:
Rather than bend your elbow with your arm up high, bend over and lock your elbow, extending your hand to her, so just be she arrives at your hand, you can slowly move it back to turn her.On the tandem turns, because you are facing forward/moving forward – you sometimes were a bit sideways, so she was not sure if it was a lap or tandem turn (like at :33 when she didn’t take the wing). So for the tandems, keep your hands doing the same thing you had them doing here, but you can face the wing you want more, moving parallel to it then using the hand cues to turn her away (then your legs follow the turn away so they are the last thing to turn in the tandems :))
On the last big sequence at the end – she was fast and happy doing all of the various turns! Fun! It was great to see her responding to all sorts of different cues, at high speed! Yay!!!
Great job :)
TracyHi! All of these look terrific!
The forced front cross sequences looked great! She found the correct side of 2 and the 3 jump beautifully each time. When you added the throwback – it appears she had no questions and turned beautifully. Nice job getting the connection on the exit of the throw back because she turned really well and seemed to know exactly where to go next!
The threadle openings were also really strong – she didn’t seem to drive in quite as fast to them, but that could be because you were facing her which does ask for more collection.
So now on all 3 of these: you can try to start moving sooner. Rather than wait til she is at the edge of the backside wing, you can move as she is getting to the commitment plane for the backside. The theoretical backside commitment plane is on the 45 degree angle between the wing of the jump and the foot of the jump on the approach side (so a little less than a foot away from the edge of the wing) – and when she gets to that line, you can move through the next part of the cue. Let’s see if she will let you leave earlier!
>>At 1:09 is the balance rep – not sure if I was still too far away but I did see her put in an extra stride for the turn.<< Yes - she definitely turned before takeoff but still jumped a little straight over 2 on that rep. So you can be closer to the jump and move to 3 even sooner: as soon as she lands from 1, stay connected with your upper body rotated towards her, but start moving to 3 and see if that helps tighten her line there. Great job here! Let me know what you think! Tracy
Hi! He did really well here!
No worries that he couldn’t quite do the left turn, especially away from you. He was really strong moving back and forth and turning right, even with the board wiggling a bit (it might need more stabilization as he starts moving faster).You can add more speed with him going back and forth, but don’t put him in a stay for now – he sometimes breaks the stay and then if he turns around or you re-start, that is when he fell off. So, you can have him on the ground, put a cookie on one end of the board and bring him with you to hop on the other end of the board, so he can move directly across it to the reward. And you can go as fast as he wants to, so you might end up running 🙂
Nice work here!
TracyHi!
Sorry to hear about more hot weather coming! Ewwwww!!!These sequences went well! And he gave good feedback about what is most effective!
>>apparently I can turn too early when sending to a tunnel. I thought he was looking at the tunnel but he turned off it when I did.>>
Yes – the parallel path is very helpful to him. You pulled off it on the first rep, but you stayed parallel to his path longer so he committed better at :16.
Watching him set up the layering, 2 ideas for you to be able to ge the layering without getting too far ahead and past the jump you want to layer:
– To set up layering, you can get in closer to the jump at the start of the line so you an accelerate for longer on the parallel line to set the line without getting too far ahead.– And… don’t run as fast 🙂 You can show acceleration by dropping your shoulders and pumping arms, but not running that fast 🙂 That will help you not get too fat ahead in smaller spaces when he has a lot of yardage but you don’t.
1A – really good timing of starting all the cues! This is a spot where you can stay closer to 4 and let him finish the wrap, so you don’t end up going past the jump you want to layer.
1B : This also looked good! The left cues were a bit late at 1:01, especially compared to the go tunnel cues for the previous sequence. You can start the left cues (physical and verbal cues) as soon as he exits the wrap which will get you further ahead for the next line too.
Seq 2: On that opening line, a turn cue for the exit of the tunnel (probably just a name call) will help set up the threadle. Call him when he is a few feet away from entering then he will exit turned and ready for the threadle rather than looking at the backside line (and you won’t need to pull your line away from the jump to get him to come into the threadle side).
After the 3 jump, you can play with locking into the timing and doing all of the cues sooner 🙂 so as he exits the 3 threadle, you can be starting the backside cue for 4, which will allow you to start the wrap cues for 5 as soon as he lands from 4, and the wrap cues for 7 as soon as he exits 6 🙂 You were tending to start those cues when he was past the halfway point between the jumps, and ideally he is already seeing/hearing the cues. He turned well, but I bet you can get more explosiveness out of the turns because he can prepare for it sooner, ad because you are driving to the next line sooner :) Great job! Let me know what you think and stay cool!
Tracy
Hi!
This is a really good insight into your mental state over the weekend!
>>Is it because it mattered more? Because I knew for us to be competitive at all that I had to lay it all out there?>>
Maybe you should run to win All.The.Time. As long as you don’t get caught up in whether you win or lose (because you will experience both), running to win can really sharpen your mental state! Running to Q can make us tentative…
>>How do I funnel that focus into our “routine” runs? In the past, I’ve mainly looked at competition as a “test” of our training. Q’s were great, QQ’s were awesome but not the end all be all. That’s not to say that I wouldnt be disappointed to not Q but overall, I would take joy and satisfaction in the things we did well. >>
So maybe change the outlook now… it is not a test. It is a competition, let’s give the crowd something to cheer about! And yes, sometimes we crash and burn but running to win is where you can develop that extra edge 🙂
>>After I started getting close to our MACH (#19) and repeatedly would Q once but not the QQ, I did start feeling frustration. The harder I tried to grasp, etc….I got to the point where I just wanted to get it over with so I could focus on USDAA and UKI. I’ve decided to enter whatever trial I want to regardless of event or if we have completed our MACH.>>
This is because running to Q is BLEH! It makes us tense, and tentative. Running to go as fast as possible because it is the only way to potentially win? That might be what makes you laser-focused! Yes, no one wins all the time and sometimes the crash and burns are pretty impressive 🙂 But they are always those laser-focused runs!
Let me know what you think about shifting into run to win focus! No one else needs to know LOL!
>>Competing in USDAA this past weekend was a good reset for me- We do have lots of skills. We are a good team. I think it will help me when we compete in Akc in a couple of weeks (if Roulez doesn’t come in season)>>
Heck yeah! You kicked booty in a deep, talented field of fast dogs!!! Run AKC like it is USDAA!
>>And let me tell you the crowd screaming and clapping was a rush for both me and Roulez!!!>>
I bet! Sooooo fun!!!!!!!
>>>I have been so fortunate over the years to have you as a mentor and instructor. Who knew that the 11 hour trip for the puppy seminar in the hot, dust filled barn 13 years ago would lead here?
Thank you again so much for all of your help!! Love you!>>Awwww thanks! Love ya back! And thank you for all the years of letting me learn from you and your dogs, and for trying different things even when I am sure they sounded crazy 🙂
Tracy
Hi! You can still get Power Patterns 2, the link is open for anyone who wants the recording. It is here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScZxo-_A9KdGCSWq7SHvqKAc_N5suI64pCs3UxLdcFet2HCtQ/viewformIt sounds like he did great this weekend, being a good boy around the ring! Bummer about the corneal abrasion – be careful running with that! Feel better soon 🙂
TracyHi!
The heat sounds miserable!!! Bleh!!! I think the bloopers on the sequences here were probably because you were a little rusty. Most of it looked really great! The bars were her asking valid questions (and being a little rusty too, perhaps :))Seq 1: She did well on the opening! On the threadle wrap, she needs a bit of a “look at me” before jump 4 at :09 so she is expecting the turn cues for the threadle wrap. You started the threadle wrap cue as she was lifting off and she was surprised, so dropped the bar.
After the threadle wrap (and this comes into play again in the 3rd sequence) – when you rotated and turned your back on the 5 jump and did a blind exit at :17, she went to the tunnel perfectly with a nice tight turn. When you did a post turn and faced the jump, she stayed wider (correctly) at :25, :35 and :50, and took the layer jump. That is rewardable because she is correct 🙂 That post turn is what you would do to send her on the line to the jump, so the ‘spin’ exit works a lot better there.
Seq 2: She had a little question on the turn away at the tunnel exit:
She needs to see you on the exit of 3 so the physical cue supports the verbal to turn to 4 (like at :31) And take your time with those cues – if your movements were too high, she didn’t see them. But when you slowed down and she saw your hands, she got it nicely (:48, for example).
The bar down on 4 at 1:31 was a moment of her not being sure which jump you meant – you were saying jump but turning so she was not sure if it was straight or not. She went straight but was questioning if she was correct.The Backside at 6 worked well with extra connection on the send. You had your arm above your head on the first rep and also at 1:16 so she went to the front, plus you pulled away before she committed to going to the backside wing. That is a rusty moment – you almost never have your arm above your head LOL!!!
After the backside, the bar at 7 came down a couple of times (at :59 and 1:36). That looked like it was because of was lack of decel , so she didn’t collect and tried to adjust in the air. So, you can add more decel as she exits 6, which means sending from further away, which actually is helpful so you have an easier time getting the BC 8-9 🙂
Seq 3:
At the beginning, you were a bit too decelerated into 4 at :06, so she did not go past you to the jump. The more you moved towards 4, the better she committed – just be sure to let her be past you before you cross behind her (sometimes you were trying to cut behind her before she was past you and before she looked at the jump). Your rep at 1:13 was perfect!For the layering, I think that was a bit of rusty too – your Out arm was very high at :11 and :35 , so she had a question. When you arm was lower, she got it really well! My rule of thumb on those opposite arms get out cues is to look at the dog’s eyes and point my arm to the obstacle I want the dog to get out to, so my arm is pretty low (never above shoulder height).
If you are floating around on Facebook – my cover photo is me giving a get out cue to Contraband. He is on my right side and my left arm is showing the get out, so you can see how lot it is and he is looking where it is pointing.
You might have notice that she was wide on 8, heading to the 5 jump. That jump needs a spin to tighten it up (rather than a post turn) – this is similar to the 5 jump on Seq 1, where the post turn sent her back into the layering. She doesn’t need a lot of spins but this is a great place for it plus it gets your feet turned and moving to the new line really early!
To be able to get the correct side of #12 at the end you can try to send to the RC on 10 from further away, so you can get ahead of her on the exit of 11. But the main thing is to make eye contact on the exit of the tunnel, which will help her push out to the correct side of 12.
Great job here! Fingers crossed for some cooler weather!
Tracy
Hi!
Looking at Rosie’s video – I agree, her lines and layering look great on the first run! You can go clsoer to the entry of the tunnnel #3 so that you don’t end up waiting for her at the exit, but the rest was pretty perfect!!!
>>On the second run, not sure why she turned in the opposite direction on the first jump.
It was subtle – you were moving to the center of the bar (which can indicate rear cross) at then stepped back on your right leg at :51, which looked like you were cutting across the rear cross line. Her question at 1:09 was similar – your right leg stepped back so she read it as a rear cross. At 1:35 and on the first rep, your right leg did not step behind her to the rear cross line so she wrapped to the right. She sees everything!
Her only other question was sometimes she did not go out to the layering jump – that was when you were looking forward. When you are more connected, she went out really well so remember to give her big eye contact to get her into the layering., more like on the first rep and at 2:07.
>>also liked it when she went out to the far jump after 5 even though this was not the right course.>>
Right! Even though you were saying ’tunnel’, she saw you running forward so she stayed on her line. Yay! You got the turn nicely on the last rep by calling her and turning instead of running forward.
Looking at Lily’s video:
She did really well on the lines when you were staying close with a lot of motion. As you mentioned, the sends were harder for sure!
>>I think because Rosie has more distance skills, I am expecting this from Lily and I am not giving her enough support.>>
Yes, she needed one or two more steps into the big sends. You can look down to her and watch her head: when she is definitely looking at the jump and within a couple of feet of it, then you can move to your next spot (and throw lots of rewards :)) She was definitely looking at it in a couple of places (like on jumps 5 and 8) but she was still 6 or 8 feet away, so she pulled off when you tried to move to the next line.
She also needed your leg to step forward into the turn away umps at 3 and 10, like at 1:02 and 1:20 she came off the line when you didn’t fully stet t the jump with your dog side leg
Throwing the rewards really helped! And so did running closer to the lines, so she had more motion and more support.
You can do a lot of one-step sends with 2 jumps: when she lands from the first jump, take one step to the second jump and as she starts to move to it, throw the reward. Start the 2 jumps close together then you can gradually move them further and further apart so she gets more and more distance built up with lots of reward 🙂
>>I’m starting a course with Lily today with Toni Osojnicki (you may know her; she is one of the top trainers at our training facility at Animal Inn). The course is called “The Power of the Send”. This should be good for Lily.>>
Wow! This sounds like a great class! Toni is wonderful!
Great job here!
Tracy
Good morning!
>>we have been doing very well in trials with several QQs in both Masters and Premier.>>
Wow! That is awesome! Well done 🙂
Video 1 and 2: Great connection on these!!!!
One thing that makes a difference in her turns is if you can show her you transitioning from acceleration to deceleration. So at the beginning of the first rep, you can be moving fast towards the wrap jump at :02 then as she exits the tunnel, decelerate before you rotate. That way she can collect before takeoff. Without the decel here, she jumped long and turned after landing.
That is what you did on the 2nd run (decelerated sooner) and look at the difference in her collection before the jump! NICE!!
Good job getting the push to the backside at the end! Nice timing with the ‘whoa’ for the tunnel exit. You can be even closer to it and try not to rotate your feet towards her (:13) on the first video. You did get closer and kept your feet straighter on the 2nd video (:17) and she looked great!!
Videos 3 and 4: Also great connection here!!
Nice opening 1-2-3-4!!
On the first video, she knew there was a switch at 5 (:15) but she didn’t know how tight it was – so you can decelerate into it to tighten her line there. You had a little more decel on the 2nd run and she turned better, so definitely add in decel to all of your wraps.On the 6-7-8 line: remember to call her before she goes into the tunnel. And I think doing a BC to a wrap overcomplicated this line 🙂 The BC was a little late at :18 on the first video ant :16 on the 2nd video (she was taking off) which made the wrap late (:21) so she turned after landing.
You did the RC on the 2nd video to the slice line, which set up a really nice line! But you can simplify the handling and do that 6-7-8 section all dog on right as a serp, nothing fancy needed 🙂 and the timing is much easier.Great job here!! Let me know what you think!
TracyGood morning! These are looking really good!
Big lines video:
On the 2nd and 3rd rep – you were on your left side waiting for her and connected when she exited the tunnel: perfect! The first rep was not as early so she definitely reads the difference.At :34 – you wanted a rear cross, but she said it was a wrap (looked like a wrap to me too :)) because the position and motion went to the wrap wing. Compare to the next reps when you moved across the line to the center of the bar at :49 – totally helped her read the RC! Nice! But then you don’t have time to praise her 🙂 It made your verbal and position late at :51 so she correctly read it as a layering cue.
The left verbal before the tunnel on the next rep set up the line nicely and you were more connected (open shoulder, eye contact) at 1:02 so she took 3 with no questions. Yay! So, the next cue is the praise because telling her she is good delays the next info she needs 🙂
The RC on 4 worked better at 1:13 and on the last rep when you stayed a little closer to 3 so you could show her the RC line. So that pressure to the center of the bar is an important cue for her, and that means not getting too far ahead because then you will end up on the other side of the jump.
The forced fronts looked good! The main thing to remember is to get into position, put your hand in position, wait for a second or two, then release her. That way she can process the cue and not end up on the front of the jump like on the 2nd rep, and also so she doesn’t think the hand cue is the release (she was starting to release when your hand moved, because it was coming simultaneously with the verbal release).
On the other side, the bigger step back helped her get to the correct side, when it was small she did a lap turn.You can definitely replace the ‘normal’ forced fronts with the threadle openings now (you’ll see that more nowadays) and also the throwback is something we see on course.
Great job here!
TracyHi!
She did well with the zig zag grid! You can start to flatten out the jumps a little, an inch or two every time you do this so she gets more and more of the zig zag feel. The only other suggestion is to have the MM further away – with it being in that spot, she is really excited and tends to get pouncy over the 2nd jump LOL! One of my dogs used to do that too 🙂 So, by moving it so it is 20 feet away, she will jump that 2nd jump same as she jumps the first jump, then she can run to the MM and ounce on it 🙂
The lap turns are also looking good – nice timing of drawing her back around the wing with your arm and leg! You lean towards her more so your hand is more at her nose level, as if offering her a cookie: that will draw her right into the hand every time.
The lap turns are also looking really good! Because she has such a strong tunnel send, you were ending up a little past the wing so the tandem turns were a little wider. You can go to the tunnel a little more with her so you are maybe halfway between the tunnel and the wing when she exits – that will let you decelerate into the tandem more, which will be a little tighter and also it is a great prep for the threadle-wraps that she will see on course a lot!
>>Question: Should I be leaving a bit earlier after I release her? They both worked but I felt like we were just a tad off.>>
Yes, I agree with your assessment that you should leave sooner, and you can do a lead out push closer to the obstacle, and basically serp the #2 in jumps and the tire start in gamblers. That way your lower body is already indicating the next line. They might have felt a little off because she was jumping straight to your stationary position and had to turn on the ground after getting to you. But if you are facing the next obstacle and leave sooner, she will turn before takeoff.
Great job here! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi!
>>That scenario tends to get me a bar at 1 or 2. How can I help her with that?>>
I think lining her up on a slice at 1 will help. You had her facing straight so she had to organize the takeoff without a lot of info of what was next, so you will see bars when she has to do all of the organizing at the last minute.
On the first rep, the BC 2-3 was actually early – you sent her straight to 1 then started the blind as she was taking off, it almost looked like you want it after 1 so she dropped the bar trying to sort out the line. A slice position at 1 plus a lead out will help you show her the line sooner.
The rest looked really great on the first run!
On the 2nd run, she had figured out the opening 🙂 so the bars were not an issue. That first run is the real info 🙂 and you did not drive the tunnel threadle as well as you did previously, so your motion presented the off course jump
The spin worked GREAT on the 2nd sequence! Yay! She had no questions!
She needed one more step from you to commit to the pinwheel at 1:37 – you were saying go but turning and decelerating – even with that, you had plenty of time for the blind 🙂 And the ending looked good, just remember to keep moving til she lands then present the reward.Great job!!
Tracy
