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  • in reply to: Túlka and Sandi #39170
    Tracy Sklenar
    Keymaster

    Good morning!
    The standard course ran well overall! A couple of ideas for you:

    On the opening line, turning her to her left at 1 sets the line to the frame, and turning her to her right would set the line to the backside of 3 better. That type of opening is getting popular lately, so be sure to look at what she would be seeing on her line when she lands, so you can choose the best path to send her to.

    And I think you can trust her backside understanding more. You can stay connected at 3 like you did, but I don’t think you need to hesitate there or use an arm cue – the extra help delayed your blind on the first run, which delayed the connection needed to cue 4, so she took the front. Things there went much better on the 2nd run where you moved through 3 very quickly! Yay!

    She got the layering on the DW nicely, you can run in closer to the frame so that you have more momentum into it when you release. Be sure to maintain the criteria on the DW – I think it morphed more and more into a RDW on each rep 🙂

    You had a little broken connection/turned shoulder too soon at :24 when she ran past the jump. Excellent job of maintaining that connection to cue the line at 1:14 on the 2nd run!

    She read the layering on the teeter well, but based on where you were when you sent her to the teeter, I am not sure you needed to layer – it might have been easier to run through with her to the teeter and the next jump. It looked almost like you needed to run back to get around the jump a bit to do the layering.

    The ending was a little hard to see with the big distance, but I think it ,looked really strong each time with the layering, threadle wrap, blind. Nice!! Very clear handling and you are getting more and more comfy with the threadle wraps each time.

    Great job!
    Tracy

    in reply to: Kathy and Buccleigh and Keltie (Shelties) #39169
    Tracy Sklenar
    Keymaster

    Good morning!

    >> This is sequence 4 and as I was reviewing it to send, I realized that I skipped jump 6. I walked it without 6 and then ran it that way. Rather than do it over right away, I thought I would send it since I have a couple of questions.

    No worries! We can totally look at this sequence without 6 🙂

    Looking at the walk through, three things that I see that can change his lines on the run:
    – there were some “closed shoulder” moments where you were pointing forward to the jump when he would be behind you, leading to a disconnection
    (:05 and :24 at 3, :09 and :28 at 5, :13 and :31 at 7) The closed shoulder is when your arm points forward to the obstacle, ahead of your body and not back to the dog, and it will change the line of your shoulders and motion, which will lead him to ask questions about the line.

    – the timing on the turns was happening when the invisible dog was over the bar or landing (based on where you were looking) which is a bit late – try to be rotated or moving away before the invisible dog takes off 🙂 Remember the WOO timing of how early the cues need to be 🙂

    – going through the box from 4 to 5, your position was too far past 4 and into the box, which will open up the line to the off course (:07 and :27 on the walk through).

    On the run:

    For 3 at :46, the closed shoulder changed your line and then your turned your feet away, so he was not sure about what you wanted. You had more motion to the jump on the 2nd run and that really helped, but definitely keep your arm back so he can see the connection.

    >> I am not sure of the name for what I did at jump 4, but the result was a wide turn after 4 going to 5. Both dogs did this and on the first run, Buccleigh almost took the 7,9 jump. That makes sense given the way my feet and body were facing there. What is a better way to handle this jump?

    4-5 is is post turn, and you ended up too deep inside the box (:53) so the dogs did think you wanted the off course line. Buccleigh ended up back jumping at :57 because he thought it was a rear cross on 5. At 1:19, you had a better line but your shoulders were both forward (the video has a good angle) so he can’t see the connection and slows down to be sure of what line you wanted. To take out the off course, you can keep your running line pretty close to the entry wing of 4, not going past it, hugging a line closer to 3. That will show him a better line to 5 without opening up the off course.

    At 7, the closed shoulder (arm pointing ahead of your body rather than back to the dog) t 1:01 so he slowed down to be sure of the line you wanted. Then you stopped and started again, so he was not sure where to be (1:04 and 1:28)

    >>Buccleigh was slower than normal. After we finished this, I took him to a different part of the yard and we did some jumps with tunnels and even some weaves. He was much more enthusiastic about that compared to running this sequence.

    I think there were a couple of factors here – he will slow down if the connection is unclear so he can get it right. He doesn’t like the stop & fix moments (like at 3 on the first run) so if the info is not clear he will slow down to be sure. So making the connection very clear and NOT stopping to fix, ever, will help him retain his speed.

    Also, he has done a lot of jumping this week (4 days of jumping videos) and I think that is just too much to be able to do at top speed. Even baby dogs should only do jumping work maybe 3 times a week, with 2 or 3 days between sequencing. He might be tired and sore, especially if there is underlying arthritis. If something hurts, he will definitely slow down to avoid unneccesary impact on his body.

    >>So, do dogs get bored repeating the same sequence? We have done this four times with variations. I am getting a vibe from him of “this, again?”. When something like this happens should I break it up with throwing some rewards maybe after the jumps he should be driving to?>>

    Yes, and no. They lose speed when there is too much stopping and fixing, so that is probably where the “this again” vibe is from. To get the most speed from the dogs at all times…. no fixing. Something goes wrong? Pretend it was 1000% correct and run run run and reward. Then fix it without him before trying again. Yes, you can throw rewards after jumps but I think then you will end up doing too many reps overall.

    >>I am thinking I would like to do this again and include Jump 6 but I would like him to be more enthusiastic.

    I would give him several days off then try it again – with no fixing 🙂 Remember that he also has some potential underlying physical thing going on that they found a little bit of on x-ray, so we need to proceed carefully to be sure he is feeling really good!

    >>In contrast, Keltie thinks this is great fun. She also has been clean on almost every run. Buccleigh hasn’t been. I have rewarded each run but maybe that’s not enough to over ride my confusing handling and the dropped bars? Is this a crazy way to be thinking?>>

    Not crazy at all. Dogs understand that dropped bars are not correct and the confusion makes him slow down.

    >>You mentioned that jumps 1 and 2 were like a tunnel. What if I try it with a tunnel instead of jumps 1 and 2?>>

    Yes, you can replace them with tunnel – but still work on increasing connection and not fixing anything – just go go go 🙂

    Nice work! Let me know what you think!
    Tracy

    in reply to: Kristie & Keiko #39168
    Tracy Sklenar
    Keymaster

    Good morning!
    Nice work on the walk through and the run!
    One thing to rehearse on the walk through is low arms – in the beginning as you plan your handling, your arms come up high – so keep reminding them to stay low 🙂

    Also on the wrap turn, thinking about the verbals – go on over is an extension cue for her, so you can consider using your wrap cue on 3 especially with the juicy tunnel right there. On the run, the handling made it clear as you did it with strong decel and rotation, so she really didn’t look at the off course tunnel on that first run but a matching verbal will help too!

    The run was really good and as you noted: dang tunnel right there LOL! But with that in mind:

    The jump versus tunnel discrimination moment at :59 is actually a common course trend nowadays! And that is why we are working on the jump versus tunnel verbals – you did say “over” so technically she should not have gone to the tunnel. Oopsie! And she thought hard about it on the 2nd rep too – you got your shoulders turned sooner on the 2nd rep which totally helped!

    >> I’m tempted to unwind the tunnel tomorrow and see if I can keep her focused on me at that juncture. Might be a good thing to practice.>>

    Yes, definitely do it! I think the tunnel is a great addition to the setup and if you try this sequence again: alternate cuing the tunnel with a go tunnel verbal with cuing the jump with a “here over” or her name. This is pretty much what we are seeing on course nowadays so we might as well train it since it is already set up in your field LOL!

    >> does it look to you like she veers toward me for a second ever-so-slightly between 2 and 3 in the second run? It just doesn’t look like a smooth straight line to me, and I thought I saw her do that when we were running. Perhaps it was a check-in to be sure she was supposed to keep going ahead?>>

    Yes, a little, but nothing concerning – I think you were a little sooner on the send to 3 (which is good) and rotated sooner, so she was briefly asking if perhaps it was the dog walk or if you didn’t want her to take the jump. But then it was clear that you wanted the jump, so she stayed on her line. It was good to stretch her commitment there!

    Great job! Let me know what you think!
    Tracy

    in reply to: Amy and Dora (standard poodle) #39167
    Tracy Sklenar
    Keymaster

    Good morning!

    >> Question: The reverse spin looks very similar to the throw-back. What is the difference and is there a general rule when to use one vs the other? Dora seemed to read the spin pretty well and it was easier for me than the throwback. It seems like the throwback uses more decel?

    The spin and the throwback are very similar. The term ‘reverse spin’ was popularized by OneMind Dogs, I believe so going with their definition: you would be using the dog side arm across your body as big part of the cue. The more updated definition is that the spin is a front cross-blind cross cue combo designed for better collection that a post turn, and used in cases where the spin will rotate the handler’s feet to the new direction sooner than a post turn or send.

    So with that in mind, if we freeze the video or get a photo good timing on a throwback and a spin at the dog’s commitment point… they will very much the same because the handler will be on the ‘new’ arm (finished with the FC element) before the dog takes off. The added deceling you feel with the throwback is probably the earlier rotation, and that is fine because the throwbacks are used for super tight turns.

    Looking at the timing, all of the moves (the wrap FC, the spin, and the throwback) begin with the transition from fast forward into slow forward (decel) then into the rotation – except on lead outs when you are standing still in position.

    On the video – She was reading the lines really nicely! We can work in more of the transitions so you can get collection before takeoff and tighter turns.

    Looking at the end of the video first: your last rep into the FC had the best timing and cues: you decelerated as soon as her first foot hit the ground after jump 1, and rotated before she was past you: gorgeous turn!!! Great connection!

    With the other reps of spins and FCs, you were doing the fast forward (acceleration) element then the rotation – so she committed and found the line, but didn’t collect before takeoff as the rotation was happening just before takeoff or while she was in the air. So add back the deceleration when she lands from 1, which makes the earlier rotation easier 🙂 And for the spins, you don’t need to get to the BC element of it before takeoff, just work the FC element as if you are doing a FC. Then when she is collecting for takeoff or in the air, you can do the BC element. The FC-BC element are relatively distinct so you don’t ending rushing – when we rush the spin, we end up spinning in place more than moving forward to the next line.

    Let me know if that makes sense or if I need more coffee haha! Great job here!
    Tracy

    in reply to: Amy and Dora (standard poodle) #39157
    Tracy Sklenar
    Keymaster

    Hi! 
 I love the view from your agility field – so gorgeous!!!
    Also gorgeous – your blind crossed on the jump after the tunnel every.single.time. Stunning!

    >> At first, I just could not get her to turn left. She kept going to the back side of the left wing! >>

    I didn’t see any of that here, but my guess is that you pushed into her line too soon, so she read it like a backside cue. More below on setting the line from 4 to show the front of 5 on the RC.

    I watched the video in slow motion to sort out why she was having FC versus RC trouble, and I think that even though the verbals were good, the physical cues look the same.

    For example, she got the RC at :06 and 1:36… but that cue looked identical to 1:01 (for example) when you wanted the wrap to the right. And on the sends like at :33, your feet were pointing to the RC line so she RC’d. So the way the lines were set, they looked really similar except for the rep at 1:29 where you did a good transition into the right turn wrap and she had no questions.

    We can make the cues look dramatically different so she will have an easier time. The right wraps should like like 1:29 where you accelerate forward facing the wrap wing, then decel, then rotate. On the reps where you wanted the wraps but didn’t get it, you accelerated but then rotated and faced the RC wing. That decel facing the wrap wing, even for a step, makes a big difference.

    To get the RCs different, we can set the RC line a lot sooner: rather than do the blind then run forward, you can do the BC 3-4 and drive to the wing of 4 and decelerate to face the center of the bar at 5. Then as she catches up to you, accelerate towards the center of the bar and when she passes you: cut in behind her to seal the deal of the RC. That should look very different positionally and in terms of feet & line than the wrap cues, so it should answer all of her questions 🙂 Let me know if that makes sense!

    Nice work!
    Tracy

    in reply to: Kirstie And StrykR (1 year old Sheltie) #39154
    Tracy Sklenar
    Keymaster

    Hi!

    Really strong session here – these are hard handling moves for the dog because small-ish hand cues have to basically override motion and wing value, and he did great!
    Yo had excellent use of the magic cookie hand to get him to come to the threadle side of the wing!!!

    When gettin the left turns underway for these, move your hand cues a bit more slowly to get him started. Left turns are harder for him, especially when he doesn’t expect the cue. He doesn’t seem to need you to slow down on the right turns though – easy peasy!

    One suggestion that will help tighten the lines into the lap and tandem turns: When starting from the tunnel, call him before he enters so he comes out looking for you and not the wing. Without the turn cue on the tunnel, he was locking onto the wing (correctly) so it took him a moment to see the hand cue.

    1:30 was hilarious – you said get it not tunnel so he did not go in the tunnel. BRILLIANT BOY!

    There was an oopsie moment at 1:41 – I think he was going really fast and you didn’t get to position to show the cue in time. As he exited, he saw you moving towards the wing so he thought you wanted the wing, then it was hard t o get the lap turn set up. No worries – great timing next rep and he turned beautifully even to the harder direction. You definitely got there sooner!

    On the last rep – 2 tandems – adding moving forward was you cue them, so he gets used to seeing these in motion (because you will want to be moving with the tandems. For now, start by just walking so he can isolate the hand cue, but I am sure you will be able to add more speed very quickly.

    Great job here!!!

    in reply to: Julie, Kaladin & Min (Camp 2022) #39151
    Tracy Sklenar
    Keymaster

    Hi!
    Hope you are having a great weekend!

    Min’s walk through looked great! You were moving pretty fast, and it turns out it was correct because she, too, was moving pretty fast LOL!! I don’t think you rushed the 3-4 FC. The main thing that was interesting was the 2 thigh taps you did – after the 3-4 FC and after the BC 5-6. When you ran it, you didn’t think tap 3-4 but you did 5-6. I know some folks use it as a bypass tool, but I don’t think you needed it here. Your lines were really good so she never looked off course. In fact, I think you can be a little closer to the 3-4 and 5-6 lines to get less yardage in there – as long as you FC 3-4 or BC 5-6 right on the dog’s path then run straight to the exit wing of of the next jump she should stay on her line and not push to the backside of 4 on the 3-4 line or flick away back to 4 on the 5-6 line – that can take out a stride or two which will be super fast!
    The wrap on 6 was gorgeous!!!!

    Kaladin‘ s walk through was also good, and also compelling! He just had t join you 🙂 I liked the line you ran 3-4 in the walk and you did the tap 5-6 with him too.
    On the run: I think you stepped into his line on the way to 3 a little bit as part of a rotation that was too early – so for him, yes, the 3-4 line was a little rushed. Your rotation for Min was one step later which is why she had a great line to 3. The rest looked good! I am not sure he needed the tap 5-6 either – he looked at you instead of the line. I think with him, you can also run the super tight lines 3-4 and 5-6, and as long as you move forward, I bet they don’t push away from you at all and they stay on perfect lines 🙂 His wrap at 6 also looked lovely!

    Let me know what you think! Great job here! And have a blast with Monica, I hear she is great!

    Tracy

    in reply to: Lisa with Lanna and Arram (puppy) #39149
    Tracy Sklenar
    Keymaster

    Hi!
    I totally support the idea of resting dogs, which is why it is great for us humans to have several dogs in training 🙂 And it sounds like Stacie’s seminar was fun!!!!

    Both dogs did well here on these challenges!!

    For Haydn:
    On that first rep, you turned your shoulders and feet away too soon – but I don’t think that is why he missed the first jump 🙂 That jump is miles away for a little dude! And since ETS dogs seem to struggle with the visual processing of jumps versus handler position, the distance skills are harder. So because of his short height and the ETS, you can change the position of the jump after the tunnel: start it close (a couple of feet away) then gradually get it further and further away, inching it out to where it was here as he gets more and more confident. You can also throw the rewards sooner. As soon as he looks at the jump, throw them to landing side (rather than waiting til he takes the jump) so that the decision to move towards it is affirmed by a cookie landing on the line 🙂 We basically need to build up so much confidence that he totally trusts the verbal and does not need to know anything about handler position, so he can focus on the jump.

    Send 2:
    He totally nailed it all here because he was confident about where the jump was. Yay! Once he was on the line to the jump after the tunnel, he easily found th next jump. On the line back to the tunnel, it was a new picture so you can build it up the way I suggested above, with the distance jump starting much closer then gradually moving back out. I think the ETS makes placing the reward less helpful (harder to see for ETS dogs) so while he did eventually find it, I think locking onto the jump itself will be the better way to build the value and commitment.

    Arram’s turn went really well! I liked the way you trained this with the wing nice and close, then gradually further away. This is what I have in mind for Haydn – I was thinking on a jump for Haydn, but a wing would work too! My only suggestion is to use a ‘get it’ cue for the toy, as the “yes” marker draws his focus back to you. If you use ‘get it’ after the go go go, it will strengthen the go because he will be conditioned to look forward for the reward (not back at you) – which will eventually help to add more jumps in on the Go lines 🙂

    Moving the wing back to the jump with the bar was a bit hard for him in this first session, but he was able to sort it out and it will be easier in coming sessions for sure. Yay!

    >> Oh, and if you are still taking requests for course challenges – bypass tunnels at distance (run the line to the off side tunnel).>>

    Always taking requests! Do you mean tunnel threadles? Got any maps you can message or email to me for inspiration?

    Great job here!!
    Tracy

    in reply to: Lee and Brisk #39144
    Tracy Sklenar
    Keymaster

    Hi! He looked good here too!
    I recognize the course as a CAMP jumpers course, which is a little above his pay grade 🙂 so be sure to be super clear about the lines, or simplify for him. And lots of rewards for the stays, especially with barking dogs around 🙂
    I liked the FC and BC between 2-3! The FC and 2nd blind were especially connected and looked great. It was hard to tell what you wanted after it, so if you want the tunnel, be sure to drive all the way in with that off course jump right there.
    The rear cross looked good too – if you wanted the tunnel (that’s what it looked like lol) If you wanted the jump, you would need to drive in more towards the jump, or do the RC between the 2 jumps.

    Great job here!
    Tracy

    in reply to: Lee and Brisk #39143
    Tracy Sklenar
    Keymaster

    What a good boy, running a big sequence in a new place! Yay!!!!
    He read the rear really well. I bet on a different angle you will be able to put a little more pressure on the line, running to the center of the bar more. Also be sure to connect and be clear on the release, it was hard to tell if he broke the stay or was unsure about the release.

    Yes, the blind was a little late so coming to it after a rear will require more hustle, and also more eye contact (direct connection has saved me when I’ve been late on blinds :))

    Great job!
    Tracy

    in reply to: Kristie & Keiko #39142
    Tracy Sklenar
    Keymaster

    Good morning! These are going well!

    Seq 2:

    First run – No worries about that wide turn at the beginning, she fixed it after that and realized it was not the dog walk 🙂 You can also start her at the jump closer to the weaves, so she doesn’t see the dog walk as directly.

    She did well with both the FC and the RC. I agree that the BC definitely provides the correct exit line, so see if you can get the turn verbal directional there too before she enters, so she turns tighter. On the RC rep, you can see if she will let you put more pressure on the RC line, sooner – pushing into her but giving her just enough time to get past you. That plus a verbal directional can get her turning to the left and nice & tight 🙂

    >> I should have started saying it while she was in the tunnel –>>

    Ideally, start saying it just before she enters, and then keep saying it – if yo start it before she enters, she has a better chance of hearing it.

    Seq 3 – also went well!
    Yes, on the first rep she needed more support – when you are behind her in this instances, I think the lead change away to get the jump is more dramatic so you might consider using a ‘get out’ verbal and maybe an outside arm to push her away. Go and over are ‘forward’ verbals, meaning to take what is on your line. So the ‘out’ might be worth trying as it will push her away. If you are ahead or parallel, I think your line or motion to her will get it but when you are behind, the more dramatic cues can help 🙂 You were ahead at 11 on the 2nd rep and she got it easily, and then easily found the next jump and the correct end of the tunnel. SUPER!!!

    >> You must have fun dreaming up some of these challenges!

    Yes, it has been fun playing around with what we can show the dogs LOL! All sorts of fun trends and challenges 🙂

    Great job here!
    Tracy

    in reply to: Túlka and Sandi #39141
    Tracy Sklenar
    Keymaster

    Hi! Hope you are having a great weekend!
    This video is showing as private – can you set it to unlisted? Thanks! Looking forward to watching it 🙂
    Tracy

    in reply to: Promise and Amy #39140
    Tracy Sklenar
    Keymaster

    Good morning!

    These big courses are hard for baby dogs! You can consider breaking them into thirds as 3 mini courses to walk then run. You are doing a great job, but the mini courses might get more flow.

    On the walk through – yep, that is a great plan! I bet if we handed you an experienced 4 year old dog, you would run it clean and fast. Running a youngster involves a lot of skills that the dogs may or may not have fully developed yet, so it is trickier 🙂 My only suggestion in the walk through is to look down to where she would be more, to get more connection. Really try to see InvisiblePromise each step of the way.

    On the run:
    Many, many fabulous pieces to this run!
    A couple of ideas for you:
    On the backside wrap at 2, you can leave and move forward to the tunnel sooner, as soon as she passes your feet at :53 to keep the bar up (same at 1:10 and later in the video too). That will keep the bar up (you were in her landing spot at the beginning 🙂 ) and get you to the next position more easily

    The RDW looked good! YES!! Fast, independent, and she was hitting the contact. Yay! Good layering too! She has a little trouble controlling the speed after it, she was fish-tailing a bit on the way to the frame but that will improve with experience. She was already better later in the session here!

    She found the a-frame each time but not always the tunnel after it – you pulled away from tunnel 7 too soon at 1:20 but found it much better at 1:32 and 3:12 when you layered to get position but also moved forward to the tunnel. When you were pulling away at 1:20 and later at 2:58, she didn’t see the tunnel line. That is good to know, that moving forward to the tunnel is much clearer for her, even if you layer and are far away.

    After the big fast lines and layering with the contacts (plus the value of the contacts) you will want to call her and insist she turn to find the boring ol’ jump LOL! when there is a contact visible that you don’t want her to drive to (1:37 and also later at 3:18). She got it the 2nd time at 1:59, so a name call will help her get it the first time.

    On the jump before the weaves: Move away from the backside wrap before the weaves (2:03) sooner – same challenge as jump 2 to move away as soon as she passes you. That will help keep the bar up AND will help you set the line to the weaves – you said weaves but for one important heartbeat you moved to the tunnel so that is where she went, at warp speed 🙂
    Much better moving forward to show the weaves at 3:32! Nailed it!

    From what I could see at this angle, the weaves looked GREAT!

    For the ending line, you can isolate it and put yourself ahead to begin it, then gradually work backwards so that you can run it with her driving ahead. She was getting ahead and didn’t really know where to go. So that is something you can show her from ahead and then also we can work on getting more RCs in place in case you can’t get ahead 🙂

    Great job here! Let me know what you think!
    Tracy

    in reply to: Ginger and Sprite #39139
    Tracy Sklenar
    Keymaster

    Good morning!

    >>Sprite did a lovely RC wrap in her class yesterday.

    Yay!!! That is a hard skill!

    >she struggled to take jumps that were near a tunnel and not just dive in.

    Probably higher arousal in class 🙂 Tunnels can be more tempting when arousal is higher! You can help work her through that in calmer places by using more tugging in training and also by doing more tunnel reps to get her stimulated 🙂

    The either/or training at the end was great! She seems to have entered a “I GO FAST BIG LINES ARE SO FUN” stage and I am here for it 🙂 We want her looking at lines and enjoying the speed! She was also looking at the dog walk, even though the full dog walk probably doesn’t even have a ton of value yet. LOL!!! Good girl. We MUCH prefer a dog that drives lines passionately and with big speed over a dog that goes slowly and has a ton of refusals. So you are seeing the passion and that is great! Little drills like this will massage the scoping more towards the lines you want, while maintaining the speed and joy 🙂 Don’t worry at all if she is a bit wide while she is working through this – we know she can turn, and her turn skills will return when she fully knows where to focus. This is an adolescent stage of development and it is actually very fun 🙂

    Serps are looking good too!! Nice job adding in your verbals!

    >>She’s launching a bit, but I’m too far away from the serp jump. Angles aren’t exactly the same as your set up as I had to work with what was in the yard.>>

    Yes, the bigger striding was her jumping towards your line, so it is more about the line and setup than launching in the jumping.

    On the tighter serp exit where you pushed her to the far end of the tunnel (:50 and :59), you would need to be a bit more on takeoff side and we might even need to ‘work’ that exit to get more collection (meaning decelerate a bit and ask for more) but I don’t see a need for that now – she is working her body so nicely that I want her to continue sorting things out. She was already sorting it out at 1:11!

    She was actually hilarious at :54 when the angle of the jump was flat (surprised, perhaps?) and she took a look at it… and said ‘no thanks’ hahaha! That is normal to see baby dogs run past that jump when they are going fast. You helped a little more at 1:05 and she fixed it – it also shows the enormity of the effort on serp lines for the dogs, she really had to work her body! And she sorted it out and nailed it at 1:15! Good girlie!!!!

    Great job here! I am seeing her driving lines and going fast while also considering her jumping and body awareness (thoughtful in drive) and I am seeing you giving clear, connected cues while also running fast to show the lines.

    Have you considered any NFC/FEO runs for her in the fall? Maybe all of us MaxPupper types can meet and do NFC together somewhere 🙂

    Great job!
    Tracy

    in reply to: Amy and Dora (standard poodle) #39138
    Tracy Sklenar
    Keymaster

    Good morning!

    I think she looked brilliant on both!!! The girl can run fast AND turn!!!! 16 inch bars look like no problem at all.

    Both reps looked good – I liked the turn at 2 slightly better on the 2nd rep where you wrapped her to her left, because you were basically standing still at 3. On the 1st rep, you moved into position at 3 and that forward motion sent her a little wider over 2. That might be what you felt as being late? The spin moves on both sides looked great! You did a spin on the right turn side to put her on your left – she read it well and knew to come to the other end of the tunnel. The other option there is to FC and not spin, so she exits 3 on your right – that can be clearer when there is an off course tunnel right there (but she did not appear to look off course when you did the spin, and that is FABULOUS!)

    >>I can’t tell which one was faster because I don’t have the program that times it.

    I timed it to compare by slowing the video down – even though the right turn looks less smooth, there is more extension overall and it is a bit faster.

    Great job here!!!
    Tracy

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