[Tracy Sklenar]

Good morning!

>. I didn’t know on that first package we could go to the take off side to set up the rear cross better.>>

You can stay on the takeoff side while still layering, and the dogs can read the rear cross. I think we will do more of that in the nxt games package, everyone is having trouble with it – hard skill!!!

Onwards to the video – lots of good work going on here! The yare very tricky -lots of lines to sort out and figuring out where the layering can go 🙂

As you are playing with the different handling and teaching her the layerning – run her at 16″. Make it fast and fun and easier on her body. I know she measures into the 24″ class and all… but she hits a lot of bars in training (and she hits them hard) as you are sorting out the hard handling stuff. And that has got to be ouchy on her toes!! Don’t let pressure (from yourself or from peers) push you into jumping her at 24 all the time.

For example, right at the beginning, you had a bar at :02 – you looked ahead and she had to process that and figure out where go, and she hit the bar hard with her back toes. So make it easier for her with the lower bar.

>>I also couldn’t figure out the first sequence how to get the backside of 5.

You got to the tunnel exit realy well at :04! You were almost perfect, just needed to be one step sooner to get 5 without any potential collisions 🙂 You can start your verbals before she goes in the tunnel (a ‘get out’ would be best there because it is what she needs to do when she exits the tunnel) as well as show her the outside arm to cue the shift away from you. Also, you can get there even sooner by using more lateral distance to send to 3 so you can get to the tunnel exit even sooner, and start the backside push cues before she even enters.

The rest of that pop out went really well!

2nd pop out on the video: This one is all about position of front crosses 🙂 You had good timing on the FCs at :20 and :33. Positionally, you were all the way across the bar so she jumping on a big slice to your position so you had to pushher back to the tunnel. To get a better line, you can be closer to the line you want her to take (very clsoe to the first wing of the jump and on the way to the unnel entry) – she doesn’t need the extra support of you going across the bar, so you can send and trust her commitment 🙂 .

You can also send without going across the bar at :41 when crossing to the other side of the tunnel. Going across the bar set up a wide line here and she hit her feet on the bar trying to adjust in the air (she is less likely to smack her feet on the bar trying to adjust with the lower bar).

And I think you can trust her more on the FC on the backside at :46 – you stepped across the bar so she sliced and adjusted after landing. So, the theme here is: trust your girl! Send her to the jump, keep the good timing of the FC but run to the next obstacle without over-supporting the line by stepping across the bar.

On the next pop out – at :55, try it with tunnel layering 🙂 A big trend lately is sending the do to do things on the other side of the tunnel, as you saw a bit of in the RYG sequence 2. That will make that line much easier (and you can totally break it down and reward her for going to find the jump while you are on the other side of the tunnel.

You are doing a good job with the tricky lines! She had a little question at 1:13 and went past the jump – that was because you started looking forward to the jumpand not back t her, which turned your body line past it (so she was correct to not flick away to it).

>>. I couldn’t figure out that last one at all lol. Were we supposed to end to that one backside behind the tunnel and layer to 7?>>

Yes, on the last one on the video – send to he backside and layer the tunnel to get to the 7 jump. What was making it hard was that you were going behind the tunnel by a step or two to get the 6 backside, then trying to go back around the tunnel to layer. Your motion back around the tunnel pulled her off the line to 7. Sticking right at the #5 jump and sending to 6 without going past the tunnel will let you layer the tunnel and set the line to 7 really nicely.

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

[Tracy Sklenar]

Welcome back!
It looked like an AMAZING trip, thank you for sharing the photos!!!! And yes, nothing better to shake of jet lag than sprinting in the heat LOL!!!!

>>I’m not really sure what I should be saying for this jump after the tunnel.>>

Ideally you would be saying “GO!”before she enters the tunnel to get her to exit straight which helps her see the jump. Now what to say next depends on what helps her more: Some days prefer more go go go, and some dogs prefer a “jump” verbal, and some dogs prefer a GO JUMP 🙂 You used a get out a couple of times and I don’t think she needed that (dropped the bar on it) because it is not a lead change away. You can also break down the skill but putting the jump closer to the tunnel and unavoidably on her line so it is easy to find 🙂 You can also move your barrier in closer so the layering challenge has less distance to begin with, then eventually we can move it back out.

It was smart that you all also did the mirror image course!!! Nice!

Looking at the video – getting the layering started, she was surprised on the first rep but made a great decision and the reward made an impact. Placing the reward word once then did I see correctly that she ran past the jump to get it at :22 ? Darn smart dogs LOL!! So keep throwing it rather than placing it, so she has to seek out the jump to get it, that will probably be more effective.

Wrapping towards you at 4 looked great, she did the get out NICELY and looked great on the layering. She had a bar down at :41 but that was just you working out the timing of the wrap and the sending. I was VERY happy with her jumping the 5 jump after the get out (at :42 for example) – she had to jump it on a severe slice at a distance and she was GREAT! Your work is paying off!

>>but always been a slightly harder skill for her and I. It also a skill we don’t use to often so we are a little rusty. I think she was really getting it at the end.>>

It is such a hard skill! And so useful, which is why we have started emphasizing it.

Showing the switch from closer with the layering was smart to get her started on it. When you do the switch, from wherever you are: be sure to point your feet to the bar – when she had the big question at 1:20, your feet were pointing to the backside line. So it might end up almost being like a pull then flip away, so your feet are showing the bar the whole time.

She got it nicely at 1:34 and 1:47 when you pointed your feet to the bar and had super nice big obvious arm cues!!

She was also good at 1:59 – you were probably needing more decel and verbals there. You were moving fast into the 4 jump and got quieter there 🙂

2:10 was an example of where she did not need the get out (bar down) so let me know how she does with the Jump and go cues to help find the jump.

She was totally getting the switch away by the end! At 2:13, you can try to stop your motion sooner and turn feet to the center of the bar and see if she can do it without you pushing into the jump (the motion and feet direction there looks a little like a potential backside cue, and she barked at you in same spot on the last rep LOL! )

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

[Tracy Sklenar]

Good morning! She looked super confident here!!! YAY!
Looks like you added some tip, she was a good girl! Remember to be super super super gradual with adding the tip so that she barely notices and continues to drive to the top of the board.

I think that this point, you can start naming the obstacle instead of saying “go” because “go” is an entirely different behavior 🙂 The teeter is now moving a bit so it is getting more teeter-ish and can be named. (You can also use an interim cue like a noise if you don’t want to say your teeter word yet, but don’t use go because go is all extension and the teeter is all weight shift :))

Are you also playing the other games from River’s class? She seems ready for those too – we hit on those a little here, but you can feel free to ask questions or post clips from that progression if you want.

Great job!!
Tracy

[Tracy Sklenar]

Good morning!

Happy birthday, Saphira!!! 2 years old – such a great age!!!

>>When roles switch I think Saphira will quit going in her crate. We’ll see. Either way I need to just do something and work through it>>

It sounds like they are associating those things (going in the crate, going in the van) when the other dog does not also get crated as predicting the frustration of not also getting to train. So you can prevent that association and the frustration/arousal that comes with it by rotating little crating moments here and there throughout the day or week, with great things happening in the crate (chews, treats, etc) but the other dog does NOT always go out and train. That can help reduce the issues of crating one while the other trains.

>Karl can go upstairs and put his headphones on.

Sorry Karl! LOL!!!!

>>so she can bring it to my and punch me if she wants.

The things we do for our dogs LOL!!!! And the bruises we get LOL!!!!

It sounds like she has a nice variety of toys and treats that she likes and you can use! And definitely keep getting her arousal up with toys before training, even at home – the science supports this SO MUCH it is mind-blowing and it will set her up for a lot of success in the future.

>>Seems to be a great reward for do the hard thing then open up and run through a tunnel.

Yes! Stopping for toys or treats is not always a reward – sometimes letting the dog rip through a tunnel is perfect in the moment!

Looking at the first video with the crosses in front of the tunnel: you did a great job of breaking things down and building them back together to create a lot of success! Yay!!!

Nice job breaking down the blinds to the tunnel – on the 2nd rep, the bar came down because as you were leading out, you were heading towards the tunnel entry in front of her and he was surprised that you did the blind instead of going straight. That was not an issue when you did the full sequence, your line was really strong on those (see below)

Nice sending to the middle jump! And great job breaking that out to be sure she could do it 🙂

On the full sequence: the FC was lovely! Too early at 1:11 then perfect again. Since we are talking about timing a lot: when she lands from the middle jump, you should keep moving to your FC or BC position but watch her head: she needs to look at the next jump before you can start the FC or BC. Looking at the next jump is her cue to you to begin the cross 🙂

LOVED the blind at the end! That worked GREAT!!!

The rear crosses are going well! The key is to show motion pressure to the center of the bar as the main part of the cue. After all of the pinwheel work she was a little surprised but she got it correctly each time on the left turns! That means you were showing the rear cross line really well 🙂

At :21ish it looked like she got a bug in her mouth or something LOL!

At :50 you did not show the RC line (it was more of a pull to the wrap wing then a late pressure to the RC) so she was convinced that you wanted a left turn, then you cue in and pushed her off the jump.

When that happens, just keep going, do not fix – it is handler error so it is fine to carry on. Stopping to fix can be deflating to the dog and also doesn’t fix the question of whatever happened to cause her question.

On the next reps, you ran the RC line a lot better s she got it 🙂

The last sequences where you balanced the regular pinwheels and speed circles with the rear crosses looked great! This is challenging to the handler 🙂 because you had to show the very clear differences or the young dogs can’t get it right. And you nailed it: super clear info. YAY!!!!!!

>> Should I be using a verbal on the turn? Her wrap cue?>>

Yes, you can use the verbal that matches the turn. In this case, it is a wrap verbal.

One thing to do with these setups: since we were talking about getting more speed and excitement, and since you have the room: stretch these sequences out so you can get more run run run running in 🙂 Can you set them to have 25 feet or more between jumps? Both of you will be hustling 🙂 You’ll end up doing fewer reps because there will be more exertion but that is fine! The bigger distances should help her love to open up and fly 🙂

Great job here!
Tracy

[Tracy Sklenar]

Yes! Definitely more jump tunnel combos. When do you need to set the courses for July? I can send you the setups early 🙂 so Mr. Golly G can have the full space for training 🙂 He is looked great!
Tracy

[Tracy Sklenar]

Good morning!

The lazy game with the toy looked great – my favorite thing about it was that you were being properly lazy 🙂 and giving the verbals… and she was responding to the verbals without you actually needing to turn! Super! For example, your ‘right’ verbal was getting her turned as you strolled through and didn’t help her do the turn. That is GREAT NEWS for her being able to respond to verbals independently of handling!!

Lazy Game parts 2 & 3

Very nice connection on the first set up reps where you were timing the cues and doing the one step sending to the middle jump. Nailed it! After that you had the lazy game with the tunnel and she did well too – she needed a bit more of a cue to get the tunnel but that is fine, because that is an easy cue to give on course.

Keep connecting like you did here – it was really lovely – you were able to maintain that connection as you started running faster, and that meant your were nailing your timing of the cues as well. Connection makes timing a LOT easier. Your timing was basically as she was lifting off for the previous jump, which is really good for now. My guess is that is where her “adult” timing will end up: at liftoff for the previous jump, because waiting for landing will be too late when she is jumping full height bars.

Speaking of bars: since this went really well, you can give her more of a bar to jump: These looked to be 8 inches? If so, you can go to 10 then 12 in the next session (even if it is a different sequence).

3rd video with wraps:

Great job with your connection, verbals, and timing of the wrap rotation. She is doing brilliantly with moving from extension to collection to extension – good girlie!!!!!

You started to add more of your running in the 2nd rep and 3rd rep, which is great because that way we can put in the transitions to give her the info even sooner. Based on how well she did here, you can run more on the 1-2-3-4 line (I think she is ready for you to really run as long as you stay connected). Then, as she is lifting off for 4 (the middle jump), you can start decelerating and giving the wrap verbal, so she can land with the info about the collection. That will allow you to rotate sooner and she will collect beautifully.

Looking at the last 2 reps, with the wrap at 1:01 versus the wrap at 1:17 –

On the rep starting at about :59, you were moving a little more slowly so as she was jumping 4, you accelerated into the wrap – that cued her to take off in extension for the 5 jump, so the wrap cues are as she was lifting off nd most of her turn as made after landing of 5.

Now compare to the rep that started at 1:14 – when she committed to 3, you accelerated then as she was over 4 at 1:17, you decelerated and began the wrap cues – she collected before takeoff and had a great turn! Yay!

So keep working that timing of the transition. Bear in mind that you do not need to be right at the wing, so if she gets ahead of you – the timing remains the same and you can do the wrap cues from any position!

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

[Tracy Sklenar]

Hi!

Hope you had a great weekend!

Yes, you forgot you were supposed to move on the first rep, I was typing ‘you can move more” when you said that on the video LOL!!! The rest looked really strong!!

When you were moving, it was just about perfect! The only thing to add now is NOT flip him away or step to the threadle entry of the tunnel, let him find it himself when you are moving forward.

You will basically keep moving forward slowly, saying the verbal and doing the arm cue – then wait for him to turn his head to the tunnel. You can mark that and then move to the tunnel and then reward.

Great job here! Let me know how he does when you are helping less and letting him find it more independently!

Tracy

[Tracy Sklenar]

Hi!

>>I looked through the max pup stuff and couldn’t find a throw back video. Is there one somewhere?

It is in all the backwards sending games 🙂 So you can see it in the prop games and barrel games in MaxPup 1 that are sideways and backwards sending. And in the proofing games, we do a throwback on the backside slice proofing game – it is isolated but definitely a throwback.

>> I know you aren’t home and you may not know exactly where everything is!>>

I am rarely home at this time of year LOL!!!

>>Yes, Sprite was a good girl with the out jump. I felt like I lead out too far and was running out of room.>>

Ah yes – that is a legit point. Part of t he layering strategy is just how close to the start of the layer you need to be, to get the line without running out of room and ending up with no place to move to. Stay tuned for the live class, there is stuff that covers this in there.

>>We tried one jump throw back and RC wrap. Left the bar at 16. I’m thinking a lot with the throw back. Is this even correct?

I am a little under-caffeinated and I thought you were doing all throw backs and wondering why you were cuing rear crosses at the beginning LOL!!!! That means the rear cross/tandem turns looked great 🙂

On the very first rep – you were not clear, it totally looked like a throw back to the left wrap wing so she was correct. Be sure to mark all “errors” in anything handling as correct for her, because it is all human error for all of us 🙂

The next several reps were great tandems, and you got earlier and earlier. If you want them tighter, add some decel and it will be perfect!

The throw backs looked great – it is hard to do on one jump but you nailed it! Great job with the mechanics and the shifting connection. Sprite had no questions, which is especially good because she had just done all those rear crosses and if we mess up a throw back, the dogs read it as a rear cross 🙂

>I’d need to get a lot better before using it on a course. I recall the one jump standing still and send while facing the dog and sending back. I just don’t recall having a drill where we did this skill>

I believe the moving throw backs were in MaxPup 3:

The Forced Front Cross: Sequences!

The Forced Front Cross and Forced Threadle: Intro!

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

[Tracy Sklenar]

Hi!
Hope you had a great weekend 🙂 The distance seminar sounds fun! Now we add in the layering and all is good!

The visual of the obstacle being layered is hard and small dogs have to take a lot more strides to stay out on the line. So it is more about the training and not as much about handling.

Rosie Video 1:
Two things that will really help Rosie tp get the distance without the spins or questions:

Handling the layering with motion:
By this – don’t treat it like a send because that stops your motion and she was tending not to go the first time on the send – she was going when she figured out the sequence 🙂 Layering is strongest when we can stay on a parallel line and keep running fast! So, to help her get that concept, set up the visual obstruction a little closer to the layering jump so you can run a parallel line to it rather than stop and send.

Rewarding as far away from you as possible: rather than reward her near you for finishing the sequence, try to always throw a reward to the landing side of the layering jump. This can be from a lotus ball since she is a foodie 🙂 And the timing of the throw is when she looks at the jump! You don’t need to wait for her to take the jump, you can mark and throw as soon as she even looks at it 🙂 That will really begin to get her looking away from you.

And if she really has a tough time, you can place the toy out on the line before you start the sequence – so she can do jump, tunnel – then the lotus ball or a manners minder can be in front of the #3 jump 🙂 Then move the reward to the landing side and further and further away over time.

When she gets the idea that she can go to that jump independently – smooth sailing from there!!

On the second video – one other thing that I see here is that your opposite arm helps her stay out on the layering line! You had more motion here so she was a better staying on the line, plus she already saw the sequence 🙂

The ‘turn’ cue on jump 4 to turn away looked great!

Note the reward placement – it was all from your hand, right near you. If we can shift the placement to be out on the line, you will see a huge shift in her focus on the line. The reward placement was why she kept having trouble finding the jump, even though she ran the line a bunch of times.

At 1:44, you decelerated at jump 4 so she thought you wanted the turn, good girl.

She was finding the other lines nicely! The spins were her not being sure if she should go that far away – the sends we good, but it delays you from mooing up the line (plus it is hard to send then there is a dog walk there :))

She found the tunnel at a distance really well each and every time, so this is mainly about the jump on the line – get more parallel line motion and throw or place the reward out there, and it will be much easier 🙂

Looking at Lily’s videos – Yes, she wants to be close to you 🙂 I think she homework for her is the same was with Rosie:
Keeping the barrier in as close as needed so you can stay in motion on a parallel line (might be 2 feet away from the jump)

And throwing the reward on the line.

Both of these will help you keep moving and get more consistent layering: if you sent just at the right motion and with the right timing, she would get it. But she would often ask questions about the barrier or spin.

So with that in mind, the reward being placed in advance might be VERY helpful for her. It can be the Manners Minder placed right in front of the jump so she can drive to it as she exits the tunnel and you move up the line on a parallel line. You can click the MM as soon as she looks forward after the tunnel (but try to resist temptation to do a big send arm & leg – keep moving :))

On the 2nd video:
I love that you moved the barrier in closer so she could find the line and you could keep moving – that was PERFECT and really helpful for her. And you can more the #4 jump in loser too, so it is easier for her to find the jump #5 while you keep moving through the layering.

So definitely keep the barrier in close, just a few feet from the jump, and keep moving like you did at about :36-:39. That was GREAT! You had cones there and you ran between the cones and the barrier – and she nailed it. YAY! So more of that for sure! (And throw or place all rewards to the line, no more rewards from hand when layering :))

She did far better with the layering when you stayed in motion. She did get it with the send, but keeping you in motion will make it a lot easier to get ahead and set up the turn on jump 4 🙂

Great job here! Let me know how it goes with the parallel motion and rewards on the line!

Tracy

[Tracy Sklenar]

Hi!

>>I don’t have video but have been doing extremely short tug sessions and then tossing down great treats (I had just been using kibble but now have freeze-dried liver and other yummy things, and the issue was only with toys, never food) and it’s gone well. >>

Yay! The more you practice the up and down of the arousal, the easier it will get 🙂 Then we just have to make it through adolescence and she will have a much easer time with it all.

On the video: lots of good work!! There was so much success here – I love it!

Having her cot there gave her a good landing pad between reps, and that helped set up a lot of success 🙂

The wrap to the treat went well with the FC on the first rep and the spin on the 2nd rep!
3rd & 5th rep: FABULOUS job catching her attention for the decel! Nice!

When something goes wrong, you can give her a cookie to reset (4th and 6th rep) because yes… handler error (you were a little far from the barrel and too quick to move away. I think also she did better going to the barrel when you had an empty hand on the send hand? So keep that hand empty to test my theory 🙂

Turn away on the flat is looking good! First video: You had a nice decel and very obvious hand cues, so she was easily able to do the tandem turns. She seemed to read it better when you had your outside arm involved, so definitely keep using that.

2nd video: you switched to the lap turn and she did really well! You had really clear mechanics, well done to you!

When you added the prop: The prop needed to be a bit further away so that she was not running directly over it to get ti you – when you added the tandem turns, she had a better starting position (at the end of the video) and that really helped!!

She does have a lot of prop value but that is great – and you can see on video 3 that she was happy to come to the magic cookie hand fr the lap turn and then go hit the prop. She will hit the prop even better if the turn hand is empty (so she is not following a cookie) but overall, I think she looked great on these!

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

[Tracy Sklenar]

Good morning!

>>She offered me a set up and we rolled with it

She was great about offer that first line up and letting the lash cue off!

>>The second time she offered again but I was too far behind the wing so I did try to move. She couldn’t stay and I just wanted to let the situation diffuse quick. Hope that was ok?>>

It was the best thing to do in the moment – it doesn’t really matter to her if she gets a cookie… if there is a perception of “wrong” then she shows stress behavior. So the perception of wrong of the hesitation from you and the verbals (when she is wrong, your energy changes and your verbals get quieter). Even if you are smiling and throwing a cookie, she still perceives it as a wrong moment.

Because it is great that she is offering the line up: You can release right away as soon as the leash is off and you step away, or reward right away by tossing a treat behind her. For now, even if she is in the wrong spot – no lead outs for now at all because she broke then knew something was off and you got stress behavior. We want to protect the offering of the line up, that is great!

When she ended up on the other side of the jump:

>>Interesting even tho she got paid she had to get her leash right after. Makes sense.>>

The cookie is not really significant to her in that moment, because there were a series of cues telling her she was wrong:
The “Almost” verbal is a ‘that was wrong’ marker and the slight hesitation was too, so you got stress even though you tossed a cookie. Don’t mark with almost, use your “THAT WAS AWESOME” reward then reward the same way as you would if she got the correct side of the jump. Errors on course are handler errors, so it might be confusing to her and she follows your cues, then only gets the almost marker and a passive reward.

On the next rep, you had much stronger connection and more push on her line to the jump, then a very different reward (marker, excitement level) when she got the front side of the jump, so very different response from her (happy to stick around, no stress behavior).

So we are making measurable progress with her resilience, moving the needle in the right direction, based on how she happily offered the line up and was fine with the leash coming off. She is still building the resilience for things going wrong on course, so it is important to never let her think things went wrong :). You are not deliberately telling her that she was wrong, but she is still reading it based on the difference in your responses.

Nice work!! Let me know what you think!
Tracy

PS Turn down both tunnel entries so she doesn’t hit her head if she accidentally ends up in the open entry after you get the jump.

[Tracy Sklenar]

Good morning!

>>It looks like you turned into the dog, threw back the left arm and then BC to get dog on right? If you start DOL then how is the new arm still the left arm? >>

The left arm is not the new arm, sorry for any confusion 🙂 On the throw back, I start the FC going from my left to my right. But halfway through, I stop the FC and face the dog: then using the left arm, I throw back behind me to the landing spot (and shift connection to the landing spot). Then yes, I exit with the dog on my right (which is the new arm at that point) because it is a spin/blind cross exit. I can make a close up video when I get home tomorrow if it still is not making sense 🙂

>>We are really trying to get a RC wrap on jump 5, correct? I definitely thought I was supposed to use the right arm here. Oops!>>

Do you mean the same jump as the throwback? You can put a rear cross wrap there, but the throwback is easier. I put a RC wrap on jump 4 which is a better spot for it.

>>We are still working on my timing of decel to get decent turns when I’m not at a distance.>>

Your decel on a normal course is looking great lately! So now it is just getting the hang of it at a distance with obstructions.

>>Because I doubt I’ll get to set this again we tried sequence two on her third turn. But, she was hot and tired and this is all we got done.>>

I thought this went GREAT! From what I could tell, she never looked at the tunnel when you were cuing the jump behind it (you were VERY clear that you wanted the jump… All.The.Cues. in terms of motion, connection, verbal, arm). And then when you asked for the tunnel? No problem for Sprite! Followed by the jump again at the end? Also no problem. Fantastic!!!!! Especially great since she was hot and tired (but she was still speedy and listening)!

Great job here!
Tracy

[Tracy Sklenar]

Good morning! This looked great! How is his tail doing?

>>I still felt like my movement was pretty minimal, but I guess with Dreamer that’s all he needs. We only ran it these three times and I was really happy with how we both did!>>

Yes and yes, on a really good way – you didn’t need to move much (but remember to keep using your verbals, you were getting quiet by the end) . And also yes- he was great all 3 times. He was certainly confident to do the big layering line! Nice!

There was a bar down at :06 on the first rep – it was when your ‘get out’ arm was coming up and you were slowing down, so be sure to keep moving as you do that (last bar on that sequence was the toy throw)

The arm came up in that spot after landing at :23 and he had no problem with the bar. The rest looked super : )

He also had no problem finding the layering line the other direction – super nice!!!

If he is still not cleared for tunnels or weaving, you can do the pop outs that have weaves and replace the weaves with your obstruction 🙂 And replace the tunnel with a jump or two like you did here.

Great job!!

Tracy

[Tracy Sklenar]

This one is the Rear cross on 5 – he was asking a lot of questions because you were walking. The walking cued collection on each jump, so he was basically asking: turn now? Turn now?

So you can definitely run more which will cue him to run more. To get the rear cross and still run, run very closer to the wing of the red and yellow jump, then you can set up the line for the rear cross. He is reading the rears very nicely (those are hard for young dogs!) so now we can add more acceleration 🙂

Great job on these! Let me know what you think!

Tracy

[Tracy Sklenar]

This the blind cross to the tunnel. On the first rep on each side, you were decelerated and helping more than he needs on the middle jump… and then had a big “I better hurry” moment and accelerated to the blind. This cued extension on the jump before the blind, which made him surprised by the blind.

The 2nd rep no each side was much smoother because you left the pinwheel jump to get to the blind sooner, which really helped!

You can send away more to the 4 jump (middle jump) and the run like mad to the blind 🙂 That will get you there in plenty of time, and will also help us see how independent his commitment is 🙂

On all 4 reps here, your connection after the blind was AWESOME so he was able to pick up the new side each time. Well done!!!

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