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https://youtu.be/3nuKg9acWew Pop out#3
Hi!
He was responding a lot better on this than you gave him credit for!! You can smooth out the opening a bit:Lead out past 1 to set the line to 2 rather than push away after he lands. Then you can give him his in cue for 3 sooner (he was really good there!)
Backside was good 4-5!
He was not able to get the next backside at :17 – as you were moving to the jump, you were saying moo moo moo moo (which pulls all of his focus to you and the front of the jump) then at the last moment gave the push cue but it was without connection so he took the front (just too late for him to make the adjustment at that point). You turned him around to send to the backside, but it looked like a slice cue and you tried to turn him as he was over the bar… also too late for him to do correctly so he dropped the bar trying to adjust. Be sure that you either keep going or reward! Stopping is a punisher for him (and for all dogs) and it stresses him out especially when he was reading you correctly like he was doing here 🙂
T
https://youtu.be/pTU9RqXSt6o Pop out #2
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The opening looked good – nice blind 3-4 (after the tunnel) both times!! That set up a really nice backside! Try not to rotate towards him – try to keep moving to the next line, that can help him see the push better. Note the difference at :34 when you kept your feet facing the next backside – he got it easily! You got stuck behind the tunnel a tiny bit, so you can use your outside arm to commit him to the 6 jump as you pass the tunnel. The rest looked lovely – super connected and that really helps him find the lines!!Tracy
https://youtu.be/p6hNe8Lfajc Pop out 1
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On this opening, as he is looking at 2, you can turn your shoulders more so he doesn’t look at the weaves and can go directly to the tunnel – you can give him a left verbal or a name call, but you don’t have time to say ‘yes’ 🙂
For the tunnel threadle at 5 – I think a tunnel threadle cue will really help! It can be a separate physical and verbal cue to help the dog know to pass by the obvious end of the tunnel. You were calling his name and saying tunnel, so he didn’t know to ignore the tunnel entry he could see. The tunnel threadle can look similar to a jump threadle cue in terms of upper body rotation and arm use, and you can add a different verbal to it as well.
Great job staying in motion even though he was in the other end of the tunnel! It keeps him in the game and then you nailed the entire middle section from 6 through 14. YAY!!!! Gorgeous!
Great job staying in motion 15-16. The blind to 17 works well, and then you either have to send him way away to 17 (so you can get the wrap then out run him of you are staying on the backside of the tunnel), or get closer to 17 and do a FC there to get him on your right for 18, then flip him away on the flat to get 19-20-21. The post turn caused him to pick up an extra line – great job getting the ending line by continuing then sending him back in the tunnel!!
T
https://youtu.be/Ycj65ZuaOQ4 Course1. Not too bad. I was late a few times.
Hi! This run also went well!
Rather than say “yes” at 2, tell him what to do (he didn’t know what you wanted there) – you can start saying tunnel as soon as he locks onto 2.At :11 you sent him right into the wrong end of the tunnel by saying “tunnel” before he was past it. Good boy! Do you have different cues for the different ends? If not, keep him on your right til he is fully past the wrong end there.
Nice job staying in motion and parallel to the tunnel on the 9-10 line so he found the entry really nicely! That allowed you to set the 10-11 line from ahead, also really nice (11-12-13-14) – the layering there looked great!
Keep moving 15-16, you hesitated then threw in an extra blind 16-17, then things came off the rails a bit – be sure to reward him 🙂
https://youtu.be/8g2WY2KqupcCourse 2 I sent him right to the off course jump😂😂
Hi! This one was the same as the video from Jne 29, let me know if it was meant to be a different one? Here is the feedback from that video:
Hi!The RC at 7 worked nicely here aand you sent brilliant to the 9 tunnel. VERY nice! with more practice, you can get him to llayer even more
GREAT JOB layerin the weaves on the big juicy tunnel send!!!
>. After videoing I figured out how to get the 180 after the 2nd backside>>
Do you mean at 13? The way this was set, the around wrap at 13 was the best option and it set up a GREAT line to 14 and the 15 backside that was so far away. Great job cuing it, Jeri, and great job finding it, Moose!!!! Very proud of him!!!
>> I had a little party. >>
The party was perfect – he was nailing really hard lines!!!
15-16-17-18 looked great! When he exited the tunnel youtold him to go, which is a straight line cue – so he went straight and found the other side of 19. Good boy! I think a ‘get out’ tp push him away to get 19 will be easier for him there.
Lovely work!!!!
TracyHi!
This went well! I think the sits on cue were VERY strong – she sat very quickly and help position til rewarded. Fabulous!
The harder part was getting the rep started – you can use a cookie toss to get a little ahead. This might work better than a stay, because after the stay release I think she was anticipating some action or reward, and not another sit cue 🙂Great job! She is ready for a little more motion from you. And yes, since she might struggle a bit more due to being in season, keep sessions short and fun 🙂
Tracy
Hi there!
Glad to see you had some sun – too much rain there lately!!!It was hard to hear the verbals here (I could hear the timing but not the exact verbal) so we will assume they were all great.
About the timing, especially on the tunnel exits – try to start those verbals for turns on the exit when she is 2 meters before the entry. That will give her time to hear them and see the handling that goes with them. You were tending to start the verbal after she exited, and that was too late because she was already committed to the line after the tunnel. Letting her see and hear the cues 2m before entering should make a big difference!
Same with the cue to turn to the weaves – you were trying to turn her after she landed from the jump on the first part of the video, so she was wide and continued on her line that she was already committed to. Later in the video, you were starting to turn her when she landed from the previous jump (jump after the tunnel) which worked a lot better because she had more time to see the cue and set up the turn.
Using distance there really helped! Nice!!! Having you use layering to get in front to show the turns really helped her be able to turn when you needed her too, and also she found the backsides really nicely too!
I think the hardest part here was that she had a lot of trouble “seeing” the weaves with the jumps all around it. That is becoming a really popular course trend (weave-jump discriminations) so you can help her out by angling the weave so the entry is easier to see, more on her line. Or, you can move the distraction jump further away so it is less visible.
One other think I notice about her: it seems like movement and motion are her biggest rewards (especially after all the rain!). Stopping her for a cookie is ok, but I think staying in motion will be a far, far better reward. So if something goes wrong? Don’t stop! Keep going on the line she on (because it is probably what you cued). Then reward her as if it was the end of the sequence, then try again. That will work even better than ‘find my face’ because find my face is a stopped behavior (I use it only for when there is no way to keep going :))
For example at 2:15 and 2:32, you were late so she stayed on her line… then you stopped so she stayed on her line even more (stress behavior -“Why are we stopping, mom?!?!”). I think you will get more responsiveness on turns and lines if you keep going and don’t stop, even if it was not the exact sequence. Then after you reward her, you can try again with earlier cues or trying different handling. That can help smooth things out very nicely!
Great job here! Looking forward to your live class sequences!
Tracy
Hi!
This session went well! She was great with her commitments on the wraps and the race tracks at the end. Super!!!You did really well overall! Because her commitment keeps getting stronger and stronger, you don’t have to move as fast – maybe that is why it felt like a struggle? You can send and decel and leave sooner, but not faster. Let me know if that makes sense or if I need more coffee LOL!!!
>.I did leave one rep in the video that includes where I can see that I didn’t and she didn’t commit.
Yes, that was at :45 – I think it was mainly that you didn’t quite get connection before the send so she was behind you looking at you (when you watch the video, you can see she is behind your back, not sure which side to be on). So when you rotated, she hadn’t passed you yet so she turned with you. I love that you rewarded her anyway – all errors are handler errors, especially at this stage, so we pay the pups 🙂
On last thing to consider:
you had great wrap verbals going! You can use your wrap verbals any time she comes back around a wing and into the center of the box before going to the next wing. Those are full wraps. If she is going to stay outside the box to go to the next wing, like the race tracks, you can use a left/right verbal instead of a wrap verbal. That will help attach verbals to that line too.Great job here!! Let me know what you think!
TracyOh no! Kennel cough sucks!! Sorry to hear it. Feel free to post any video you have while you are waiting for the coughing to go away!
Tracy
Hi!
That is exciting news about the Nosework with both dogs! I think the ‘sniff sports’ are just great for their brains and bodies, and complement agility beautifully. I am so glad they are both doing well!I am glad you had fun with the layering game! She did really well. As she is exiting the tunnel, don’t stand still with the layering – keep moving to support the line. The decel was making her think you wanted a turn (you can see her curling into you a little bit over the pink jump) so you can run like mad and then meet her at the turn jump.
She definitely liked the layered line over the pink jump back to the tunnel!!! Fast and confident!!!
On the throw back at jump 4 – getting in between the pink and purple jump to do a cross to the throwback is a lot of handling and was a little late. You can try doing it as a rear cross to flip her away from you on that #4 jump, so you can start it as she is approaching the #3 pink jump. The throwback would be easier and smoother on the #5 jump.
Great job on these! She is definitely ready for the next layering sequence.
Tracy
