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Hi!
I am glad you liked the setup 🙂 I like to work a lot of ‘this or that’ type of stuff without having to change setups LOL!!
He did well here! Looking at some of his questions:
On the frame-tunnel discrimination, you can try adding a verbal like “out” for instances when you want the tunnel, and maybe a bit of upper body rotation towards him when you want the frame, so he gets it right away.
For the line after the frame, he was much better when you were earlier with the cues. The timing of exit cues on the running a-frame should be no later than the apex of the frame: At :12 you did it when he was exiting, too late, 3 bonus points for the off course tunnel 🙂 You were m uch clearer at :50 and 1:05 but you can give more info than his name. His name is simply a “pay attention” cue and a right verbal there would be more specific (like at 2:07, when he was looking at you but not sure where to be exactly). You were very specific on the rep at 1:19 and 1:26 when you said “go tunnel” and he had no problem even with the layering there – early, repeated info. Yay!
For the jump after the frame: at :21, the handling looked like a threadle cue (upper body and position relative to the jump) but not a threadle based on your response when he threadled. He read you correctly, so be sure to stay connected if something goes wrong.
At :38, you were further across the bar and it was clearer that it was a serpentine LOL! You were using the cross arm for the serp here: do you use the cross arm for the threadle too? That might make them look to much the same – maybe only use the cross arm for the threadle and no cross arm (dog side arm only) for the serp.The line after the serp looked great each time, and so did the flip moments on the balance reps after the tunnel! Those were really strong!
The other thing to consider here is to repeat the verals more: flip flip flip and weave weave weave, for example. If you get too quiet, he might miss the processing moment. It is not likely to be an issue here in a quiet training session, but more likely to happen at a noisy trial.
Great job here! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi!
Kim is a really great judge! These courses also looked lovely. Your day 2 runs looked great too, I am impressed! Was that a backside early in the standard course? Yikes! LOL!And yes, she was nailing the skills, it was really cool to see them applied to these ‘real life’ situations! Loved your connection, and loved her focus on the lines. The future is so bright! You totally passed the final exam LOL!!!
>>We didn’t Q, but came so close!!!>>
The humbling thing about UKI is that the Q rate can be very low LOL! But the runs were beautiful and that is the most important thing 🙂
TracyHi!
Great job in class last night, both Cabo and Fizz were awesome!!!!These links are the same as the ones that started with the a-frame. Can you repost the links with the teeter through weave section?
Thanks 🙂
TracyHi!
>>I don’t really get why dog side arm should be back on a RC?
Because by pointing your arm forward, you are turning your shoulders and showing info that confuses the wraps. A soft/low dog side arm that is out of the way (back) on RCs is very helpful and avoids the pull/flick confusion.
>>I always struggle with the decel part of it as decel puts me even farther behind, it’s ok on a RC wrap like this but on more normal RCs it kills me. I am sure that is part of the reason why I don’t do it all the time.>>
Some RCs require the decel to set them (the ones here did) but then you can use directionals and independent lines to get ahead again further on course. Not all RCs require the decel, but these sure did.
>>Start as soon as she rounds the wing??
Yes, as soon as she rounds the wrap wing and looks at the correct line, start the blind.
>>even with a tighter turn at the wrap wouldn’t she likely come inside the next jump if I start it that early??
Nope! You showed her the line, you said jump, so she should commit. It is worth training and handling because otherwise, you will be late.
First video:
Both crosses looked really good here! If it feels better on the mirror image, might just be your side preference because this looked really good 🙂 and she read them really well.2nd video:
>>This felt awkward for whatever reason – maybe not trusting the wrap? She was really wide again turning right and that made the balance turn harder (and being a left turn made that harder for her).
It was just timing 🙂 You were late with the FC on the 1st, 2nd, 4th reps (a little better on the 3rd rep) so she is not quite getting the collection, and so she was waiting for info. You want to be decelerating as she is jumping the jump before the wrap, and fully rotated/facing the new direction before she takes off for the wrap. That will also make the balance rep timely (it was late here too :)) because when she comes around the wrap wing, you can be showing her the left turn (physical cues and left verbal) before she makes a takeoff decision. It will all tighten up with earlier cues.
3rd video: since we are starting to look at timing, try to rotate sooner on the tunnel entry to get a better turn on the exit – you should be fully rotated no later than 3 feet before she goes in (ideally sooner).
Timing of the FC wrap at :11 is improving! I think it would benefit her for you to be closer to the line (which might mean doing the BC on the landing of 3). You were partially turned as she was taking off for the wrap but then looking at your position for the next line: she is driving to your line/position and since it is far from 6, the turn is wide. So putting you closer to the jumps will totally help that so she can drive your line AND find the jumps. That is what you did on the 2nd rep and your timing for the wrap was better but more importantly – your position was better so she was tighter finding the lines. Yay! It will get easier as she gets more experienced but for now, position is really important to help with the turns and timing.Nice work here! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi! Hope you had a relaxing camping experience! Sounds like the UKI trial was great – a wonderful first experience! YAY!!!! Great job setting that up for her <3
The decel video looked good - she is collecting appropriately here! We are not giving her much help other than decel, so I am very happy to see her setting up the turns 🙂 2 tiny details:
- I really liked what she was doing when you did the turn and burns on the wraps, so add chasing you for longer til she almost catches up, then throw the toy so she blasts past you. Dropping the toy was cuing her to stop, so she didn't have as much blast as she did when you were moving more - and I think the chasing and motion is part of the reward for her 🙂
- try not to step back when you are doing the FC and turn and burn exits, especially when she is on your right side. Keep your feet together as you decel (gonna feel weird LOL!) then move forward into the turn. You were taking a big step back and that adds motion in a direction we don't want (she dropped a bar on one of those big steps back).Overall, though, this is strong so you can resume your "real" handling games and not just doing decels 🙂
I have been gathering resilience info for you and 3 things stand out:
- first, she is in the phase of adolescent brain development where things that *we* think should be fine are not fine to *her*, based on the front cortex and amygdala communication (or, lack of communication). It explains why she struggles to process certain things, especially when they are different. So with that in mind, I suggest 2 things to build resilience that also provide a framework for earning reinforcement, recovery, and coping skills if something new/different happens. The goal is for her to be able to return to baseline is there is something different:
-- have you taught her the pattern game/coping mechanism that you taught Didi? I can grab some video of it in terms of how we are doing it recently, but it helps the dogs explore the environment, breathe... and also offer engagement with you with a specific framework for doing so. I have expanded how we use it a whole lot since we last looked at it
-- I think if you teach her some reinforcement procedures, away from any skills you want to train, then you will have more resilience as well as more reinforcement options if something changes. It can be something super simple like: cookie at your side (not heel position or anything formal, but more like a reset cookie) then a thrown toy - retrieve-ish (again, not a formal obedience retrieve) then reset to cookie at your side. Being able to loop this will provide a very useful framework to insert other behaviors eventually, but it needs to be its own happy little loop first. If cookies-toys are too hard, you can do cookie-cookie and toy-toy, eventually merging them together. It will seem super informal, done in a non-training setting, but it is actually incredibly useful for that resilience and return to baseline 🙂I also teach all of my dogs to bark on cue (as a trick, talking to me) as a resilience behavior - it has proven to be the fastest way to return to baseline (the goal of resilience!) for all of my dogs and all of the student dogs that I have convinced to do it LOL!!! So consider it as a fun, easy trick to add to the toolbox because it works amazingly well and you don't get more barking during "work" or life 🙂
Let me know what you think!
TracyGood morning!
Hope you had a break in the rain! It has been bad here!!
>> Keiko started out well, though she got twisted around at the end of the first run and made up her own ending. 😉 I”m really not sure what happened – perhaps I needed to go closer to the far jump? Did I do something strange with my hand that made her take the jump on the wrong side? I just treated it as though it was correct and she seemed quite happy.>>
It was good to treat it as correct, because she read you correctly LOL!! At :44, you turned your shoulders forward with a high arm, so she said “aha! I know that one, it is the threadle!” Good girlie! On the layering, she definitely likes when you move parallel to her on the other side of the tunnel, so moving forward more with your arm lower and more eye contact will help.
>>On the second run, her daddy came out to watch, and she wasn’t able to stay focused. Or perhaps I started moving laterally and signaled with my arm too soon? It felt to me like I was doing it the same way as before, but perhaps, with him watching, my timing was off for both of us? >>
She was totally looking to her left 🙂 when you were on her right. My guess is that is where The Daddy was watching LOL! So it was not a handling question, it was a “OMG DADDY” question LOL!!
She was a little distracted on the last run too, looking around – not sure if she was pooped out with the humidity, or looking for the dad, or wanted more motion…. but one thing you can do it to up the value of the reinforcement. On a simple line where you are running and there are not many challenges, you use the lotus ball. But on the big layering, or when The Daddy is there, or when it is hot/humid (humidity really is hard for the dogs)… you can bring out the frisbee 🙂 and reward a lot. That can balance out doing the same things a few times, or when there are distractions or not a lot of motion. (or all of the above).
If you get a break in the rain, try it with the frisbee 🙂
>>How long do we have left for posting and feedback?
Til September 17th! Plenty of time for more fun 🙂 She will like the games from the live class last night 🙂
Nice work here!
TracyGood morning!
Looks like he is feeling better and I am glad the chiro helped!
>> And I was thinking the same as you about just starting the Doxy for Ronin anyway, but hubs doesn’t agree exactly and he did improve with chiro work. So I have an appt. soon for lyme re-test and also going to do full X-rays of joints too just to be sure.
A lot of vets offer the doxy cycle now because it can help the dog when diagnosis is challenging… and TBD is challenging to diagnose! If there is a tick issue, it might not be Lyme. So I think the fuller test is a C6 to check for more. Hopefully it is nothing!
Lots of good work on these videos! Yay!!
Video 1:
More connection needed on the landing and takeoff of the 2nd jump.
On the landing side (first rep), he ran past it because you kept him on your right and should have already done the blind to your left. The right side with your shoulder closed forward caused him to run past. When you revisited this at 1:08, you opened your shoulder to serp him in and that totally helped! But it delayed the blind so he had to slow down when he landed. So instead of serp-then-blind, you can just do the blind like you did at 1:25 and 1:37 so he drives right in. Those were great!When you worked on the cross on takeoff side of 2:
On the 2nd rep, I think the tunnel is not quite far enough past the line for him to see the jump, so he needed more room which you gave him on the next rep so he found it nicely 🙂About the line back to the tunnel: yes, he had connection questions 🙂 the tunnel verbal is not enough when the connection doesn’t indicate which side of the tunnel (he could see the other side past the jump)
At the end of the rep at :48, you were running hard and started looking forward as you passed the jump – he no longer had side info, so he stopped to sniff (lack of info is stressful!) If you freeze the video at :50 you can see your back is to him, your arm is out, you are saying tunnel… and he is sniffing because he doesn’t know which tunnel entry you want. When you reconnect at :51, he drives to the tunnel. Connection is powerful!
Note the difference at 1:33 on the same line: you were much more connected so he found the line, no sniffing. 🙂2nd video: rear crosses
Yes, very clear rear crosses here! And it was good to see that you clearly cued the wrap to the right at :49 – the handling contrast was clear so he had no trouble. And doing a blind after the tunnel then the rear set it all up nicely!
You added a FC on the landing side of the jump after the tunnel at 1:12, I think the blinds you did there were better because they kept you both hustling up the line.
Video 3: FFCs looked good! Definitely add them into sequences so he can see them in context now. He had no trouble reading them and also read the lead out pushes well! It helps that he has a great stay 🙂
With him sitting close to the camera, I get a good view of his movement: he is doing “rolled” sits, meaning he is rolling his hind end under him, which pops his legs out to the side. You can see it at :29 and :45, especially with his right hind. Usually the dogs give us a tight sit, feet/knees/legs aligned, unless something is up like a bit of soreness or core strengthening needed. Definitely something to ask a soft tissue vet person about! In these videos, he is extending nicely with his front but not his rear, so have them take a look to make sure he is feeling good and just needs some conditioning 🙂
Video 4: Aha! Sequences! Perfect! Even with the added distance and longer stay, he read them really well. And good timing from you, no early twitching lol!
You had a disconnect at 1:34 so he took the front of the jump (which is actually correct, it should be the front of 3 not the back after the throwback, he must’ve been reading the maps LOL!)
On the lead out push at 1:49, you were rotated the wrong way: have your feet facing the next jump and upper body opened up back to him, like a serp. The body position for the LOP is the same as the forced threadle that you did at 2;18, except the LOP is more center of the bar versus the threadle is at the wing (where you were). He read the threadle perfectly!!Video 5:
>> Tried another toy option for reward, but still no excitement. Back to the treatball!
That’s pretty normal at this stage, no worries. Have you tried a treat hugger? I think he might like that one too!
You can also see him rolling into his sit starting at :18 – he loses his hind end when he lands from jumping up, then rolls back after sitting at :21ish. Could be any number of reasons, but it is something the sports vet folks are on the lookout for. 🙂
Going past the tunnel is indeed weird at first. The wing wraps to the tunnel looked good! And yes, he was a little sticky going past the tunnel, but probably because it was a new concept. He sped up as soon as he knew there was a wing back there (you can totally run into it more, rather than sending, that’ll feel less awkward for now) You can build the love more by tucking the MM in at the wing behind the tunnel, so he can get his treats out there without you 🙂
Great job here! Let me know what you think!
TracyGood morning! Congrats on your PACH2!!
The wraps to the tunnel looked great!
On the first rep going past the tunnel, she totally thought you were NUTS haha!!!
You switched sides for the next rep and she found it much easier to go past the tunnel – was it because it was easier for her on your left? Or because she had seen the concept? Not sure, but I think the reps on your left were overall easier for her. She got faster and faster passing the tunnel on your right, but she was still asking a few questions there.
So, keep working it on the right side and she will continue to get comfy with it 🙂
She was also great about finding the tunnel entry, even on those slightly angled backside approaches! Yay!!!
Great job!
TracyHi!
This was a good session! The wraps directly back to the tunnel were super easy for her.The first time going past the tunnel was definitely harder 🙂 I don’t think she was looking at the tunnel, but it was hard to pass it and when you closed your shoulders forward a little, she was not sure where to be.
When you went past the tunnel the 2nd time, you kept your connection open more and you called her name more – both of those really helped clarify the line for her. It is Harder to keep connection because she is so small! I’ve found that sometimes it is easier to stay connected by dipping our dog-side shoulder down towards the dog because it helps us see the dog, and helps the dog see us 🙂
Great job here! Let me know what you think 🙂
TracyHi!
>>Lead outs- while I whole heartedly agree I don’t want to fight and I’d love
To let her offer, I will have to think on alternatives to help her. I’m planning to do competition obedience and chata is either too young or just isn’t that dog that can distinguish the difference so When I started to allow the offering, her stays and fronts and all the things we play in obedience got very unclear in that setting.>>She is too young – currently full on adolescent and does not know how to distinguish. On;y ask for things you know she will be highly likely to be successful with. And if she is not successful? Ask for something else, or stop asking. Otherwise it gets into a stressful situation. I think the context and cues can be clarified so she understands stays & fronts in obedience versus agility starts.
>> We are working foundations stuff but that also causes her stress. To help her , we worked on a Klimb to get her sit with out the offering of all the things including lurching. She needed a high platform for success.>>
So use a high, small platform for sit in obedience. And a mat or something and use the down in agility.
>>So if I “ask” for it, I need it- not to sound like I’m being a hard ass on a young pup.
Well, that is where the stress is. You asked for it, she said she can’t… you don’t need it when you can change the question and ask for something that she CAN do. And if you think she might answer “I can’t” when you ask for something – don’t ask for it! Otherwise, yes, you are being a bit of a hard ass on a young pup LOL!!
>>A lower platform will put her in a down again.
I think a down is a fine position for her at the agility start line. She feels comfy in it, she has been asking to do it, you can easily use a mat or something… not sure why it has to be a sit in agility?
>> I love the challenge and will find a way. Unfortunately I think life and timing of when I have access to actually train and get video done is causing me more trouble because I don’t have the time to stop and deal with and given situation which makes for bad dog training. I will own that for sure.>>
I know you love the challenge 🙂 so now the challenge is to listen to her: she is asking for a down on the start line so why not try that? Wouldn’t it be a nice efficient problem-solver if she did a down in agility then you didn’t have to worry about the agility sit versus the obedience sit? Then it becomes fun for all!
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Hi!
Lots of good stuff on these videos!
Video 1, rear crosses: be sure to set the RCs with the decel to the line, rather than try to keep running and turning only your upper body (like at :06).
You were clearer at :15 and :22, then GREAT at :33 with setting it with decel. And the next step it to try to take the forward-pointing shoulder turn out of it (just leave your dog side arm back) – I think the shoulder pull was creating questions here and in the FC wraps (see below).
>> first working the RC to get the wrap – which she did do but is REALLY WIDE. Not sure how much of it is:>>
The turn was fine 🙂 My guess as to why she was missing the jump after the RC is that it was set so the natural line was to the backside, so the 2/4 jump needed to be about 2 meters further away so it was a natural front side. Yes, she can be tighter on these RC wraps and the wraps in the other videos, but right now she is powering like a BEAST (this is a good thing!) and I don’t want to slow her down. We will shape our way to the very tight turns, especially as the bars start to come up.
Video 2:
This is also going well! The cross before #2 worked great here on the first rep.
>>– rep 1 – one pretty sure she slipped in the tunnel at the entry.
Time to put about 10,000 more bags on that tunnel – it is moving a lot and she is going to slip too much. Also, you can give her the turn directional on the tunnel exit here instead of her name – she is turning beautifully!
>>rep 2 – she took bars at #3 and #4 but but looking at the video i think she same out of the tunnel and stumbled (or was just off balance) just a bit so was off balance for those?>>
On that rep at :43, you were in the way of her line so she was trying to read the line AND jump all in one moment, and didn’t quite make it happen. At 1:02 you cleared the line sooner, and she had no questions 🙂
Video 3: Yes, definite questions about the RC versus FC here! I think 3 factors were in play:
– when you are cuing the FC, you were stepping to the middle of the bar (for example at :04) so she reads RC pressure
– you were ‘pulling’ your shoulders here, which looked a lot like the shoulder pull you did for the RCs
– she did a bunch of RCs to the right already (and I think she is a righty, too, yes?)So, she was convinced you wanted more RCs.
When you were more on the correct line, it was not an issue except when you moved into it at :34 because it looked a bit the same.
You got it all worked out for her by the end, but be super careful not to use the pull & flick upper body for the RCs because I think that is where the confusion is coming from. The shoulder turn and decel (no need to step to the center of the bar, just move to the wrap wing) can be for the FCs, and you can set then drive the RCs without pulling your shoulders to face the bar.Video 4:
The sequences looked good! The FC on 3 looked good on the first few sequences. Be sure to decelerate into it when she is landed from 2, so she can organize to collect more. That will also help the various ending lines, especially the blind, because she will have a better angle to the next jump. On the blind, keep your arms in and start it as soon as she rounds the FC wing – you put your arm way up high at :34 then did the BC as she was taking off, so she had to catch it on landing.
The BC in the opening to get up the line looked good at :46! Remember to decel as soon as she is over the jump before the wrap so she can organize for the wrap sooner (she dropped the bar at :48)
You were a little late getting the blind at 1:04, no need to go as close to the tunnel entry there =- you can send her and barely g past the first jump. You were a little sooner on the decel, but I think you’ll see the collection more and more as she has taller bars and more experience.
>>Have a right/left question for you on this.
>>Would you use left/right on either:
– the turn from #3 to #4 (#8 to #9)No, just a name or jump. I would use a right verbal on the tunnel exit.
>>– the balance wrap where we take the jump rather than the tunnel.>>
Maybe, depends on the dog, and how much collection they need.
>>I chose not to because isn’t not an immediate 90% turn after the jump. Would that be correct?>>
The L has different variations, so this is a possibility. I can be that 90 degree turn or softer versions of it, so it is possible to use here if the dog needs it.
>>To me it felt like the natural line for a basic turn so not necessary.
it will become more apparent when the bars go up – you will be able to see how much collection she needs. Over low bars? Probably not needed. Over a 20 inch bar? Might be very helpful!
Great job! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi! Nice shirt!!!
I feel like the crazy big courses this summer in CAMP had you well-prepared for the big UKI courses here! You were GREAT! Hustling, connected, so fun to see! No worries about any little blooper, you both looked amazeballs.
>>I did get a huge tooth hug after the second run as I was cheering🫣🫣! I’m going to have to work on going to leash and chomping on it. I toned down my excitement (as in I said easy easy let’s gets the leash lol)for the last one and she only looked like she might tooth hug me😂😂😂! The crazed eyes slowly disappeared>>
Hahahaha!!! The babies need to know what to do at the END of the run too… because there are no leash rules, I generally grab my leash and run for the reward LOL!!!
The double tunnel was fun, the spacing was fun, the flow was lovely – who was the judge? I just did a UKI trial this morning and the courses were poopy and the spacing was TINY (15-18 foot distances with bad angles, bad tunnel curves, etc – I made up my own stuff NFC for a few runs then left LOL!!!) Oh well, I guess I need to come trial with you 🙂
Great job!
TracyGood morning! I heard about your heat wave, fingers crossed that the temperatures are back to normal now!!
This session went really well overall – you did a great job of NOT blocking the wing 🙂 am also of moving forward and not rocking back. He was able to commit really well on both exercises! Super!!!
>>What you said made sense. For this session I tried very hard to not block the wing! I had a new “thing” crop up in this session where he turned right instead of wrapping left around the wing. Maybe he thought I was doing a “rear cross” at the wing. The second side was better and I tried to be fluid and not step forward and then backward (to get him to be successful).
Interestingly Mike said Ronan also turned right for him at the same wing / wrap. Unfortunately he didn’t video his session).>>I see what you mean, at :09 and :14. I can see what was causing it for you (probably the same for Mike too) – I think he was having a bit of trouble in the sand with not being able to dig in for these turns, so he had to slow down, which means you hd to slow down too. And on those 2 spots, you ended up side-stepping into his space, which flicked him away to his right. He was reading the line of pressure coming towards him (yes, probably reading the pressure as a RC on the flat cue). At :23 and :35, you did not do the side-stepping (you continued to face forward) and he foud the left turns. Later on,
1:45 and 2:08 were good examples of being patient to show the wing and let him get past you, without side stepping, and he did really well there too! Let me know if you can see what I mean by side-stepping into him on those earlier reps versus facing forward and moving forward on these last few reps.Great job! Let me know what you think!
TracyGood morning!
Looking at the Serps:
>>She’s been good on all the parts except this set up. I ended up putting everything closer together to see if the space helped and it seemed to. Is that acceptable to do that? >>
Putting them closer is fine, but I think the set up was harder from the tunnel exits and your angled jumps were reversed. The angling should make them easier to see but they were actually harder here: the jump after the tunnel became a backside and the line to the 2nd jump got really harder pretty fast 🙂 So try switching the angles: set both jumps up as a completely straight line from the tunnel exit to start with, then gradually angle them closed while maintained a straight-line view from the tunnel exit until the jumps are almost flat. That reverse angling might be why she was having trouble? She didn’t really have trouble here but you can see her having to make more adjustments than needed because of the angles.
Lead outs:
>>once we get to the take off side of 1 she couldn’t do it. Some really bad tosses to try to help her commit.>>
I think the commitment question is more about stress on the start line and lack of connection. Here is more:
There is too much correction on the start line and that is stressing her. Here is what I see:
At the beginning – what’s with lifting her chest up while she is sitting, and then I think you said no or something in a firm voice in response to a little twitch?
Then look at 1:15 -1:45:
You said you ‘I need you to sit’ at 1:24 but actually, you don’t need her to sit 🙂 Stay, yes. Sit? Nope. She can hold a stay in any position. You are getting some stress behavior on the start line (looking away, twitching, position changes). Then you said ‘I’m not going to fight with you’ but yet, you were fighting with her. LOL! So… stop fighting with her and make the stay a stress-free space! If she has trouble sitting, let her do the stay in a position that works for her so there is no issue and you can both concentrate on the task at hand (the sequence). If she wants to do a down? Cool! She can do a down. Or a stand. Or you can just use a ‘stay’ or ‘wait’ and she can pick the position (I do this with 2 of my dogs and there is zero fighting with them, and great stays). Agility has the freedom to do this and it is so much better for the dogs to sort it out as a team rather than try to enforce something that might not be the best for one member of the team.After the 30 seconds of fighting with her about the sit… BOTH of your were thinking about the sit stay – and on your release you were very disconnected so when she landed from 1 at 1:46, all she saw was you back and the BC starting, so she didn’t take 2 (correctly, from this view)
At the end, you were still a bit disconnected but the earlier throws helped her see the line to 2. So try to be MUCH more connected (more direct eye contact, arms in closer so they don’t block your eyes, etc) so when she lands from 1, she can see the cues for 2. The BC doesn’t need to start til after she lands from 1 for now, so being clear on the cues for 2 will help that (and no fighting on the start line will help it more than you realize too :))
Tunnel entries & exits:
The ball is fine to use: she likes it a lot and basically brings it back 🙂
The Go lines look great!
The soft turns can happen sooner in terms of the physical cues. The verbals are timely but you are running forward while saying them, so she is not sure if she should go straight or turn tight (she is splitting the difference, good girlie 🙂 . So let her see the left/right physical cues of you moving away to the wing you will want, all while she is still a solid 6 feet from the tunnel entry (along with the verbal) and the turns will be even tighter.The RC info can be sooner when you are turning her to her left. At 3:09 and 4:16 for example – late pressure caused her to continue straight. You were showing the RC info after her head was in the tunnel, so she didn’t make the turn Compare it to much earlier info at 3:57 where you were right on her tail and she nailed it 🙂 Yay! So start close to the wing and after she wraps the wing, get directly onto the RC diagonal (so she sees and hears the cues 4-6 feet before she enters) and she should be reading it really well in both directions.
Nice work here! Let me know what you think!
Tracy
