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Ouch, poor girl! Ripped nails hurt – that would explain why she was slow! Skip agility til it is healed, because the use of feet in agility puts pressure on their nails and we don’t want her to have any pain associated with agility.
When she is healed up, just work 1-2 without the blind, with you running straight but progressively further and further from the jump so she gets used to finding that line with you more laterally away from her. Keep me posted!
TracyGood morning!
The FCs all looked good here for both of you! Excellent connection in and out of the FCs, and lovely commitment and timing.
He had the *tiniest* question on the spin exits for both of you: he was looking at you as he came around the wing. That means he considered the next info to be late 🙂 You can see it most clearly when he was coming toward the camera for Mike (at 1:14 for example) and away from the camera for Karena (at :29 for example). In those moments, he hesitates, looks at you, then powers out.
So- he needs the info sooner: as he is rounding the wing you can already be re-connected on the new side and saying the tunnel verbal. That means starting the FC element of the spin sooner (which is fine because I think he has great commitment). As he exits the tunnel, you can begin to decelerate then when he is maybe halfway to the wing you can begin the FC rotation. This will be great for the FCs too – they went well here but they will also go well if they are even earlier.
Great job! Let me know what you think!
TracyGood morning!
Terrific session here. As you mentioned: she had no trouble with any challenge here. SUPER! The only thing I saw was that when you were really running, she would sometimes leap onto the board a bit rather than run up it (like at 1:13). So, since we don’t want her to add any leaping dance moves LOL, don’t be quite as fast for now. But, she is definitely looking ready for a tiny bit more tip, so can you lower the teach it maybe half an inch? And add the yoga mat under it again? We are entering the lather, rinse, repeat phase of teeter training: get her to be confident like she was here, then add a little more tip, then get her to be confident like she was here, then add a little more tip, and so on.Great job!!
TracyGood morning!
This was a really fun session to watch. He started out with a few questions on the first couple of turns, experimenting with how he wanted to set himself up. Then he kind of landed on the bar on one of the early reps (:07) – after that, he added ore power to the collection and they were all terrific! He changed up his approach so his takeoff point was not quite as close to the jump and that is great – being a small dog, we want him to turn but not slow down a lot to do it. I really liked what he was offering on the left turns and REALLY liked what he was offering on the right turns. There was one turn to the right that was not quite as good as the others, perhaps, but I think that was because the others were SO GOOD LOL!!! But overall, he was producing fast, powerful efforts that were also lovely turns. Super!
So he will need a revisit of this each time you bring the bars up another notch. And then when you add real handling back, his commitment and turns will be really great.Nice work here! Let me know what you think!
TracyGood morning!
Glad that you finally got a break in the weather!! She looks great here.The forced front crosses at the beginning looked really strong. She is reading the lines really well, the tart line looks great, and her jumping looks solid too!
On the lead out push balance rep at :38, you were a little too far from jump 2 and from her line, so she jumped wide over 2, And you started moving a little late (she was taking off for 2) so she stumbled when she landed from 2. Ideally you would be closer to 2 (literally on her most perfect line to start) and then after she lands from 1 and is looking at 2 (usually when the back feet have landed) you start to move. It is fine to be on her line to start because it shows her exactly what you want and you will be moving off of it and towards 3 long before she needs that space 🙂
The timing of your movement at :48 was a stride earlier and she was already better able to read the line 2-3.
On the last part of the video, you did the forced front crosses to the throwback – she read these really well too. Super!!! You can use a little less throw on the arm, a little more “here is your takeoff spot” for a slightly tighter turn. You did more of that very subtle throwback hand at 1:14 and 1:24, it looked great! I also like how she is recognizing the cue and is heading to the backside bar without much help from you other than being in position.
The hardest part if going to be standing still til she is committed: you are starting to leave too soon 🙂 as the session went on. At 1:32 (and a little at 1:43 too) when she landed from 1, you started moving sideways towards the tunnel for a couple of steps. She still got the opening nicely here but you don’t want her to see movement and have to figure out what you want, it is is not supporting the rest of the cue.
She had a bar down at 1:37: you said tunnel and turned your shoulder as she was jumping. So, using an easy jump grid, show her that you might talk or turn over the bar, and reward her for keeping it up!
The jump work is paying off – note how she was able to 1-stride the go line 1:38 at top speed!! Nice! She was doing well on the last rep there too, but you tossed the toy a little late and too short on the line, so she dropped the last bar. Throw sooner and longer there, or have it already placed.
Two other things to consider on these lead outs:
Line her up on more of a slice at jump 1, so she is learning to slice 1 and go directly to the backside At 1:42 for example, she was jumping a little too straight on 1 (based on her stay position) and had to turn after landing to find 2. That might be why you are moving – trying to help her find the line.
You were doing well with not releasing with the hand movement and the verbal at the same time. You were doing the verbal then the hand. I think reversing that will make it even clearer for her: get to position, put your hand in position… then release. Having your hand in position before the release will help give her a focal point on the line to drive to.
These were all forced front crosses, is your back to the jump. You can do another session with the same sequences, but with your belly to the jump to work o the forced threadles. Everything is the same except you are facing the jump when you release.
Great job! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi!
Great job with the Blind here, it worked really nicely for both of you! I think the first rep was a little better because the timing was a little later – the timing on these backside blinds is later-than-expected: he should be landed from the previous jump and committing to the backside, the you start the blind. That was what you did with the first rep. O the 2nd rep, you start it as he was over 1 so he was surprised, tried to adjust over the bar and then slipped.>>But proof I am still not watching my dog. I didn’t know he had that slip until I saw the video.
Well, it is a blind cross so you had to stop watching to do the blind 🙂 It was just a little early so that is why he slipped. Otherwise it looked great!
Tracy
Good morning!
The walk through looked good! Your pace was good and the handling looked clear. My only question is which way did you want to turn him over 1? It looked like you wanted to turn him to the left but on the run he turned ti the right.On the run looked great, one of the best runs I have seen him do! Yay! On jump 1, he did turn right and the handling cued it (looked like a RC) so if that was what you intended: perfect! If yo unwanted he left turn/FC wrap, turn more to the left turn wing rather than send to the center of the bar.
On the a-frame: was he supposed to stop or run? It was hard to tell what the criteria was – on these bigger courses, you can put out a target or an aid to help him get it right at top speed.
The rest looked really strong! Great jo with the line after the dog walk. He was very happy to layer (more tunnel bags needed LOL!) and the ending line with all that handling looked super: you were in perfect position for all of it.
So keep working the pace and connection in the walk throughs, it is making the runs look so smooth and connected!
Great job! Let me know what you think!
TracyGood morning!
I love the opening photos LOL!!!
The zig zags looked good! He had one moment of question (added a stride) when the jumps got into more of a flat line, but then he sorted it out and went back to bouncing. Super!!! So one tweak for the next suggestion of this:
Change his start position slightly so he is sitting parallel to the wing (the outer wing of the first jump) rather than facing the bar. That adds in the initial lead change to the first jump, which is useful for serps and backside slices.Great job here!! Let me know how it goes with the different start position :)
Tracy
Wow, she looked great here! So fast and also reading all the cues! And also very impressive with all the distractions!
The first sequence looked great – really nice speed and handling!!!! Yay!
>>She did the spin wrap good but didn’t like the wrap to me.
Part of that is the spin wrap is a beret line (more slicing) and the FC was to her right in that spot was a harder line with more collection. On both of these, you can be sooner: decel as soon as he lands, so you can be doing the FC or first part of the spin before she takes off. You were generally doing them as she was in the air, so they were a little late. I think :36 was the best rep there.
>>I definitely need to work on the landing side blind so I did that mostly. >>
It is a useful tool and she did well! You can do it even sooner – start her BC as soon as you are running past the jump, before she even gets there rather than keep her on your right then blind as she is lifting off. The will keep her line fast & tight while getting you further ahead.
All of the RCs looked good! Now that she is very comfortable with them, you can add in a little deceleration as you move up the line, to tighten the turn a bit.
Looking at the lead outs at the end:
The first rep (dog on left) looked great!On the lead out blind, she is reading it really well and you can keep moving your position more and more over to jump 3, rather than to the landing of jump 2.
On the throwback readout – the faster line to the tunnel should be turning to her right on the wing closer to the tunnel, so you can lead out to that wing and do the throw back with your right hand instead if you left. That will be smooth and fast!
Great job here! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi! The sardines have worked their magic LOL!! She looked really good here! Super confident (and hungry haha)
No need to do severe angles anymore, as you begin to add more tip. For now, keep the entries very straight. And before adding more tip, add two handling things:
– getting ahead of her so she is behind you driving up the board (and with you moving past the end) just walking at first, then build up to running eventually.
– starting super close to the wing, and letting her drive ahead so you can rear cross the entry of the board.When she can do those? Add a tiny bit more tip. I like your idea of adding the yoga mat back for the fist few reps when you add more tip, just to be sure she is comfortable.
Great job here!
TracyHi! Hope you are having a good weekend!
>>I was totally shocked that I had so much trouble with the rear crosses because usually I can be really far behind and he does them beautifully especially at the end of a course when I’m really behind.
They are hard rear crosses! They each had a technical element to them which makes them a little harder than normal RCs.
Looking at the A sequence: try to drive from the wing of jump 3 to the center of the bar of 4 for a strong RC diagonal, rather than pulling towards the lap wing then trying to show the RC. That made you a late on the first video o he didn’t know it was a RC, and also a little late on the 3rd video and at :28 on the last video.
It is a balancing act, if you push in too soon rather than run to the center of the bar for the RC, you will end up pushing him off like at :08 on video 2. :35 on that video was strong in terms of the diagonal and he read it nicely 🙂The RC 2-3 on the B sequence looked good on the first video of that! You blocked his line to it at :06 on video 6, but then got back onto the correct line nicely for the next rep at :18! And remember to add some decel to the 7-8 RC where you are flipping him away for the wrap, and it will be perfect!
Nice job here! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi!
Yes, this summer was hot and busy!! I am glad you are enjoying the Zoom 🙂 And it sounds like the rear cross work was easy a d fun for your boys! Super! It is a surprisingly easy way to get way ahead 🙂 Keep using them to get as far ahead as possible by rear crossing and sending 🙂>>Do I do the Max Pup 032 Putting it together or wait for the Max pup 3 047 putting it together to become a self study ? Please Advise.
MaxPup PIT 032 and 047 are very similar so you can grab either! He is only 8 months old, so you have plenty of time to stretch out the learning so his brain and body can grow up 🙂
Thanks for the update! Keep me posted!
TracyHi!
This is a challenging sequence for us handlers 🙂 One thing to add here is to reward all of her efforts… anything that went wrong was a handling error, and her decisions were really good reflections of what she was seeing in terms of cues. So if she is off course or wide? Reward her, because she was correct here each time 🙂
Looking at the sections of the sequence:
The RC 2-3 looked great on most reps! Only one oopsie, at 1:08 – you turned too soon of the line and said tunnel, so that is where she went.
>>. The first issue was she kept taking the backside of 6.
When she was taking the backside, it was because you were on the line to cue those backside (and you were blocking the line to the front side). Compare those backside reps to your position at :38 & :55, where she had a clear line to the front and took it perfectly.
>>Then she just wasn’t reading my dig/RC cue at 8 and kept taking the off-course jump. I think she finally got it because I really pretty much stood still after 7?>>>
That was an acceleration/deceleration oopsie: since it is a tight wrap, it needed a big decel like a regular wrap would need. On the reps where she drove forward to the off course jump, you were accelerating through the RC so she was correct to continue to the jump after it. You had deceleration at 1:42 and 2:22 and she did much better there! So yes, it might have felt like you were tanning still, but it was basically because you were correctly decelerating into the tight wrap.
Nice work here! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi! So much good work here; he is really reading lines and turns nicely with you running!
A couple of ideas from the videos:
Course 1 – He is doing really well transitioning into the really tight turns like at 2!
You can show motion changes (decel) on those too – you were tending to be pushing into his line like at :05 (bar down) and :15. You can see this also at :36 and :41 on the jump before the weaves, where he is feeling the pressure of your motion pushing into the line and rounding his line to the jump on those wraps. So ideally you can run to the wing (let him see the wing) and decel – which should help him drive right back to the jump rather than round the ine.Nice line all the way through the opening to the weaves! And the weaves looked good!!! So fun to see him running full blast and reading the line so well.
On the threadle line after the weaves – try to give a turn cue on the jump after the weaves, to help set up the threadle. A name call or a ‘right’ directional can get him facing the threadle jump. Then, on the first rep you ran away from the threadle before he looked at it – at 1:14 and the next reps you waited til he turned his head to commit to the threadle jump and it looked great.
That set up a really nice ending line. You can drive into the RC at 1:19 sooner so he sees the RC pressure right behind him before he makes a takeoff decision. You hung aka a bit at the very end, but I think you can drive into it even more to give the info even sooner.
At 1:35 he ran pat he jump after the threadle – it looks like that jump was a slight lead change away and not right on his line, so be sure to maintain connection and cue that jump specifically, more like what you did at 1:45.
Course 2:
On the opening at jump 2, you were a bit too far from the line so he had to go back and find 2 and hit the wing at :03. He didn’t hit the wing at :14 and 1:48 but he still had to go back and find the jump. So your running line can be within an arm’s length of 2 and let him see your turn before he enters the tunnel, so he exits facing 2.Nice line across the back to the weaves! He was close to that entry in the first part but did a brilliant job finding it at the end!!! Good boy!
He is getting better and better with the turns on the jump line after the DW too – you are cuing and leaving, so he is setting himself up really nicely.
That Backside in front of the tunnel is SUPER hard. He needed you to do a but decel to help him or a FC, but the FC sets the line to the wrong jump if you are a little in the way 🙂 So this is a good ‘pop out’ section where you can work a wing wrap into the jump-tunnel discrimination to add some momentum – just walking into it at a steady pace, then adding more and more acceleration into it 🙂
Great job on these! I think he is doing well on these courses!!
Tracy
Hi!
I think overall it went well! He was reading the cues on just the tunnel and also when you added the wing. Yes, he had a few questions: part of that is his relative lack of experience with tunnel threadles, and part of that that you can turn sooner and ore towards the threadle side:
>>Is my body position incorrect? Feet pointed the wrong way? Any other suggestions on reinforcing the behavior on this one?
You can turn your feet to the threadle entry more – on these reps, you were not turning to the correct tunnel entry enough, so you were in some ways still presenting the wrong end. On the first side, you were turning better so he responded better. IO the second side, you were not moving as much so he had more questions.
It sounds like you were giving the left and right verbals, so be sure to turn and face your feet to the threadle end of the tunnel, and move towards it (rather than be stationary). Being stationary causes your line to somewhat still show the tunnel entry you don’t want.
So your upper body is looking good, and you can add getting closer to the wing and then turning your feet & line of motion to show the threadle entry more while still having your upper body & threadle arm still opened back to him. Let me know if that makes sense, and how the session tonight went!!
Nice work 🙂 

Tracy
