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Hi! For the Pack 3 standard courses, here are some straight line giddy up moments to reward:
Course 1:
Do 4-5-6-7-unnumbered side of 14 to get a big fast line
7-8-9-10-11 reward
15-16-17 reward
Course 2
2-3-4-5-6 reward12-13-14 reward
14-15-16 reward
17-18-19 reward
And of course all of the twisty stuff in between 🙂
Have fun!!
TracyHi!
I think all of the dogs in the live classes did a great job this week!! I will be posted the recordings and sequences tonight. It is a really important skill!
I am glad you braved the heat and tried this again – I think it is a great idea to watch for your pool next time LOL!
She definitely thinks going straight after the RC is NUTS!! Your line was good – running with a lot of connection from behind like at :27 and 1:50 was great plus all the rewards out ahead on the line.
Compare it to when you were trying to cue the line after the RC with your left arm up like at :58… it turns the line of your shoulders so she came off the line. So definitely keep your wings in and look at her fluffy tail 🙂
By about 2:00, she had a lightbulb moment and realized how the GO verbal applied to it all and got on the line really well.On almost all of the reps, you ran a great line and did not get too deep behind the wing of the RC jump. You can see that you had a clear line to the next jump. -nice!!!
At 2:30, you had the only rep where you got behind the wing of the RC jump so you ended up having to run to your right… which pulled her off the line. So keep going with the great lines in the earlier reps, where you basically sent her past you into the RC and you ran straight up the line.Great job! You both deserve a day off now 🙂
TracyHi!
Plenty of lovely work on this course – it is a HARD course!!!
>>1. Turn at jump 5 to tunnel – Missed it first time; corrected by moving, instead of facing him.
Yes – excellent adjustment! Sending and leaving for that jump made a world of difference. Very nice!! Then the 6-7-8-9-10 section looked really strong.
>>2. Turn at Jump 11 to tunnel – I never said tunnel any of the turns…just said left.
11-12 is a hard turn. Have you ever tried a brake arm? As you are saying left, you can bring our your opposite arm (left arm, in this case) as kind of a ‘stop sign’ or a ‘whoa!’ It would happen after he lands from 10 and as you cue 11, so he approaches 11 in more collection.
The other thing you can do with him here and in general – more layering 🙂 You did some of it on this course, but you can do more 🙂 In this section, you send send to 10-11 and layer the 8/16 jump, which will more naturally draw him to you for 11-12.
>>3. Threadle at 15 – I am not ready for the threadle wrap or the backside from where I was on course, so I did the threadle slice and went to jump 10 (instead of 16). He was trying so hard, I didn’t want to make the course any harder for us.That is an excellent choice! I thought the 12-13-14-15 section looked fabulous! That threadle slice on 15 is NOT easy, and he nailed it. Very nice!!!! So doing 10 instead of 16 worked well and rewarded him with a fast line after a good threadle 🙂
>>4. Tunnel 18 to tunnel 19 – gave up. Help.
2 ideas for you to get it:
While he is doing the 15-16-17 line, you can layer that 8/16 jump to get way ahead and then, before he enters the 18 tunnel, do a tunnel “brake” verbal and physical cue. The verbal would be a left verbal or something similar that creates a 90 degree line for him. And the physical cue would be a decel (and even a break arm (left arm).
All of that happens when he is still 6 feet before the entry of 18, so he sees and hears it all: then he should turn and exit facing 19 🙂>>Major theme here – I need alot of work on turns…..I think I have been relying too heavily on spins and I am trying not to use them unless really needed…>>
Spins are hard with such a fast dog – we do use them sometimes, but Timber is SO FAST that you can add layering, send & go, and a brake arm to your toolbox 🙂
Here is what I mean by a brake arm:
>>Question: Your threadle wrap cue looks a lot like my collection cue, so I haven’t used it. My threadle slice cue is the opposite arm. I am using the same physical cue for the threadle wrap, with a different verbal. Is it okay to use the same physical cue, but different verbal?>>
I think it makes things harder to use the same physical cue with different verbals… you will have to be far more perfect with the cue and timing than I would ever want you to have to be LOL!! So you can change the physical cue a little – if your threadle slice arm is high, like at your shoulders, maybe try it lower, at your hips? That will be different enough! I use two low hands to make ti look different 🙂
>>In a previous post you provided me with instructions on the German turn. Although I don’t have it with much distance, I used it in class on Monday night and nailed it. In a class full of speedy BCs, I was the only one got it. Timber and I got alot of applause and whoops! What a confidence builder.
YES! Well, that didn’t take you long to learn it at all!!! Well done! I am doing a happy dance for you 🙂
Great job!
TracyHi!
>>Is it OK to try some of the sequences from the Live classes and video them?
Definitely! I will be posting both recordings and the sequences tonight.
>>I went to the Monday session and I thought it was great.
The Monday teams were a little more experienced and did a great job on the bigger sequences! The Tuesday teams also did a great job – they were a lot less experienced, so you will be able to get some ideas to break things down if needed.
Have fun! It is a great way to add even more commitment and distance 🙂
TracyHi!
I am glad he is back in action, and it is great that *maybe* the summer heat has broken a bit,This session went well!!
Because he has so much value on the front of the jump, this is a whole new ballgame LOL! Taking it really slowly so he could lock onto your hands was the right choice because even one tiny twitch towards the jump sent him to the front of it LOL! After about 2 minutes, he had a lightbulb moment and the last few reps were much easier to get him to come to the threadle side and turn away. Super!!!!
On the next session, start with the same “remember to come to my hands” but try it on the other side – he will be on your left, and turn to his left. I think maybe he his a lefty so that turning away will be easier to the left. If so – you can then start to add a little more motion to it. If not, you can go back to the dog-on-right side and add more motion there 🙂 The goal is that we add motion on the easier side as soon as we figure out which it is 🙂
Great job!
TracyGood morning!
Watching the rears, I think this will be super useful in your handling with her.She likes to work at a distance and we need to get you way ahead of her… this accomplished both!
On the first sequence – it was easy to set the rear and send her away, so you were easily ahead of her at the end. Perfect!
On the RC reps from :07 – :24, you were starting on the blue wing jump so it was not really a RC – if you start on the black wingless jump with her on your left, then set the RC to her left on the ink jump. -that will be a great RC challenge! I will be posted all of the maps and videos shortly.
Great job on the diagonal RC from :30 to the end. You were consistently super on the RC diagonal and she nailed it every time. YAY!! I could not really see the backside jump after it, but you were in great position to handle it.
Overall – I think this us a great addition to her handling toolbox! I think there were zero bars down and great turns throughout. YES! Stay tuned for the rest of it to be posted tonight, I am looking forward to seeing how she does with these!!
Great job 🙂 Tracy
Good morning!
I am glad to hear about Casper. Many dogs have had perfect outcomes with that surgery and have competed successfully at the highest levels.So nice to see that you are back outdoors and not being broiled!! It has been a hot summer. Great work on the video, you and Enzo are looking fabulous.
>>(you could stop at that point and see if you can guess where Enzo went off course).
Challenge accepted!
After watching the walk through, I would have guessed that he went off course to the aframe after the RDW at :25 – the cue to turn was late based on where you were looking (the invisible dog was already over the jump when you started the cues). I was not correct – he was wide but didn’t go off course.
But when I rewatched the walk through, I can see it in the walk through now too – at :36, you said tunnel but looked forward and did not connect or show the line, so. I can definitely see the invisible dog to come off the line to the tunnel.
The run looked great – beautiful opening! He was moving faster than your invisible dog was in the walk through, and I think that caught you a little off balance on the line to the weaves on the first run. You were definitely more prepared for it on the 2nd run and sent him sooner. Nice!
You changed a handling decision on the jump after weaves. In the walk through at :19 you did a serp versus the throwback/backy uppy at 1:09 in the run. I liked the throwback choice better with him as it got a great turn without you having to do a big decel and change position after it: you were able to set up the decel before he even exited the weaves, so you sent to the tunnel and left for the next position beautifully. My only suggestion is to not actually back up on the backy uppy 🙂 You started the cues in great position but then stepped backwards to the landing side, so he ended up going wide – you can stay in position on the takeoff side. You did a spin here on the 2nd run – I think a FC like on the first run but without backing up will end up being the best turn.
Looking at getting the turn line after this turn off the DW: layering and timing produced excellent strategic position after the RDW at 1:15 and at 2:10!!!! You can start the FC cues sooner – he read the turn off the RDW easily but was wide because the FC cues (rotation and verbals) were late. Trust that he will be very forward after the RDW so that jump barely needs to be cued, giving you more time to FC as soon as he exits the RDW.
And you probably don’t even need to be as close to the 2nd jump after the RDW, because that path blocks the line to the backside a bit. You can position yourself on the line to the backside wrap (3rd jump after the RDW) to get even better turns and lines.
Coming into the last jump-tunnel discrimin:
On the first run at 1:21 you did a RC into it, coming out of the backside wrap on your right. At 2:18 on the 2nd run, you did a blind to get him on your left – I love blinds and all, but the blind set the line to the off course tunnel and the RC set the line to the correct jump much better. Yay RC!!
2nd course (aka course 1 :))
The slice on 2 to the tunnel w=loked great! For the sake of science 😂 If you feel like running it again: I would be interested to see what the time difference would be on the slice (great line, massive distance) versus the wrap to the left on 2 (more collection, less distance).
>>there was a bar but I didn’t see how to improve my handling to prevent it. Loss of connection, maybe.>>
I think it was a combination of an ‘organization’ error after the RDW to the a-frame, he just didn’t quite get his striding organized – plus you turned your shoulder forward at that exact moment. So yes, in the handling, try to keep your shoulder open to him and eyes on him. But in training: let him see this line again a few more times as you turn your shoulder, run, yell… and reward for him not touching the bar. The distance is a distance he will see a lot coming off the RDW so he needs to practice organizing the striding sooner.
You can use your threadle verbal on 8 at 2:56 (backside after tunnel) – I really like that choice of handling there!
On the 11-12 line, you can begin the Come here at 3:00 sooner – you can start it as soon as he lands from 10 so he is turning over 11. Running forward even being lateral might present the tunnel (that is where he was looking) so the earlier verbal should tighten up that turn.
After the weaves: on the 13-14-15-16 line – really good handling choice! Because he has super independent weave skills, you can leave him in the weaves so you can get closer to the threadle jump (15). That way you can cue the line like you did and get the FC after it without backing up into it (which caused him to turn wide)
Nice ending line – it is tricky and you got the backside push to the RC to set it up really well!!! Yay!
Great job! Let me know what you think!
TracyGood morning!
The water bottle walk throughs looked great! It is an easy way to practice connection AND stay hydrated 🙂
>>I think my hand is sort of pointing at the dog rather than staying down and behind me.>>
Since your dogs are low to the ground, I think it is fine to point it at the dog, wherever the dog is on course.
>>I am really struggling with the connection especially when the sequence gets a little complicated. It is easier with Keltie, I think because she is a little slower and I have time to think.>>
Connection is HARD!!! It gets easier as you keep rehearsing it. And ideally you din’t think about it, which is why I ask people to rehearse the walk throughs at relatively high speed- no time to think, just gotta do 🙂
>>. Do you think it would be better if I use Keltie for the videos for your feedback? I feel like I am making so many mistakes with Buccleigh that he is getting really confused and frustrated. Would it make sense to focus on the more simple sequences with Buccleigh and then do the more complicated ones with Keltie? Or maybe I should just work with Keltie? >>I think you can do a combination: run Keltie on the harder stuff, smooth it out (but don’t do too many reps with her either, just 2 or 3 reps of th sequence or course) – then do 1 rep with Buccleigh. Run him after you are comfortable with Keltie. And if it goes right or wrong… reward as if it was perfect and then don’t try again til the next session with him.
>> just need to figure out what is best to work on now and what I should save for later.
Definitely the connection work – I am bugging everyone about t because it it is the make-or-break on the run for all of us 🙂 When the connection is fully into your muscle memory, everything else is soooo much easier 🙂
Let me know what you think!
TracyAwww thanks!!! You have done all the work to get him feeling happy in the ring and going fast fast fast!!! Plus your connection is looking GREAT 🙂
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Good morning! Nice job sorting out the layering here!
Looking at the videos:
Video 1:
Nice! She read the line really well and the placed toy helped provide a good focal point. It was a little close to the jump, so she knocked the bar going for it, Try having it a little further, maybe another 10 feet away so she can land and drive to it.Video 2 – looked good here too! And the toy placement looked a little further away so she didn’t touch the bar on the way to it on the first rep.
On the 2nd and 3rd reps, the toy was off the line so she skipped the jump. Placing it right than throwing it will help – that is easier than moving the jump 🙂 The placement was much better on rep 3 and 4 and she got it.Video 3 – On the first rep, a strong connection to her eyes on the exit of the wrap then acceleration forward to the next jump will get her to set the line to the Go (rather than looking forward). And keep that connection as you give her the hip or go verbals – at :40 you turned your shoulders away before she was committed to passing the tunnel, so that plus being decelerated pulled her off the line.
Video 4 – your exit of the first wrap had good connection! Your cue for the 2nd jump is a lateral send here (same as previous video) so she is correctly reading a collection cue on that jump. So drive her forward more – the send is for the layering, so you will need to drive forward to jump 2 and 3 for longer to get her on the line. He was not just scoping the toy, she was reading the handling as you saw on the last rep (the toy was not on the ground and she still read the lateral send.
I also think hip is a little vague – it means “take the jump”, yes? So a GO verbal might be better for her, because that would mean ”take the jump and go straight”
Video 5:
At :05 you had more forward motion to set the line to the layering and it totally helped her know to go out to the green jump – nice!!!
The cue at :44 was more of the lateral send – you sent to 2 and then turned your shoulders away from the line and towards the tunnel exit so she took that line. The go verbal is good here, so you can support it with more facing and ,moving towards the layering line, like you did at :50 and 1:16, those were great!
Video 6: The first rep looked really good, in terms of setting the line and facing it long enough to get her on it. Same with 1:30! And also the last re at 2:12 – really strong!!! Compare it to 1:14, which was more decelerated and looked more like a lateral send so it pulled her off the line.
Video 7:
Getting into the layering is looking good!
Adding the threadle – pretend the tunnel is not there and move your feet too 🙂 You were handling it more like a gamble with a line restriction, but you can start moving to the next line as soon as you ge her turned properly – otherwise it ends up being too stationary with hands pointing, which is why she was uncertain.O n the other reps, you were doing the verbal me me me cue but the physical cue was all forward facing so she didn’t know about the threadle. You were good with the timing and had arms happening too on the last rep, but I think this is a brand new skill – so trying it while layering a tunnel is too much for now – take th layering out of the picture and doing from up close, to teach her the skill. I liked back at what the cue was to come in at :16 and you put your hands together at the reward, so she looked at you – she might have been thinking you were throwing the toy 🙂
Answering the questions from the post:
>>what could I have done to make it clearer that it was Jump, not tunnel.better but she still wanted the tunnel, not enough support?
When you had more motion and faced the layering line, she got it every time. When you sent to the jump before the layer and then turned and faced the tunnel, she read it as a tunnel cue because the send-and-go is a collection cue. So move into it more, getting more acceleration and face the layering line longer.
>>how is timing on the “get it?”
Good!
>>Also, is it one go per jump?
I prefer to just yell go go go as often as possible on these lines, so it might end up being multiple go verbals per jump 🙂
>>attempted to do some “behind my back drop toss” with mixed success.
Yes, that was too distracting for her in terms of where to look. Placing it in advance or throwing it were better options.
>>Will I need to keep my arm up on layering or will I be able to have it be lower as time goes on?
You will be able to have it lower, I am not even sure you need it up now 🙂 Once she is on the line, she stays on the line so it is more a matter of getting her out to the layering line.
Nice job here! Let me know what you think!
Tracy
Good morning! These are looking great! One thing I notice is that a some point over the weekend, the new gear of speed arrived and got installed – holy WOW he was so fast here. He also gave really accurate feedback about timing and position – young dogs are so good about telling us what they think of timing and position LOL!
He is about 14 months old, yes? And I think he is fit, based on the Facebook adventures and hiking that I see 🙂 So you can totally be raising the bars on these types of skills – introduce the taller bar in a jump grid first, then bring it over to the handling. You might already be doing this. There is no rush, but he seems very confident and coordinated so you can be showing him height increases in 2 inch increments over the course of the next 6 months or so.
>He wasn’t perfect on the third jump but he was above 90% successful.
That might have been position or timing (see below). He looked really good overall!
>>P.S. feel free to fast forward past our lead outs! I wanted to see if he had elevator butt.
Ha! I totally watch the lead outs, I needed to see if he had elevator butt too LOL!!

Looking at each type of cue:Blinds: these look great. A couple of smaller details to get the turns even better and you both even further ahead:
As you move into the blind, both of you can run more towards 3 and less straight towards 2 as that will set the line better. The position cue (line of motion) will give him the turn info before the blind itself starts.You can trust his commitment more so the timing can be sooner too You were both tending to wait til he was relatively close to 2 to start the BC, which causes him to turn on landing (which could cause him to go past 3) more than before takeoff (which will land him directly looking at 3 :))
An example of being a little late was when we have a really good view at 1:48: you are beginning the blind after the takeoff decision has been made so he turns after landing.
At 2:16, your BC line can be more on the way to 3 (less straight ahead past 2) but Karena, your timing there was utter perfection at 2:17. A soon as he landed, you were starting the blind and also supporting the line with motion and verbals. Click/treat!!!! That is the ideal timing for all 3 of these moves (BC, FC, push).
Front crosses: Your FC position can also be closer to 3. On these old school lead out FCs, you can go stand right at 3 🙂 I don’t think we use the full FC versions of this lead out much anymore (they have been replaced by the BC and the push) but the lead out position to the FC is great for when you need to do the throwback on 3.
Karena your timing at :20 was 👏👏👏👏 spot on perfect, as soon as he landed you were turning That is the same timing as the BC.
Mike’s lead out position at :53 was great, closer to 3! Then on the release, you stepped forward towards 2 and started the FC at liftoff of 2 (:55) so he was wide and turned after landing.
Compare that to the next rep at 1:07 where you were actually closer to the 3 jump, stayed there for the release AND started the FC sooner: Fabulous turn on 2 at 1:10! The position was so strong that he was already turning before you even started the FC. This is great and also you would be in the perfect spot for a throwback on 3.
At 1:59, leading out further from 3 and turning a little late set the line past the #3 jump at 2:01 (especially when you finished the rotation and closed your shoulders a bit too soon). I think an experienced dog would pick up the #3 jump but a youngster will give you accurate feedback LOL! You were much better about showing him the FC exit at 2:09. Nice!
Looking at the Push lead out: he read these beautifully for both of you.
Karena, I think you can be closer to the 2-3 line at :36 – I like to get literally right on the line I want the dog to run, as it shows the dog very specifically what I ant – and then of course I will be gone from the line when he lands and needs to run it 🙂Mike, your push at 1:30 was great – Your position on the line was good and your timing and connection were excellent!! Yay! You were in a good position with good connection at 1:43 but didn’t move as early, so his turn was wider at 1:45.
Karena, you have really strong position on the push at the very end (2:32) and he totally understood the line and read it beautifully! You can start moving sooner: You were still in the start position when he was getting ready to take off for 2, so you can try moving at least one stride sooner – ideally you would see him land from 1 and begin to move.
Great job here!! Let me know what you think!
TracyGood morning!
>You will be seeing Dora in person in a couple of weeks! So excited for the camp. I just hope it’s not scorching hot.
I can’t wait!!!!!! The weather has always been good, fingers crossed that we get more of that!
>>I’ve already entered her in an AKC trial. Going to do FAST and T2B FEO. Her teeter performance is solid and her running A-frame is getting there. She’s at full height but I haven’t started fading the box yet.
sounds good! Those are both FEO classes, which is perfect. I’ve been doing a lot of learning about adolescent dog brains lately and so you’ll definitely want to do this FEO because she is at the age where we don’t know what her brain will be doing that day LOL!!
>>Are you going to do a running dog walk class? I started with the training but sort of gave up a few months ago and now we are way behind, Sigh!
That sounds about right for the dog walk LOL!!! Start and stop, huge successes and lots of banging your head on the wall. I don’t do a RDW class because it is too individualized – I recommend privates and there are people out there that devote all their training/teaching to the running DW. Katarina Poplidnik is one good one, and there is another great one but I will need more coffee to remember her name…
>> Question about the weaves: We took your weave class (which was excellent) and did both tracks. The last video where Dora did the weaves the channel was 1″ open. When I’ve tried to do 12 straight poles in class (they don’t have channels), she can’t seem to stay in. Any suggestions on how to progress from the 1″ open channels? She has started to get more confident in her single striding and when she does the straight poles she seems to bounce more. >>
I thought the weaves in the video looked great (I could see that they were still a little open). At home, close them bit by bit by a quarter inch at a time. I also close the easier parts first: if the entry is easier for her, for example, close the first 4 poles first and leave the others open. When she struggles with the straight poles in class, does she get in and pop out later on? If so , can you do only 6 or 4 poles? If she misses the entry then gets in, do 6 poles but bring a set of 2x2s and put an slightly open base or two in front of the 6 straight poles.
If she still struggles with the straight poles in class, skip them for now – the failure will bring frustration into the ring and could impact her overall performance. Right now she is running with speed, joy, and focus so we want to keep it that way 🙂 She might just not be ready for the straight weaves in a new place (that might take another 6 months of so but that is normal!)
Keep me posted, see you soon!
TracyHi!
>>Love the LIVE sessions. Thanks so much for making them available.
It is so fun to see you there! The live sessions are a hoot – such a fun group of dogs!
On the video – the walk through looked good, you caught yourself going too deep into the box 5-6 and fixed it nicely! The opening looked good!!!
>>wIn my walk through, I actually thought about being closer to 6 when doing the blind, ot farther along the path. That obviously left my mind when I did our first run, and I sent her handily over jump 2. >>
Yep LOL!! She had some serious speed happening there and smoked you 🙂 All good!
>>I was slow on that BC, and I have a feeling having that right arm out didn’t help anything either.
Yes – it can start sooner and also, to get it to get faster/be seen quicker, you can pull your arms in (wings in!) as you start it: that will allow yo auto be quicker on the rotation, plus she will see you pull your wings in and that will get some instant handler focus there.
The 2nd rep was definitely sooner but she still thought maybe the #2 jump should come into play, so the wings in movement will definitely help!
>> I think if I turn closer to jump 6 or more along the bath between 6 and 7 tht she would have had the cue to turn tighter and come to the blind side. >>
Yes, path is part of it – you were a little too deep to 2 on the first one but your path was better on the second rep. Hugging the line next to the 4 jump will help, as long as you don’t get too close to it and send her to it. Tricky stuff!!
The blind 6-7 looked terrific!! She really drove through it nicely!!!
>>Every run is a lesson, isn’t it.
Ha! So very true 🙂
Great job! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi!
>>All the turns start to look the same on my part at the point she needs to make her decision so I keep getting different behaviours.
Based on your description, I was prepared for a sad-making session but there was plenty of great stuff!!!! And a couple of easy fixes!!!
Yes, you need things to look a little more different but for the most part, things were very good.
I do think it would be easier if you had more distance between the 2 jumps, they look very close together LOL!! That means she makes a very early decision.
You did a great job of getting past the jump after the tunnel, so it was not really a matter of extra speed because you were there each time.
The Go lines look lovely, easy peasy!
Looking at each cue:
For the backsides, I think you can give her more intense eye contact with your arm even further back, and call her name to be like “HEY THIS IS NOT THE FRONT” lol!! It is a hard skill for a baby dog. I thought 1:10 and 1:58 were pretty strong – but she was locked onto the front of the 2nd jump so you need to be more forceful a bout the connection. She always got it perfectly on the second rep, the oopsie was a bit of a wakeup call for her LOL! Then 2:28 was super nice! She is getting it and I think a bit of extreme connection and a name call will get it.
For the wraps – you needed to be earlier on the cues on the first bunch. Your verbal at :42 was spot on (before liftoff for the jump) so the decel needs to start there too. Compare that to 2:13 where the timing was great!
At 1:30 I think you wanted a wrap but you totally did the pull & flick RC handling so she RC’d (see below). Compare it to 1:45 where you were on the correct line to the wrap wing and it looked good!About those pull & flick RCs – the reps at :49, 56, 1:02 and 1:53 were pull & flick, meaning you ran on the wrap side of the jump then cut across her line from halfway between the jumps, which makes it harder for her to read as a RC. You were actually a little too far ahead, so you were showing the wrap line then trying to cut in for the RC (which is why she though it was a RC at 1:30.
Compare it to 2:40, when you went to the wing of the jump after the tunnel, set the RC line then drove to the center of the next jump -that was lovely true RC handling.So to make it look different for her, you should be running to the wrap wing for the FC wraps, but for the RCs run to the “set’ wing which is the wing of the jump after the tunnel, then decel there so you can let her catch up and show her the RC diagonal.
Let me know if that makes sense! This was a good session!
TracyOMG she looks so grown up!!!
She will be 15 months in September, yes? You might consider doing some NFC runs with a toy – you can jump lower height and do fast and fun stuff!!
On the video – she did a great job on the threadle and the weaves! you can cue a ‘left’ before she exits the tunnel, so she turns facing the jump which will make the threadle cue even better.
>>When I twitched on the first one she took the front side, but if I was patient, she always got it right. Should we be aiming to get it so that we can keep moving even before the dog is on the diagonal commitment line? >>
Eventually you can move sooner, and on easier threadle lines. This one is a really hard line (because there is a lot of distance between the tunnel exit and the jump, and the tunnel exit is not facing the jump) so you can either stay in position like you did, or get to position later by moving to it more slowly (or running in closer to the tunnel a bit then back to the threadle) – that way you can stay in motion more. If you want to stay in motion more, move slowly for now because motion will override the threadle verbal and arm if you move fast 🙂
Great job!!!! She is looks fabulous 🙂
Tracy
