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Good morning!
>>Sprite did a lovely RC wrap in her class yesterday.
Yay!!! That is a hard skill!
>she struggled to take jumps that were near a tunnel and not just dive in.
Probably higher arousal in class 🙂 Tunnels can be more tempting when arousal is higher! You can help work her through that in calmer places by using more tugging in training and also by doing more tunnel reps to get her stimulated 🙂
The either/or training at the end was great! She seems to have entered a “I GO FAST BIG LINES ARE SO FUN” stage and I am here for it 🙂 We want her looking at lines and enjoying the speed! She was also looking at the dog walk, even though the full dog walk probably doesn’t even have a ton of value yet. LOL!!! Good girl. We MUCH prefer a dog that drives lines passionately and with big speed over a dog that goes slowly and has a ton of refusals. So you are seeing the passion and that is great! Little drills like this will massage the scoping more towards the lines you want, while maintaining the speed and joy 🙂 Don’t worry at all if she is a bit wide while she is working through this – we know she can turn, and her turn skills will return when she fully knows where to focus. This is an adolescent stage of development and it is actually very fun 🙂
Serps are looking good too!! Nice job adding in your verbals!
>>She’s launching a bit, but I’m too far away from the serp jump. Angles aren’t exactly the same as your set up as I had to work with what was in the yard.>>
Yes, the bigger striding was her jumping towards your line, so it is more about the line and setup than launching in the jumping.
On the tighter serp exit where you pushed her to the far end of the tunnel (:50 and :59), you would need to be a bit more on takeoff side and we might even need to ‘work’ that exit to get more collection (meaning decelerate a bit and ask for more) but I don’t see a need for that now – she is working her body so nicely that I want her to continue sorting things out. She was already sorting it out at 1:11!
She was actually hilarious at :54 when the angle of the jump was flat (surprised, perhaps?) and she took a look at it… and said ‘no thanks’ hahaha! That is normal to see baby dogs run past that jump when they are going fast. You helped a little more at 1:05 and she fixed it – it also shows the enormity of the effort on serp lines for the dogs, she really had to work her body! And she sorted it out and nailed it at 1:15! Good girlie!!!!
Great job here! I am seeing her driving lines and going fast while also considering her jumping and body awareness (thoughtful in drive) and I am seeing you giving clear, connected cues while also running fast to show the lines.
Have you considered any NFC/FEO runs for her in the fall? Maybe all of us MaxPupper types can meet and do NFC together somewhere 🙂
Great job!
TracyGood morning!
I think she looked brilliant on both!!! The girl can run fast AND turn!!!! 16 inch bars look like no problem at all.
Both reps looked good – I liked the turn at 2 slightly better on the 2nd rep where you wrapped her to her left, because you were basically standing still at 3. On the 1st rep, you moved into position at 3 and that forward motion sent her a little wider over 2. That might be what you felt as being late? The spin moves on both sides looked great! You did a spin on the right turn side to put her on your left – she read it well and knew to come to the other end of the tunnel. The other option there is to FC and not spin, so she exits 3 on your right – that can be clearer when there is an off course tunnel right there (but she did not appear to look off course when you did the spin, and that is FABULOUS!)
>>I can’t tell which one was faster because I don’t have the program that times it.
I timed it to compare by slowing the video down – even though the right turn looks less smooth, there is more extension overall and it is a bit faster.
Great job here!!!
TracyHi!
The walk through looked strong here! Since jump 3 is an “out”, try to plan to be ahead of him so you can show the line. That would mean sending to the start wing from a bit further away to get ahead on the line.That wad what caused the bar on the first run: you were parallel to him as he was making a takeoff decision for 2, and the acceleration and line told him to jump in extension on his right lead. When you pushed in for the out, he was over the bar and dropped it trying to adjust.
The rest looked good!
On the 2nd run, he peeled off 3 at the last minute because you dropped your arm and turned away – I don’t think he stumbled, I think he was trying to figure out the line. So yes, it falls into the one more step category 🙂
Keeping your arms lower will help this too, because he will see the line longer (the high arms tend to change the line of our shoulders and pull the dogs off the line).
This went well! Onwards to sequence 4 🙂 have fun!
TracyHi!
This is looking good! Rewarding on the line definitely helped her! Plus, your motion and verbals were all good too 🙂 My only suggestion is to reward when she is furthest from you, as much as possible 🙂 so rather than reward after the tunnel, try to get the reward in after the jump before the tunnel. That will really solidify the distance skills (the tunnel is the easy part, plus rewarding after it rewards drive towards you, not drive away).Great job! Onwards to the next sequences!
TracyGood morning! Your fence looks AWESOME!
Kaladin:
>>I may have jump 3 a bit further over than it should be, but I was getting wide-ish turns on the wrap.>>
It is was the transition, not the set up 🙂 You had a super fast connected walk through, but no transition into decel and turn in the walk through – so when you ran it the first time, the cues were late (he was about a stride from takeoff and that is a little late so most of the turning was on landing
Then you can run towards 4 more (you added. That in the 2nd walk through. And in the 2nd run, you added the transition into decel at just the right moment (landing from 2)
So if you freeze the video at his takeoff points at :27 and :44, you will see that you are rotated and moving away on them both… but the turn at :44 was much better because the decel is such a powerful cue. Same at :53 – so nice! And running in a little more to 4 made it all perfect 🙂
>>Tightest wrap was when I somehow managed to step on the edge of my shoe and almost fell over. (I’m in Liz Joyce’s agility fitness class and clearly can’t think about footwork on a lateral decel while running a dog)
If stepping on your own shoe gets such gorgeous turns, keep it. HA! Kidding! My tightest turns have been when I fall on my butt LOL!
On Min’s run – the walk through it insightful! It was a goldilocks moment: not enough info on the first run, too much too soon on the 2nd run.
You did have some decel but based on where you were looking, it was late at :05 (your invisible dog was already passed you and nearing the jump, so probably had already made a takeoff decision). That is how you ran ti the first time, so the turn was a little wide.
On the 2nd run, you were decelerating as she was over 2 and looking ahead (she is watching you there, the decel plus disconnection caused the question at :39) so she didn’t commit. The last rep was just right – you were more connection and let her land form 2 before decelerating – and her commitment and turn looked great 🙂
Fortunately, her timing and Kaladin’s timing are basically the same, so you can lock into one timing rather than having to make big adjustments for each dog. They both looked great!
Nice work here, let me know what you think!
TracyGood morning!
>>River is definitely the worst at this out of my three dogs;
I think you were accidentally making this too hard, with the verbal being pretty much the opposite of what she was seeing in terms of position and body cues. You were leaning over her and the leaning was putting the body cue to the wrong obstacle, which also happened to be on the side closer to her. So she was having some questions. So then to get it right, you faced the correct obstacle more, which solidifies the physical cue but not necessarily the verbal. She got plenty of it correct, but still a few too many failures. So, take all of the physical cue out and just sit 🙂 She can be between your knees 🙂 And if she has trouble moving away to an obstacle when you are seated work that individually on one obstacle (not both) til she has it, then you can go back for both.
If she is wrong, no worries, use a reset cookie to keep the value of trying really high because it is a super hard game.
>>River’s shoulder x-ray was clear. No shoulder, elbow, or wrist issues. Now we can get a referral for rehab.>>
Such great news!!! YAY!!! Onwards to a soft tissue person. Does Leslie Woodcock still practice or has she retired?
Nice work here! Keep me posted!
TracyHi!
Here are some ideas:
On course 1 – stay closer to 2 than normal, then as she drives ahead to 3-4-5, throw the ball on the landing side of 4 (you can even be peeling away to layer 10)
Other good spots to reward:
Go closer to 8 than normal, so you can reward her driving away to 10 (and if she ends up in the off course tunnel, reward, because you were probably late LOL!)I would take out the backside at 14, make it a front side, and reward the 13-14 line same as you rewarded 3-4 (you will be behind there, from getting the backside at 12)
Then go in closer to the exit of 17, pick her up, and reward for driving ahead 18-19-20, ideally between 19-20.
Course 2:
You can reward on landing of 3 as you peel away to handle on landing side of 4
Go in closer to 8, so she drives away to 9-10 (and reward if she ends up in the off course tunnel because you might have sent her there :))And then like curse 1 – go in closer to the exit of 17 and reward her driving away to 18-19 (ignore the 20 backside for now).
Let me know how it goes!
TracyGood morning!
Walk through: this was fun to watch, I could really see where she was on course based on where you were looking! I think the main thing to rehearse is going to be big connection after blinds. You were doing it on the walk through, but not as much on the run. If you exaggerate it more on the walk through, it will be clearer on the run!
And remember to practice being LOUD for the layering so it is timely – you got really quiet on the walk through, and that made the cue late in the actual run.
On the run: the opening looked really good!
You mentioned that Artie has trouble with the line after the frame – You realized that you were too far ahead on the frame so did some running in place… which totally drew her attention off the line at 1:04 for a heartbeat after the frame, so you pushed her back to the line and then she was a bit wide to the DW. To help her find the line smoothly, you can go in closer to the line before the a-frame so you don’t get too far ahead there
She definitely thought the angled exit of the dog walk was HARD 🙂 I totally stole it from an AKC map so we have to convince her to do it LOL! You can break it down and help by putting a target out as a focal point, so she drives down to the target as you decel to go to the position for the next jump.
After the DW, you can connect more on the BC at 1:19 – you walked it connected but did not run it connected (so more exaggerated rehearsal will help get it into your muscle memory: arms back, eyes on dog!) When that little blooper happens… keep going! Try to put the run back on the rails and not stop to reset. You changed it to a FC at 1:32 but the blind was a really good choice!
She read the layering really well! You got the verbal out sooner than you did in the walk through, but still plan to be yelling it while she is still 10-15 feet before the tunnel entry to propel her into the layering.
The flip looked good too! Nice ! And then the BC at 1:54 needed more eyes and less arm on the reconnection to get a better turn.
On Maewyn’s run – she read the opening really well too, so move away from the backside 2-3-4 sooner – you were in her landing spot (it is harder jumping her lower!) so she had t wait a bit and go around you).
You can move in closer to the 5 jump and the frame for her too – the running in place got a little head check from her as well.
She understood the dog walk exit, yay! Very nice!!
Yo can be earlier with the layering cues for her too 🙂 She does not know the flip skill as well as Artie, so you can slow down the handling for her so she sees each cue distinctly.Course 2:
The walk through is looking good in almost every way! One thing to add: You have really good speed in the walk through, but you lose connection when you go fast. So keep the speed and emphasize the connection lots more 🙂
For example, there is a camera angle at 3:40 where you finish a blind and connect with your hand but not your eyes on jump 19 .
Same thing at 3:42 on exit of FC at 20 (looking forward, not back to her. That means you will need to be thinking about and doing the connection for the first time while running her, which can sometimes be fine or sometimes lead to an error or wide turn.On the run – overall looking REALLY good! The RC at 3 in the opening looked great very effective to get the turn and keep you ahead!
She had a question about the layering 5-6-7. Strategically in terms of the handling, you can have more distance laterally away from the a-frame then your running line can be converging towards 5-6, to help keep her out on the line (you turned forward at 4:00 so she came in). Also, she needs more experience on layering, so I like your plan of breaking it down, bringing the MM, throw or place rewards, to help her understand that is it indeed a good thing to go past the dog walk there 🙂 Looks like there was a placed reward at 4:12 and that really helped! You can do that every time (or throw it) especially on the first rep of the run to help build up the skill.
A couple of bars down o the 8-9 line, possibly a bit of disconnection there so she was trying to sort out the line.
She read the layering from the tunnel under the DW to the next tunnel really well! So her layering question is mainly about passing the DW, I think.
The flip looked great! This is turning out to be a SUPER strong skill! Yay!
You got the in in nicely at the end after the DW (she took a moment to realize that the in in was indeed the release). And you got the lines and connections on the end, but she was drifting a little because the connections were delayed. So keep making them the top priority, so they are super quick and natural during the run.
Great job here! Let me know what you think!
TracyGood morning!
Live class sequences:
Seq 1:
He had a little trouble finding the line at first, so you’ll want to revisit this a lot without the DW there so he is really confident finding the line on that first rep. He was fine after that, but he saw where the jump was LOL!The RC on 5 is a good thing to use! At :28 it was late starting, so you can begin the arm cues and the verbals when he over jump 4, so he lands seeing the cues (remember the WOO!) These cues started just before takeoff so he didn’t have time to adjust. Coming back down the line looked good!
Seq 2: Almost running into the tunnel means you went in too deep to the dog walk, so it was better when you handled with more distance.
Seq 3, putting 2 of them together: this looked good too! I would turn him to the right on the far jump at 1:35 rather than left, because the left wrap puts him in collection and makes the next line harder to find with more turning
Adding the weaves might have been a bit too much. He was fine here on the reps you put in, but sounds like he had lots of questions – he has done a lot this week and if he was stressing, you will want to leave it alone for a bit rather than work it more (more work generally means more stress, not more success LOL!!)
Standard course 1 walk through:
The opening looked good – I don’t think you need to help him over the bar on the 3 and 4 backsides, you can connect but keep moving throughJump 1 at ;39, he turned left because you stepped backwards instead of forward like you did when you walked it. If that happens – keep going! That might happen at a trial and you won’t be able to re-start.
Helping him with the bar at 3 made the line and connection to cue the 4 backside late at :50 (you were still running into the gap which presents the front and you didn’t connect back to him with your arm back, so he was convinced it was the front. When the physical and verbal cues don’t match, the dogs will take the physical cues, generally.
The rest of the handling went really well! On the 16 tunnel, tell him to corre corre before he even enters it, so he blasts out into the layering even sooner 🙂 Then you can try to get in a little closer to 17 to show it to him, but the rest of the plan went really well!
He had a lot of questions on the contacts for sure!
>>I don’t think Grizzly likes the AF at this site since it it not rubberized. At home or trials I have not seen these many errors.>>
That might be it – he hits it pretty hard and it might be uncomfortable in terms of hardness and grip.
The angle of exit on the RDW is actually taken from an AKC map – they are seeing this a lot of regular AKC standard, so I figured it would be good to work on. You can start by making the jump angle less severe, moving it closer to the straight line exit, then as he gets confidence and understanding, you can move it more and more to the difficult angle and reward the good fast hits (when he got it, he slowed down a lot to get it).
Course 2 walk through:
The walk through is looking good, and that is translating to most of the handling looking good too!Since he is doing into the 5-6-7 layering on the running a-frame, you can probably layer 18 on the way to 8 🙂 Layering and distance is a massive trend nowadays!
I think you wanted the threadle wrap at 16 at :25 but it looked like a threadle slice handling in the walk through.
I am glad you practiced the turn to the dog walk, because he agreed that the cue looked like a threadle slice cue at :40. The speed of handling it and the step back to the jump with your left arm & leg at :41 before he had a chance to turn was what cued the slice. The threadle wraps are a slower handling move than the slices, because you need to turn him and then you can move away (also don’t say left LOL!!)MUCH better at :59, you turned his head before you moved forward, and it was all clearer. Try not to run backwards too much as that can also accidentally show the slice line.
Showing him the threadle exit of the DW was good too – don’t say yes until he has finished the behavior because the big praise means reward, which pulled him off the line when you wanted the jump.
The hard turns off contacts are a good training area for him!
At 1:58 off the teeter, it was hard to hear the verbals – I think you said “break right” and he went straight. You can use your right as the release to see if that helps It was hard to hear the cues at 2:21, he was still straight. So you can take a travel plank and work the angled exits on just a plank! That can be an easy fun way to break it down so he is successful 🙂
The layering lines all looked great here! Fast and confident!!!!
Looking at the threadle wrap before the dog walk:
At 2:34, you reverted to the fast throwback threadle slice on the jump before the DW rather than the slower clearer move you did on the warm up, so he turned left. The repeat at 2:41 was much clearer, so be sure to add that clearer, slower move into the walk throughs too. It is hard to run like mad then have to slow down to cue the turn, but these types of turns definitely are slow motion in how we cue them, especially as the dogs are learning them.Then at 2;41 – a big YESSSS so he went straight – try not to praise, just give info (information is praise, in a way, and sets the dog up for more success)
He was having trouble finishing the wrap here without looking at the tunnel and keeping the bar up. So for now – don’t use a bar, use just one wing in the course, so he can get he coordination and turn and process all the verbals. Then when he s not looking at the tunnel and wrapping easily, you can put the bar back in at 16” to build the skill up to add jumping – then the bar can get higher and high over the course of several sessions.
He found the in in really nicely at 2:54 but then you ran away to 19, so he followed your motion and didn’t take the jump. Stay at the threadle for one moment longer, so he can make. The turn and find the bar. That means you can move but move parallel to the bar, not away from it, more like what you did at 3:13. He has a bit of trouble jumping that bar on the threadle – he was definitely tired here but I saw it in the warm up too. So you can practice these at high speed (like off the RDW) on a 16 inch bar to help him find the footwork and speed, then go to 18 then 20 and so on.
The handling on the end looked good!
He was VERY tired by the end of this – he has had a busy week, plus running in the heat and sand is hard, so I suggest several days off from agility so he can be fresh and ready to do more 🙂Nice work! Let me know what you think!
TracyGood morning!
Her commitment on the ladders looks really good! She wants you to trust her more: you are helping her too much by waiting for her to finish coming around the wing before moving forward, so she is slowing down to let you get off her line 🙂 So as soon as she arrives at the wing, you can move forward and maintain your connection back to her.
At :14 on the FC, for example, you trust her to finish her commitment because you sent and left: note how at :15 she is finishing the wrap and you are several steps ahead. Compare it to :17 when she is finishing coming around the wing and you are still there on the ‘landing’ side. Ideally you would be past the wing by then. So as she passes you and turns her head to the wing, you can move forward behind her. That will also make the blind cross exits even easier .If she has any commitment questions, you can throw the reward back to her.
The double crosses are going better too! I think the last thing to work on with these is to keep your arms in tight to you (so they are not really visible to her) on the 2nd blind – make the 2nd blind all about eye contact, so she can read it even sooner.
Great job here! Let me know what you think!
TracyGood morning!
She looks great! The bars are 16 here, I think, and the jumping looks good! On the straight line after the tunnel, we are seeing a lot of 1-stride reps which is GREAT!
Yes, the timing of the BC is tricky. The first one was early as you mentioned so she read a fancy line (good girl!) The 2nd one was much better! – a little late but definitely on the right track.
Two ideas to get the blind tighter:
– keep your arms in tighter by bending your elbows and tucking your arms into your ribs. That will make your blind quicker showing the new connection sooner. If you start the blind on time but your arms are out too much, it slows down the new connection and widens the turn.– to make connection after the blind, you can use the reward-across-the-body connection style to really open up the connection and get nice turns:
The lead out push looked great too. She will add a little more collection on those if you stay in position one stride longer (but her turn was fast and tight so I am not sure we need more collection).
>>I then tried to do a reverse spin to get her into the opposite side of the tunnel but she was reading it as a RC. When I watched the video I can see this but I was using my dig dig dig (left wrap verbal). >>
Yes, she was correct to read the rear cross at :41, the physical cue was a strong rear cross cue (you tried to get the spin after she landed from 3, which sealed the RC for her). If the verbal and the physical cues don’t match, she will have to choose and often young dogs choose the physical cues.
At :54 you did a better job of trying to get her to turn left and she was starting to… until you took a step to your left so she changed leads to the tunnel
When you were doing it as one jump, your feet and shoulders were facing the RC line a bit so she kept turning right (like at 1:18). When you faced the jump more fully at 1:25, she got the left turn. Then at 1:38, you were able to add the spin to that. When you put it back into the sequence at 1:55, you did turn to face the jump more fully so she was able to read the left turn, but watch your feet there: you were side stepping towards her which created a question, and she dropped the bar. 2:04 was much better in terms of showing the line, you would need to get off her line one step sooner (she was waiting a bit between 3 and the tunnel).
Another way to handle the spin would be to move to the wing like you did, but when she lands from 2 you can already be rotated and then handle 3 as more of a throwback and less of a post turn then spin.
>>Would you not handle it this way or do I just need to train it more? >>>>
Good question! I would handle it the other way for most dogs (including Dora) because the slice is so strong 2-3. And if the dog can turn and find a tunnel entry without losing too much speed? That will end up being faster because of the slice line 2-3. The turning 2-3, and then 3 to find the line to 4 will often negate the better line 3-4 for most dogs (such as dogs that have to slow down to find the tunnel).
Dora is great at turning and great at finding tunnels, so I bet turning right at 3 will be faster. If you have time, do it both ways and we will time it!
Great job here; I am so excited with how well she is running these!
TracyGood morning!
>>Now that I think about it, my feet are pointing the wrong way for a threadle (which is why all of them felt like throwbacks – because they are). I knew something was off when I was doing it (and I just figured it out).
Yes, those were all forced front crosses – they were good ones! The is reading them well, including the throw backs. So it was a good session! And I use the threadle verbal for these as well, because it is the same behavior for the dog. To turn it into threadle handling, turn so your stomach is facing the wing and feet facing the ext line.
One adjustment I suggest is that you change her start position based on what you want her to do at 2 – if it is the backside, line her up on a slice at 1 so she is facing the backside line. You had her facing straight which added a turn on 1 and shows the line later.
>>She was a little twitchy at the start when I’d move my arm, so a good reminder for both of us to pause. >>
Her start lines are looking better for sure! During the pause before your release, put your hand in position for a solid couple of seconds before the release. You were stationary then released *then* put your hand in. This is one of the few cues where the hand is the most important part of it, so have your hand fully in position, count to 2, then release will help her find the line very reliably as things get more complex.
For example, at :49 and :53, you are stationary with no hand cue and visible between the uprights when you released her, so it could have easily been the front side there. She was fully in FFC mode by then so she got it, but the hand cue in position came after the release when ideally it is low and visible past the wing for a couple of seconds before the release. The same will hold true when you turn around for the threadle 🙂
The positions at :49 and :53 looked almost identical to the position at :58 and 1:05, which turned out to be the LOP when you released her. So on the one too – present the full picture of the cue (strike a pose!), count to 2 – then release.
She will need to be convinced not to move when you put your hand in position (which might be why you are not putting it into position) so you can do LOTS of putting your hand in position slowly and throwing a reward to her for NOT moving.
Great job here! Since the weather is good, drag out the tunnel and add more moving and sequencing to this 🙂
TracyHi!
He was such a good boy with his lead outs! And your rewards were great! So were your connections in the handling – click/treat for you too! 🙂
All of this looked really strong so my feedback is boring 🙂
The blinds looked good on 2 jumps and looked even better on 3 (the timing is easier when you have more space to turn early). His commitment is developing nicely, so you can start the blind as soon as he lands from 1. You were closest to that at 1:15 and he read it perfectly!You can do the FC sooner too – at 1:35 you were starting it when he was approaching 2, so try to start it as soon as he lands from 1.
It was hard to see from the camera angle but you might be moving too straight past 2 and not towards 3 enough on the FC and BCs – he is landing straight then turning, even with the good timing, which generally means you were not close enough to 3. So, on the BCs and FCs, be moving towards 3 (or on the FC, go stand right at 3) and that will help with the line.
The lead out push is going well too, this will be much easier and smoother and faster than the FC for him! He only had one blooper here (the only blooper on the video!) and I think it was because you were moving too much through the lead out push at 2:09 so he didn’t quite connect it to the jump. You were great at 2:19, when you stood still, made connection, then released him so he nailed it. Yay!
Great job! Let e know what you think!
TracyHi!
The seq 1 walk through looked good! My only handling suggestion is that since he is a small dog, you can get closer to 4 (the jump after the wrap) to help him have a good line to it, especially because it is wingless.
He dropped the bar at 2 on the first run, and ticked it on the 2nd run – there was no real handling reason that I could see (you can try connecting more, that is always a good thing LOL!) but he was jumping from his front not his rear, which usually means he is sore or tired or both. He has done a lot of jumping lately, so be sure to not over-do it.
Seq 2 walk through also went well! Your connection looked good on the opening and push to the backside. Yo can use a little more connection on the 4-5-6 line (like at 1:56), keeping your arm back to him – remember he is behind you at this point so you will want to cue the backside with connection and your arm back.
Seq 2 runs – on the first run he was slower than expected, I think, so you got to the backside sooner and then lost connection (arm moved forward) so he ended up on the front side. The second run was good too, but the little disconnect at 6 got the front side (3:05).You got him a little more pumped up and then the full run at 3:38 was really good! That is where I would have ended the session: he was fast, happy, clean. And your connections were in all the right spots! You tried it again at 4:34 but you had an error by being late/disconnected on the rotation at 6 and tried it again after that and he told you pretty clearly he was done. You got him to keep going, but he pulled bars. So be aware of the “that was great, let’s NOT do it again” theme so that you can end on the big successes and not try again.
>>I am pretty sure a spin is not the same as a postturn which is what I did)
A spin is a front cross on the jump, then a blind cross on the flat as you move away – so you would be turning towards him on the jump rather than turning away (like the post turn). A spin is very effective there and definitely easier for the handler 🙂
Nice work!!
Tracy
