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Good morning!!
Poor Wager! Hope his CCL heals up fast!! I hear great things about the stem cell work the vets are doing lately!
Seq 1: I think he was anticipating the release (when you stopped then moved again slightly) and that caused the question on the very first rep where he released and didn’t take the jump. The second rep looked good!
You can trust him more and do the bind sooner 2-3. You don’t need to wait to see if he is coming to 3, you can create the line with the blind 🙂 So when you see that he has 2, start the blind so he is jumping 3 on the left side of you.
You did another blind 4-5 – to get that tight you need to start it when he lands from 3 (another reason to two the blind 2-3 sooner). Yo started it at takeoff so he didn’t see the turn cues til after landing. It also created extra handing of the blind then the rear on 6 (he gave you an earful there! LOL!) so it might be easier to send to 4 on your left and serp 5-6, on the landing side of 5 (that also keeps you further ahead for 7.Seq 2: The bar came down at 1 – be more connected as you step away from that send (you looked ahead so he was trying to read which side of you to be on) and also being closer will help (no big advantage on this sequence to being further away)
You were much more connected at 1 on the 2nd rep, but you rushed the push cue for 2 and never got connection or commitment so he took the front. In that moment, don’t mark it as wrong and stop (handler error, everything except your voice said front of the jump if you freeze the video at :18). Just keep going as if it was correct! Note the difference in connection and support at :26, and he got it really nicely.
The rest looked really really good! The only thing to add is some deceleration as he exits 3 and looks at 4 – that will get more collection on 4 and make the FC easier for you.
Seq 1 with the added jump – very nice!
The aded jump makes the timing of the BC 2-3-4 even more important. He was looking at the added jump (correctly) because at 2, you kept him on your right for a long time. You can use a left verbal there and as soon as he is in the air for 2, do the blind 🙂You handled from the landing side of 5 on the first run and I think that did a better job of taking the off course jump out of the picture than the BC 4-5 did on the 2nd run. The BC at :44 set him on the line to the off course for a moment before your connection brought him back to the 5 jump.
Seq 2 with the added jump – very nice! I don’t think he ever looked at the off course jump 🙂 As with the first run of this previously, add a little decel as he exits 3 so you can get better collection on the FC at 4. The FC started as he was in the air there, so he made the turn on landing.
He dropped the bar of 6 but my guess was that he saw Wager coming and that was distracting. You both navigated around Wager successfully on the 2nd run, but I think that earns Wager a crate rather than a cot for the future so there are no collisions.Great job here! Definitely add the tunnel!!!!
Tracy
Since I am bugging you to trust more and turn sooner on these 🙂
You can connect and cue the 3 jump sooner, so as soon as you see him lock onto it, you start the blindYou gave the weave cue as he was over the bar of 5 and that is a great example of the early timing I am going for with him. Yay!
At :20 for the 9 tunnel, you waited til he landed before you cued it and he looked at you. You can be cuing the tunnel before he takes off for 8.
He was really wide on the 10 jump – that was because there was not a lot of decel (you are still moving forward and facing forward) and the verbal cue stared as he was lifting off for the jump at :24 – so it was too late for him to collect.
You got him through the gap and to the 11-12 nicely! Then at :34 you did the RC and called him as he was jumping, looking straight… so he was wide there too. I am sensing a pattern LOL!! Ideally, as he lands form 13, you would be decelerating and starting the left verbal or a name call, so that he can set p the turn before takeoff.
That was n impressive tunnel leap he had thereLOL!
And on the last around on 16 – more decel has to start at the tunnel exit with the around verbal – it started at takeoff for the jump here, so he was wide.So a big theme on these course and overall – move up the timing of the turn cue to no later than the exit of the previous obstacle. This includes the verbal but definitely also requires deceleration. The change in your motion from fast to slower will make a huge difference in his turns.
Great job!
Tracyhttps://youtu.be/bWIPZo721mM Jumpers course 1
Overall pretty happy. We had areas to work thruThis went well! You looked like you trusted him more! The next step now is to plan you turn cues to be sooner 🙂 Bearing in mind his enormous stride, you need to cue the tight turns sooner. In general, you can start those cues while he is in the air over the previous jump, especially on tighter distances.
For example, if you do the blind sooner on the 2-3 line (you can start it when you see him in the air for 2) then when he lands from 3, you will be finished and giving a decel and turn cue for 4.
You got nicely ahead on the 4-5-6 line, so when he is landing from 5, you can be decelerating there too and giving he wrap cues for 6. The dig dig dig started as he was in the air and since you were moving forward the whole time, he turned after landing. By using deceleration and then stepping to 7 sooner, he will be able to put in collection before takeoff.
Nice work!
TracyHi!
This is marked part 4 but I don’t see a part 3 – let me know if I missed something 🙂He is reading the lines well so now you need to trust him more 🙂 He had jump 2 (the backside beautifully, so you can keep moving and stay connected like you were, so you are further ahead for 3-4. That way, when he lands from 3, you can decelerate and give the verbal to get the wrap turn. You actually accelerated from 3 to 4 and said the verbal as he was taking off for 4… he read you 100% correctly and then you gave him a verbal correction for jumping wide. If he jumps wide, just carry on like he was correct, because he probably was (there was no way he could fix the turn in the air there). And take out any verbal corrections with him – they are arty stressful and confusing especially when he was reading your cues correctly 🙂
Tracy
https://youtu.be/VSRP_p-YRkQ Part 4
https://youtu.be/vgl-xenDUT0 part 2
This was sequence 3 of the raise your game challenges. Nice job!!! You can try a blind cross between 2 and 3 which will get you up the line to 4 sooner.
REALLY nice timing of the verbal and handling before the tunnel to get the turn to 4!Then turn your shoulders sooner at 4 – you helped more than he needed there 🙂 so he jumped long. That will get you to the FC between 5-6 sooner too! A lot of this is really trusting him, so he can turn better and so you can get to the next spot sooner 🙂
Nice work!
TracyGood morning! I consolidated the videos into one thread, so they are easier for you to find and track.
Nice run here!!
I think the lead out was just a shade too long, he broke the stay. So you can release sooner and see if you can get the push, or you can lead out on the other side and blind cross between 2 and 3.
Contacts are looking good – you were able to move past them to get to good position off the dog walk. As he gets more confident with them, you can run past the contact end rather than walk past, as this will help the seconds off the clock at a trial 🙂After the a-frame, the jump- tunnel discrimination was HARD! He did get to the backside of the jump but the tunnel was distracting enough that he didn’t actually jump it. That is a good start though – definitely show him that section in isolation and reward taking the jump.
He got stressed by the challenge and the stopping, so definitely build in more rewards in those really hard sections – he knew it was not right but didn’t know how it get it right. So you can start for the bottom of the a-frame, show him the tunnel then reward. Then start from the bottom of the frame, show him the jump, then reward. Then build it back into the full sequence.
The rear cross to the teeter looked good! After you cue the tunnel, be sure to call him when he is still at least 6 feet before the tunnel entry (or use a right verbal) and let him see you leaving for the next line, to get the turn on the tunnel exit 🙂
Nice work here!!
TracyI wasn’t planning on layering to the dogwalk but it just worked. We had some other issues. He had great contacts.
Hi!
The blind in the opening worked well in terms of support the stay! Pulling away to layer the tunnel was what contributed to the bar of 3 coming down, so definitely show him that again. You can also lead out a bit less and to see if more momentum into and out of the blind helps him get the line into the layer there.
He has nice contact stops! So the next phase is to keep running and not slow down as he is doing them
Definitely reward him for taking the jump instead of the tunnel in the 10-11 section. Tunnel- jump discriminations are really hard and he didn’t understand it that well… and didn’t get rewarded. Rewards in that section will go a long way to teaching him what you want there – those are popular discriminations nowadays.The switch was one step too soon so pushed him off the jump before the teeter. Nice job calling him before the tunnel! Then jump stay strongly connected between the last two jumps, so that he can see the line. You were looking forward and not at him, so he came with you 🙂
Nice work!
TracyHi!
Welcome back! I am excited to see more of him!
Yes, having a plan to get him off the teeter will definitely help! Jamie lifting him off was very helpful and also you can slowly turn him around with a cookie lure, or put a table next to it to help him jump off onto. If you are alone, you can do this on a lower teeter so it is easier to get him to turn around and come off safely. He is a bit of a stunt man 🙂 , so be sure to get him to move slowly on this and not rush for now – we can add speed later. When he was going up the plank to Jamie, you can be next to him with a cookie in front of him so he doesn’t try to go fast yet 🙂
Nice work here!!
Tracy
