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>so still injured and actually found out I did break a rib at that trial 2 weekends ago (found out after 3 days of competing in the West Coast Cup this past weekend) >
Oh no! Ouch!!!!
>So, we did some lowkey āother side of the dogwalkā stuff from Package 4 skills but with the real dogwalk since this isnāt new to him.>
Perfect! Plenty can get done with this while your ribs heal up.
GO cues and the weaves all looked good even with the sharp decelerations š He also turned really well on the tunnel its when asked: You can add a brake arm to the right and left cues if the need a tighter turn on the tunnel exits, depending on the course design.
Since this went so well, you can add some higher level challenges:
– move the line of weaves slightly so that he actually has to turn slightly to his left to find the entry! I have seen that a number of times on the soft side entry
– put a jump out there too, so you can do jump or weave cues as a discrimination
– use different verbals on the jump: Go, wraps, soft turns, even turning him away if he can do it at a distance!Weave-tunnel discrimination work also went really well! You were gradually adding countermotion and he did really well – the one thing I donāt think you need is to keep your arm up and be super connected when he is heading to the entry and weaving (you didnāt use it as much later in the session). Treat the weaves like a tunnel: cue the entry, see him lock on, then run without supporting them that much. Watch him just enough to see if he weaves or not š
When your ribs are feeling better, add more running for this game š And, a new challenge that is popping up in UKI and ISC: swap the tunnel and the weaves in this setup, so he has to go right past the tunnel to find slightly recessed weaves. I am not sure I like this new challenge we are seeing, but might as well prepare for it!
>Added a couple of clips from 2 weekends ago where we had some of this on our courses ā I LOVE it when camp stuff shows up immediately for me in a trial.>
OMG! That makes me happy! Well done! These are all things we have been showing the dogs in some form recently, and it looks like he found them to be pretty easy!
>so I used my Gamblers run to practice the weave layer for the Masters Agility class that came after it.>
If the judge was not wanting people to practice it, he would not have had that setup in gamblers. Thanks, judge!
>Iām too short so to see if he hits the entry so I have to like peek under the dogwalk. >
Ha! That is relatable!
>I want to work on the contact exit skills next so will set that up. >
That is perfect for not having to run much. You can replace the start wing with a short tunnel if you wanted more speed into it.
>Heās still having LOTS of issues with aframes in trials when he extends and just leaps apex, lands halfway down downramp and strides off. At some RDW issues when his stride really extends and his beautiful perfect hit 4 stride becomes a 3 stride that leaves the dogwalk 12ā³ above the contact.>
Often the discrepancy is in the arousal state in training versus trialing. We train the dogs in 2 different states, and that can hinder trial performance because the higher arousal state will change their mechanicsā¦ which changes the striding. There are a gazillion studies in humans about this (state dependent learning and memory) and so we just assume that mammal brains are close enough to each other to also apply this to dogs š And it works incredibly effectively – and it is also efficient because we can do fewer reps if the internal states match up as much as possible.
So as you are working the skills on the contacts – only work them in the highest arousal you can muster from him. How to do this? I think youāve played the 10 tunnel game with him, where he zips through the tunnel 10 times in a row til he is basically frothing at the mouth š¤£š then immediately cue the contact behavior you are training. Wild tugging can get this (when your ribs are feeling good again) and also adding a LOT of speed with big distances before the skill will get the higher arousal too. Ive also played loud fast music AND had my other dogs help by barking their heads off.
And while I am getting that arousal state, the behavior is sliced into smaller pieces so there is more chance of success. And we donāt want 100% success – it is that friction of habit of failure that actually advances the learning the most. So try to get at least 1 failure out of every 9 to 10 reps. And doing 10 reps might be hard while maintaining the arousal state, so you might only get 4 or 5 reps in which is fine too.
>ām trying ā for the first time with running contacts a āhit itā type cue after the runnning contact obstacle cue to see if that gives him the clarity he needs. I really donāt want to have to use that long term since I really like being able to tell him once heās committed to the contact with the contact verbal how to exit the contact and to which obstacle, but so far thatās way too often leading to missed contacts when his stride gets really extended.>
Maybe eventually the hit it cue can be the obstacle cue – hit it for the frame and spot for the RDW, instead of obstacle names? Then you will still be able to tell him how to exit – I agree that is important!
>He did great on this today in a short session so weāll see if it translates and gives him the clarity he needs.>
Keep me posted on how he does!
Tracy
Good morning!
> The first side (turning to his left) seemed more physically difficult for him than turning to his right. You will see- itās like he wasnāt turning his ahead at all. He was moving his head better on the right turn.>
He found the TW side each time correctly, and yes there was a slight difference between his left and right turns. He started off turning his head to the left really well – and then he was looking at something that was straight ahead/to the right (you can see him looking there at :13-:14, for example). Was there something else out ahead that might have been visually interesting? It happened after a couple of reps so he might not have been that stimulated by the treat dropped as a reward and the # of reps, so whatever was out there was catching his attention.
So to keep his attention on the game – spice it up a bit š Add toys as a reward thrown back to the wing. Yes, you get more reps with the cookie drops but I think fewer more exciting reps will do the trick here! And if he gets it right a couple of times, change an element: switch sides, or add the wing before, or send him to the other side of the wing a a balance rep.
Nice work here!
TracyHi! Yes, if it is glitching, then a new thread is the best bet.
>I did the weave challenges with both girls. Since cricket does not adore the poles and my tunnel is only 15 feet we did 6 poles.>
You can also curl the tunnel a bit so the entries are more visible as she is heading to the poles š My tunnel is also 15 feet, o with 12 poles you have room to also add the jump as a discrimination challenge.
>Both dogs kind of paused halfway through but then came back to me. Maybe I should have stopped there?>
Weaving is physically demanding, so they might have needed a little break. They might have been feeling the burn š
One thing I did a happy dance about with both girls was how well they both adjusted their lines to find the harder weave entries! Wow!!!
Looking at Cricketās video: she did well with the challenges!
A lot of the weave challenges nowadays are set up so we handlers can decel and wait til the dog is in the entry, then move again. When she missed the first poles and went to the tunnel, you were moving. I would still work on being able to stay in motion, but it is good to know that she finds the entry easily when you hold still for a moment.
She also did well with the countermotion on the entry, as long as you were nearer to pole 1 when you started it. At 2:18 she hit the entry with you near pole 5, then you started moving directly opposite her line, too hard
The only other question she had was at 2:45, where I think you were cueing a threadle to the entry but you were standing on her line so she entered in a different spot.
For Taq: she also did GREAT!
>With Taq I had the poles open a few inches. Which seemed like a good idea since there was only 1 error.>
Yes! Because the setup is hard, making the poles slightly easier was great.
She found the tunnel past the poles really well!
And she did really well finding the weave entries too – SUPER!!! You were stationary til she got the entry, which is fine for now. You can add in gentle, slow movement after you send her to the entry, so she doesnāt rely on you being stationary . It looks like her only error was when you moved a lot when she got the entry. Plus, adding movement will help when you add the countermotion too.
Great job here! You can work the skill on soft sided entries for the next session. Have fun!
Tracy
Hi!
The game here looked good! She had a question about passing the weaves to find the tunnel on the 2nd rep but then you stepped in closer to help her, which was perfect.
The weaves on your right side looked great on all reps!>I put up a couple of barriers at the end of the soft? entry because the first go through I sent the ball flying past her and it pulled her out so she decided the last 2 poles in that direction were clearly optional. Mostly she stays in with the ball throw but we havenāt been practising with 12 poles for a while.>
Yes, that was definitely the harder side for her! The barriers seemed to help (I couldldnāt even see them!). Also, you can move your arms the whole time she is weaving as if you are throwing a ball, so she learns to ignore your hands and finish the weaves š
>Her main challenge is never weaving in competition. Just running past. I might get one or two weaves when I put her back in. Or not. Every course in our big comp at the end of September has weaves so it is DQ city.>
Hmmmm, that is challenging!! Have you done training runs with her, with a toy in the ring (or a ball)? You can keep it hidden, and keep asking for the poles (even if you have to slow her down) and then *surprise!* whip out the reward.
At home, you can get her deranged with arousal by having her run back and forth through the tunnel 10 times or moreā¦ then ask for the weaves. We can try to simulate trial arousal. You can do it on this setup: wing-tunnel-wing-tunnel 10 timesā¦ then wing-weave and see what happens š
Nice work here! Let me know what you think of idea for getting her to weave at trials!
Tracy
Hi!
The threadle wrap reps looked really good! As you add more of your motion to them, you can make your arm cues even more obvious so he doesn’t miss them: really show him the cues and even shake your hands if needed š
For the teeter game: he was having a grand time slamming the board around LOL!! And he did really nice backing up onto the board too!
To help him back up more and keep his head lower, you can lower your hands. This will give him a lower focal point, and it will also allow you to deliver the rewards with his head lower. With hi head a little lower, he will get even better weight shift and hind end use. The best position for the treats is probably going to be at the height of your knees – so you can bend a little, or use a chair if it you donāt want to bend š
Great job!!
TracyHi!
She was really good about getting the jump lines here and also reading the cues (even if they sent her someplace you didnāt intend to:) Yay Lu!!
>I just canāt get my timing on these and after watching it I think I was really on her line.>
Yes – on the reps where she went to the backside (:20, :28, :44) your feet stepped into her line which sent her to the backside. At 1:20, it was your motion going a bit sideways into the line that cued the backside. It is subtle but she is paying attentioN!
If she does go to the backside, try to get her to jump the backside bar, though, so she gets into the habit of jumping it even if you didnāt intend to send her there.
When you went to the front of the bar, she got the correct line (first rep, :51, 1:27)/ Yay! She was wide, though, because you were trying to show the line with speed and decel will get a better collection.
The key cue here, though, is your arm and not your feet š I think you were trying to use lower body motion to get the turn but the switch cues are all upper body (handler line can be to the right turn wing in this case). Ideally, as she is exiting the tunnel you can be decelerating and showing her the switch away arms. Then use them in a check mark motion or a Nike swoosh motion to get her to turn away – and jee your feet going forward until after she turns away. That will get really independent switch aways!
Great job here!
TracyHi!
>Seems like the key for me right now is Iāve got to see that he is past meā¦.and bigger arms are definitely clearer! >
Yes – the bigger the arm cues, the better! And also if the arms are clear, the footwork doesnāt matter as much.
I think the hand cues can be more visible to him if you show him the hand (or both hands, which make it more visible) and turn them as if turning him away in a check mark motion or a Nike swoosh motion š Let him see the hand across your body then swoosh him away – on some of the cues, you were extending the hand toward the jump but it looked like a throwback wrap cue, so he wrapped (like at :25).
At :33 and 1:25 your hand wa pointing to right turn landing spot and didnāt turn him away – then your feet pushed into backside before he passed you.
:42 (and 1:44) – the arm is pointing to right turn landing (he is looking at it) then at :43 your feet do a RC so he changes his line right before takeoff
The rep at 1:02 was more of a check mark hand cue and that was his best rep! Yay! So make the check mark arm swoosh even bigger – you can challenge yourself to not turn your feet at all, and just turn him away with your hands š The feet can turn after he turns away š
Nice work here!
Tracy
Hi! This went GREAT! Maisy seemed to really like it too š
Your hand/arm cues were super clear – a little late on the first rep so it looks like the bar came down. But on the runs after that, they were earlier (starting while she was in the tunnel) so they were very timely and it looks like she had no questions (and the bar stayed up!)
You can try adding even more distance away from her on this! Doing these switches from a big distance will give you a positional advantage on the next part of the course š
>I think Iād call it a tandem turn? >
There are many similarities to the tandem, including the hand cues. I use the switch to only every mean layering and distance after the turn, though – and my regular tandem turn is more about turning together to the next line.
Great job here!
TracyHi!
Looking at Lift’s tunnel-weaves video:
This was a really good way to break it down for her – kind of a weave-tunnel sandwich setup LOL!
The weaves closer to the camera looked good – she drove ahead beautifully to them from the tunnel, including with you did them as a rear cross!
It was harder to see the weaves on the other side of the tree – it looked like she did think those base were weird (plus it was setup in a big sun spot, so it is possible they were hard to see). The higher profile of the round PVC might be changing her striding a little – to get to 12 poles, does anyone have a flat base you can borrow? She is very zippy on the flat base!!Kaladin was thinking hard on the weave entries!! He was generally heading to the entry then on some reps on the soft side entries, losing confidence that he was right just before entering. So, since we can to build up more speed and confidence that he just goes to the poles without you – you can do 2 things:
Open up the angle of entries a bit so they are easier to get into – you can also add a wing to the 2nd pole of the soft sided entry (it is easy to fade) so he can lock onto it.
You can also move them closer! Get them 6 feet from the tunnel so that he blasts to them. Then inch them back outā¦ 6.5 feet, 7 feet, etc. How quickly you move them away from the tunnel will depend on how fast he goes to them. If he is running to them? Great! Move them out a little more. If he slows down, keep them where they are til he is running again.
>On the switch aways to layers: When you said closer to the jump do you mean while still keeping some lateral distance, but going further towards the take off side of the jump? >
Closer to the front side of the jump, but most ideally on the line to the wing closer to you (and opposite the switch away wing). That way you can still get a parallel line into the layering.
>but decided to wait to see the Games 5 drills to figure out where to put such a big piece of equipment so that itās not in the way) >
You wonāt need the a-frame for the drills until the dogs are really good at the foundation level of the handling game.
> (I didnāt want to have too much of running down different planks at the same time even if they were in separate sessions) >
I have never had an issue with dogs struggling with the difference between the down games on the teeter and the RDW work. They are brilliant and they have us humans really well-trained LOL!
>she doesnāt have a strong enough understanding of her front foot target at the end of the board. She was racing down the board and stopping just short of the target. (aside from the one where I had her too amped up and she careened right off the end of the board). I think I need to go back to the travel plank and refresh her front foot target before doing more teeter going down or starting the elevator game. >
Now that is a skill you can use in this weekās handling games!! You can also elevate her target a bit so she almost steps up onto it. For my 4on dogs, I also have a reward plate attached to the underside of the teeter, so when they get their feet in position, I put the cookie on the plate (it is often a spoon duct taped to stick out from the underside of the teeter haha)
>Is the wider a-frame enough of a different picture that she shouldnāt get confused with it if I go back to the downhill teeter stuff soon?>
Yes, it is different enough. And also, it helps the young dogs know the difference based on the foundation games we play. I am a big fan of training all 3 of them because the games and cues are so different. I have trained all 3 in the same session, and so far Iāve never had a dog ask a question about which was which.
>Nothing found in chiro or massage appointments, but sheās still drifting to the right for this grid. >
That was really interesting, because she did it with you on either side – she was not curling into you, she was moving to her right even when you were on her left. Did the body work people do muscle measurements to make sure everything was equally muscled? Has she had her grown up dog OFA-type xrays? On the next jump session, video her from behind so we can see what her hind end/pelvis is doing. And you can give her more room to the last jump too, so she can really open up the striding. That will be fun!
Nice work here!
TracyHi!
>In my āwhat was I thinkingā stupidity, we had an hour ring rental this morning.>
Ha! You must have been tired!!
> Friends had lowered the frame for us last night to 4ā6ā³ so we were able to do a few passes along with some weaves and a loop that included dog walk out of a tunnel and teeter. Ven only avoided the frame once and that was my fault, I didnāt ask him to take it. I have some video if youād like to see it.>
4’6″ is a good start but if he avoided it even once when it was on his line… Lower it more so it is the most easy, fun thing ever š and he gets on it every time.
>Iām really stumped on how to reward contacts and weaves in the ring. Ven only plays with toys at home in the house. He will play a little tug, retrieve some toys, and catch a soft frisbee but Iāve never had any luck even transferring it to the back yard, much less a trial environment.>
Have you tired using the soft frisbee in class? or that clam toy – does he go retrieve it even if it is empty? Have you ever tried animal pelt? Currently, a raccoon pelt on a bungee is very popular in my house LOL
The other thing you can do is set up a reward station with treats outside the ring. And throw a ball or something he might interact with, which is a marker or a bridge of sorts – it might not be a primary reinforcement, but he can get it then you go run to the reward station and give him treats.This all gets developed outside of trials, like at home and class – then it can go into trials for the contacts and weaves. It is the missing link, so you’ll definitely want to figure out what he might interact with.
>I found a UKI trial a few hours away labor day weekend that includes double and triple speedstakes. Thereās no mention of food box in the premium so I donāt know if they allow it or not.>
They would usually put it in the premium. But you can ask them to apply for it anyway – I know clubs that have been approved after the premium wa out, then they updated the premium I believe.
T
Hi!
>I am a little confusedā¦ so, no cue for middle jump just more extension?>
Yes – because of her size, you can just turn your shoulders and Grace will have a perfect, fast line š
> [Last comp with Maisy she took off straight after the middle jump of the pinwheel so I see some danger in this] Or a different cue? I thought you used a left/right for the middle jump?>
It is tiny dog handling versus Border Collie-sized dog handling š The different stride lengths create different lines – so with my smaller dogs (30cm and under), they take multiple strides between the jumps so I just turn my shoulders and they have great lines on something like this. For the larger dogs – yes, I use left/right on the middle jump because those larger dogs will take one stride if not given a turn cue. And that is what accidentally gets the straight line like what you described with Maisy. Let me know if that makes sense!
Tracy
Good morning!
He was giving really good feedback here mainly about the line of your feet. What was happening was that the switch cues still have an element of motion towards the front of the jump. When you did that, plus the upper body/arm cues? He got it really well! You can see that at :59 (the paced reward did not create the behavior, it was your feet facing and moving towards the front of the bar), 1:05, 1:54 and the last run.
When you turned your feet to the backside before he passed you? He went to the backside (:15, :38, :45, 1:43).
I also think you can make your arm cues bigger – they are very subtle and low, which makes your feet to be the primary cue his best option for info. You can use your hands to get his attention then turn him away – you had an outside arm low and forward, but I am not entirely sure he was really seeing that info. Bigger arm cues will help override where your feet are pointing š
>Seemed like I had Sly confused enough that he started guessing? >
Yes, in spots like at 1:20, 2:20 – he was probably guessing, partially because you were a little late on the right cues and there was not a lot of connection. Plus he has done a ton of reps of the same thing – many dogs will start offering different behavior because they donāt know why they re doing it again, must have been wrong LOL
Also – all rewards came for the left turn, no rewards for the right turn, so he is likely to go where he is rewarded.
Nice work here! Let me know what you think!
Tracy
Good morning!
>Thanks for being so patient.>
I feel it is more about good discussion than having to be patient! And even better that we agree š
>My oh-so-cheerful doctors have estimated between 6 months and a year before I fully return to my previous state of agility-ability due to the broken leg. That seems grossly unfair but based on my rehab progress, I do believe it. Enough of thatā¦>
Ugh, it is unfair. At least we are spending the summer getting distance work and more independence with both boys. I think you are able to effectively get them around AKC Standard, JWW and T2B courses right now, they are both doing really well working independently.
Those 270 yard UKI courses probably wouldnāt be a good idea but I think that is a spot where we also agree that we donāt want to run those anyway š
>Although we almost never trial outside, it does automatically increase arousal and I thought that was a good idea.>.
Yes! Higher arousal is always a good plan to add in. And the grass will simulate the turf they see as well, more than mats will.
Seeing that it was hard to get the sit is actually a GOOD thing because he had to work it out in higher arousal. And he did!! So it might not have felt as great as being in the barn did, but the session was very helpful for transferring the behavior to the reality of trials.
Toy on the ground proved to be a bit too hard because he thought he should target to it and turn towards itā¦ it was splitting him brain a bit. Having him face it and sit was fine but the real trouble was having him NOT face it and sit š
But it is not super important to have the toy on the ground. You can use the bowl with food (high value food) and then tug after each cookie rep. That keeps the food interesting (because it is paired with toy play) and you donāt have to worry about him targeting the toy.
And you did add some good motion on the backside wraps, it was the toy on the ground that made it harder later in the session.
>I think I need to go back to just the board and work on a quick sit and release in the presence of food first and then the wonder-toy.>
You can work on him ignoring the toy on the ground, I donāt think you need too for the purposes of this skill – just donāt have it on the ground š Where it was placed was not helpful for the behavior in terms of eliciting head position, so you can go with the food bowl and then mix the tugging in after each rep. I bet he sleeps on it and has it when you revisit it in a few days. Bear in mind that it is also a plyometric hind end workout, so you donāt need to do it daily.
Let me know what you think!
Tracy
Hi!
>The first day (beginning of the video), I was so messy in my handling!! Iām blaming my shorts, lol. They were new and apparently are terrible for running in since they donāt stay where they are supposed to. Kind of odd since they are meant for running. Anyways, those shorts went in the donate pile and we tried again the next day.>
Good to find out about the shorts at home and not at a trial! They are probably meant for running in a straight line, not zigzagging across an agility ring with all of the rotations and direction changes.
Looking at the first run, I was going to say that the 3-4 line at :08 needs your motion to converge at 4more, and to give a turn cue from 5-6 to get a good turn to the tunnel.
You did all this at the start of the green shirt runs:) and also at the start of the red run shirts. Super!
My only other suggestion for the opening is to line her up on. More severe angle to get the straightest line 1-2. She was turning to get to 2, so there might be away to take out that extra stride.
She had some bar trouble on 10 – you can try that with a blind cross, because it is possible that the FC was not finishing in time for her to see the line sooner enough.
>The hardest part consistently was the threadle wrap at #13. I worked on the skill with her as a warm-up before two of the sessions, and she did relatively well with it, but once I added other obstacles in front of it, she would either take the front side or (more often) do a circle around the jump. I donāt think I was deceling enough on some of the reps, but I was struggling to get the blind in as it was, lol. >
Yes to all of this!
I like that you wanted to do a BC to a TW on 13, it is good to look for that as a possibility – in this case it is just too hard to get to the BC in time (needs to be finished before she exits the tunnel so you can decel) to set the line there.
When figuring out if you want to use a TW, look for what happens next on course and ho important it is to get way ahead. In this case, it was not that important to get way ahead, so there is not a significant enough benefit to the TW to make the risk of being late on the blind worth it. The push wrap is easier to get to and works great on this line.
You might be able to get there sooner for the TW if you handled from the takeoff side of 10 (standing in threadle position) and sent to 11-12.
You were getting it at 3;06 and later on (she was wide and had questions though) but there is also an element of her having learned it happening, so the first couple of reps are more insightful.
>I think she also just didnāt know what to do with her body because she definitely looked at the jump.>
That was just her processing late info to sort it out. When the TW was in flow, the decel into didnāt happen early enough for her to sort out the decel for herself.
>There were a couple of other spots where I broke connection before she was committed to the next obstacle. Whoops! >
Yes – for example on 14 at 1:12 and 2:40 and 4:08 and 4:19, you were pulling her off the line by turning to the weaves too quickly. Remember to keep moving to the jump until you see her approaching the jump, then you can move to the weaves.
You had good plans for the ending line 19-20:
BC before 19 is a good choice and the BC on landing side of it can work too – you need to get there sooner for both. The answer is not run faster, because you were really hustling which is great! But you can get there sooner by sending to the tunnel after the weaves and layering the 10 jump to cut across the field, rather than running the line with her. You would stick closer to the weaves, then as she exits cue the tunnel straight ahead and when she is locked onto it: layer the jump and start heading for the exit of the 18 tunnel.>Overall, I was thrilled with how well she did on the skills in this course!>
Totally agree! The only hard parts for her were just handling timing questions – all the skills to execute were in place! Yay!
Nox ran this brilliantly!!! She was driving her lines beautifully! And she did not get big mad when you were a little late on the blind at the end. She just kept going on the line – super! You did the push wrap with her on 13 and it worked perfectly!!!
Also worth mentioning: you really had zero pointy moments! Great connection throughout and your arm followed them when it came up, rather than pointed ahead of them. Click/treat to you!!!
Great job š āØāØ
TracyGood morning!
>First of all, I was cracking up reading your notes! Most people donāt have the skill to make someone laugh when youāre telling them all the things theyāve done wrong (repeatedly), but you have totally mastered that, lol. >
Ha! I know you have a great sense of humor, and also it is hard to convey the smile behind the words when all the info is in writing.
>Two of my non-agility friends and my husband all gave me funny looks when I explained that the reason I was laughing was that I was reading about how I messed up my runs with Nox. š¤£>
I am sure they think dog sport people are TOTALLY NORMAL. HA!
>I KNOW Iām not supposed to point at things, and I tell students in my class not to point ALL the time, lol. I just canāt feel it and donāt always recognize it as the problem in my videos when *Iām* the one doing it. >
We humans are very pointy monkeys in general!
>Itās hard not having an in-person instructor for moments like these, but I will try to specifically look at my videos for āPointy Situationsā when she yells at me, and hopefully I can catch myself doing it more in the moment.>
I find that there are consistent things that happen when I am being pointy: running past jumps/refusals on sends are the #1. Then knocked bars or off course on the wrong line. If that happens, I start to self-diagnose by trying it again without my arm, and with more connection. If it happens again – I watch the video.
>I have run previous dogs a long time ago without using arms as a handling challenge, but I donāt think Iāve ever tried it with Nox now that you mention it. I will try it out! Should I use my arms to run or do my best penguin impression? š§>
Try it both ways! On big lines, you will want to really run run run so donāt be a penguin, but penguin arms are good for tighter lines.
T
