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Hi there!
Really lovely first run! 2 little details to smooth it out, and they are related:
She is so speedy that you don’t have time to decel at the tunnel entry for 3: say your right verbal exactly how you did there (that was great!) and move away to 4 so you are ahead before she exits the tunnel.
By decelerating at 3, you had to accelerate to 4 – she saw this acceleration ad ot made you late turning your shoulders to 5 (you were facing straight at :24 as she was taking off) – then you said an energetic “JUMP!” so she thought you wanted her to continue straight til she saw you turning after she landed.
She was a little wide at 1:14 and 1:46 too on the second run for the same reason (you can see her land and then adjust her striding) – you were earlier turning but the decel on the tunnel entry made you a bit late getting there too.
Since she is very responsive to the verbal, let’s just take out the decel and have you move away to the 4 jump for the next line – that way, as she exits the 3 tunnel, you will be connected and turning before she makes a takeoff decision.
She is curling into you over the last jump (even when you ran harder on the last rep), so keep repeating the go go go and jump cues, and throw a reward there to keep her driving straight and not looking at you.
>>how much of the “improvement” is due to patterning versus how I adapt?
On this video, I would say it was your adjustments that made the differences. If you want to be sure, don’t repeat a sequence – move to a different one then come back to try again after that 🙂
great job! Onwards to seq 4!
Tracy
Hi there!
Really lovely first run! 2 little details to smooth it out, and they are related:
She is so speedy that you don’t have time to decel at the tunnel entry for 3: say your right verbal exactly how you did there (that was great!) and move away to 4 so you are ahead before she exits the tunnel.
By decelerating at 3, you had to accelerate to 4 – she saw this acceleration ad ot made you late turning your shoulders to 5 (you were facing straight at :24 as she was taking off) – then you said an energetic “JUMP!” so she thought you wanted her to continue straight til she saw you turning after she landed.
She was a little wide at 1:14 and 1:46 too on the second run for the same reason (you can see her land and then adjust her striding) – you were earlier turning but the decel on the tunnel entry made you a bit late getting there too.
Since she is very responsive to the verbal, let’s just take out the decel and have you move away to the 4 jump for the next line – that way, as she exits the 3 tunnel, you will be connected and turning before she makes a takeoff decision.
She is curling into you over the last jump (even when you ran harder on the last rep), so keep repeating the go go go and jump cues, and throw a reward there to keep her driving straight and not looking at you.
>>how much of the “improvement” is due to patterning versus how I adapt?
On this video, I would say it was your adjustments that made the differences. If you want to be sure, don’t repeat a sequence – move to a different one then come back to try again after that 🙂
great job! Onwards to seq 4!
Tracy
Hi! Nice work on these, it gives us really good info about what Forrest needs to see & hear on course!
On the blooper video:
There is great news and bad news on this one:
great news: He TOTALLY watches all of your cues! Good boy!
bad news: He TOTALLY watches all of your cues! LOL!! Still a good boy 🙂This is a good blooper to work through – as he is landing from 1 at :04, you were turning forward and pointing forward, with your other hand in your pocket (probably your reward pocket). So as he is over 2, he is already looking at you and turning, because your feet and shoulders are turning too. He is paying attention!
So we can change how you use your arm and eyes, and I think it will make a world of difference for him – I call it magnet fingers, where my fingertips are drawn to his nose like magnets. I did a video this recently, explaining what I mean:
And one other thing that will help is to deliver all verbal cues to his eyes, when you area ahead – I remind myself to talk to the dog, and not to the obstacles LOL! That adds more cnnection and turns your shoulders to the line you want, which will help him get on the line 🙂
On the 2nd and 3rd runs, your line of motion was directly forward to the tunnel as he was landing from 1 and taking off for 2, so he got it easily 🙂 Yay!
We have a great angle on the camera video at :07 on the 2nd run and :08 on the 3rd run, when he exits the tunnel – you are looking forward and talking to the jump, so he takes the 4 jump at :09 on both but he is taking it towards you, trying to see connection.
He does that also at :14 on the 2nd run and :13 on the 3rd run, on the jump before the last tunnel (jumping towards you because you were looking forward, talking to the obstacles and not to him :)) – increased connection will totally help him find that line.
You might be thinking: wait, I was told that I was NOT supposed to make eye contact, and look at the line instead? Well, no, you can totally make eye contact as long as you keep moving like you did here, your motion was great! 🙂 The eye contact turns your shoulders to the line you want, which will really help him. And delivering all the verbal cues to him also helps keep your shoulders turned to the line. Looking forward at the line (and not at him) actually turns your shoulders away from the line, as we see here, which can cause him to question the line.
Great job here! I think the only 2 adjustments to add are the magnet fingers 🙂 and looking at him more 🙂 Have fun and stay cool!
Tracy
Hi!
>>I did not get your comments above before Keiko and I went out to try sequence 3. I like the idea of using a “go on tunnel” as a release for a line like the beginning of this set, and will have to try it when we go out again.
Yes, try it with sequence 4 and see how it goes!
> I’ve heard the suggestion to give a tunnel break or an exit cue 3 – 4 feet before the tunnel. I don’t do that with my white girl Yuki because she has always been weird about tunnels and will often just stop before them and bark at me. I’ve worked with several different trainers and in workshops, and the consensus has been “that’s Yuki”.>>
It is not too uncommon for herding dogs to refuse tunnels – I think our training ‘technology’ has improved a lot in the last couple of years, so we could probably do more to convince Yuki to take it even with exit cues coming before entry. Keiko has been trained differently, so she should be fine to let you cue early 🙂 The other thing to remember is the dogs’ natural tendencies on tunnel exits: some naturally blast out so require REALLY strong turn cues on the exit and less emphasis on the GO cues for the straight line. Some naturally look for the handler (I believe Keiko fits into this category), so the turn cues are softer/quieter and GO cues are bigger/louder – but all cues should before they enter.
On the video:
Because she has a strong stay & lead out, this sequence can use that: lead out more, maybe even past 2, so you can be on the takeoff side of 4 as she exits the tunnel. Being on landing side and up near 5 actually made it harder to cue the turn at 4 and 5, because you couldn’t send and leave – so at :06 and :42 she jumps 5 facing straight (back towards jump 1) then turns on landing, because that is the direction you are facing.
You definitely turned your shoulders sooner there at :25 and 1:20, and she had a much better turn on those reps.
At :43, as she was over 6, you were already rotated (shoulders, feet, connection) and your arm was pointing forward – so as you swumg your arm forward to indicate the tunnel and decelerated, she read that as a post turn and came off the 7 tunnel entry – your feet were totally pointing there LOL!
Easiest thing to do when you want to send her away to a tunnel without running to the tunnel: Keep your arm back til she has past your, and make more eye contact on the send verbal, because that turns your shoulders to the line you want.
At 1:08, you had much better foot position – but standing still and getting quiet actually got her attention… then you gave the big YES which probably means “reward time” to her so she came off the tunnel entry. A lot of dogs do that, and it is because humans have totally paired the big excited YES! with a treat or toy throw. OOPSIE! LOL! So keep saying tunnel tunnel tunnel or go go go like you did on the 1-2-3 line, and resist the temptation to praise her til she is in 🙂 This is what you did at 1:23 and it was perfect your footwork and motion is not as importnat to her, if you keep repeating the cue.
On the tunnel exit:
at :12 she took the 4 jump, turning out of the tunnel towards you – you were a bit dosconnected and pointing fowaard, so that plus lack of motion caused her to come to you.at :31 she considered coming into you (you were pointing a little forward and facing the yellow tunnel in the distance) but did get the #8 jump because you were more in motion more and saying over. Nice!
We will be working on specific layering skills in the ocming weeks, because layering is a popular course trend nowadays! So upcoming layering games will help this section too.
At the very end, you ran the line with her and she drove perfectly to the las jump (and definitely enjoyed her frisbee time!)
Great job! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi!
So much good work here, he is coming along nicely! And you were great to keep hustling the whole time, that really supports his line throughout. I think the hardest part was getting him to stay on the straight lines after the tunnel exits.The 1-2-3 line looked good, that is a hard line and you did it well! He went past 4 at :05, your connection was a little soft – you were MUCH clearer there at :12 with the connection to get him to take it! But that is also a good lazy game moment to play with him, because you were running right past the 4 jump and it would be lovely if he would take it without you having to work that hard 🙂
About those tunnel exits: you got really quiet after the tunnel cue so he exited right towards you at :07 and :15. It is good to know that he will come towards you on tunnel exits if you are quiet, so definitely use your verbals early and often when you don’t want a turn on the tunnel exit.
He did a GREAT job getting that backside at 12!!! You were clear and connected, and stayed in motion there and on the next line too – it all looked really good!
>>. However, I can’t seem to get 10, 11, and 12. It zigs zags so much I can’t seem to get the crosses in on time.
That will also get easier when he has more practice finding the line after a tunnel – if you can tell him to go so he goes an does 9 on his own, it will be easy to get a blind in between 10-11 to get 12 more easily too.
>>I had planned on layering the jump after the tunnel but went too far in to support Watson’s forward motion
For now, you might have to go in close to the line to support his line after tunnels, as he learns to drive straight more independently rather than look for you.
At :26 when he came out of the tunnel, you gave a really big GO and he went and took 16 and then also 17 on the GO TUNNEL cue. You can do these even earlier too! You can start that GO before he even gets into the 15 tunnel – knowing that he will turn towards your line on tunnel exits if you are quiet, it is important to cue extension lines before he enters the tunnel if that is what you want, like on the 5-6 line. And then when he exits the 15 tunnel and is looking towards 16, you can also start the GO TUNNEL for the line over 16 to the 17 tunnel.
Really nice ending line! Because 20 is offset and he is fast, you can totally rear cross takeoff side o 19 to get that more easily.>>Also, the threadle slice at jump 14 I know we do not have that at speed yet.>>
It looks like you cued the front side of the jump, which is great. For now, the higher priority is getting the front side lines independent, and the tunnel exits independent. Then we can go back and get the threadle slices at speed (they are not as important right now).
Praticing the go at the end:
you said the go at :39 but it was late, he was already out of the tnunel and looking at you. And you were looking forward getting ready to throw the toy, so he didn’t take the jump. Start that go verbal before he goes in, and say it several more times so he is still hearing it and seeing your connection when he exits.The 6-7-8-9-10 line at the end was perfect! Connected with timely cues – so smooth and fast! You can keep playing with getting further and further from the 9 jump after the tunnel, by cueing early (before he goes into the 8 tunnel) and often (keep saying your go jumps cues as he is in the tunnel and when he exits) – and then throwing rewards past 9 to build it up with reinforcement.
Great job here! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi! Sorry for the delay, I am finally done with travel craziness!
Looking at these drills from the perspective of getting her to not head check:
Something to consider on sequence 1 is to release with a GO GO GO instead of break – that gives instant info about the line. And, if she will hold her stay, you can be moving the entire time on the lead out (releasing while you are moving) rather than stop, release, then run. I don’t think you were late on the go tunnel or the cues for 4, but still got a little head check. So we will really focus on getting the reinforcement out on the line to her on every part of the course, to really encourage looking forward. I think the reward was on the ground past 4 here, but you can also have a reward on the ground at the end of every tunnel, to help with the driving forward without head checks.
Seq 2 – same as with sequence 1, I think your timing was all good here, especially the turn cues for the tunnel exit! Nice! So, you can also do the moving release with the directional here (GO!) and throw the reward sooner. She turns and watches you throw the reward, which build in more looking at you. So, you can throw sooner before she can really head check you: for example, as she enters the tunnel, you throw the reward at the exit. Or. on this sequence, you can cue the tunnel exit and start up the next line, throwing the toy between 4 and 5 to get her looking at the line and not at you.
Seq 3 – she did not look back over jump 2 here, which is good! Strategically, sending to the 3 tunnel and waiting at 4 got a bit too much decel from both of you. So, you can lead out more and drive to 3 more (use the same timing of the exit cues), so as she exits the 3 tunnel she sees you in motion for 4, then send to 5 like you did – all the timing of physical cues and verbal cues there was great, but the decel with you waiting at 4 caused too much collection on the turns.
She looked at you over 6 on the way to the tunnel – those cues can come a heartbeat sooner, perhaps, but she might still look at you there – that is why I think having reinforcement thrown or placed in advanced at the tunnel exits will really help her drive to them more. She has a bit of a head check built in when you say go tunnel, so the placement of reinforcement can help change that. Plus, we can consider changing the cue because GO causes her to look at you in this scenario, so we can add a new and different cue (maybe something like run run run) that doesn’t have any head checks built in 🙂
>>I really struggled on 4 because of the narrowness, I wanted to layer the middle jump but Artie kept coming in on it. I am hoping to set this up tomorrow at the JAG field so I can run it will more space.>>
I don’t see the seq 4 video here, feel free to post! The layering is a good skill – going in closer to the 2 tunnel so you have a ton of propulsion up the line will help! Plus, in the next games package, we will be looking at layering skills very specifically, because it is becoming sooooo useful 🙂
Great job here! Let me know what you think!
TracyGood morning! Baby girl is growing up and sequencing like a star!
Timing video:
Timing is looking good, you had your verbals early and often on the first run, and they matched the physical cues nicely as well.
2nd run – I think you had a little bit of decel as you were turning, creating a sharper line for you, and that collected her on the middle jump and pulled her off down the line, so keep powering through when rounding the line like you did on the last rep, or do a clearer send-and-go rather than rounding the line. She dropped the bar on the last rep when yo said “tunnel go” as she was lifting off – that is a late verbal (it should start as she is finishing the middle jump) also, talking over the bar is generally a distraction that she will get used to with more experience. It might have also had the element of disconnect as a cause, as you mentioned. There was a lot of distraction over that bar.For stays – She was a little spicy here for sure! I don’t want to get mad at her if she makes a mistake, but you also don’t want to be super fun when she breaks (you were a one-woman dance party when she broke LOL!) so a calmer middle ground to reset her will help 🙂
Wraps – Gold star for wrapping and not tunneling!!!! Even when you are late! You can be sooner with the transition into the wrap on the first rep – you started the cues as she was taking off and she gave you some verbal feedback about it all LOL! MUCH better on the 2nd rep where you started decel and verbal as she landed from the middle jump. On that rep, after you decel and you see her approaching the bar for the wrap, you can turn and finish the FC even before she takes off there. On thing that I think was making the timing a little harder was that you were running pretty close to the jump after the tunnel – if you handle that a little further ahead and a little more laterally, I think it will be easier for you to be a bit ahead of her for the wrap cues, which helps you see the timing even better.
Great job here! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi!
>> Also, I noticed I’m typically on the send foot when she lands, so I was NOT getting a step to the pinwheel jump. I’m still running a rounded corner. What’s the trick to getting on the correct foot? If I slow down first then speed up to send that seems to cause her issues.>>
The trick would be to slow down then send – she read the line so well here that you did not need to! And I think the send then accelerate is a little different than the reverse transitions that are hard for her, but we will definitely address it to help her organize herself for sends for when you do need them. For now, if you want to play with them, angle the pinwheel jump so the bar faces her more and is more parallel to the bar of the jump before it (rather than at a right angle to it) – that will be an easier jumping organization then we can gradually angle the send jump back to 90 degrees.
>>So, Sprite has not seen a full teeter before, but it was out in the training yard. I’m not sure my space away is correct, but she got it.
She was a good girl! She might need the board to be a little less off the ground for now, she was smacking into a bit before stepping up. So maybe just have it a half inch or less off the ground. Your space away was good – at first you were far enough to promote back feet, then you scooted forward to get all 4 feet (which is harder). You can work backing up four feet onto the board on a Cato board (I think you have one) because the width will help with the concept, and it is good practice for when you don’t have a teeter available. Then you can go to a narrower width on a Cato plank or the teeter itself or any plank, really 🙂 The width was hard for her here, she had a lot of sorting to do but that is great because we want her to sort out where all the legs need to go 🙂
>She’s always leading with right rear. Is that an issue?
Not an issue… but fascinating! She also leads with the right rear when she is not pushing off as strongly with the left! So, we can isolate the left rear to help strengthen it and build awareness: do you have 4 paw pods or something like that? Or 2 perches, one wide/long enough for both front and another wide/long enough for both back feet. Ask her to get all four feet on (should be easy). Then, use a treat to let her lick as you bring her left back foot off the thing (the other 3 feet remain in position, on the thing). Then c/t when she places the back left foot back on the thing. She will need to be happy with you touching her feet, but I am guessing food will help with that.
Have you done back feet hand touches? You can also shape her to put her back feet in your hand on cue, one at a time.
Then eventually, we can take this to the teeter and cue just that left rear to move – it will be fun to ‘wake up’ that left rear and get it stronger and more involved 🙂 I know that you have the skills as a clicker trainer to sort it out with her, and it will be fun too!
Great job here! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi!
I thought this went well in terms of connections and verbals! OK, maybe the wrap verbals need to be more sorted out but they were there! And she did a great job 🙂 And on this particular sequence with the wraps, you can move to the center jump of the pinwheel, no problem. The sends will be helpful on the sequences with the blinds.
About jogging in a circle as you mentioned:
One thing I want to start showing Sassy are changes of motion: accelerations, sends, and transitions into decel so she can set up different lines for herself (kinda similar to what we are doing with Maisy :))
She is reading the pinwheel when you are moving through it with the verbals. You are moving all at one pace, so let’s mix it up now that she has it:
Accelerations: for any line that takes her from the jump straight to the tunnel, accelerate more and get loud, so she knows she has permission to accelerate too 🙂On the wrap jumps: accelerate all the way through the pinwheel (no need to send ot the middle jump there) so you are ahead of her as she lands from the middle jump. Then, when she lands, you slow down and start your shhhh or tstststs collection cue. If you are ahead, you can wait at the wing til she catches up. When she approaches the wing of the wrap, you can turn and finish the FC, accelerating again through the pinwheel with connection.
I am pretty sure she has the commitment, based on what we see here – at :39 for example, you were nice and early on your FC rotation. She went and finished the turn independently and was tight too! Yay! Same at 1:01 and 1:20, for example. As long as you remember to decelerate and don’t slam your brakes going into the turn, I think she will read it perfectly AND we will get more speed and independence on the rest of the lines 🙂
Lovely work! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi!
He loves mountain climbers – squeeze cheese for the stay, squeeze cheese for the teeter, life is good 🙂 And he is a CONFIDENT dude running up it! I am happy with that! Sending, letting you run past, all looks GREAT 🙂 So 2 things for you:
– take Dice, the squeeze cheese, and the game on the road to different teeters, starting off easy and helping him then building up to speed like you have here.– at home, put a tunnel bag on the base of the teeter (on the chain if there is a chain) so it doesn’t bounce, and move the jump wing that supports the top of the board the teeniest tiniest but out so he has a tiny tiny tiny almost zero movement as he goes up the board. If you see any hesitation, take the tip out.
The lazy game part 3 did kind of morph into the timing and connection game, but that is fine because you were both feeling confident and it probably felt natural. Yay! No need to redo, it was really nice!
On the sends to the right turn, you were great with your timing and connection and verbal. Super! He had a question at :39 when you sent to the left – if you freeze the video there as he lands and you are sending, the timing was good but your send was sideways: your arm and leg were pointing to the jump, but the rest of your body was turned away from it (and the high arm was blocking connection). So he wasn’t sure if he was suppose to take it or not (good boy for taking it!). Compare that to :19, for example, where you stepped to takeoff more before turning and the commitment was better for him. So right before you do the big send, make a big connection to his eyes and send with a low arm to the takeoff side of the jump rather than the wing or landing side.
Overall, though, this looks great and you two are ready to move on to the crosses 🙂
Great job here!! Have fun with the crosses :) Tracy
Hi!
On sequence 3, you were totally turned on time for the tunnel exit and she turned really well on the tunnel exit each time. Yay!
About that send to 5, the middle jump – yes, things happen very fast with her 🙂 I think the more effective way to cue it and help her with the bar is to make a big connection as she is exiting the tunnel and start decelerating… so as she approaches 4, you can give the big send to 5 (arm and leg and verbal with connection, same as we are doing with her little sister in MaxPup :)) and then immediately head back to the tunnel. That might be a challenging commitment for her but it will also cue the turn and line a lot sooner while keeping you ahead. You were rounding the line with her, using shoulder turns, and she is too quick. So that send will start as she is lifting off for 4! The trick is to connect to her eyes with your left arm back, then send to the takeoff spot with your arm & leg while look at her and delivering the verbal cue to her eyes (and ears LOL!) :). Let me know if that makes sense. It is what you were starting to do at 1:22 and 1:27 at the end of the video, and it looked GREAT especially at 1:27 when you basically insisted she taker 5 and not run past it 🙂Sequence 4 went really well! A couple of small details: as she landed from 3 and approached 4 at :48, you were saying go go go. So even though you were starting to turn, she went straight based on the verbal. Use a left verbal there or her name, to match the body language. The timing of starting the cues for the wrap was EXCELLENT!!!!! She was in the WOO over jump 8! The only thing to add is look at her more and forward less. You were looking forward so she curled into you then went back out at :54.
One note on both sequences: your connection was almost 100% perfect, and you had lovely low arms throughout. Keep that up! Lovely!
Great job here! Let me know what you think!
Tracy
Hi! It was great seeing you this weekend and meeting little Beka!!
This session went really well 🙂 almost perfect! About the 2 bloopers you mentioned – on the first one, you were looking at her as you sent back, which created the visual of your shoulders facing the wing she just wrapped. On all the other reps, you looked back to the wing and she was great. Well, there was that one other blooper… I watched it a few times and didn’t really see a cause, so we can chalk it up to “youthful exuberance” and possibly left turns are harder for her and she needed a moment 🙂
So since this went so well, start the countermotion element of moving away as she is heading to the wing.
Great job!!! Have fun!
TracyHi! Good for you for watching the video for each run!! That takes a TON of discipline and since you asked how to keep improving? Discipline like this – that will definitely help 🙂 You can also operationalize the changes you want to make, by doing stuff like drawing a line in the footing for where you want to cue a turn, or making a mark where you want to run to – that can help you make the changes! You are making subtle changes so you won’t see any massive differences, but I see the subtle changes like the lead out and release position on seq 3 (different on rep 2 for sure, further up the line – which drove him to the tunnel better and got you to a better position for the turns 4-5-6. I don’t think handling will help with the head check on the tunnel, I have some training ideas for you (see below :))
On sequence 4 – nice opening! You were a little late with the turn cue at 4 – the left and shoulder turn started just before he took off, so the jumping decision was already made, so he was a little wide. As he is landing from 3, you can start your left cue and also use a little brake arm, because your motion will be driving forward as you try to get around that pesky jump in the middle 🙂 The brake arm is your outside arm (left arm here) softly coming up and pressing downwards, to help get a collection. It really helps when you have to run forward but really need a turn. Your left verbal was much earlier on t he 2nd run, right on time! He turned sooner and that created a better line for sure. We will play around with the brake arm and also add some layering skills too, t help create the best line on sequences like this for him. You added some decel at 1:20 and that helped tighten the line as well!
He did well on the wrap at 9, but I think we can do big dog timing for him there 🙂 What I mean by that is as he is jumping 8, you are already starting to decelerate (but still go forward, just slowing down) and start the wrap verbal. Then as he is passing you and getting closer to 9, you can rotate and move the other way. The decel here at :48 and on the last rep started after he landed, so he didn’t have time to process it in time to give us his best collection. The good news is that I think his timing will be the same as Dice’s timing needs, which makes life MUCH easier for you 🙂
About the tunnel – I think he just doesn’t have as much tunnel love as we would like him to have, so he checks in a lot and you have to hustle down to the tunnel a lot. So you can do some tunnel love sessions where the reward is placed just at the exit of the tunnels, all the tunnels 🙂 So every time he does a tunnel for a week or two he will get a reward at the exit (either placed there or tossed there). We should then start seeing a shift in his tunnel love and it will get rid of the little head checks or pulling off tunnels. He might even go off course to a few tunnels too LOL but that is no problem at all 🙂
Great job! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi! Great job here, she looks fabulous! And yes… it is a big runner 🙂
Opening:
You really had a fast, powerful opening! You used a lateral position from 2 to both get a really nice line 1-2 but also great position pretty far up the line for the BC 6-7! You had time to make a phone call before needing to do that blind, well done!The turn from 7 to the 8 tunnel is something we should play with and time. She was in big extension there, which creates a wider line. But the other option is that you can decel and cue a collection there (as she lands from 7, you are already decelerating and cue the wrap) and then we time the difference between the wrap and the extension.
The opening looked fabulous all 3 times you ran it!
The send to 9 and line to 10 looked good before you had a moment of “what’s next ?” LOL!
Mid course – after another great opening, I liked the blind 9-10-11 at :50. And it was even better (and earlier!) at 1:28, REALLY nice! The send to 9 really maximized her skills: you send and left all within a goo WOO for the timing, so she was able to turn in extension. NICE! It looked like you gave her a little collection cue before the 11 jump to get 12 – it was subtle and it was all she needed there!
Looking at the backside at 14: as she was over the bar at 13 at :55, your arm was back (yes!) your verbal was going (yes!) but you were looking at the backside wing and not at her (oopsie!) so that curled your body to the front of the jump. Then as she landed and you pointed forward, the arm movement forward curled your body to the front and she came in. So yes, you had your arm back to start, but keep it back the whole way through and stay connected strongly to her eyes (resist temptation to look forward or swing your arm forward). Compare it to when you got there at 1:35 – you had your arm back longer and you were a little more connected, so she went. When you are behind her and not at the jump as much, that arm back and big connection
becomes even more important. It sounds like you’re using an elongated baaaaaaaaack verbal for the line – that definitely sounds different, and that is good! Just make sure you can breathe and she will still commit if you say baaaaack baaaaack 🙂One other thing to consider at 14 – threadle her in and slice to her right, towards the outside of the course. It should be relatively easy to ge her to turn left at 13 for the threadle, and then the exit of 14-15 is a fabulous line with a ton of speed. The exit of the slice backside when she is turning left to get to 14 from the outside backside push is a tight turn, so the threadle line might be the fastest line for her.
The ending line looked great! Nice verbal on the tunnel entry, she turned beautifully on the exit. Try to cue that turn and then get outta there, you held position for a moment which made you a shade late getting down the line for 18-19. It is possible you were trying to decel as part of the tunnel exit cue, or your legs/lungs were angry LOL, but I don’t think you need to decel if that was planned – that verbal was very timely and super different-sounding, so I bet you can set it and leave and she will be perfect. You don’t need a cross there, as the serp handling you did well be fastest!
Great job here! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi!
Nice start on the sequence 2 here! Question – what happened at the beginning where you started to run but didn’t release? It was hard to hear and I like those running starts 🙂
Good job experimenting with what would work best on terms of getting the tunnel exit at 3 AND jump 4! And good job rewarding her when things went a bit awry 🙂 That is how we keep the dogs happy to let us experiment!I think the main thing is going to be staying in motion, and not trying to hang back. Moving closer to the curve of the course will really make things smoother and clearer for her. Here are details:
On the first run: Your tunnel and right verbals were great on the #3 tunnel! As she is rocketing away to the tunnel, use that opportunity to move over to #4 so you can connect to her as she exits the tunnel and show the line to 4. You had too much decel at :38 so she exited the tunnel and was not sure what to do based on position and the verbal happened after she already thought she should come to you.
On the 2nd run, you were trying to hang back a bit more, so even though the verbal timing was pretty similar to the 1st run, she read the decel (good girl!) and when you turned too early at 1:09, she made a quick adjust to the line and didn’t go to the tunnel.
The 3rd rep was the “just right” sweet spot of verbals being well timed and you staying in motion: perfect! And she nailed it. Super!!!
4th rep was also terrific – note how the staying in motion go you all the way up the line to the blind AND she took the line. NICE! The toy hit the wing and that is why the bar fell on the last jump 🙂
The very last run was excellent too – one small detail 4-5 at 2:46 – when she was jumping 4, you looked forward and pointed forward to indicate the #5 jump. In that moment of looking forward, she sees the disconnection and jumps towards you and was not sure about the line. Ideally, you would keep your arm back and keep connection to her eyes as you run, delivering the verbal go cue to her eyes. That will keep her confidently finding that line.
The 2nd video is the go go go seq 1 🙂 The opening line looked great. When she exits the tunnel, you can match the physical cue to your verbal cue by pumping your arms to run, like an Olympic sprinter, and lean forward a bit as you run to 4 (which you stay connected to her eyes too, of course. All the things LOL!!)
The arm out to the side blocks connection and slows your motion down, so she was not sure if she should drive ahead of you at :05 and dig a zig zag line to 4 as you noted on the video.
You ran like this on the opening line on the 2nd rep, and maintained it all the way through the end – note how she never even looked at you, she saw the action peripherally and nailed it at :39. Happy dance! One extension lines, you will most definitely want to run like you did here, it was great! Even though you started with her, you moved faster with that running style and ended up in great position and the end. Click/treat for you for making that adjustment!
I think you are quieter on the very last rep at 1:15 – said go then a quieter hup – so she kinda glanced at you. The GO GO GO GO definitely works better for her on these 🙂I am super pleased with the adjustments here and how well she is running her lines! And great job to you with the connections and your arms down. Super!!! You can totally move on to sequences 3 and 4. Great job!
Tracy
