tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56302149507432900252024-03-13T11:16:40.557-07:00Going the DistanceTraining for distance in dog agility.Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876637959835151427noreply@blogger.comBlogger348125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630214950743290025.post-77650518276979099462018-05-04T13:27:00.002-07:002018-05-11T17:06:18.703-07:00Agility Equipment for Sale in NW Illinois<span style="font-size: large;">Last fall, I listed my agility equipment for sale, but then decided to think about it for a few months just to be sure. Spring has come, and I know I will not be going back to agility, so here is the equipment I have left. If you are interested in any of these items, email me at airedale49@yahoo.com</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">SOLD <strike>Weave poles - $195 Set of 12 poles in three 2-pole sections and two 3-pole sections.</strike></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">SOLD <strike>Teeter - 2"x12"x12' board on metal base - $75</strike></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">TAKEN <strike>Wooden dog walk. The two ramps are detachable. Since the middle section is one piece, it will either require a large trailer or disassembly for transport. Free.</strike></span><span style="font-size: large;"><strike> </strike></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">SOLD <strike>20' NTI tunnel, 4" spacing - $75</strike></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">SOLD <strike>16' NTI tunnel, 4" spacing - $50</strike></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">SOLD <strike>10' NTI tunnel, 4" spacing - $25</strike></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">SOLD <strike>8 pairs of heavy duty tunnel bags (with or without the sand). The velcro no longer works, but these tunnel bags have very strong handles, and I used nylon rope to secure them to each other. $25 per pair or all 8 pairs for $150.</strike></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">SOLD </span><span style="font-size: large;"><strike>Double jump standards. No bars included. $15</strike></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Triple jump standards. The bottom left piece is loose from the frame. It rests against the frame, but I have pushed it out for this photo. $20</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> SOLD</span> <span style="font-size: large;"><strike>Wooden long jump with four corner. $30 I no longer have the four corner markers. So this is just the four nesting pieces of a long jump. - $20</strike></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;">Two 4' jump bumps. $5 each.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">SOLD <strike>A frame with mover. Sides are plywood, frame is aluminum. $275</strike></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">SOLD <strike>Nine metal tunnel holders with nylon cargo straps and 2 10" lag bolts anchors - $20 each or all nine for $150</strike></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">SOLD <strike>Six 4.5' wingless jumps with one bar each. I used sliding jump cups for safety-one pair per jump. $5 per jump</strike></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Seven 4' wingless jumps - Sorry I only have four bars. I used sliding jump cups for safety-one pair per jump. $5 per jump w/bar; $3 each for the jumps without bars. $25 for all seven.</span><br />
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Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876637959835151427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630214950743290025.post-21397117898995696522016-12-03T15:44:00.000-08:002016-12-03T15:44:57.665-08:00Honing Our Long Jump Skills - Part 1I joined Justine Davenport and Jessica Patterson's Shape Up or Ship Out group. I was able to set up some of the courses from the first two lessons, but as winter settles in, I will have to content myself with just working some of the drills and skills when weather permits. On the bright side, I'll have no shortage of courses to choose from come spring.<br />
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On the first course I set, Will had problems with the long jump. The sequence was such that he ended up slicing it just a bit too much. I decided to haul out my long jump today and work on some angled approaches and a right angle exit line. Here's what I came up with:<br />
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We worked through the top set of sequences today. (The bottom<br />
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Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876637959835151427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630214950743290025.post-84800475555038827122016-10-18T10:59:00.001-07:002016-10-20T07:53:19.815-07:00Tackling A Championship CourseI set up Tamas Traj's FCI Agility World Championships 2016 Team Agility Large and gave it a go with Willie. As part of the Bad Dog Agility VIP program, Sarah Fernandezlopez analyzed Susan Garrett's handling of this course, and I felt it was something we could take a stab at. Click <a href="https://youtu.be/Hr27XQAt0jQ" target="_blank">here</a> to see Susan's run.<br />
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Willie could handle the long LO, but he had no problem with it. However, my timing for the teeter was late
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late, Willie ended up in the #14 tunnel.
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If my #13 had been a wall instead of a panel jump, I might well have had
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The approach to the AF is from the left, and it is a fast approach from a chute. I layered the jump and table and stopped between the table and the tire before releasing Will to the tire. Despite out-stretched arm and foot, Will took the table. The only way I could get him to take the tire was to actually take a step toward it as I released him, but I'd really like him to also be able to take it with a verbal and my static body cues.<br />
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The second problem was the weave poles after the table. I wanted to layer the tire so I could get a head start on the DW which is off-screen to the right. What I got was a lot of barking and spinning. I was really, really surprised by this, since I thought Willie's weave entrances were pretty much rock solid. Apparently, this is a little varation we will have to work on.<br />
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Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876637959835151427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630214950743290025.post-17270070040494478762016-05-23T07:56:00.000-07:002016-05-23T07:56:15.429-07:00Note TakingOver the years, I have taken reams of notes and analyzed hours of video often with either written comments or voice over. The big problem is that I almost never go back and review my notes. For a short time I even tried two different spreadsheets for tackling the problem. One spreadsheet was for categorizing types of errors (contacts, failing to support an obstacle until Will was committed, late cues, etc.). The other was an attempt to make comments on different types of exercises we tackled. The second spreadsheet turned into way too big a project and was basically no better than taking notes and storing them in the computer.<br />
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I also took a stab at creating my own flashcards to serve as reminder notes. For example:<br />
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Once I made my notes, I save the file with the original title plus "annotated." By adding the same word, "annotated," I can do a document search and review all the notes I've made or copy them to my Nexus so I can review them when I have a spare moment.<br />
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Last Sunday, I had a break from both my knee pain and the shingles attack, and I was able to take Willie to a NADAC trial. My only goal for the day was to finish the day and still be able to drive home. That goal was met, plus we managed a 5-pt Q in Elite Regular and our second Novice Tunnelers Q. However, I really felt our non-qualifying Elite Jumpers run was our best run of the day, so that's the one I posted to YouTube. (Watch closely and you will see that the bar comes down when I turn my head to look at the final two jumps.)<br />
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These photos are about 20 years old, and I was about 65 pounds lighter and in considerably better physical shape than I am today. I can't do anything about my age, but I decided that I certainly can do something about the pounds I have accumulated over the years. Hopefully, physical therapy will enable me to resume walking and hiking so that I can also work on improving my level of physical fitness.<br />
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Last week, I promised myself I would start eating better. It's been five days, and so far I'm doing good. The biggest problem with my diet was that it was way heavy on refined carbs, including three or four cans of Cherry Coke a day--I've cut that to one or none. The other problem was that it was way too light on healthy foods. I've begun collecting and preparing recipes that are much healthier than what we were eating. Here's one I prepared the other day.<br />
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Wish me luck with my new challenge. And if you have any favorite recipes, feel free to post a link in the comment section.<br />
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<br />Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876637959835151427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630214950743290025.post-33437308528092745732016-04-13T15:40:00.000-07:002016-04-13T15:41:03.738-07:00Why?<span style="font-size: large;">For me, the most difficult thing about bonus line work at this point is figuring out what verbal cues I need to give. I think I'm doing a fairly good job of drawing the line, but when your dog is heading away from you, verbals become essential for alerting your dog to what you want. Today, we tackled the Open version of yesterday's Jumpers course.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today, the biggest problem I encountered with both Belle and Willie was getting from 5 to 6. I tried "go," get out," and "switch," all to no avail. This was really weird since the opening on the yesterday's Novice course was exactly the same as today's Open course, and 5 to 6 was definitely not a major issue yesterday! The solution to my problem was to use a "come" command as the dogs were closing in on 5. It worked like a charm, but why it was necessary today and not yesterday was a mystery to me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The only other consistent issue I had today was at 3 with Belle. If I said "switch" as she was crossing 3, she switched right then and there. I had to delay my switch cues until she was within a stride of 4. Since it was absolutely necessary to do this with Belle, I decided to also do it with Willie. When I compared clips from yesterday and today in Coach's Eye, I discovered that the delayed switch cues were responsible for Willie and Belle defaulting to the tunnel if I did not say "come" as they crossed 5.</span><br />
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Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876637959835151427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630214950743290025.post-65511064295298212042016-04-12T15:09:00.000-07:002016-04-12T15:09:03.879-07:00Switch vs. Go Back<span style="font-size: large;">The weather has finally turned nice here in the Midwest, so I thought I'd set up a jumpers course and do some bonus line training. Here's the course we tackled today:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> In our morning session, I made several mistakes.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Trying to work the course from behind the red line.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Without a doubt, our biggest problem was #9 where Willie gave me all sorts of unexpected responses to my "switch" command. When I sat down and watched the video, I could see Willie's point. I wanted him to turn away from me and take #10. However, from Willie's point of view there is really no change of direction involved. Moving from #3 all the way to #10 involves moving along one big counterclockwise circle! When I said "switch," Willie did his best to switch off the circle he was on. He tried several different options, almost all of which involved turning to his right.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The "turn" from #9 to #10 is actually a spot where "go back" is the appropriate command. Luckily, we have worked on that a little bit, so it wasn't totally foreign to Willie when I tried using it on this course.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the morning session we used a running start, and Willie failed to heed my "turn" command for the right turn at #2 several times. I decided he probably didn't need quite so much momentum approaching that first turn, so for the afternoon session, I had him start from a sit stay.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The morning session got pretty messy and ugly, so I decided to take the whole experience down a notch and use the green line for our bonus practice. It allowed me to handle the course much more calmly and confidently. I'm really looking forward to tackling the Open course tomorrow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">He's doing pretty good at finding the articles I drop on our tracks, but he tends to acknowledge them and then return to tracking immediately. I thought I'd do a little work today on increasing the value of indicating the articles a little more strongly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This morning, the wind was out of the north, which made it ideal for working in the hay field to the south of our property. The first track I laid was a straight 300-400 foot leg with 12-15 articles dropped on it. Unfortunately, I didn't think to use a leash instead of a long line, so it was not a very effective training session. Willie downed when I told him to for each article, but unfortunately since I had no tension on the line, he turned and faced me first, covering the articles with his butt!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then, I laid a 50 foot track for Belle using six articles and no line. She was a very good girl--downing at my command at each article with her front legs on either side of them. I came back out with Willie and tried two shorter tracks using a six foot leash instead of a long line, and I was really pleased with the result. This time, he downed facing the articles! Also, instead of tossing his reward to restart him tracking, I simply delivered it at the source (<i>i.e.,</i> the article he was indicating), and then told him to track again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Since we're expecting a winter storm tomorrow with strong winds, we went out one more time in the afternoon. The winds were a little stronger and more variable. I laid a 100 foot track with eight articles for the dogs to find. Here's the video. Interestingly, Belle did a better job orienting to the articles when she was off-lead this morning. I can't wait for another mild day to see if this results in Willie giving a stronger article indication on a "normal" training track.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">P.S. 12/29/2015 I laid a 300' track on the snow with two white articles. Willie did a great job of finding them and he also brought them to me. Bringing the article to me interrupts the flow of Willie remaining on track, so I think we will repeat Sunday's exercise a few times and see if I can get Willie to switch to downing for his article indication.</span></span> Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876637959835151427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630214950743290025.post-74920173209419984372015-12-10T15:14:00.001-08:002015-12-10T15:14:41.063-08:00Dogs Don't Generalize<span style="font-size: large;">Winter is here and we're not doing a lot of agility. I was hoping to actually not do any agility for a month or two, but so far the nice mild weather keeps me going back out to the field with Willie. We are taking a two-month break from trialing though.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I enrolled as an auditor in an online <a href="http://www.fenzidogsportsacademy.com/index.php/courses/scent-sports" target="_blank">nose work class</a>, I've been spending time every day working with Belle and Willie on the foundamentals. One thing I really like about this class is that it tackles the dog's alert behavior from the beginning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm also doing some tracking with Willie. We hadn't done any in ages and it's not like I really know what I'm doing. We're just out there to have fun. Monday, I set a difficult track around one of the buildings on an abandoned campus. Willie was absolutely awesome. So Tuesday, I had my husband set up an easy track in the agility field and discovered DOGS DON'T GENERALIZE! Willie was pretty clueless that if he followed Ed's track there were goodies to be had.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Since my husband is a very unwilling participant in tracking activities, I enlisted the aid of my grandnephew. On Tuesday and Wednesday, we laid short, straight tracks in the field so that Willie would get the idea that it was possible to track someone other than Mom. I had to resort to having Dakota drop hot dogs on the ground, but Willie did get the idea.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's real windy today so, I took Willie, Dakota and Dakota's cousin, Shane, to the park where there is some shelter from the wind. We warmed up by having Willie track a new person, Shane, and he nailed it! Next, we went up (and I do mean up) into the woods, and I had Dakota lay a track with three articles, plus the second glove, and no food. Will did a pretty good job with this track also. He found all three articles, and did a good job of remaining on track until the last leg. For some reason he kept going off the trail on the last leg. Perhaps, the track was a little too long for him at this stage. Or perhaps, the combination of wind and a downhill slope made this leg more difficult. I did observe on Monday that the only spot on our track that gave Will a problem was when the tract went down a steep slope. </span>Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876637959835151427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630214950743290025.post-78027770588668436942015-10-24T06:02:00.000-07:002015-10-24T06:02:45.406-07:00Weave Pole Proofing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Although I know better, I took Willie's weaving skills for granted and have not periodically worked on difficult entries and exits. Yesterday, my chickens came home to roost and Willie had WP problems on 3 out of 3 runs! I did a web search last night and came up with two good videos. The first is by Jenny Damm. Not only is her proofing extreme, but she also demonstrates the phenomenal distance ability of her dogs. The second is probably a little more practical for most of us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here are the drills from the second video:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When I'm working on WP proofing, I generally use 4-6 poles so that we can get in more reps working on entries. However, I also decided we would do some limited work with a full set of weaves and I designed two sets of exercises inspired by the Terry Elger courses we ran yesterday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is a set up I designed after having problems with a very difficult weave entry in class last December.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here's a <a href="https://youtu.be/YFDztGarrdE?t=1m59s" target="_blank">link</a> to video of me working through these exercises with Willie. (It will take you to directly to the exercises and skip the lengthy intro.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Finally, here's a link to a reprint of an article Rachel Sanders wrote for <i>Clean Run, </i>"<a href="http://www.cleanrun.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=feature.display&feature_ID=228" target="_blank">Nail Down Your Weave Entries</a>." </span>Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876637959835151427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630214950743290025.post-2896389556039154302015-06-30T15:07:00.000-07:002016-02-04T15:52:47.175-08:00Anatomy of a Gamble<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNDZlTU6bjNAt_3cDZoRdLt3yYJ826eVH5DAg1lDhEMLaNR4HmfPLf9lI-oWRWvayMkKXJqzeX9C5szUaG66nUwgdoKuX0UahWqlun4j71gwL5Zvi9xzAKBtWmLXKxaPSqaUVRF2FjjkwL/s1600/ASCA+Gamble.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNDZlTU6bjNAt_3cDZoRdLt3yYJ826eVH5DAg1lDhEMLaNR4HmfPLf9lI-oWRWvayMkKXJqzeX9C5szUaG66nUwgdoKuX0UahWqlun4j71gwL5Zvi9xzAKBtWmLXKxaPSqaUVRF2FjjkwL/s320/ASCA+Gamble.jpg" width="310" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">A FaceBook friend posted this gamble from a recent ASCA trial. She and her dog were the only team to successfully complete the gamble. When I looked at it, I thought getting the correct end of the tunnel had to be next to impossible. However, she answered that several dogs got the correct end of the tunnel, but then either took the AF or failed to take the #4 jump.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I decided to set up the gamble and see how close we would come. The big question is whether to approach the gamble DOR or</span> <span style="font-size: large;">DOL. There are two major problems involved with starting DOR. First, the handler will in all probability end up fairly close to the gamble line when she sends her dog over #1 to the tunnel. Because the tunnel is only 15' and quite curved, there will be no opportunity for the handler to step back from the line since her dog will see her doing so and be drawn to the AF. This means that the handler has no way to apply physical pressure to her dog's line when he exits the tunnel. Additionally, because the handler is already so far down course, the AF will block her from her dog's view when she starts to move toward the finish.</span><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So, did it work for us? Willie carried it off beautifully. His speed and stride took him to the correct tunnel entrance and he didn't have much trouble understanding what I wanted him to do after the tunnel. Belle, on the other hand, ducked into the wrong end of the tunnel. However, she had no difficulty with the last two jumps.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">P.S. An important aspect of the gamble is being in a good spot to begin the gamble when the horn sounds. I didn't set up the entire course, but if I were running this at a trial, I would finish up my closing with the teeter, the jump at (68,40), and the weave poles back to back. Hopefully, the horn would sound when we were doing the weaves for the second time.</span> Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876637959835151427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630214950743290025.post-20970227984573711672015-06-21T13:43:00.002-07:002015-06-21T13:43:57.856-07:00Just a Little Hustle<span style="font-size: large;">Qualifying runs have been eluding Willie and me. So far we have 10 Excellent/Master Standard runs and only 3 Q's. Ex/Mas JWW is even worse. Nine runs and no Q's! Among other things, what was killing us in JWW was being unable to complete a long closing line without incurring a refusal due to a spin.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was a participant in Tracy Sklenar's online Learn Your Dog Camp 2015 and she was quickly identified my problem with the long-line closings. I was trying to send Willie on ahead of me with the big arm fling. What I should have been doing was tucking up my arms and sprinting toward the finish albeit many feet or yards behind Willie. Of course, I didn't get a chance to try this out last weekend because there was not a long-line closing on any of the seven courses we ran. However, when it crops up again, I will be prepared.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">After going 1/7 last weekend, I decided it was time to start setting up two or three JWW courses a week and seriously striving to get them right the first time. So far we are 2/2.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This morning's course was designed by Dan Butcher, and I was very pleased that we nailed it the first time. Additionally, I was very proud of the timing of my send and run at the tunnel and at #17 and Willie's ability to read the forced front cross on the run at #10. My biggest handling error was failing to reconnect with Willie after my BC between 17 and 18.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of the greatest downsides to training alone is trying to improve your handling. Video helps me to see when something is going badly, but I may not be able to discern why or how to fix it. Even when things go well, there are probably things I could do even better, but if I knew what those things were, I would have done them in the first place, n'est pas? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was fortunate enough to find <a href="https://youtu.be/EQrjiLcIWN0" target="_blank">video</a> of someone running this course at trial, and she did a wonderful job of handling her dog. Actually, that wasn't too surprising since it turns out she is a handler of world team caliber. I tried not to get too carried away comparing our run and hers, but I did come away with several handling choices to ponder. (Left to my own devices I probably never would have thought of any of them.)</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZLSGw7MFemKypl1ag6JnQvhMaEZOfnajj74WoUliCm97W0nA58uqL0UPbkX8sOMDdjdQOyXKqtFzg6SDiQcBDuAef9nWOCTs-8HjdmSygyJjgEBsacD5uFV-m9K-1Wqee4CCrZN-Bex34/s1600/Butcher+JWW+-+2014+03+02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZLSGw7MFemKypl1ag6JnQvhMaEZOfnajj74WoUliCm97W0nA58uqL0UPbkX8sOMDdjdQOyXKqtFzg6SDiQcBDuAef9nWOCTs-8HjdmSygyJjgEBsacD5uFV-m9K-1Wqee4CCrZN-Bex34/s400/Butcher+JWW+-+2014+03+02.jpg" width="325" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">1. Right off the bat, the WT handler gained almost a full obstacle on us by sending her dog to the second obstacle and taking off for a FC on the landing side of #3 so she could handle DOL through the weaves. (I stuck close to #2 and RC'd #4, a much more leisurely approach.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2. At #10, I did a forced front cross and then RC'ed 11. This meant I had to handle 12-15 from behind. The WT handler sent her dog to the backside at 10 and ran along the bar on the landing side, picking her dog up on her left. She then made a beeline for a FC on the landing side of 12 and was able to tighten her dogs turns at 13-15 very nicely. That savings in yardage put her dog another whole obstacle ahead of Willie.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">3. Additionally, the WT handler chose to handle the weave exit with a grab. I used a FC close placed close to 6. Her dog had a much tighter turn out of the weaves, but her dog is also a 16" Sheltie. The only way to know if it would improve our time is to try it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Both 1 and 2 demonstrate the advantage of getting ahead of your dog in terms of saving yardage. However, whether or not it is always possible to get there is another matter altogether.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Willie and I went out in the afternoon and gave this another go. The different opening and the weave exit grab presented no problem, and they definitely saved us a few yards. I was able to easily push Willie to the back of #10 and pick him up on my right. However, my FC before #13 was late and I was in Willie's way. We ran the course one more time, and instead of trying for the FC on the take off side of #13, I merely got closer to the landing side and directed Willie from there. (Interestingly, his turn from 14 to 15 was tighter when I was further away, although overall this section benefited from me being closer to the action.) With just a little bit of hustle on my part, we shaved almost a whole second off of the run.</span><br />
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Friday's JWW course was the most difficult of the courses we ran, and I had the chance to set it up today to see if I could improve my handling choices.<br />
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The first challenge for us was the widely spaced 4-jump serpentine in the opening. Even indoors on sports turf I don't realistically think I can beat Willie down this line. In heavy grass, I know absolutely it's not going to happen. Additionally, there are
places later in the course that I am going to need any energy I might expend trying
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Second Challenge: The backside at #9. This is pretty
easy for us if I go through the gap between 8 and 10. However, going through that gap makes it
harder for me to get back to 10 in time to ask for collection with a timely
FC. So I opted to follow the green line
after sending Willie into the tunnel. I didn't get a chance to try this at the trial because our train derailed after #4. The first time, I tried it today,
I stopped one stride too soon and Willie came in toward me and took #9 from the
wrong side. After that, we had no
trouble getting the backside.
However, despite having all the time I needed to execute a FC at #10, I was
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Now, for the really evil
part of this course. 12 to 13 calls for collection
and a tight turn. At the trial, it
was amazing how many handlers opted to do a FC between 12 and 13. For the most part, it was not a good option. At the trial, I did a FC fairly
close to #9 and ran DOL, hanging back so I could RC between 11 and 12. Unfortunately, I was late with that RC and
Willie took #13 from right to left and when I RC’ed #13, he knocked the
bar. My next RC was also late and Willie
went over #1 before turning back to the weaves.
Clearly, I needed a better plan for 10-15.<br />
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me to do my FC on the landing side of #10 and to run DOR, which puts me ahead
for the technical stuff that is coming up. (Executing the FC on the LS of #9, pretty much prevents me from getting far enough ahead to do a second cross, so I'm stuck running DOL. This puts me behind when I need to be as far ahead as I can manage.)</div>
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After working through 11-15 a couple of times, it dawned on me that if I
could get far enough ahead at #13, I could reshape Willie’s line just enough to make the off-course jump (#1) a less viable option. I
finally decided to try using a reverse spin at #13. This effectively communicated the turn and allowed me to keep moving. It worked just fine and enable me to get to the landing
side of #13 in time to alter Willie’s path just enough that a RC at #14 took
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Positives:<br />
1. His distance skills are excellent.<br />
2. Jumpers courses are our forte.<br />
3. Great start line stay.<br />
4. Fast and willing agility teammate.<br />
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Needs Work:<br />
1. When I stop Willie to rework something we messed up, he can get into quite a state. This should sort itself out as long as I remember to never let it slide in my desire to run a particular course or sequence. Self-control is imperative for such a fast dog.<br />
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2. Contact/tunnel discriminations, and especially DW/tunnel discriminations need to get more work. Additionally, I really should invest some time and effort into training an independent DW contact. Right now, it is very much dependent upon me stopping. I don't have to be close to the DW, by I do have to stop.<br />
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3. Given Willie's AF performances this weekend, I think we should take a break from any running AF training and just stick to a 2o2o performance. Once Willie has an independent 2o2o AF (which he does not at this point), we can try to sneak in the back door to a running AF by working on a fast release and then an early release. <br />
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Without a natural stride that carries a dog into the yellow, it requires a lot of reps to get a dependable running AF. We've worked at this for more than 10 months, and I think it is time to put it aside both for Willie's physical well-being and so that what is expected at trial is what he is accustomed to doing in practice.<br />
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4. Timing. This one is mine to work on. Relax and go with the flow. Just remember the flow is pretty darn fast with this particular dog :-)<br />
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Here with all of its warts is footage from our last trial of 2014. The second day of this trial went better, but there is no video.<br />
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Today's Regular courses featured a barrel tunnel trap that I have not seen before. Here's the Elite course map. To me it seemed like the tunnel was pushed to the right as I indicate and the barrel a little bit to the left. In any event wrapping the barrel to the #4 hoop was not an easy feat. On the Novice version of this course, Willie was to the mouth of the tunnel in both Round 1 and Round 2. Novice Rd 2 did had the dog coming straight toward the barrel from a couple of jumps. The judge kindly removed the tunnel under the AF, but then replaced the #13 tunnel with a barrel.<br />
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Needless to say, I will be setting up my barrel with an attractive off-course obstacle behind it as soon as it gets nice enough to play outdoors again.<br />
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Here's one set of exercises I dreamed up.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhq0-hO3GI3hrQxpox9xOLpGlVSlqJiWZx9gLST3ska9FFKL3c5Dde22Xj6Nf3eh8-vqqKrEpjx7lXJTOb4Fy5thoq-HApp8453VJc0xqw9gKtHRuU00TT7l08f2IiuiBsrYzWdyNX4TGN/s1600/3a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhq0-hO3GI3hrQxpox9xOLpGlVSlqJiWZx9gLST3ska9FFKL3c5Dde22Xj6Nf3eh8-vqqKrEpjx7lXJTOb4Fy5thoq-HApp8453VJc0xqw9gKtHRuU00TT7l08f2IiuiBsrYzWdyNX4TGN/s1600/3a.jpg" height="320" width="245" /></a>Although I've been working with Willie on some NADAC courses, I really wasn't planning to do a whole lot of NADAC trialing. However, we went to a NADAC trial this weekend, and I was very surprised to see some pretty challenging courses.<br />
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For example, here is the Elite Chances course from today. The tunnel/AF discrimination took its usual toll, but the really tricky part of this course is directing your dog from 7 to 8. While running the 4-7 loop, the dog is on his right lead. If the handler goes beyond the plane of 7 in order to support 5 and 6, then her return path will cause her dog to switch leads at 7 and turn toward the #4 hoop.<br />
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Two or three teams were successful with this path in Elite and Open, but with one exception, it wasn't pretty.<br />
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<br />Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876637959835151427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630214950743290025.post-89799264836102385432014-12-06T10:24:00.000-08:002014-12-06T10:24:40.197-08:00A Difficult Rear CrossOn Monday, Willie and I ran a MC Standard course in class that featured this opening:<br />
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We haven't worked all that much on rear crossing the weaves, and this particular RC is going against the direction that Willie is traveling in the weaves. Since getting this right is a training issue and not a handling issue, I opted to start at #4 on our next turn. Then I went home and created a plan to work on this skill.<br />
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<i>We'll start this exercise with 6 poles and I'll decide whether to work with 12 poles as we get each step or work through all four exercises before starting over with 12.</i><br />
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<i>The first stage will involve moving the position of the jump from the black position to the red. Then I'll return the jump to its starting position and work on increasing the angle of the weaves away from the tunnel. Once Willie can handle the RC with the weaves angling away from the tunnel, I'll start moving the jump toward the red position.</i><br />
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<i>The final exercise will be as shown at the bottom right, where I've added a second jump to approximate the challenge we faced this morning.</i><br />
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Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876637959835151427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630214950743290025.post-65233041401012929582014-08-03T08:31:00.000-07:002014-08-03T08:31:36.001-07:00Willie's First Trial Experience<span style="font-size: large;">I debated about whether or not to enter Willie in a CPE trial on August 2nd. He was 15 months old on the 22nd of July. I finally opted to run him in Colors, Wild Card and Jumpers since the only obstacle not fully trained (or so I thought) is the AF.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was hoping to take the DW on the Colors and Wild Card courses, but my knee was bothering me too much to run the length of the DW and when I tried pushing Willie out to them, he took the straight tunnel that was about 10' closer to me and parallel to the DW. A new obstacle discrimination variation for us to work on at home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Willie's jumpers run was beautiful until the last obstacle which was a tire. Someone thought he had hit the metal support frame with his shoulder, but in slow-motion, it looks like he missed it. Thank goodness for breakaway tires!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I thought about the tire incident during the long drive home, mentally kicking myself for almost injuring Willie. When I went to bed last night, I was still considering the matter and came up with a way to "fix" our tire problem. All of my other dogs, except Dusty, were taught to jump through a hula hoop long before they encountered their first tire. From there I went on and worked on transferring that performance to jumping through my arms. Max, my late Airedale, actually won the best trick award in a local competition by impressing the judge with his ability to jump through my arms.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So this morning, I dug out my 24" hula hoop and began the process of teaching Willie to jump through the hoop cleanly. Basically, I will be following these steps:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Begin with the hoop vertical and resting on the ground. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">1. Reward any interaction with the hoop.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">2. Reward a few passes through the hoop no matter how many body parts touch it. Mustn't stay at this stage very long.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">3. Only reward those passes where no part of his body touches the hoop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Once Willie can get through the hoop without touching it, raise it an inch or so off the ground.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">4. Have him sit and wait. Release to come through the hoop for a cookie. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">5. Over several sessions, raise the height of the hoop until we get to competition height. Be sure to maintain criterion of no body part touches the hoop.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">6. Put the behavior on a verbal cue. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Once Willie can jump the hoop cleanly at competition height, begin working on getting him to jump through my arms. A big plus of jumping through your arms is that the dog will brush against you if he is of any size, and he will learn to do it with control to avoid ramming into you. (Some dogs don't learn this part. I could never trust Dusty to not hit my shoulder, so I stopped offering him the opportunity to do this trick. His tire performance was also less than safe unless it was carefully managed.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have found the easiest way to do this is to place one hand on the top of the hoop and the other off to the side toward the bottom, holding the hoop as far from my body as possible. As the dog gets comfortable jumping close to my body, I increase the amount of contact my arms have with the hoop. This will also bring the hoop in closer to my body. Once my arms are wrapped around the hoop to the fullest extent possible, it's time to see if he dog will jump through my arms without the hoop on cue--I keep my fingers about 12" apart for these first attempts. If necessary, I have someone lure my dog through with a cookie. Once he will jump through my arms, I start decreasing the size of my arm "hoop."</span><br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/wCDHFWbYQBY?rel=0" width="640"></iframe>Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876637959835151427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630214950743290025.post-13701890147287023532014-06-07T18:08:00.001-07:002014-06-07T18:08:11.350-07:00Distance Handling Check<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">My original goal with Belle was to get to the point where we were able to do NADAC courses from the bonus line. We almost got there, but not quite. With Willie, I can tell that I'm going to need all the distance I can get in order to get through any course with him since he is considerably faster than Belle. My job will be to navigate and stay out of his way. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm having trouble with my right knee, </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">so I decided to find out how well Willie cou</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">ld
do this Masters Jumpers course with distance handling. Here's a frame shot from this morning
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"run" it again tonight or tomorrow mo</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">rni</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">ng. I'll finish the video then and post it here and on YouTube.<br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">#1 is a continuing problem with Willie. He </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">doesn't
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indicate otherwise, he is to take it. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">#2 Can you say LATE! </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">#3 & #4 I missed </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: large;">seeing the</span><span style="font-size: large;"> threadle at 10</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">, so I cued Willie to jump 10 in the wrong direction and then tried to do a threadle <span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;">at</span> 11. My initial plan was to handle it from what was our landing side, and </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">getting there pulled Willie off </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">of 9</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">. It also made for a crunchy threadle. It handles much better <span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;">when I remain on the take off side of 10 and I can also support 9 better.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;">However, n</span>ow that I see my mistake, I look</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> forward to seeing if <span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;">we</span> can get 9-11 correct.<br />
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I wanted to stay around (52,8), but soon discovered neither Willie nor
Belle could get to 15 consistently if I did that. Moving 1/3 to
1/2 way down the tunnel supported that jump just fine. Actually, it's not surprising that Willie didn't carry out to 15 since we've done a lot of work in the last two weeks on tunnel exits. If I'm not moving when he goes in, then he should be checking for me and prepared to turn when he exits. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">#6 I had to make
sure I supported the double or Willie ran by it. (Perhaps that's
because I didn't put a pa</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">ir of wings on it, but still....) Must remember that Willie is a young, unexperienced dog and what Belle takes for granted, he very well may not.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was looking for a sequence with a minimal amount of setup work since it is always windy out in the field this time of year. Brrrr. I chose this simple exercise from Linda Mecklenberg's Feb., 2013 column in <i>Clean Run. </i>Never in my wildest dreams did I realize it would give us so many different things to work on with Willie.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">First, there is the backside of #4. We've done a little bit of backside work, but not a whole lot because I don't want him to default to the backside of a jump too easily. The object of this sequence is to handle #4 in at least three different ways. I tried pushing Willie to the back of #4 around the wing closer to the tunnel and then pushing into the gap between 4/5. This proved to be somewhat difficult for Willie because he still doesn't understand collection.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then I tried pushing him to the backside of #4 around the wing closer to #5. Much to my surprise, this was made getting to #5 easier for him since he was forced to slow down (collect) for the wrap. Unfortunately, I couldn't think of a third way to handle 4/5 yesterday. But I think it might be possible for the handler to get to the take of side of #4 and handle from that side.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Because of his speed and size, Willie defaulted to the correct side of #2. So I was really shocked when this turned into a major sticking point for Belle--she defaulted to my side of the jump. Hmm. I spent several minutes showing Belle the difference in my signals when I wanted her to take the jump going away from me and when I wanted her to take it coming toward me. Then I brought Willie out and worked on showing him what it looked like when I wanted him to take #2 from my side of the jump. There's that hard to grasp concept again, collection. Once he got the idea of coming to my side of the jump, I started asking him to wrap it and go back into the tunnel. Surprise! He took the jump first, which gave us another skill to work on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We quit for the day at this point, but in addition to wrapping to the tunnel, there<i> </i>are several other choices:</span><br />
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Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876637959835151427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630214950743290025.post-3557224750738868562013-12-04T08:17:00.002-08:002013-12-04T08:17:50.624-08:00The Mental Game<span style="font-size: large;">Just a few random thoughts for today's <a href="http://dogagilityblogevents.wordpress.com/the-mental-game/" target="_blank">Dog Agility Bloggers Event, "The Mental Game."</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">First and foremost, it is a GAME. Games are supposed to be FUN. Fun for you and fun for your dog. Nothing brings me down so much as watching a handler blame his dog for mistakes on course. The mistakes are almost always the handler's--either she messed up her handling or she hasn't proofed her dog sufficiently, or Dog forbid, she did a crappy job of teaching some aspect(s) of her dog's performance.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the same vein, don't beat yourself up over handling mistakes. Jot it down and come up with some ideas to work on <u>your</u> skills so that you can handle the sequence, trap, whatever better the next time you see it on a course.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Use the course maps to memorize the sequence of the courses before you walk if at all possible. </span><span style="font-size: large;">If you can, watch while the course is being built to mentally test how well you've memorized the course. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Then you can spend your walk through time on analyzing what your dog sees and planning your handling. Even after all these years, I'm not terribly good at estimating where my dog and I will be relative to each other, so I usually try to have a Plan B. One thing that I used to overlook frequently was where to set Belle at the start line so she would be able to see me and the obstacles between us. Duh! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Unlike many handlers, I usually don't use all the walk through time allotted. Sometimes, that bites me in the butt, but usually it works for me. Once I've decided on a plan and know where the control points are and how I'm going to get there, I try to get to them once or twice and then I get out of Dodge. If I'm running early in the order, I want to spend the time with my dog. If I'm running later, then I have plenty of runs to watch to see if I missed something.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Plan your run, and run your plan. Well, usually, but sometimes I see another handler do something that is much more logical, efficient, elegant, whatever, than what I had planned. I'm not above giving it a go without having walked it. However, I will rehearse the move mentally. If subsequent handlers do the same move, I have an additional chance to mentally work on my timing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Above all, have fun and make sure your dog is having fun, too! </span>Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876637959835151427noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630214950743290025.post-45812757628822554932013-11-09T11:50:00.000-08:002013-11-09T11:50:14.882-08:00They Call It a Dummy Jump for a Reason<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I set up this modified Novice JWW course (the weaves were at #10) for Willie today. I realized the distances between obstacles was pretty big just looking at the course map, but once the course was set, the distances looked really huge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I didn't think Willie had enough distance skill for me to send him out to 3 and 4 while I moved into position for a FC between 5 and 6, so I tried a blind cross which Willie didn't understand. Then I tried sending him out on his own so I could do a FC, and he did just fine!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our next problem was the #11 jump. When Willie exited the tunnel, he drifted toward me and missed the jump. I would have preferred placing my FC between 13/14, but the only solution for this problem was for me to move in closer and do my FC between 12/13.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our final problem was getting from 15 to 16. (I added the red dummy jump to make a box when I set up the course. Not one of my better ideas.) Willie repeatedly hit the bar at #15, and just didn't understand he was to go straight through the box. Later I had Belle try it, and much to my dismay I discovered that adding the dummy jump was a really poor idea since even she had trouble getting from 15 to 16. I removed the dummy jump and found Belle could complete the course when I used either handler path shown at the left. Willie still had trouble driving through in a straight line, so obviously we will have to work on this some more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, at least I have some training ideas for this week: </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Work on getting RC and blind cross at 5/6.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Work on increasing lateral distance so I can do a FC between 13/14.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Work on driving from 15 to 16 in a straight line.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">It would be a good idea to not use bars when introducing Willie to a full course. There's enough new stuff going on that we shouldn't have to stress over knocked bars.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Keep working on obstacle focus!!!</span></li>
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