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Changing Your Password |
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Asking Questions/Getting Feedback |
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Visualization Mastery Bonus |
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AKC Ribbon Wall Report Bonus |
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2019 AKC Agility Invitational Course Map Review | + |
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Round 1: Jumper with Weaves |
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Round 2: Standard |
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Round 3: Hybrid |
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Round 4: Jumpers with Weaves |
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Round 5: Standard Finals |
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Exercise with Options |
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Nested Challenge Sequence |
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For Invitational Competitors |
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Survey |
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Here are the RC, FC and serp/blind options. I feel like i got the best turn from the RC but it might not have been the fastest? I was very late on the FC and didn’t show any decel!
https://youtu.be/AF1XOfcR5-o
https://youtu.be/q7v9MJtkTR0
https://youtu.be/lh0-TNWfMFE
https://youtu.be/R2Xe2CWtjrc
Beautiful work: https://youtu.be/J_U8BmPfG5A
SBS: https://youtu.be/J_U8BmPfG5A
Thanks for the feedback and the side by side, which is always useful for me. It looks like both links are the same?
Sorry! Here’s the other one: https://youtu.be/kNKT7HUvY_s
Thanks. This was the first time I tried the “decel front cross” in this scenario. I’ve always only executed this type of FC when I’m wrapping back around the wing so obviously I need to practice this if I were going to try it in competition!
was wondering – where’s the ideal position for the front along the front cross line? Closer to #3 or close to #2, and why?
Great question. In general, it’s better to be closer to the second jump in the FC. If you imagine two front crosses that target two different jumps, when you’re close to the first jump in the FC, your position is very similar for those two front crosses, the closer you are to the second jump, the more different your path becomes.
However, deceleration as a cue tends to work better closer to the dog.
Since this FC requires a significant turn, I need the strong decel cue more than I need to positional cue of being near #3. And ideally, I’m giving my decel cue and then powering toward #3 to make it clear where we’re going.
This exact situation arose in competition this weekend, except the tunnel was a jump! I didn’t realise until I saw the video and realised I should have done the serp instead of the (very late cos I couldn’t get there) front cross! The problem with following the pros on the walk through! 😩 however, I have learnt from this! 😊🤞
Great job recognizing the pattern! Replacing the tunnel with a jump makes a box structure and that (and the off course possibilities it creates) is a VERY common course design element.
Hi I’m Katie Blair and this is Gitchi’s daughter Voulez and we’re going to the Junior Invitationals!
https://youtu.be/8hZ7kZz-kvM
So excited to see you guys! Feedback: https://youtu.be/Sp04a5MPcpk
Hello! Was a little rough, but we smoothed most things out. No, I don’t know my right from left (1st attempt wrong verbal) ;-). Need to work on our front crosses more. Had to back chain Exercise 4, then did better. I failed to video Maverick’s (Border Collie) blind cross, but did have footage of Eowyn’s (Silken Windhound) on her last attempt. Thank you! Melanie
Feedback https://youtu.be/ZsT3MlD8mw0
Decel resources: https://baddogagility.com/deceleration-position-and-timing/
https://baddogagility.com/turn-tighter-with-this-key-move-facebook-live/
Hi Sarah!
Thank you so much for your time, comments and deceleration link! Very helpful 😉 Melanie
Hi Sarah! We have done some foundation jump work with Kim Collins, but not the set point work as you described. Do you have a particular book/link that might be helpful? Thank you! Melanie
I highly recommend this book: https://amzn.to/3jXZX4A
There is SO much information in it, including set point. I reference it all the time.
PS Could you let me know if you received notification of this reply? Someone else indicated they weren’t getting the notifications…
Thank you! No, I did not receive a notification either. BTW – Worked on speeding up my blinds this morning. You’re right! Maverick did the jump without me waiting ; -). Thanks!!
Wonderful! (about the blinds)
And thanks for letting me know about the notifications. I’ll need to track down whatever is preventing that!
The Salo book is actually cheaper on Clean Run:
https://www.cleanrun.com/product/jumping_grid_workbook/index.cfm
Oh wow – good to know! I’m a two day shipping sucker! 😉
Here Jake’s attempt. These were all 1st attempts but I did option 4 twice because I was so surprised he did it the first time & I didn’t feel like my timing was good. https://youtu.be/pYtK8eCnXf8
Feedback: https://youtu.be/oxKEN49PSv0
TY Sarah!
Hi Sarah, this is my first attempt at videoing, editing and posting. Quite a learning curve.
https://youtu.be/-WqkJEbzn00
Feedback: https://youtu.be/abFFmZNO8Vs
Link to the Susan Salo book I mentioned: https://amzn.to/2J9sY0x
Thanks Sarah, a friend gave me some of Susan Salo videos yesterday. I’ll see if they contain gridwork. Brynn is a very novice dog, just over 2yrs old. She entered her first trial in March just before Covid lock down started and hasn’t had any trials since. Thanks for viewing my video, the coaches eye is a fabulous tool I love it. We’ve much to work on 👍🏻
The videos are good, but LOONNNG and, at least for my attention span, a bit dry. But everything you need should be in there. I found the book to be easier to work with, but that’s just my preference.
Glad you like the Coach’s Eye! We find it makes it so much easier to explain things.
Lol that’s what my friend who gave them to me said, 🤦🏻♀️😆
I’m not sure if the distance to put the marking poles (ground poles). Does it vary with dog size. Maybe I missed that bit in the vid 🤷🏻♀️
Yes – it absolutely varies by size (and that is in the book). Here’s a quick summary:
The distance between the facilitator jump and the set point jump should be roughly 1.5-2′ for 8″ dogs, 2′-3′ for 12″ dogs, 3′-4′ for 16″ dogs, 4′-5′ for 20″ dogs, 5′-6′ for large dogs. You want enough space for the dog to comfortably step into the grid and execute the jump, but too much space will not force the dog to power off their rear legs and may allow them to be more sloppy. Give your dog a few repetitions at the recommended height and then decide whether to tweak it slightly for your dog.
Your dog should be set half the distance of the grid away from the facilitator jump. So if your grid spacing is 5′, sit your dog 2.5′ away from the facilitator jump.
Thanks Sarah 👍🏻 Have converted measurements to metric. Brynn is a 12” dog. Will try those, thanks again
Sorting out my tech issues, does this link play for you?
I’m wondering why my Youtube video looks fuzzy. The video was clear on my phone and in iMovie. Your tech tutorials was REALLY helpful!
Glad the tech tutorial helped!
Hmm. This is quite low resolution (though otherwise, yes I can play it!).
What kind of phone? And were you on Wi-Fi? I think they’re might be a setting that doesn’t do HD when you’re in roaming mode (so you don’t use as much data). I’ll try and find that.
Since I work so much with video and so much remotely, I always turn those data saving features off.
So what exactly should I be turning off on my phone before I start recording? The picture looks crystal clear on my iphone and on my ipad (after airdropping it there) and the movie I made (yay me!) still looks clear. It is only when I post it on Youtube that it looks fuzzy. So does that mean I need to change a Youtube setting?
Correct – a YouTube setting: https://youtu.be/PI4yN2oRVys
Thank you for your wonderful step-by-step patience! I’ve already learned tons from you. I went to the YouTube UPLOADS then Upload quality and I am already set to 1080 (it was checked). So that might not be the problem? I”ll try again with this week’s exercise and see if it works out better.
Is this clear enough that you can give me feedback on my timing/path etc?
Yes – I think so.
Feedback https://youtu.be/1Lx29SHdOp0
Part2 https://youtu.be/mB-mT1K_5eM
Thanks for the feedback. I see what you mean about rushing the rear cross. I”ve always felt uncomfortable doing them; good to know why!
The blind and the serp. Predictive text got the better of me – words in video should say “she patterns a lot so threw this in”
https://youtu.be/FGJPvpKSHiE
Your field is beautiful! I enjoyed your comments! 🤪
Thank you! 😊
Feedback: https://youtu.be/MvzNRauAkA0
Hi Sarah,
So I thought I would use this course to focus on Lyric, though I’ll do some with Robbie too (he’s currently resting as he didn’t look 100% yesterday)
Here is the rear and the front. The first front is probably typical of what I do in the ring – a bit late! 😬 short session due to the heat!
https://youtu.be/AD51CEnO-3k
Feedback: https://youtu.be/eInBnFCzPoA
Thank you! I’m amazed that I no longer count the FC steps and I still manage to do it. I have been training Lyric with a verbal for a rear cross which is why she probably did it even with me not in the right spot. I’ll go practise that again! 😊
Here’s a redo of the rear cross. I’m not sure if I’m any better! 😬 my decel on the first one wasn’t good enough and I think I may be floating in no mans land! 🤷♀️
https://youtu.be/oCuAoOBsW8A
RC Redo Feedback: https://youtu.be/HbeZ04HlNOA
This is my 11 year old daughter, Sarah, who is signed up for this course. She will be competing in the junior competition at the Invitationals. She will be taking two Toy Australian Shepherds and now her brother’s border collie, as well.( He does not want to travel during COVID.) We’ll be videoing each lesson. https://youtu.be/RQR1zd3ST-Q
Congratulations to your daughter!
Looking forward to working with Sarah! Here are my thoughts: https://youtu.be/BRjOJ6KuHIE
I like doing BC because they get me ahead of my dog and the footwork is so much easier. My question: Is the BC line the same as a FC line and can I do the blind along this line if I can’t get quite down to the jump after the tunnel? I sometimes get to the ‘half way point’ where the recall (serp) you showed (loved that ) is no longer an option but I am not close to the wing of that first jump.
Yes, for the rear cross, you need to be close to #2 to give yourself room. For the front cross and blind cross, you only need to get as close to #2 as you need to support #2. So cutting between #2 and #3 is totally fine.
I like that the rear cross was the first option ; )
😉 I do think that would be my first choice with the tight spacing.
I meant that I always need to practice the rears first as when I start doing fronts and blinds, I get too far ahead to do a rear as I’m trying to go fast (I get pattern trained too ; ) ) and that generally doesn’t work for a rear.
Ahh! Yes – I see what you mean!