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Introduction |
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| Lesson 2 |
Introduction to Plyometric Fitness for Jumping (REPLAY) |
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Equipment Needed |
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| Jumping Mechanics | + |
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Introduction |
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Phase 1 - Approach |
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| Lesson 3 |
Phase 2 - Take Off |
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| Lesson 4 |
Phase 3 - Aerial |
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| Lesson 5 |
Phase 4 - Landing |
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| Lesson 6 |
Phase 5 - Departing |
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| Lesson 7 |
Jump Analysis and the 5 Phases of Jumping |
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| Lesson 8 |
The Role of Strength |
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| Lesson 9 |
Assignment: Your First Jumping Analysis |
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| Early Jumping Problems | + |
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What It Looks Like |
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Possible Reasons for Early Jumping |
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Arousal |
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Confidence/Training |
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Early Takeoff Syndrome |
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| How to Start and/or Adjust Training | + |
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Understand the Jumping Arc |
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| Lesson 2 |
Understand the Take Off Distance |
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Strengthen the Dog |
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| Lesson 4 |
Understand Striding |
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Common Misconceptions |
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| Single Jump Exercises | + |
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Jump Offering |
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Set Point |
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Sit Jump |
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| Jumping Grids | - |
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Determining Your Baseline Grid |
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Baseline Grid For Problem Solving |
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| Lesson 3 |
Baseline Grid as an Exercise |
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| Lesson 4 |
Advanced Baseline |
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| Lesson 5 |
Height Grid |
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| Lesson 6 |
Baseline in the Middle |
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Hi Leslie, below is our first advanced grid work. Initially I thought I would alternate working with and without a toy target but then I felt the toy promoted to much arousal and extension, so I stopped using it. Sorry I didn’t adjust the camera when I worked a couple turns. I can adjust that for the next time. The stride grid is 7.5/8″. Question: I’ve listened to your lecture involving late take off — is it okay to practice with some jumps at 16″ when it’s hot?
https://youtu.be/eiwSAJNhF4I?si=pgF9yPUPdfhuK0sF
Can you use a food robot to get more drive straight after the jump?
https://link.getonform.com/view?id=0OlDovlYTtX79sgHFoed
Hi Leslie. Tonight I focused on straight lines and extension. Her original grid was 22.5′ so I started this one at 20. I noticed that she still chipped in a stride so I brought it back to 19. As we worked the grid and either my body position or my motion promoted more extension she looked better. I move it to 20′ to see if her striding holds while I continue to promote extension and it looks like she was able to maintain the single stride. Looking forward to your feedback.
https://youtu.be/FSys1uom1nw?si=mFkK2OxYIfLRw9Bw
This is looking great! https://link.getonform.com/view?id=XaQez2QD7qk9mXrFUNZ0
Hi Leslie, I really like how her jumping looks with this grid. I’d like to keep working the straights for awhile. Would you ever put another jump past the full height jump? It would be grid to full height to full height. This may just be me, but I’ve noticed that while working this extension her DW hits are lower. It may be a total coincidence but perhaps not??? More confidence in extension???
Hi Coach Leslie. Here is my young dog’s Advanced grid. I am not concerned about her jumping, but, since my older dog has terrible over jumping I want to make sure that I get on top of any issues early. In this rep she has a couple of nice extended strides and then does a couple of slightly collected ones but she takes off in good spot I think and has nice arch over the bar? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2GvGPaHijQ
This is looking good. https://link.getonform.com/view?id=M37fFFXsCUy9nG3VqyAq
Hi Coach Leslie. I had another go with the Advanced Grid with my young dog, expanding out the running grid a little as you suggested. I’m a little worried because where as she was doing a lovely arc over the bar with last grid, in this one she took out the stride after the last bar on ground and took off early. (I’m now paranoid because of my older dogs over jumping!). You mentioned that as dogs get more confident (and I believe she is becoming more confident as I am seeing an increase in speed) the grid may need to be adjusted. Do you think I should also increase spacing between the last bar on ground and the full jump? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-buOh5vPIk
Yes, we need to change the grid. https://link.getonform.com/view?id=uhShJxsmAUAttr2MkgzQ
Hi Coach Leslie. I adjusted the grid expanding out the running section but I think I did it too much as Tequila was straddling the poles. So I reduced by just 10cm and that seemed to make all the difference. I also tried increased handler motion and she seemed to cope well with that and was still putting in a stride after last pole on the ground and jumping correctly? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_VMUWqXFps What is really interesting to me is that even though she is 10cm lower in the withers that my older dog the distance between the pole on ground and full height jump is the same. I think because she has a long stride relatively to her size and is better at taking extended strides?
I do like the adjustments you made. I also want you to find her perfect distance to start from the first pole on the ground. Her jumping arc looks great. https://link.getonform.com/view?id=4Jp6HpbZzQku6aASFiuN
Hi Coach Leslie. Had a go at the Advanced Baseline. I set the jumps up at same spacing as for the stride grid but I think the spacing needed to be a little closer together. I had the height of the first 3 jumps at 32cm (his competition height is 50cm). You’ll also see that my dog ‘stole’ his toy rather than do the last jump (at his full jump height). Looking back on video I did give his “get it” cue before he took jump. After doing a rep where I threw toy after he took jump, I was able to have the toy on the ground and him take the full height jump. You’ll see his superman jumping. Sorry if sun directly into camera makes it a little hard to see. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5_NfQ7hw30
The first part of the grid should be exactly the same as the perfect Baseline grid we got. I think the bars were either on the ground or at the lowest point. It’s still a striding grid not jumping. It sets the striding to get the dog to the take off point. The goal is one stride after the baseline part and then a jump. The full height jump is moved based on the take off spot. https://link.getonform.com/view?id=jfKBh8b1HrQHLHH5DGuI
Thanks Leslie that all makes sense. I will make sure to set it up so bars are on the ground for the first part of the grid and then just one stride to the full height jump. I did want to mention (and I feel a bit stupid for not knowing this earlier) but my dog definitely looks at wings not the bar. I had this confirmed because I was working on tight turn directionals and decided to make it really easy and remove the bar and just have the wings and when I gave the cue my dog actually jumped an ‘invisible’ bar. I’m not sure whether this means I should also remove the wings from the first part of the advanced grid with the bars on the ground? Hopefully you’ll recall that I removed the wings from the baseline grid as my dog was still jumping when the bars were on the ground.
Yes, I would remove the wings to keep him from thinking jump.
Hi Coach Leslie. Have adjusted so we have the striding grid first and then have the one stride after the grid before the full height jump. Some wonderful superman jumping happening! LOL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA2dSzPPz1w
Almost there! https://link.getonform.com/view?id=nLiVQpoBK5FSAr69ILJh
Hi Coach Leslie. Had another go and I think we’re getting there? (Fingers crossed!). I checked video after each rep and could see that highest point of jump arch was still well before the jump so I brought it forward by 5cm like you said. The only rep I didn’t do this was the one after he knocked the rail where I think he didn’t put the stride in after the running grid. He fixed this in the next rep and highest point of arch was closer to the jump. Still not great though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0ikqYlPQmA
Move the jump even closer so that it’s one stride then jump. https://link.getonform.com/view?id=mcrVwxGQfJ2yNNNa3lOt
Hi Coach Leslie. Thanks so much for analysis but I am a bit confused. He is taking a single stride after he clears the running grid so if I bring the jump closer he most likely won’t put that stride in but will jump from the running grid. I think because the grass is long and angle of the camera you couldn’t see the poles on the ground?
Yes, I was basing the striding off the one pole I could see on the ground – where I started marking the strides. I would continue to move the full height jump closer than but in smaller increments – 1cm at a time possibly. I really want to see him take a normal length stride before jumping.
Hi Coach Leslie. Here is our latest attempt at the advanced grid and I think we might be making some progress. I had the full height jump closer than in the last session and my dog’s highest point was much closer to the bar, still too early but much better. After a couple of reps I checked video and it looked like he was still taking too much of a collected stride before jump. I moved jump a tiny bit like you suggested and I also moved the toy out to see whether that encouraged more extension. It worked for one rep and then for second rep he completely took out the stride and did a massive jump! I should mention that at the same time as doing this I have been working on sit jumps (which he does a good job of) but I think he just has a long history of reinforcement for the ‘big’ jumps. I’m realistic that turning this around completely is probably not possible but if I can improve a bit that would be really good. TIA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsRaGxpDvmM
I like the spacing. I agree that he has a lot of reinforcement for the big jump. I’m okay with him deciding to take out the stride because it shows that we are right at that distance that’s making him think about it. The next session I want you to back chain the grid. Start just on the landing side of the last bar on the ground. Move back one bar each rep.
Hi Coach Leslie. Here’s our session on back chaining the grid. I originally forgot that I was meant to be back chaining it and did the whole thing (first on the wrong jump height then correct one). It was the same spacing as last grid but he didn’t put the stride in after the running grid and I got massive jumps. Then remembered we were meant to be back chaining. I started with a sit jump to remind him to take off closer (we’ve been doing sit jumps on a regular basis and he seems to be very comfortable jumping from a sit close to the bar). I did notice that he did a small stride from the sit (doesn’t normally do this) which I’m not sure is a bad thing? Maybe I needed to set him up closer? Anyhow then I put him behind the last bar on the ground and he put the stride in before the jump and whilst still not perfect, top of the arc was much closer to being over bar. I didn’t want to back chain more of the running grid because I’m seeing now that his over jumping is an arousal issue and the more running he does the worse it is. So wanted to get your input before doing this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVBSFmfh-Ho
I’m okay with the little stride in the sit jump. I think it helped him and I’m glad he recognized he needed it. https://link.getonform.com/view?id=73wUaNzY1NiPMtoPGprf
Hi Coach Leslie. Here’s another session back chaining the advanced baseline grid. It went okay I think. Still not getting the top of the arc over the bar but at least he’s putting a stride in after the last running grid bar. The stride looks a bit collected and not sure whether this is just because he has patterned taking off early? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxMUzEIkkiw
Much better! The stride looks collected because there’s no momentum going into it and he doesn’t want to get close to the bar. Try inching the jump closer without losing that stride.
Hi Coach Leslie. Here’s our latest session backchaining the advanced grid. A few questions please: I start out with a couple of sit jumps just to remind him/show him that he can get over the bar closer to the jump. I think he does a good job but please give me your thoughts on his sit jumps and whether starting with this is a good idea? We’re working on sit jumps separately too. Then I try the backchaining from the last pole on the ground and I do a couple of reps with me on each side (just for balance). I find that I am not very good at seeing in real time where is the top of the arc. So I have to stop and check the video. Then inevitably I inch to the striding pole closer to jump try and get the take off spot closer. Hopefully you’ll see this in the video. He seems to take off closer and closer with the very last rep being by far the best and the top of the arc much closer to being over the bar. Should I keep this practice up to try and get a better take off spot and then try and pattern this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glY3iZE5Wo4
I like how this is going. Ignore my comment about the baseline bars being in the lowest jump height. Keep the bars on the ground and keep back chaining. https://link.getonform.com/view?id=5k5K1buG0x3HBL547yEa
Ok here is Bolo with 6 foot baseline and 18 feet to full height jump. Maybe 18 feet is just a bit too far for a single stride?
https://youtu.be/8Jn9tOMB5DA?si=09AeAgVtH-1sQn7Z
Yes, he should be putting in two collected strides for that distance. Two things to do – move it back to 15 feet to get a single stride and then a nice jump arc. Then set it out to 20 feet to see if you get two strides then the jump. If not keep moving it out until you do. Then we will slowly move it back to 18 feet to try to maintain two strides for that distance.
Another thing, try setting him back 6 feet from the start of the grid to get a little more momentum going into the grid.
OK we are partway there. I repeated once at 18 feet to begin while he was fresh this morning. Still only one stride. So I went to 15 feet for a couple of reps. Out to 20 and he took the bar down using one stride. So out to 22 feet and I’m getting two strides and not a bad jumping effort. Should I run 22 feet for a couple of sessions prior to slowly moving back to 18 feet?
https://youtu.be/xG9Wd_v1sHg
Really good progress here! I want you to do multiple sessions at 15 and 22 with lots of reinforcements. Then we will move it back from 22 to 18 half a foot at a time.
https://link.getonform.com/view?id=f87fi46LYJfB0SrhHVie
Eevee’s advanced baseline grid work. All are varying degrees of early take off- but I do think the last rep was better. Appreciate the feedback!
https://youtu.be/GkHKWf1cwgQ
I picked up the same spacing where we left off a couple days ago. First 2 passes I released while I was stationary and the last try I released in motion. Seems I get an earlier take off while I’m in motion.
https://youtu.be/WKez_JpDIB8
Movement versus being still indicates a priority issue. She is prioritizing catching you over correct jump spacing. Pre place the reinforcement and walk the grid. When that is good, slow jog, then jog, then run.
The issue is with the first and fifth spacing. She figures out all the other spacing. Do you know what the 1st and 5th spacing distances are?
Nimbus’s advanced baseline grid. Working on “fixing” his early take offs and superman jumping.
https://youtu.be/9JNRm_iHeNk
This is looking pretty good. I want you to try the Height Grid.
PJ. His last jump is 24, which will be his AKC full height.
No video. 😞
Oops. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOomDfe–To
Increase the distance to the full height jump by 5 feet.
Seven. Last jump is 24. Not sure whether her AKC full height will be 20 or 24, she is right at the cutoff. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzGBapAi3u0
Shoot, this is Marco again in the video.
Oops – here is Seven. I went to an AKC show last weekend, but there was no VMO. If my measuring is correct, she will probably be a 20 inch dog. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B7Nz26597M
Is the full height jump set at 24” here? I think the spacing looks good. Let’s set the full height jump at 20” from now on. If the weather and the schedule allows I want you to do Advanced Baseline 6 reps twice a week.
Marco advanced baseling. The last jump is 20. That is his AKC preferred height. He is not a confident jumper, so we will be doing preferred. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzGBapAi3u0
This is interesting to me. I want to build more power through the grid. For every Advanced Baseline grid I want you to do 5 Baseline grids with his highest value reward.
Hi Leslie! Rev has struggled with ETO for a very long time, my trainer noticed it very early. We have gone through a different jump training program, and it did help him gain some confidence. He doesn’t usually knock bars, but he does jump early, which means some do come down. I’m not looking for a cure for his ETO, but maybe just some ways to help him, and Sarah and Esteban have suggested I work with you.
To be completely honest, his jumping looked a lot better when I was diligently working on the jump program, and then this summer I’ve really slacked off. We even took all of July off from agility (our trainer was traveling), and coming back, I can see his jumping form has suffered from it. I’m not sure if it’s fitness, muscle memory, or what exactly. He is regularly seen for massage with no concerns, and his Whistle fitness tracker typically logs 3-4 miles of activity daily (3 walks, some yard play, etc.). I know we should do more.
Anyway, I have set a goal to resume the jump grid work 3x weekly and hopefully get him more confident and strong again.
To give you an idea of his jump training background, here is a video I put together when we finished the first 12 week intro series. We went on to do a turns and slices program too. He has a very good understanding of jump bumps as a result, which I notice you use in your program as well.
Today, I did some of your baseline grids to get your feedback. I wanted him to be successful, so when I did the distance exercise I used the jump bumps for the first two reps, and removed it for the next two. Another thing of note is he tends to drift left on jump grids, regardless of the yard slope (he does it both directions). I believe he has done this for awhile.
I will do this exercise again in a few days until I hear your feedback.
Wow! Amazing improvement. The second video is set as private so I can’t view it.
Whoops! Sorry about that, it should be “unlisted now”. Can you see it now?
Yes the jump class did help him a lot, especially when I was keeping up on it, but he still struggles with early takeoffs in a full sequence, usually just specific jumps are harder than others. Hoping picking back up the grids, maybe with some different ideas from you, will help him even more!
Got it!
I think the first grid is a bit too close together. I would increase the distance between everything (including the bumps) by 4 inches.
What venues do you typically compete in?
Sorry I did not see this reply before we worked again this week, a few days ago and again this morning. Early this week I offset the mm to the right to see if it would help straighten out his jumps in the grid (he still drifted left but then curved right, maybe it will help him build his strength?). This morning I set up some jumps in extension and some on a curve. Both days of practice are in this next video. We compete in AKC mostly, trying to work toward our MACH (14 down!), and sometimes AKC ISC.
Other than extending the base grid a few inches, are there any other changes or exercises you want to see, or would suggest we do weekly to help him?
https://youtu.be/3coFxWIQQC8
https://link.getonform.com/view?id=pgHbfTdWi39RertULZUF
Because you do AKC it is important that he understand relative collection so I would focus less on setting things up with big spaces between jumps (20+ feet)
Our first attempt at an advanced grid. Freck with a 66″ grid spacing at 16″ bar height. I am really please to see how his balance is coming together and I also see the beginnings of extension.
https://youtu.be/9IKK073xGCs
Wow, it’s really impressive that he can do this because it’s very physically challenging.
The Baseline part of the grid never goes higher than 8 inches. A 5th jump is added twice the distance away at full height. The Baseline Grid shows him the striding up to the jump.
Oh no! I must have misunderstood. I’ll move the heights back to 8″ and add a fifth jump at 132″.
You’ve got this! No harm done.
https://youtu.be/5nXpjwWxqwo
Freck’s first try at an advanced grid set-up. 66″ spacing at 8″ bar height. The last bar is at 16″. It seems that he has a difficult time adjusting on his approach to the full height bar with the double spacing . I’m interested in your observations. next time, I’ll run on the far side of the jumps.
I want you to pre-place the reinforcement and move the full height jump closer to the baseline grid by 6 inches.
https://link.getonform.com/view?id=tp5uEzBxv3i3IWpzV4Bs
A better series of jumps represented here. I need more work with the soccer ball to get focus, but I did get a good series of jumping with pre placed food as a reward. Moving the last grid 6″ made quite a difference in his stride. In this session, I did notice that the 2 (edited) repetitions when I was behind him, he bi-passed the last jump. I am wondering if the heat had something to do with that. I have been working with his start line so am really happy with that too. https://youtu.be/BJY_46KfiWA
Lots of good stuff here!
https://link.getonform.com/view?id=YNxtjDqeCjTPypPagiVB
Yay! Thanks for the encouragement. His confidence in jumping has greatly improved and I credit the grid work for that. I am in awe over his extention. I was giving up faith that he had it in him. I’ll keep up on the jump offerings, sit jumps and working with the grid with the full height jump 12″ closer to the 8″.
We moved the full height jump 12″ closer so the full height jump is 128″ further from the last 8″ jump. A very odd session. I think he was in the playing soccer mood and I was in the let’s do the grid mood. I have a busy week ahead so was in task mode. He bi-passed the jump several times (edited) I think the A frame was in view of the pre placed reward and me may have thought he was going to run into the A frame. ( I sometimes wonder if he needs glasses) The third jump in this series was odd but I didn’t edit it out. I wasn’t ready but he stationed himself and did the grid anyway. The last jump had nice extension so I didn’t edit it out. Next time, we’ll play soccer and do the grid another time.
https://youtu.be/3BXRiXNZAuw
I want to change your positioning.
https://link.getonform.com/view?id=naelfxeTb5NX4ByuFO5X
https://youtu.be/jYOsmZr4630
Freck’s Advanced Grid. 66″ spacing at 8″ bar height. 128″ spacing at 16″ bar height. A much better sample. He is really reaching for that full height bar. I think we are looking to get a stride in between the last 8″ and the full height? I am pleased with his start and very pleased with his drive to the target plate.
Let’s switch things up. I want to work on Height Grid and Baseline in the Middle.
https://link.getonform.com/view?id=9e82bISpWarbev3hqHNf
Hi Leslie
Between the holidays, and other stuff in the new year, I lost momentum, which I’m trying to get back. It was hard to figure out where to start again. So I decided to do the obvious and set up the advanced baseline grid, where I left off and did a few “regular” ones, then added a spread, since she has problems with spreads. You can see she’s much more comfortable with a single jump than a double. https://youtu.be/DVZowamM1_E
Cindy
This is good information.
CimerABSpread4422: https://link.getonform.com/view?id=CaaEl44xAuh61LXihDJX
Thanks, Leslie. Funny, I was in the middle of working on the grid when I realized I wasn’t keeping track of the distance. But I think the first one was 12 feet, so I’ll try that.
The reason I think I moved it farther away was to, hopefully, get two strides, which I kinda did, but….. so I’ll go back to the shorter distance. Appreciate the feedback.
She should have put in a second stride. Since her preference was the single stride, I want to move the jump to help her ‘be correct’ and build confidence. Then move it out to where she should put two strides in.
Hi Leslie – This is a follow-up to my last video posted under “height grid.” In this video I worked on Advanced Baseline only, making changes in distance as recommended. I also did both 20” and 24” to see if there was any differences there. I would have done more editing, but am having problems with iMovies on my new ipad, so decided to leave it at this. Thanks! https://youtu.be/6fXaJWD1Ic4
I like the progress here!
CchickAdvancedBaseline12221: https://link.getonform.com/view?id=lgPIQZPpkn7BPCxQZSo2
Thanks, Leslie! I’m doing some more work on this grid, taking into account your comments, but now it’s raining. Which is a good thing because we’re in California.
She does have more trouble with jumps in a straight line, always better on a curve. I’m working on handling options for that, and for spreads, I suspect there’s some nearsightedness that plays a role. I managed some second strides last night based on some changes in my handling, I’ll keep experimenting and see what works.
I totally get what you’re saying, I’m going to remove one of the low jumps so I can tweak the distance better to get that second stride, she needs to learn she can do that instead of take off in the next county.
Because we have problems with spreads, I’m wondering if they can be incorporated into this grid?
FYI, we trialed a couple of weeks ago, and while we weren’t perfect, she bypassed a few jumps, she is much improved. I believe her fitness level is playing a huge part of that improvement and I think the grid work is helping get her confidence back.
I’m so glad you’re working through it. It’s interesting straight lines are more difficult. I guess it’s lucky we don’t get too many straight lines on an agility course.
You can definitely add in a spread. I like to show the dog the spread first, usually as a sit jump exercise. Then put it in the advanced baseline grid as the full height jump.
I’m so glad the trial went well.
Hi Leslie,
I set up an Advanced Baseline grid on the weekend and did a few exercises with Ripley. I know you said there is so much to do with this grid but I’m not sure if I did this right or if I should have been doing other things to help her superman issues. Any specifics you can give me would be helpful. Her arousal was definitely better during these exercises. There was very little barking which is great! Sorry for all the very short videos…I don’t know how to combine them after editing.
Exercise #1 https://youtu.be/mUsJsM5jy-k
Exercise #2 https://youtu.be/P3_f6L_j5rw
Exercise #3 https://youtu.be/orT2xPtQel4
Exercise #4 https://youtu.be/i5qyrmvnAmk
Exercise #5 https://youtu.be/gHlNDdHQUdA
Exercise #6 https://youtu.be/XOpWK_35xwo
You’re on the right track!
RipleyAdvancedBaseline11121: https://link.getonform.com/view?id=QA6Jf4eCXZmosoQ77l37