Short Sequence Exercises
Exercises
These exercises are based on #17 – #20 of this EO Tryouts Course. (Option times listed below are from exit of the tunnel to the last jump)
Exercise 1: Slice, Slice, End Dog on Right (4.86 seconds)
Exercise 2: Slice, Slice, End Dog on Left (4.91 seconds)
Exercise 3: Slice, Wrap, End Dog on Left (4.91 seconds)
Exercise 4: Slice, Wrap, End Dog on Right (4.99 seconds)
Exercise 5: Slice, Wrap, End Dog on Left with Jaakko (4.99 seconds)
Exercise 6: Slice, Wrap, End Dog on Left with Threadle Rear (5.09 seconds)
Exercise 7: Wrap, Wrap (5.56 seconds)
Exercise 8: Wrap, Slice (4.83 seconds)
Challenge
Challenge
I had to set this up as a mirror image….my head doesn’t work that way, so it took a while to figure out. I was able to flip the course map using PSExpress, but the numbers got flipped, too, so reading them, was interesting. But this was a fun sequence, and it was valuable to me to try all those different options. https://youtu.be/EH3aetORdj8
Feedback: https://youtu.be/en_pdUzkQVU
Woo-hoo! Thanks, Sarah.
On the challenge, jump 5-6: I can never decide if this situation needs the verbal “BACK” cue. It seems you don’t in this repetition. Which makes sense from the dog’s viewpoint. But I am struggling a bit on getting that idea to sink in. Any helpful compare and contrast situations to help me out?
honestly, I get that wrong all the time. If it looks like a back from MY perspective, I usually say back, but I am trying to be more conscious. But verbals just support my handling, so it doesn’t have much of an effect.
I usually end up using back in those situations when I’m kindof running on muscle memory. It FEELS like a back. When I THINK about it, I remember to use “over” instead.
I think the proper thing is to give the command based on the dog’s point of view. If it’s ambiguous (they’re headed for the wing) use “back”. If they are headed to the correct side already, use “over”.
OK great, glad I am not alone in getting confused here 🙂
Here is our attempt at the December small space. We just did a few of the variations- enough to see I still can’t do a proper front cross. And we did the challenge sequence. Thank you.
https://youtu.be/HS820ooyMXw
I thought these looked lovely!
https://youtu.be/XYvHr0crioA
Thank you, very much, Sarah. It helps build our confidence to do agility in public. Truth be told, I’m pretty happy just knowing that I remembered the entire sequence! I just got the GoPro and , yes, it’s voice controlled.
What version of GoPro?
Mine is a 7 Black. It’s supposed to be on all GoPros starting with the 5.
And thanks for the reminder to keep running past the last jump!