Short Sequence Exercises
Exercises
These exercises are based on #1 – #7 of this AKC Premier course designed by AKC judge Jeff Ipser.
Exercise 1: Dog on Right, Blind Cross #2-#3, Jaako at #3
Exercise 2: Dog on Right, Blind Cross #2-#3, Post Turn at #3
Exercise 3: Dog on Right, Rear Cross #3
Exercise 4: Dog on Left, Front Cross #3, Rear Cross #4
Challenge
Challenge
For the exercises – I noticed something about start positions when trying them and then coming back to look at your videos.
Ex 4 requires the biggest leadout – you really need to be between jumps 2 & 3 to effectively show your dog the correct line since the natural curve is going away from you when you have dog on left.
Ex 1 or 2 is the middle length leadout – you can be just passing the second jump when releasing your dog and still be ok.
Ex 3 demands the shortest leadout – in fact it might be good if your dog doesn’t have a stay start, or if this sequence was in the middle of the course and you’d gotten a little behind so getting up to do the blind just wasn’t going to happen.
Awesome summary. That’s why I live these small spaces. Maybe one time you see this challenge and you can get ahead. Maybe the next time you see this challenge something tricky earlier put you behind. Maybe a third time you see something like this you want to be as far as head as possible to handle something else tricky.
Different options are useful in different contexts!
Hi Sarah
I’m not sure what was up with Surf today, she crashed a bar twice, both times with her front feet. she hardly ever hits a bar. It looks like she took off way too early the first time, the second time is difficult to tell since she is running away from the camera. I made sure 5-6 is 21ft and that’s normal spacing. She got a big girl haircut for the first time, maybe she thought she could fly.
Surf- https://youtu.be/wp02KMRu5bI
Odie- https://youtu.be/ngO61RO5w4Q
I did notice I had to redirect both dogs out to the jump after the tunnel. I didn’t want to drive too far forward to send because I wanted to get the blind cross in. Should I have been saying “jump” before they came out of tunnel?
Maureen
Feedback – 2 videos
v1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou5ti_1jrJo
v2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54L5FPJTjBk
Thank you for looking at Surfs jumping or I should say bar hitting, she ran fine today with no knocked bars. Maybe running and jumping without a coat did feel different.
Your explanation of the curved tunnel makes total sense. I never even thought of the dog exiting on the curve because it was a pretty straight line from the opening to the next jump. It’s something I will keep in mind, to follow the flow of the tunnel when looking at lines on a course.
Thank you for the feedback and yes it was a good confidence building set up for good communication.
Maureen
You’re very welcome!