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So class last night? Nearly a total disaster. And I kind of sensed that it would be from the moment I walked into class. The first thing I noticed was the way the jumps were set up: side by side. Which generally means doing 180s or serpentines. Dahlia is not exactly ace at these. In fact, she generally sucks because it requires me to stop, which makes her stop, which makes the whole thing just grind to a halt and frustrates me beyond belief.
And then I found out we were going to practice sending our dogs to a jump. As in, we stop and point (with both hand and leg on the left side pointing toward the jump) and the dog is supposed to continue running and take the jump. Oh yeah. That was going to go great.
The first thing we did, after warm-ups, was practice the send without our dogs: first with just jogging and then doing the point and then we moved onto tossing a ball through the tire jump as we did it. It all seemed well and good.
And then we got the dogs out to do a sequence that included this.
( Handy dandy course maps back here! )
And then I found out we were going to practice sending our dogs to a jump. As in, we stop and point (with both hand and leg on the left side pointing toward the jump) and the dog is supposed to continue running and take the jump. Oh yeah. That was going to go great.
The first thing we did, after warm-ups, was practice the send without our dogs: first with just jogging and then doing the point and then we moved onto tossing a ball through the tire jump as we did it. It all seemed well and good.
And then we got the dogs out to do a sequence that included this.
( Handy dandy course maps back here! )