Cleo and her new agility equipment

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Cleo2014

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Here are a couple of video's of me playing with Cleo and some of her agility equipment. We are limited on space and stuck indoors because of the weather but I would like some feed back on anything I may be doing wrong. One video is just showing her jumps (keep in mind the phone is on the floor so the jumps look higher than they actually are at 12" in the first video) and the other is a little run through of a few items to get her use to the equipment before class starts.

https://youtu.be/nRVktASl5FY

https://youtu.be/9WUkt6QuqpU


 
What a great little jumper :-)

I would suggest 2 things. Make sure you are cueing the jumps with the arm closest to the dog. When you start doing more complicated handling with her, using the opposite arm will signal a different body movement. So you'll need to turn around every time to keep signalling with the near arm.

Also, I know that your space is limited, but I would try to reward her in front of the jump and not next to it. Asking her to jump back and forth is going to pattern back-jumping, which will be an off course and either a deduction or elimination. Also, if you reward her from the side, she will learn to turn to the side while she's jumping, which can cause a dropped bar.

But I can't wait to see you guys get out there!!!!!!! You're going to be awesome!!!!!!!
 
Cara Sandler said:
What a great little jumper :-)

I would suggest 2 things. Make sure you are cueing the jumps with the arm closest to the dog. When you start doing more complicated handling with her, using the opposite arm will signal a different body movement. So you'll need to turn around every time to keep signalling with the near arm.

Also, I know that your space is limited, but I would try to reward her in front of the jump and not next to it. Asking her to jump back and forth is going to pattern back-jumping, which will be an off course and either a deduction or elimination. Also, if you reward her from the side, she will learn to turn to the side while she's jumping, which can cause a dropped bar.

But I can't wait to see you guys get out there!!!!!!! You're going to be awesome!!!!!!!
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Thanks for the advice Cara! I will definitely use it.
 
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