Get Outs
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Silaria
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Not sure I quite understand what you are asking about, Sharon. Do you mean when do we choose an out vs running with them; or do you mean how far can we successfully send them with an "out" (or "get out") reliably?
It should not be hard to understand. Running your dog vs telling him to "Get Out is different in my book. I am courious what distant you consider your get out is.
Silaria
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Oh, I'm not arguing there is a difference, just trying to understand the question.
So, based on my understanding of the question, I'll answer this way:
When, or if, I choose to use either a "go", to send him ahead of me, or an "out" to send him laterally away from me depends on the course. We have about a 10-15 foot go/out that has gotten about 95%-98% reliable in practice.
If I have a pinwheel jump configuration, I'll use an out and only move in enough to support him committing to the 2nd jump. I'll use "go" to send him to tunnels and move away while he's in the tunnels.
It really depends on the course and where I have to go next.
So, based on my understanding of the question, I'll answer this way:
When, or if, I choose to use either a "go", to send him ahead of me, or an "out" to send him laterally away from me depends on the course. We have about a 10-15 foot go/out that has gotten about 95%-98% reliable in practice.
If I have a pinwheel jump configuration, I'll use an out and only move in enough to support him committing to the 2nd jump. I'll use "go" to send him to tunnels and move away while he's in the tunnels.
It really depends on the course and where I have to go next.
corbinam
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For Bentley, a "get out" is not very far. Only because his natural inclination is to work maybe 2 feet away from us. So, anything much more than that (maybe 4 feet laterally, less so vertically), is an "Out".
The same thing that Silaria mentioned about pinwheels is also true for Bentley. Even though it's a pattern that he should recognize, I use "get out" so that I don't have to baby sit the center jump.
Lexi hasn't done much distance training yet, but I feel that her natural distance from us is farther than it is for Bentley, so a "get out" command might be necessary farther away.
The same thing that Silaria mentioned about pinwheels is also true for Bentley. Even though it's a pattern that he should recognize, I use "get out" so that I don't have to baby sit the center jump.
Lexi hasn't done much distance training yet, but I feel that her natural distance from us is farther than it is for Bentley, so a "get out" command might be necessary farther away.
Justicemom
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Justice had lateral distance of up to 30 ft. He didn't like to run ahead of me but his lateral distance was great. He would just move out until he found something to do or I stopped him. I could layer anything with him.
Ember also does lateral movement better than forward she can do atleast 15ft. I think that comes from directed jumping training in obedience rather than agility training though. My problem I'm finding is I don't trust my dogs to do what they know how to do so I tend to babysit when I don't need to.
Ember also does lateral movement better than forward she can do atleast 15ft. I think that comes from directed jumping training in obedience rather than agility training though. My problem I'm finding is I don't trust my dogs to do what they know how to do so I tend to babysit when I don't need to.
Toffee's Mom
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lateral distance IS the bomb.. wonder if I will ever get that with Toffee... lol
You are just a velcro human, like me... admit it already! LOL