Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Jump Handling Seminar Crib Notes




It's Sunday morning and I am at Lo's jump handling seminar. I am excited as I know I will get a lot of great info from this seminar. I took notes the best I could but I tend to have issues taking notes and getting info from the seminar.
The first thing I need to remember is this:
What are my 5 turning cues?
1-Lateral
2-verbal
3-shoulders
4-Decel
5-Help me out here I cannot remember the other cue!I
then I need to look at a course and think which jumps are taken in collection and which are in extension. This is not as easy as it sounds. I will start walking courses with this in mind. So to really break it down Collection is where a turn will occur. Extension is when the dog moves out with no turn. Of course, there are variables to these but I am not getting into that now.
A few basic things I need to remember: When running the course I need to remember to make the steps a dance and smooth them out. Always draw the line of where the dog is going. Hips and feet must face the direction your dog is going. A blinker is a quick right here cue with the opposite hand to tell the dog you need them to follow and turn, not a long drawn out one. The long drawn out is a backy uppy or the claw. When training, placement of reinforcement is crucial. A front cross (FC) is a change of sides moving in front of your dog. Put the FC on the plane of the two obstacles you are between. This is your front cross line. Do not back up into a FC or move out of your dogs way (within reason).Give your dog the space they need, giving to much space will make them wide. A rear cross (RC) is driving your dog ahead of you and changing sides.
The amount of info in this seminar was intense, but I have been taught this before and now really need to retain the information. There are things mentally that I plan on doing also to help myself. I will have a plan in my head before I walk the course. When walking the course I will know which obstacle is taken in collection and which is extension. I will walk the course to know it and handle it. After walking the course I will run the course in my head then shadow handle if I feel its necessary. I have a USDAA team event this weekend and plan on using everything I know there. It is kinda of a self test on myself. I want to run the courses the way I have walked them. So I will be taking notes and then checking to see if I stayed with them. Of course games are different. But thats for another time.





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