tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-671225743082014554.post5247561118472273161..comments2019-12-25T11:50:28.980-06:00Comments on Endzone Dog Sports Audibles: Can an old dog learn new weave entries?Nancy Gagliardi Littlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01664855799801885954noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-671225743082014554.post-39104338028697226212009-06-05T11:56:35.011-05:002009-06-05T11:56:35.011-05:00Very interesting. My "training partner"...Very interesting. My "training partner" and I got out the video camera and weave poles a long time ago and videoed Cass and her Aussie, Mick. Analyzing that video was fascinating. Cass would either plant her right foot parallel to the first pole and single step through with the paw on the outside ALWAYS landing parallel to the pole, or she would missi the timing and refuse. Mick was all over. No pattern to his footfall. Then he would severely crash the third pole. He could hold on to that point, then all that stored energy would just overwhelm him and BAM. I've seen this dog move a set of 6 poles four feet in a crash (NADAC doesn't have you stake poles). I felt that I finally figured out what was wrong when I went over to mow the training yard one day and got in their shed to borrow the mower. In the shed was a set of spring base poles. Mick had learned he didn't HAVE to collect because the poles would forgive him. Now; we like to think Aussies are pretty smart, so I'm not sure why he never figured out that he poles had stopped forgiving him and I'm sure those crashes had to be painful . . . Not entirely sure what my point is other than the extreme influence how an obstacle is taught can have on performance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-671225743082014554.post-53229428574764890492009-06-05T11:47:29.593-05:002009-06-05T11:47:29.593-05:00I'm going to go through the 2x2 training with ...I'm going to go through the 2x2 training with Steam and Slider as Steam needs more drive through the poles and both could use entry work. And hopefully by then I'll have a good understanding of it for when it is time to teach weaves to Merc. I'm also going to Susan's lecture on 2x2 training when she is at Argus later this month.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-671225743082014554.post-57990313224437311392009-06-05T10:04:18.884-05:002009-06-05T10:04:18.884-05:00Kim, Score has awesome entries, so he doesn't ...Kim, Score has awesome entries, so he doesn't need this course. He has plenty of training as he is getting ready to debut in Advanced B sheep (with a shed) in two weeks.<br /><br />Jan, thanks for the comments. Schema has been started on this as well and she breezed through stage 1 & stage 2 and is now doing the 2/8 o'clock entries. I think I'll start videotaping her sessions since there is more to see now.Nancy Gagliardi Littlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01664855799801885954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-671225743082014554.post-78344801353660677452009-06-05T09:50:04.480-05:002009-06-05T09:50:04.480-05:00WE WANT VIDEO! LOL
Does poor Score feel left out ...WE WANT VIDEO! LOL<br /><br />Does poor Score feel left out that Reason & Schema get to do the 2x2 tango?SlyFox Agilityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15801370007276596431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-671225743082014554.post-24473346250820229762009-06-05T08:07:24.029-05:002009-06-05T08:07:24.029-05:00I think you will find that in reteaching Reason...I think you will find that in reteaching Reason's entries by using 2x2, he will have an understanding of his entry especially on the difficult side. As I was reading the first part of your post, I was glad to see that after so many failures that you did make it easier for him to help the lightbulb come on. How is Schema doing?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com