Overall thoughts for the weekend are I am now fully committed to doing the 2 x 2 method now. Watched the dvd, read a bunch of MEB's articles and talked with others who have done the method and I now feel ready to tackle the method. Will have to figure out how to train them indoors so will need to build some 2 x 2 sets and probably do some stick in the ground poles outside as well. Maybe someone will loan me their sets and make it easier. I know I should have just given in to doing this method sooner but I was truly scared of the method. I was really worried I would screw it up. Now I feel comfortable with it. I did feel like this weekend deuce yet again kicked in a new gear. I am very proud of it for sure but it made my handling a little messy. I also blame being preggers on some of this as I felt like I was running in glue in a couple of times. I got really, really winded in gamblers but i think it was because of my stupid handling path I chose since the 5 pt obstacle was way on the other side of the ring from the gamble. Won't do that again! Thought I was going to pass out! Snooker was also very interesting as he always wants to run so extended when i am running full out so had to call him to heel and reset him several times to make sure he took the correct path. He also ran past the jump a couple of times when it was a FC on a 180. We need to work that because he has to come in to me and take that jump no matter what. I don't want to only be able to handle that type of 180 with him staying on the same side and me holding. I like to be moving and he needs to get over that! He also didn't want to come in on a FC once and instead jumped the jump behind me, something that he hasn't done in a long, long time. It all goes back to I have collection on the start line now but am still lacking it when I am in the middle of the course. Gives us more to work on i guess. Wouldn't be interesting if he was perfect.
Monday, December 5, 2011
another USDAA weekend and i am happy
So i mailed in my entry to the new years USDAA trial. I probably am being incredibly stupid by doing so but oh well, you don't think when you feed addictions right? Just keep your fingers crossed that it doesn't snow and I don't loose 200 bucks for no reason. I just love USDAA and of course as I have been writing am seriously thinking about giving up AKC this coming year just to do USDAA. We didn't have team this trial but we did have tournaments and all the regular classes. Saturday I was a little discouraged. Deuce missed every weave pole entry no matter how I handled them, ahead of him, with him, behind him, sending to them, whatever. My trainer was there to watch and said he wasn't even trying to hit them at all. I guess lucky for me, refusals don't matter in advanced so I was able to get a correction in and reset and go at them again. Except for steeplechase, he always managed to get in them a second time. He even got a Q in advanced standard with that one refusal because of course the refusals didn't count. He missed them in gamblers, missed them in steeplechase and in standard. I was pretty down and then of course jumpers was last and i went out and handled it horribly and didn't get the Q. I did get sickly as the day went on and even considered having some one else run him in steeplechase and jumpers. I was upset thinking maybe running him and being preggers wasn't going to work. Thank goodness my mom and my good friends were there to cheer me up. I only had a small pity party thanks to them. The next day of course, Deuce was 3/4 on weaves getting them in grand prix for our first Q for nationals and in every other course but standard, which was the last course of the day and had a very funky entry that i don't think I have ever even worked before. All in all I got a snooker Q, a pairs Q (thanks to my teammate for doing the side that had weaves LOL), a standard Q, and his first grand prix Q. That helped lessen the load for the next show since I am doing team as well.
Overall thoughts for the weekend are I am now fully committed to doing the 2 x 2 method now. Watched the dvd, read a bunch of MEB's articles and talked with others who have done the method and I now feel ready to tackle the method. Will have to figure out how to train them indoors so will need to build some 2 x 2 sets and probably do some stick in the ground poles outside as well. Maybe someone will loan me their sets and make it easier. I know I should have just given in to doing this method sooner but I was truly scared of the method. I was really worried I would screw it up. Now I feel comfortable with it. I did feel like this weekend deuce yet again kicked in a new gear. I am very proud of it for sure but it made my handling a little messy. I also blame being preggers on some of this as I felt like I was running in glue in a couple of times. I got really, really winded in gamblers but i think it was because of my stupid handling path I chose since the 5 pt obstacle was way on the other side of the ring from the gamble. Won't do that again! Thought I was going to pass out! Snooker was also very interesting as he always wants to run so extended when i am running full out so had to call him to heel and reset him several times to make sure he took the correct path. He also ran past the jump a couple of times when it was a FC on a 180. We need to work that because he has to come in to me and take that jump no matter what. I don't want to only be able to handle that type of 180 with him staying on the same side and me holding. I like to be moving and he needs to get over that! He also didn't want to come in on a FC once and instead jumped the jump behind me, something that he hasn't done in a long, long time. It all goes back to I have collection on the start line now but am still lacking it when I am in the middle of the course. Gives us more to work on i guess. Wouldn't be interesting if he was perfect.
I did see some flashes of big dog in him and I am proud. He still is only 2 and he likes to remind me of that occasionally. My take away message from this show is yes, i have a big problem with entries and my current route of training is not working so back to the drawing board. I need to work on my timing on jumpers courses, my Nemesis, especially in USDAA. Steeplechase still seems like a lost cause with us so I need to examine why. I need to stop thinking along the lines that I have a time limit because baby or not, he as the rest of his life to have an agility career and there is no reason to rush anything or make any goals that aren't attainable. This was my first run of the weekend which was gamblers. It was my favorite run other than the knocked bar before the a-frame. (i give up. I have tried to upload this video 4 times now. I just give up)
Overall thoughts for the weekend are I am now fully committed to doing the 2 x 2 method now. Watched the dvd, read a bunch of MEB's articles and talked with others who have done the method and I now feel ready to tackle the method. Will have to figure out how to train them indoors so will need to build some 2 x 2 sets and probably do some stick in the ground poles outside as well. Maybe someone will loan me their sets and make it easier. I know I should have just given in to doing this method sooner but I was truly scared of the method. I was really worried I would screw it up. Now I feel comfortable with it. I did feel like this weekend deuce yet again kicked in a new gear. I am very proud of it for sure but it made my handling a little messy. I also blame being preggers on some of this as I felt like I was running in glue in a couple of times. I got really, really winded in gamblers but i think it was because of my stupid handling path I chose since the 5 pt obstacle was way on the other side of the ring from the gamble. Won't do that again! Thought I was going to pass out! Snooker was also very interesting as he always wants to run so extended when i am running full out so had to call him to heel and reset him several times to make sure he took the correct path. He also ran past the jump a couple of times when it was a FC on a 180. We need to work that because he has to come in to me and take that jump no matter what. I don't want to only be able to handle that type of 180 with him staying on the same side and me holding. I like to be moving and he needs to get over that! He also didn't want to come in on a FC once and instead jumped the jump behind me, something that he hasn't done in a long, long time. It all goes back to I have collection on the start line now but am still lacking it when I am in the middle of the course. Gives us more to work on i guess. Wouldn't be interesting if he was perfect.
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