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For Matt--tunnelers course
Here's a fun one. 4-5 and 9-10 are real challenges when a dog is going
absolutely full speed... http://www.totaldobe.com/images/tunnelers.gif Oh and on this one I sprained my ankle. Thought I could do a front cross between 3 and for. Stoopid, stoopid me. Cala took me out. I rolled around a bit thinking, OW!, then I got back up and had a limping but clean run. Unfortunately I rolled around for .12 seconds too long... |
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"Robin Nuttall" wrote: .. Thought I could do a front cross between 3 and for. Stoopid, stoopid me. Cala took me out. I rolled around a bit thinking, OW!, then I got back up and had a limping but clean run. Ouch! Hope it's feeling better. I don't think I've ever done a front cross in tunnelers, even with Brenin - too much potential for disaster. G Rear crosses, switch crosses, and blinds, yes. Blind crosses are definitely the most effective with Morag, since even if I don't complete the cross in time, she'll key to my dropped hand and cross to the correct side. Then again, I tend to avoid front crosses most of the time anyway, since in most circumstances, they waste time, have higher potential for misdirection if my timing's off, and the pivot's not the greatest thing for my knees. G With Rocsi, I had a unique tunnel-only cross which essentially was a rear blind: let her shoot out of the tunnel, then cross behind her - using the same sort of diagonal as for a blind - and call her just as she passed. IOW, she came out of the tunnel not knowing where I was, then saw me as I crossed behind, and turned to me. Worked perfectly, for her. Which, btw, I can't take credit for; Debi Hutchinson, who knew Rocsi well, suggested it to me at a trial. |
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"Robin Nuttall" wrote in message news:5gi7h.239514$FQ1.134793@attbi_s71... Here's a fun one. 4-5 and 9-10 are real challenges when a dog is going absolutely full speed... I just looked at the file; looks like a fun course! I would never have gone near #4. I'd stay back by the end of #2 and send to #3; as soon as the dog was committed to #3, I'd move back to the middle or end of #4 (depending on which dog I was running) and CALL the dog to #4. As soon as the dog is headed to #4, I'd move out to a spot which would be just below the spot marked "9" on the map, stand with my left side towards the exit of 4, catch the dog with my left hand (dog would see me already facing #5 as s/he exits the tunnel) and switch the dog into #5. |
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Robin Nuttall said in
rec.pets.dogs.behavior: Here's a fun one. 4-5 and 9-10 are real challenges when a dog is going absolutely full speed... http://www.totaldobe.com/images/tunnelers.gif Straight tunnels and fast dog!? Gad. I'd have been tempted to handle the opening from the general area of the left #8 entrance, the middle from between the righmost two straight tunnels, and the closing part way down from the right of tunnel entrance 10, running for all I was worth to 11. Oh and on this one I sprained my ankle. Thought I could do a front cross between 3 and for. Stoopid, stoopid me. Cala took me out. I rolled around a bit thinking, OW!, then I got back up and had a limping but clean run. Unfortunately I rolled around for .12 seconds too long... I almost went down on that jumpers course I described earlier - luckily I "almost twisted" my good ankle. I don't do front crosses on speed courses - that's just asking for hilarity. -- --Matt. Rocky's a Dog. |
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Rocky wrote:
Robin Nuttall said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior: Here's a fun one. 4-5 and 9-10 are real challenges when a dog is going absolutely full speed... http://www.totaldobe.com/images/tunnelers.gif Straight tunnels and fast dog!? Gad. Pretty much all NADAC tunnelers have straight tunnels going to traps in some form or another. I'd have been tempted to handle the opening from the general area of the left #8 entrance, the middle from between the righmost two straight tunnels, and the closing part way down from the right of tunnel entrance 10, running for all I was worth to 11. The thing is, Cala will shoot right past me to anything I'm near. I actually thought I could do that front cross because I led out almost to 3 before she broke her startline stay. And 3 was a 20' tunnel and a ways out from 2. Stoopit decision. But she tends to pull to the side she last saw me on, with the aid of verbals. Hence the attempt to FC. After that I pretty much stood in the middle and called her to stuff then just pushed her through the last two. Oh and on this one I sprained my ankle. Thought I could do a front cross between 3 and for. Stoopid, stoopid me. Cala took me out. I rolled around a bit thinking, OW!, then I got back up and had a limping but clean run. Unfortunately I rolled around for .12 seconds too long... I almost went down on that jumpers course I described earlier - luckily I "almost twisted" my good ankle. I don't do front crosses on speed courses - that's just asking for hilarity. |
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Sionnach wrote:
"Robin Nuttall" wrote in message news:5gi7h.239514$FQ1.134793@attbi_s71... Here's a fun one. 4-5 and 9-10 are real challenges when a dog is going absolutely full speed... I just looked at the file; looks like a fun course! I would never have gone near #4. I'd stay back by the end of #2 and send to #3; as soon as the dog was committed to #3, I'd move back to the middle or end of #4 (depending on which dog I was running) and CALL the dog to #4. As soon as the dog is headed to #4, I'd move out to a spot which would be just below the spot marked "9" on the map, stand with my left side towards the exit of 4, catch the dog with my left hand (dog would see me already facing #5 as s/he exits the tunnel) and switch the dog into #5. Like I say, catching Cala and flipping her as she leaves a tunnel doesn't work for me. She doesn't cue well from that, but cues better from me behind her. The only place I wanted to get a vantage point to was those first three tunnels, then from there it was standing between the right side straight tunnels and calling directionals. |
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"Robin Nuttall" wrote: I rolled around a bit thinking, OW!, then I got back up and had a limping but clean run. Unfortunately I rolled around for .12 seconds too long... And Matt wrote: I almost went down on that jumpers course I described earlier - luckily I "almost twisted" my good ankle. I don't do front crosses on speed courses - that's just asking for hilarity. Speaking of falling on course.... my years in judo saved me again yesterday (in Tunnelers, incidentally). I had directed Mw to one end of a tunnel from the other end of it, then slide-stepped backwards with my left foot, intending to pivot on the toe and cross to the other side (to catch her as she exited). However, I was closer to the tunnel than I realized, and caught my heel on the sandbag, which naturally flipped me straight backwards. Thankfully, my judo training kicked in, and I apparently executed a perfect backwards tuck and roll, coming back to my feet before she was out of the tunnel. (All I remember is feeling my heel catch, then coming to my feet and looking for my dog.) However, I was discombobulated enough that I couldn't remember where we were supposed to go next. Nice thing about tunnelers, though, is that you can pretty much send the dog anywhere and find a way to get off the course! I was laughing too hard to finish the course anyway. G More seriously, I really do think most agility handlers would benefit from having some breakfall training - that's actually the third or fourth time mine has saved me from getting hurt at an agility trial. |
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"Sionnach" said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:
More seriously, I really do think most agility handlers would benefit from having some breakfall training - that's actually the third or fourth time mine has saved me from getting hurt at an agility trial. The breakfall work I did to get to that Shotokan Karate blue belt has served me well on icy sidewalks and in the agility ring. -- --Matt. Rocky's a Dog. |
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Rocky wrote:
"Sionnach" said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior: More seriously, I really do think most agility handlers would benefit from having some breakfall training - that's actually the third or fourth time mine has saved me from getting hurt at an agility trial. The breakfall work I did to get to that Shotokan Karate blue belt has served me well on icy sidewalks and in the agility ring. I've never had judo, but these days I'm somewhat round, so hey, rolling is pretty darn easy! |
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