Training continues to go well right now. We are working on some really nice sequences of jumps (bars on the ground). She is now happier about doing "just jumps". Previously she knew the rewards came fast and furiously on the teeter and dog walk so anything else was understandably second-rate to her. I am really happy with the sequencing. I'm already quite comfortable with most front crosses, blind crosses, rear crosses, wraps, 180s. It's going really well.
We watched Sylvia Trkman's Cik/Cap video. It's her way of teaching collection and tight turns. It's basically doing the cone work that I've already done with the dogs but with a few tweaks and a slightly more detailed process. I watched it for Sonic and am going to try it with Sonic (at least for a while). But while I'm doing it with Sonic I figured I might as well do it with Shasta too. We'll see how it goes.
Sylvia uses the commands Cik (pronounced like "sick") and Cap (pronounced like "sap"). I wasn't sure I could use those without confusing myself so I decided to use Zig and Zag. If it does work out, I'm sure the commands will be confusing to others watching us!
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