yesterday 's running rehab and new turning stuff

[dinahprincedaly]

after our crash-and-burn standard run last weekend, I decided Stel was up or overdue for some RDW rehab work yesterday... I haven't made one of these running contacts vids in a long time, so it was interesting for me to see up close where she is at. She always managed to get a hind foot or two in, but really mostly gave me solid running contacts

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[nosemovie]

I get "This vid is private" for the running contacts one. The others look fun tho.
Do you ever train with a ball or toy for Stel? When she's not really powering through that first jump, I wonder if maybe the promise of a soccer ball would give her some added Oomph!

[dinahprincedaly]

the running vid is fixed now--thanks--and its with a ball... and you are right, she likes her soccer ball and it definitely is good for things like the DW AF and Weaves... but I am having a hard enough time figuring out what my hands are supposed to be doing in relation to my upper body and feet and all, to have to hold a soccer ball too? well... but I certainly will get out one of her fave tug toys next time to help her enthusiasm... yep.

[dinahprincedaly]

I think the soccer ball will help with her tunnel drive too... high on my To Do list now.

[nosemovie]

Oh, I totally hear you on not knowing what to do with your hands, body, etc.
SO DO IT ALONE!!!

I tried some of it with phantom dog first, then add in "real" dog when I think I've got my moves down.

Like Rumble with weave entries. I certainly NEED to have a toy to throw or he's just going to curve back into me (no-no...) so I was FINE with it when I could throw it with my right hand. But on the opposite side the placement was better if I threw w/ my left, but... as you can guess, the ball wasn't going where I wanted. It helped to lean down a bit before the throw.

I'm going to take that ball to the fun run this weekend to see if I can get more ooomph out of him in that environment. Wish me luck. If bad luck follows me, I'm going to be spending my 2 min on course chasing a ball all over the place!

[matildasmom]

Stella looks great on the dog walk. Were you able to stabilize it again?
Those MEB exercises are really hard. We've done some of those in class, too.

[dinahprincedaly]

i added a map of one of Terri's class challenges I sketched...

[dinahprincedaly]

Are you going up journal post your version of Terri's sequence?

[penichops]

Random bee fearing anxieties, I hear your sigh and I know you love her. And I love her and fuck those bees.

[dinahprincedaly]

Yeah fuck em. Don't they know how to tell an agility field from a pollen factory?so rude.

[penichops]

That drill you sketched look very fun and challenging! I wonder if Pan could be revived to test that out hmmm

[dinahprincedaly]

No one in the class handled it in the same way. It was cool.

[talesofmyboys]

The RDW looks great! And I am totally jealous of your place on the lake, wow.

thanks!

[dinahprincedaly]

I think RDWs need refreshing now and then. and she refreshes pretty quick.
This summer I expect setbacks as I work on harder exits/turns... I also hope to inspire Stella to love swimming this year, tragedy she doesn't like to play in the water...