Corgies Practice

Checking in on Team Corgie

AS everyone knows we have 2 students and 3 dogs going to the Nationals.

The Teams

Ruth Miller and Kerrie (corgie)running in the 8 inch class

Ruth Miller and Ponto (aussie) running in the 16 inch class

Becky Brinck and Maddie (corgie) running in the 4 inch Class

Practice Practice Practice

Here ron has set up a series of problems, which the teams have been working on. Generally at the end of a practice session the teams like to put the whole thing together a nd see how they do.

Ruth and Kerrie Clean Run

Becky and Maddie

A  little mishap at the weaves (handler error)

a clean run otherwise..

Practice never ends..

Practice Practice Practice

At Big Times we try to focus on individual skills and occasionally we put them together in a short course...  Here we feature a short course a contact, a sweeping weave pole entry, multiple wraps, another contact and a send to the table.  4 dogs , 4 styles 

RUTH and KERRIE

COLLEEN and COOPER

DAN and SMEDLEY

LISA and CISCO

Practice Practice Practice

Practice

Everyone likes to run courses but success comes with a lot of practice...

And a successful teeter is no exception. 

Handlers as well as the dogs do a lot of running.

We always start with the teeter as low as possible and supported with sand bags so there is no movement..

Here we are on stage 4 where we have started to raise the teeter and the dogs are working with the movement and the noise.. Most importantly we focus not only on the teeter but the 2 on 2 off contact

Becky and Zoie

Connie and Cooper

Ruth and Nemoy

Steve and Reilly

How important is motion

Motion and direction play a big role in agility... Motion and direction being natural ques over shadow just about everything else.. Donna and Sadie were having a hard time with a send..

Sadie goes around just like she was told...

Watch the motion of the handler. Donna sends the dog 

Before the jump then proceeds forward

Sadie takes the Q goes to the backside of jump and follows Mom

Same thing happens here 

 After some adjustments and a little practice

Sadie get good information and completes the task

Bad and Good

Dan and Smedley

Dan and Smedley demo a different problem..  Smedley makes the wrap but goes under the bar..  Always something as this was a problem Dan did not expect..

Patience and attention to detail the team got things going in the right direction..

The Bad

The Good

Bad and Good

Colleen and Cooper

Same problem, different dog.. Handled in the same manner now timing becomes the issue.. With Coopers size and speed the game remains the same but things happen faster..  

The Bad 

The Good

Bad and Good

Ruth and Kerrie

Things do not always go as planned but there is something to be learned no matter how things turn out..  The problem here is Ruth is running right at the entrance to the tunnel.  Kerrie like many dogs likes the tunnel..  Compare the 2 videos and see what you would change..

The Bad

The Good