Worst Handler EVER

What does he do when he gets out ahead of you? Take the next obstacle? If so, you're fine.

assuming the next obstacle is meant to be taken - if he needs to come back and take an obstacle on the right or left it may cause a problem been there done that

You'll never be able to outrun your dog, so if he's not reading you, you need a different approach. What crosses are you losing him on? All of them? If so, he doesn't understand the cues for the crosses so

(a) you have to learn how to show him that you're going to cross and
(b) he has to learn what those cues mean.

what she said that is what I meant about handling system


Or he could just plain not be paying attention to you. It's not hard to be fast when you're just running for yourself Even belle put in some impressive sprints to grab obstacles here and there when she was in the mood

when Marley "self rewards" by taking obstacles before or after class she can be a speed demon

When are you coming to a run-thru??? In fact, what are you doing this Sunday? The training group that I do drop-ins with is renting the training building where I normally train this Sunday so it would be more than a run-thru. Bring both boys and we can try to figure out what's going on with Simon and you. I'll double check on times. Plus you'll get them on new equipment and at a new place.

I hate you all. we have no fun weekend stuff like that

Kristine

What does he do when he gets out ahead of you? Take the next obstacle? If so, you're fine.

assuming the next obstacle is meant to be taken - if he needs to come back and take an obstacle on the right or left it may cause a problem been there done that

Well, the next obstacle is the next obstacle, no matter where it is, and in front of you can mean MANY things to a sheepdog... Unfortunately, only the handler normally knows exactly what the next obstacle is, except in Sybil's case since she's learned its just easier to do it herself





Or he could just plain not be paying attention to you. It's not hard to be fast when you're just running for yourself Even belle put in some impressive sprints to grab obstacles here and there when she was in the mood

when Marley "self rewards" by taking obstacles before or after class she can be a speed demon



Ain't that the truth. Sybil really isn't obstacle focused which is so weird for me. She is very handler focused and actually expects me to tell her where to go which is a heck of a lot of pressure, especially since she studies my body language for every little hint of a cue and then actually does what my body tells her , which is a bit of curse really for a handler of my caliber But it's forcing me to become a much better handler and extremely concious (at least in theory ) of my flapping arms and decelerations and so on, so I really should thank her for that.

When are you coming to a run-thru??? In fact, what are you doing this Sunday? The training group that I do drop-ins with is renting the training building where I normally train this Sunday so it would be more than a run-thru. Bring both boys and we can try to figure out what's going on with Simon and you. I'll double check on times. Plus you'll get them on new equipment and at a new place.

I hate you all. we have no fun weekend stuff like that

Yeah. well, we still have to see if the weather will cooperate for a change. We have windchill advisories for tomorrow down to the -40s threatening Macy's class. I can still do Sybil's private, I'm sure, as long as my car is still running at that point

This has rapidly become a very tedious winter <sigh>

That said, you may have fun stuff going on in your neck of the woods that you don't even know about yet!

It remains to be seen if Pam takes advantage . Fun group of people. She should.

Kristine