Obedience Run Through #3
Cookies for me! I went to another obedience run through last Friday with Zumi! That's 3 total this year, a 300% improvement over last year. Maybe. I'm not sure how math works anymore. Either way, a win for me!
This time I did a runthrough in the utility ring and in the open ring and did more of a true runthrough in that I did all of the exercises and not just happy ring play and setups. I happened to be up in the utility ring first.
Utility
Signals:
I remembered to use the correct, left, hand for this time as it's opposite from my other 2 dogs. She did a great pop stand. But took steps as I left her so I went back and we tried it again. The 2nd time she stood nicely and had no problem with the down, sit, and recall signals.
Articles:
I tried a total of canning rings this time, compared to January when I did the electrical plates and a nose touch alert. I skipped the turn and send and started facing the pile with her. She sniffed nice and calm, but then started to get a little frantic and just grabbed. After a full reset she went out and found it right away. Since I wasn't fully sure if it was a random grab or just a confident alert, I did a 3rd send and she did a very nice job in scenting and finding the correct one even though she ended up knocking it into another article and had to work that out.
Gloves:
I had the #2 glove and while Zumi turned nicely with me and waited to look until I gave the mark, she zeroed in on the #3. I took a step cloer and re-marked her, same thing. Finally with another step closer and another mark she saw the #2 glove and sent nicely. I tried the gloves again, with #1 this time and she did well.
Moving Stand:
Meh. She did a nice pop but didn't exactly freeze on landing. Still, she locked eyes with me during the time entire exam which I was grateful for. That judge piece is harder to work for by yourself!
Go outs/ Directed Jumping:
I started 3/4ths of the way but saw Zumi was locking onto the corner where the #3 glove was again. So I moved up to half way. She did a great job of looking ahead on her mark, but I wasn't fully sure where she was looking. Definitely not confident in where. When I sent her she zeroed right in on the middle stanchion and did a nice nose touch. Yay! no problem with the directed jumping this time either. At least we fixed something!
Send #2 I stood at the half way and she again started to look to that right corner before fixing herself. This time her send wasn't as great. Ended up at the middle nice and close, but did a weird wobby, zig zaggy run.
Overall, improved from January's run through but still a long ways to go!
Then we were up in the open ring!
Open
Retrieve:
I borrowed a clip board and had her place her front feet on it at the start. I was happy to see no front feet movement with about a 12ft toss!
Drop on recall:
A little slow to drop. I had her backup immediately once her elbows hit.
Retrieve over high:
I grabbed the clip board again. This time Zumi did do some pattering of her feet and did a squeal when sent. Did a nice job finding the jump on her way back though from a crooked angle!
Broad:
The high jump was located fairly close to the broad jump and Zumi was positive she should take the broad jump and then take the high jump on her way back to front. She did this twice, even with me calling her. So the judge stood in front of the high jump the 3rd time! Zumi thought about it still, but came to me directly instead.
Heeling:
She lost some focus briefly on the about and left turns and her sit was broken on the halts. The halts I'll take blame for as I really suck at footwork when someone is calling a pattern. I know I didn't give her any warning at all. But the about turn and left turns surprsied me. She
Cue Discrimination:
I used the clipboard again at the start and chose to do sit-stand-down.
Zumi did do a stand on cue for me from 15ft, but did her old rear feet still style even with the clipboard under her. I praised her and walked back to put her feet on the clipboard before going back out to do the down at 30ft. For the down she looked away at the utility ring and a dog doing articles as I gave my signal only cue. When followed up with a down she did well.
In January we did primarily play in the ring and more training mode instead of a real run through so I can't really compare the 2 runs. Certainly more stuff to work on before AKC ready!
