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I couldn't say or do anything that even remotely resembled a correction with her, or all the fun and speed I'd worked so hard to build in her would go away instantly.
What you have to do to make your dog successful and maintain speed is to plan, well ahead, to do everything to avoid call offs, even quiet "here's". That is, look carefully at the dog's path, figure out where the dog will see a nice straight line, and plan to either use body magnet to naturally pull the dog towards you where needed or do a cross behind or front cross (or even blind cross) to change the dog's direction.
You have to resign yourself to the
fact that wrong courses may happen. If they do, don't try at the
last second to call him off of it, because for sure he'll shut down,
or slow down, upon hearing your tone of voice. When wrong courses
happen with my dog, I just keep moving ahead, not letting her know
it happened, loop around a few obstacles to get back to the same
spot, and do the sequence again.
It's a very hard thing to remain positive and upbeat with this type of dog. But hang in there, and remember you're both in it for fun! You can both have fun and remain competitive, with careful course planning strategies and body positioning.
Trisha Stall
Solveig
Trippestad
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