Jump training started out like a minor earthquake with a few shakes here and there..kinda like being in California!
Of course me being me I had a tiny (alright fine a BIG) panic attack yeah that's kinda what i do..bad :( SO i consulted my good friend right away and she is like my dictionary when i don't know the answer :D Love having friends like that! She told me just do LOTS of one jump type stuff and highly reward the doodle...So for AMP's percpective take the jump have a Thanksgiving feast, take a jump have a Christmas dinner..you get the pattern! It worked wonders :) :) She almost instantly became more confident...(which was task number 1) check plus ;) Next task to have confidence and also get the height to be raised along with ease of jumping! (check plus 2 was accomplished)
Me being who i am which is another bad thing (hey we can't all be perfect) i like to just dwell on the things that are going GOOD! i guess i am a do'er you could call it....do what is rewarding..yup works for me..got it! So i was a bit skeptical to try a jump grid tonight that we earlier had issues on.
But i sucked it up buttercup and tried it. It was scary at first...one should always be cautious when naming a dog AMP..yeah...that is exactly what you get..hahaha...funny! I LOVE the speed until we come to the whole compression in jumping thing. Those two are like dark enemies...like snakes and gophers....bleach and clothes...or water and the wicked witch of the west...you get the hint...they just DON'T fit :(
I at first did not know how to get rid of the speed without losing the drive and just have her understand that she needs to do this thing called THINK about what your doin :) :) Apparently the AMP species doesn't believe in thinking lets just go crazy and do do do at 100mph....haha come back to reality girlfriend ;)
SO what is the golden ticket you ask?!?!? To use that nice startline that you taught ;) At first i was having mom hold her just so i wouldn't have to worry about the startline that she tends to be a bit scoochy on (brat) just focus on jumping. Well it didn't do that...instead in AMP'd brain i am pretty sure it was the que for "haul @$$ and run to mama as fast as possible like we do in recalls, dogwalk plank, and tunnels". Can't say i blame the girl. after trying a couple reps with mom holding her we tried just using the startline and WALA it was like a rabbit coming out of a magicians hat, it worked :) Beautiful compression, nice lift off, landing...was nice and kept getting better ;) I didn't want to test fate so i only went up the 2nd jump being 12" and then back down!
I was sooo proud of her for coming through this :) it isn't huge, but it wasn't easy for her and i knew she could do it will just a bit of time ;) that's what i LOVE about her (besides that she is the coolest dog in the world and everything else that comes with that title)
Wuv you lots noodle bug ;)
"Mom i have always been BRILLIANT i don't know what you were worried about" :)
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