Above is the course we ran on Saturday. The areas we had difficulty with were the sequence 5,6,7,8 & 9 and also 15,16, &17. I pushed Gus out past jump number 8 repeatedly because he was jumping 7 very long. I also could not get into position to correctly perform a front cross between 15 and 16 so I was trying to rear cross 17 and Gus kept turning towards me rather than doing a rear cross.
I am not sure why I keep pushing him past the plan of the correct jumps, but I have a theory. Since I have lost so much weight and I can move faster I am able to get to positions more quickly and he is interrupting this as forward motion past the obstacle I want him to take. I will start trying to test this theory in class with him over the next few weeks. I also really want to get him out to the Pudgy Pup this Thursday night so that we can practice some independent weaves at speed on 12 poles.
Flex just wasn't interested in running this course. He was very stressed and kept leaving the course. We need to work on his zoomies.
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