Susan Garrett and A frame

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 12/12/2006 - 7:36pm.
I have watched several videos of Susan Garrett and Encore. Does anyone know how she has trained the contact zones on the A frame?
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Re: Susan Garrett and A frame

Submitted by djewiss on Tue, 12/19/2006 - 12:40am.

Hi There

 I went to a Susan Garrett seminar on handling a couple of years ago. She quickly went though contacts, here's what I remember-

1, teach dog to touch hand with nose

2, add small plexi-glass target in hand and move it down to the ground over time.

4, work on rear end awarness exercises - perch work, ladder work, walking backwards etc.

5, teach the dog to touch target with nose on bottom stair step, use a release command and vary the number of touches, reward dog on 2 on 2 off position before using release command.

6, backchain up the steps, introduce travel plank and take this to different locations

7, fade target

8, add restrained sends to contact position

9, raise hieght of plank 

10, always start and end short sessions with game of tug

I've probably missed a bit, but I think it gives you an idea? 

Re: Susan Garrett and A frame

Submitted by Guest (not verified) on Wed, 12/20/2006 - 11:57am.

Encore has a running contact on the aframe, not a 2o2o as per the description above.

 I'm not sure how she taught it.

Wendy

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Re: Susan Garrett and A frame

Submitted by Solveig on Wed, 12/20/2006 - 7:00pm.

Thanks to both of you for your replies!

 I wondered about the 2o2o for Encore, because I have never been able to see exactly that.

Good to have a description of how Susan teaches 2o2o anyway Smile

Hope someone else may have the description of hos Susan has taught Encore's running contact.

Thanks again!

Solveig

 

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Re: Susan Garrett and A frame

Submitted by hycaliber agility on Sat, 12/23/2006 - 12:18pm.

You might want to read some of Theresa Rector's material on running contacts.

Follow the link and scroll down a bit for the video of her running dogwalk contact. http://cleanrun.com/videos.cfm   ....

An Experiment in Training Running Contacts
This clip shows Theresa Rector's Australian Kelpie performing the dogwalk. Theresa explained her program for training a running contact in the November 2004 issue. Refer to pages 51 through 59 in the magazine.

 

  • Running Dogwalk Striding -- The dogwalk performance time when turning off the dogwalk was 1.45 and it was 1.42 when going straight off the obstacle.

 

  • Run vs. Turn Dogwalk Performance -- This Dartfish Mediabook presentation compares the dogwalk performance when Phoenix must turn off the dogwalk ramp versus going straight ahead.

Katie