ness Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Great work LuvLottie - awesome first trial and you managed to even avoid looking nervous - huge bonus in my book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huski Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Goooooo Beth and Lottie!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RallyValley Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Was great watching both rounds Wuffles and LuvLottie! You guys both looked great I hope I look half as composed at my first trial. A good weekend for Aussies! Well done wuffles and kath!!Do we get to see the video, RV? Edit: how did I miss your post, LuvLottie?!?! Well done to you, too!! It's a bit boring Like 5 mins long and quite a lot of it is just me playing with Toby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth. Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 (edited) Did I hear the judge say right turn and you did a left about turn? Hard to hear but it's what it sounded like maybe!!! I'll have to go back and listen!! Thanks for the lovely comments i'm pretty addicted now!!!!! I think maybe he did!! oops!! But yeah, it was hard to hear so now i'm not quite sure!! Edited April 9, 2011 by LuvLottie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuffles Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Great work, LL... what great little mismarks we have! Your heel pattern was a lot harder than ours, is that a QLD thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerraNik Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Goooooooooooooo Lottie!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth. Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Thanks again! It was just so nice to be a trial and actually competing, and not just watching Great work, LL... what great little mismarks we have! Your heel pattern was a lot harder than ours, is that a QLD thing? Yay to the little mismarks - such good girls :D , and not sure about the heel pattern, but what I did seems to be what is usually done in CCD, it must be a QLD thing! It was by the figure of 8s she was loosing a bit of focus! We'll see how she goes this coming weekend! Just a little question - does anyone have a good video showing footwork for turns, I really need to get mine better but I like watching videos as it really helps see how to do them better!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spotted Devil Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 (edited) No video but this is what I am working on at the moment... Left turn: left foot at 60 degree angle turning left with heel approx level to right toes. Bring right foot around so it is pointing in the exact direction you are turning. Small step to bring left foot in line and away you go. Right turn: bring left foot perpendicular to right foot/toes, turn right foot in the direction you want to go, small step to straighten up left foot and go. ETA: There's a video of me practicing this with Zig but it's not a great example - you can certainly see where I get it right AND wrong Edited April 10, 2011 by The Spotted Devil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ness Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Watch Ptolomys or bedazzledx2 or caffy's LuvLottie . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth. Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 (edited) No video but this is what I am working on at the moment...Left turn: left foot at 60 degree angle turning left with heel approx level to right toes. Bring right foot around so it is pointing in the exact direction you are turning. Small step to bring left foot in line and away you go. Right turn: bring left foot perpendicular to right foot/toes, turn right foot in the direction you want to go, small step to straighten up left foot and go. Thank you TSD!! I will try that out and see how I go! And thanks Ness, i'll go youtubing as well :D Edited April 10, 2011 by LuvLottie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bedazzledx2 Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 (edited) Well done wuffles and LL you should both be very proud of your kids That does seem to be a typical Qld heeling pattern... are there any judges who deviate from it or is it kinda set in stone??? Wuffles..just a comment on your recall...(I am the hand Nazi)...watch where your hands start and finish!! It sux when you lose points but your dog does it right!! :D Edited April 10, 2011 by bedazzledx2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuffles Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Well done wuffles and LL you should both be very proud of your kids That does seem to be a typical Qld heeling pattern... are there any judges who deviate from it or is it kinda set in stone??? Wuffles..just a comment on your recall...(I am the hand Nazi)...watch where your hands start and finish!! It sux when you lose points but your dog does it right!! Thanks bedazzledx2... I was wondering what you were talking about but I rewatched the video and my hands did drop a bit after my recall command :D No-one has ever pointed it out to me so you may have saved me some points in the future :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulesP Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 This is done by a Rally-O judge but shows the foot work quite well. http://www.youtube.com/user/RallyJudge#p/u/78/okupTwfFw-k I stopped being a sook and went to training. Poppy did a very nice CCD/CD round. Pretty happy. I swear the less training I do with her now the better she is. Amber was pretty good. The food in on the ground has really helped her stand for exam. She is still looking for me on the return but is keeping her feet still now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seita Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Lovely run wuffles - and a big congrats!! :D Aw Kathq, I didn't see you today - I was too busy trying to concentrate!! Congrats on a lovely run!! So I have a little brag.... me and Lot had our first ccd trial, and we passed and came 2nd with a 92 (which I know isn't the highest mark, but i'm still super happy and proud of her!!) :D I am just so proud of my girl - she worked her little toosh off (shame about her dodgy handler who needs to learn how to turn properly which is where we lost most our marks heeling!!), her heelwork was great with lots of enthusiam most of the time (except our firgure of 8s - oops, she definitely got distracted, a bit off track here!!), and as she came in from the recall, came in crooked so lost 3 points there... BUT her stays were soooo super solid with the dogs on both sides breaking!! Sooooo we have LOTS of homework this week The judge also came and had a chat to me after it had all finished and had some lovely things to say, so I can't wipe the smile off my face!!! Heres the video - I know I have lots to work on . Well done LL!!! That's great news! So when's your next trial cos you know that you can't just stop at 1! LOL Well done wuffles and LL you should both be very proud of your kids That does seem to be a typical Qld heeling pattern... are there any judges who deviate from it or is it kinda set in stone??? I can't think of a single judge that I've trialled under who doesn't do all 3 positions in each of the 3 paces... there are a few judges who's patterns are bit different looking but still don't drop off any positiions anywhere. I don't know why they do it... maybe I'll understand when I start going to judges training hopefully later this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ness Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 The logic for all three positions in all three paces I was told is to give the dogs enough opportunities to complete one of each position type in the heel pattern. The newbie judges seem to go with this. The older judges seem to be then happy with less but if you haven't nailed at least one of a particular type of position you will normally get a final chance at the end of the figure 8 (at least that is my experience). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubyStar Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Well done wuffles and LL you should both be very proud of your kids That does seem to be a typical Qld heeling pattern... are there any judges who deviate from it or is it kinda set in stone??? I can't think of a single judge that I've trialled under who doesn't do all 3 positions in each of the 3 paces... there are a few judges who's patterns are bit different looking but still don't drop off any positiions anywhere. I don't know why they do it... maybe I'll understand when I start going to judges training hopefully later this year. So if the heeling pattern is like that in CCD, are they any harder in Novice and Open, etc..? That CCD routine looked more intense than the 2 Open ones I had on the weekend! Are you going to be an obedience judge Seita? That's awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ness Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 (edited) well RS I was looking back at some old trial videos the other day and the Novice pattern Kenz had last weekend was the same pattern this judge uses in Open. So I suspect they don't get any harder (least not here they don't). Maybe the judging gets a little tougher. Edited April 10, 2011 by ness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seita Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Well done wuffles and LL you should both be very proud of your kids That does seem to be a typical Qld heeling pattern... are there any judges who deviate from it or is it kinda set in stone??? I can't think of a single judge that I've trialled under who doesn't do all 3 positions in each of the 3 paces... there are a few judges who's patterns are bit different looking but still don't drop off any positiions anywhere. I don't know why they do it... maybe I'll understand when I start going to judges training hopefully later this year. So if the heeling pattern is like that in CCD, are they any harder in Novice and Open, etc..? That CCD routine looked more intense than the 2 Open ones I had on the weekend! Are you going to be an obedience judge Seita? That's awesome! I find that most judges use the same heeling pattern for all levels of competition and are a bit more lenient on the lower levels and get tougher in Open, UD etc. I don't mind having a harder/longer pattern it's just the fast pace that I hate! I love how many interstate judges do a really short section of fast pace and that's all... the qld judges all seem to make you do the same sort of distance in fast pace as all the other paces... and I'm not fit!!! LOL Yep I'm planning on becomming a jugdge, sent my application in a few weeks ago and hope to hear back from dogsQLD in the next month or so after the applications close. The judges I know all think I'll be accepted into the program so it's looking pretty positive! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue & Waldo Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 This is done by a Rally-O judge but shows the foot work quite well.http://www.youtube.com/user/RallyJudge#p/u/78/okupTwfFw-k I stopped being a sook and went to training. Poppy did a very nice CCD/CD round. Pretty happy. I swear the less training I do with her now the better she is. Amber was pretty good. The food in on the ground has really helped her stand for exam. She is still looking for me on the return but is keeping her feet still now. I am so pleased you went back to training and your girls did so well. Well done for biting the bullet and returning! You even got a bonus with good training rounds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue & Waldo Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Next sunday is our first Novice trial! I am still not at panic stations ...yet... Cindy is still lagging about 30cm but is consistennt in that position unless I look at her so I am working on the best hand position I can use (excluding a thumb on her collar ) I have wondered about her drive. I am now convinced that she has ZERO prey drive. Walking her on Sunday with my daughter's dog, Maia - a border collie x - we spot a rabbit. Maia takes off. Cindy hides behind my legs and waits til the rabbit is gone and then gives chase ;) Not concerned about the drive but any hints about the heeling would be gratefully accepted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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