tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11345288.post744974410038684152..comments2024-01-08T01:20:20.736-07:00Comments on Days of Speed and Slowtime Mondays: Mary Ellen Barry/Jennifer Crank SeminarElaynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02734583197185810124noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11345288.post-50047622053865872422010-02-10T19:25:44.290-07:002010-02-10T19:25:44.290-07:00Got it, thanks!
I bet one reason MEB emphasizes ...Got it, thanks! <br /><br />I bet one reason MEB emphasizes the shoulder position is for those folks who let their dogs "run across the feet." That certainly goes counter to the shoulder cue.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13545617827996043666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11345288.post-11366376078207095442010-02-10T17:02:19.959-07:002010-02-10T17:02:19.959-07:00Great that you're reenthused. Good luck with D...Great that you're reenthused. Good luck with Docna this weekend.Elfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01827436807468320435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11345288.post-6521403265189127432010-02-10T08:08:28.245-07:002010-02-10T08:08:28.245-07:00In general I guess I'm not an emoticon-y perso...In general I guess I'm not an emoticon-y person but every once in a while I'll slip one in.<br /><br />Kathy-I had the same idea about weave poles, that they're non-turning so your motion/location shouldn't matter and the whole issue of location was super confusing to me. Her article is in April, 2009 Clean Run and it explains the method pretty clearly. <br /><br />Anyway, it's not so much your motion that's the problem but rather the direction your shoulders are facing. You don't want your shoulders pointed such that your dog crosses your plane when he goes to the entry. So imagine a laser beam pointing straight out from your belly button and you don't want to position your shoulders such that your dog crosses that beam when you send him to the poles. You do want to face your shoulders in the direction the dog needs to move to hit the entry. So when you look at the around the clock diagrams in the article pay close attention to the direction the shoulders are facing for the different dog/handler positions that she releases from.<br /><br />Honestly, the shoulder positions for the dog/handler location combinations still don't all make 100% sense to me and I thought I understood when I left the seminar but I'm going to think about it a little more until that darn light bulb goes off. I understand the majority of them but it bugs me that there are a few that don't seem to follow the rule so I question whether I fully understand.<br /><br />Handler motion is important for the part of the drill where you have the 2 sets of 2x2's separated by 4'. Since they're 2 separate obstacles you want to make sure you have some motion when you ask for the second set because otherwise you're sending 2 obstacles ahead from a stand still and that's inconsistent.Elaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02734583197185810124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11345288.post-72374049634121680132010-02-09T20:16:01.272-07:002010-02-09T20:16:01.272-07:00I'd be interested to hear more about Mary Elle...I'd be interested to hear more about Mary Ellen and her 2x2, although I supposed I could pull her article out of my training binder and re-read it. Mostly, I'm wondering if you could elaborate on how she helped with Strum diving in at pole 2 or 3. Weave poles are a non-turning obstacle in APHS, which just means that the dog must complete them before acting on any turning cues you give. So I just wondered what she said about handler motion here.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13545617827996043666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11345288.post-17812926489371635422010-02-09T17:55:47.841-07:002010-02-09T17:55:47.841-07:00OMG! I think this is the first post of yours in w...OMG! I think this is the first post of yours in which I've seen a smiley. :)<br /><br />Anyway, wow that seminar sounds fantastic. I use a bit of a mish-mash system I guess but from what little I know of the APHS system that's the one I would go with if I were to chose one single system. If a seminar like that ever comes up to my neighbourhood, I'm totally in. Glad you got so much out of it.Muttsandaklutzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05551047401085562752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11345288.post-78372312423486457572010-02-09T14:34:59.355-07:002010-02-09T14:34:59.355-07:00I'm sorry, I'm caught up in all the lingo....I'm sorry, I'm caught up in all the lingo. It stands for 'Awesome Paws Handling System'. It's Linda Mecklenberg's handling system. I realize now I never mentioned that in the post. Doh.Elaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02734583197185810124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11345288.post-78819975447330712632010-02-09T13:35:16.816-07:002010-02-09T13:35:16.816-07:00Elayne,
What does APHS stand for?
AmyElayne,<br /><br />What does APHS stand for? <br /><br />AmyAmy Siegelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08243610775853872002noreply@blogger.com