tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310719118042948190.post7701412236229606250..comments2023-04-26T01:40:12.013-07:00Comments on Secret's Journey: Hey blog world, any thoughts?Karissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01605123382073277736noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310719118042948190.post-24226719505928288452012-01-27T14:22:27.617-08:002012-01-27T14:22:27.617-08:00Don't worry, I have no plans to start running ...Don't worry, I have no plans to start running Kaiser through 16" courses. I'm doing these purely for strength building and to get him thinking about what he'd doing.<br /><br />The little turd has amazing core strength. He can stand on his hind legs forever. However, when I comes down to it I think he favors the right leg and doesn't push off it equally - so our strengthening exercises are focusing on that mostly.<br /><br />I know he *can* jump 12", but the odd random crashes were starting to hurt his confidence. I'm hopeful that USDAA courses would make him more thoughtful of his jumping, too, rather than just running full bore all the time in NADAC.Karissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01605123382073277736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310719118042948190.post-55622856081898548992012-01-27T14:14:07.777-08:002012-01-27T14:14:07.777-08:00And certainly didn't mean for that comment to ...And certainly didn't mean for that comment to sound critical at all, promise! Just throwing out what I've gathered from my own experience. No judgement here :)Breannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04764758607529912323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310719118042948190.post-39106873885105636112012-01-27T14:12:38.510-08:002012-01-27T14:12:38.510-08:00I don't know what to tell you. My theory has ...I don't know what to tell you. My theory has always been jump low and bump up before a trial. I have seen variable height jumping to teach collection, hind end use, and help with knocked bars but I haven't seen jump drills at a higher height for lower jumping at trials...<br /><br />Our physical therapist has told me that anything above elbow height starts to wear on your dog so we pick our practice heights based on this :) You know my history with Freya, I'm weird when it comes to jumps.<br /><br />Also does he know beg and if so have you taught him beg to stand (and I mean on just the hind legs)? Sissy has really good hind end strength so we're working on beg to stand to keep her back end strong and strengthen her core.Breannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04764758607529912323noreply@blogger.com