Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Onyx stutter steps on his first attempt and drops a bar on his second. Dollie, on the other hand, was so consistent that I had a bit of a problem differentiating her two jumps when I went to edit (hint: her rear is at a slightly different angle at the apex).
Laura was most concerned with the obvious stutter step. She raised the issue of Early Takeoff Syndrome or Early Takeoffs (ETO). I’ve never heard of this before and there is a Clean Run issue dedicated to the subject that is a free download.
I haven’t read the issue yet; but, I was worried about the possibility that his sloppy jumping might be a vision problem. Sigh, I take Dollie to U of I every six months for an eye exam (she has a juvenile cataract), so I guess I can take another one.
We ended up spending about two hours with Laura. She observed his jumping and is leaning toward, not ETOs , but rather, he’s barely two years old, still immature, and really has no rear end awareness.
So, she went over a series of flatwork and low bar exercises that we are to work on. The goal is to strengthen his core, continue to work on his backing up, and improve his wrapping.
Eventually, we would like him to be able to jump and wrap a 20” jump from no more than 20” away. We have some work to do!
We ended up spending about two hours with Laura. She observed his jumping and is leaning toward, not ETOs , but rather, he’s barely two years old, still immature, and really has no rear end awareness.
So, she went over a series of flatwork and low bar exercises that we are to work on. The goal is to strengthen his core, continue to work on his backing up, and improve his wrapping.
Eventually, we would like him to be able to jump and wrap a 20” jump from no more than 20” away. We have some work to do!
Very interesting.
Thank you for posting the issue of Clean Run- lots of good information about ETO; I had never heard of it before.
I am glad that your boy's awkward jumping is the result of age and inexperience rather than something more serious. It seems counterintuitive that dogs have very little rear end awareness and need to be taught how to pay attention to what their hind part is doing.
Your agility coach sounds like she knows her stuff.
I just took a short video of my 5 year old GSD figuring out he could jump the 3 ft garden fence I have. I had to show him he could jump back over it (so I didn't have to open the gate each time). Now he is entertaining us all with his jumping
His is like Dollie's, and is very graceful or "pretty" with front legs first.
Funny I have never considered it either. Thanks for sharing! Gives me training fun motivation.
A word of caution.
Being large dogs, Shepherds can, and do suffer torn acl's. by jumping.
That is how my Shepherd tore his.
I would be very careful if I were you when it comes to your Shepherd jumping.
A torn acl can happen in an instant, and recovery is long.
Bob.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
, but rather, he’s barely two years old, still immature, and really has no rear end awareness.
