Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Revel meets the panel jump

I decided to get the panel jump out and do some work with it today. I had intended to work all the recall to heel positions with it, but I got sidetracked, and only did the classic presentation and then serp and 270 with two jumps.

To be safe, I took the top two panels off and had Revel jump back and forth over it a few times. No problems there.

I then added the other two panels for a height of 24." Revel acted like the panel jump was just a normal jump. He didn't go around it, he didn't stop, and he didn't even look at it on the approach or take-off. It was very unexciting.

I added motion to the serp and 270 recalls. His 270s were lovely, but he didn't recall over one of the serps.

We also worked a little bit on the A-frame. I'm still getting a feel for what his baseline behavior is for that obstacle. Right now, I don't feel like there is a baseline. Today I just put a stride regulator on to see what would happen. I got some very good performances and some poor ones. Revel may have been distracted by my slats, which are crumbling and falling apart. I really need a new A-frame.

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