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(Date Posted:06/07/2003 5:33 PM)

My Gypsy isentered in Open A for the first time at GW (oh my)! The AKC obedience book of rules states that the handler must stand with toes"about two feet away from the jump" at any point between the ends of the lowest and highest jumps. Is this 24 inches measured and strictly enforced? I don't remember observing all handlers standing that far away from the jump!My problem is that when I stand that far away from the jumps, Gypsy wants to run through the space between my feet and the jumps instead of jumping over!!! Help!Tania

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(Date Posted:06/07/2003 8:44 PM)

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My Gypsy isentered in Open A for the first time at GW (oh my)! The AKC obedience book of rules states that the handler must stand with toes"about two feet away from the jump" at any point between the ends of the lowest and highest jumps. Is this 24 inches measured and strictly enforced? I don't remember observing all handlers standing that far away from the jump!My problem is that when I stand that far away from the jumps, Gypsy wants to run through the space between my feet and the jumps instead of jumping over!!! Help!Tania

Yes, Tania, you must stand two feet away from the boards, but you can stand anywhere within that area (forward and back). Experiment to find where the best spot is for you. I always stand between the last two boards, close to the last board. To encourage your dog not to cut the corner, place a (fairly long) bar or pole under the next-to-last board and extending out beyond the last board. The dog must learn to jump straight and circle around to get to you.

Since your dog is apparently not jumping at all, but going directly to you, practice doing motivational jumping by giving your jump command and jumping with the dog. Go back and forth doing this several times (about 20 a session), and give the dog lots of excited praise. When Gypsy hears "jump", "hup", or "over", it should mean only one thing to her.

Finishes should be practiced separately from the primary exercise, and the actual (complete) exercise should only be done once if the dog does it correctly. (If done incorrectly, go back to motivational jumping.)

I always followed this training method while showing in Open.

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