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I SWEAR I DO THE DECOY THING RIGHT SOMETIMES

This is the upper limit of what I'm capable of physically, and I am SO thrilled we have it on camera. Is it perfect? No. Is it a MASSIVE improvement? YUP.

Things going right here that I usually struggle with:

-FULL FOLLOW THROUGH. I am walking THROUGH the dog, not stopping and flinching/hesitating/trying to line up just before impact

-Weight on the CORRECT leg, allowing a proper turn and reset for the drive

-Arm in correct position through the jump (I have a problem "running away" from the bite, reflexively moving my arm back too fast too soon) and allowing the dog to "carry" me through the spin

-Didn't fall down lol

Things that could be improved:

-Hunched over for a little too long. In a perfect picture I'd have kept better balance or at least regained it a little faster

-Drive still needs to be wider and harder. Not necessarily faster, but harder.

-...I wouldn't mind faster, honestly

-This isn't remotely important, but if the world were made of candy and rainbows I'd love to quit making that weird face every time I get bit. I'm resigned to that one at this point, though, and I'd never complain about it again if I could make every catch this good.

I'm super pleased with this.

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PSA cannot be a real sport

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neither of us know what we're doing but at least one of us is enjoying it

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A couple weeks back we attended a French Ring seminar! The catches are VERY different from what I'm used to as a PSA decoy. Steep learning curve, but a lot of fun.

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We've never tried canicross before, but we hit the ground running (literally, twice) today with an obstacle course marathon! I don't have many pics of the course, but we had a blast, and we finished!

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Leg bites!

I'm trying VERY hard to drive her properly here--it's challenging! The goal is to run, slightly sideways, through the dog, as the dog remains on your leg.

She's pulling a small tire here to increase resistance and slow her down. This builds power in the bite.

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"Attack on handler" scenario. This dog actually bit me hard enough to punch through the hidden sleeve and draw blood.

Would you believe he's 8 years old? This was actually his "retirement party." It's blurry here but he was wearing a celebratory cowboy hat. HIGHLY recommend being chomped by a dog with a cowboy hat, 10/10.

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