Alert icon
We're changing our privacy policy. This stuff matters.  Learn more  Dismiss

Kaiser Jump Drills 1-25-12

Loading...

Sign in or sign up now!
Alert icon
Upgrade to the latest Flash Player for improved playback performance. Upgrade now or more info.
51 views
Loading...
Alert icon
Sign in or sign up now!
Alert icon

Uploaded by on Jan 26, 2012

I did this video partially so that I could see what is going on with him and also to get pointers from anyone who has them.

Kaiser has a slight luxating patella on the right hind. It did not cause any problems until this past summer, when I began to notice him making odd jumps more frequently. He crashed several bars by landing directly on top of them -- generally following a "stutter/pop" jump style.

Out of concern for his safety, I lowered his jump height to 8" in NADAC -- Kaiser measures 14" and previously jumped 12". His has seemed happy and confident at 8" -- he will still occasionally stutter/pop, but he hasn't been crashing bars. In addition, he's been running faster.

I plan to start doing some USDAA, where he will be required to jump 12" in the Performance program (as low as he can go). Because of this, I wanted to again focus on improving his jump style and strength. We have been doing jump drills and peanut work to help with this. If anyone has any other exercises I'd love to hear some ideas.

There has been improvement already! Previously Kaiser wouldn't jump 16" from right to left, he would just keep going under the bar. The fact that he is trying and succeeding gives me hope!

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

License:

Standard YouTube License

Link to this comment:

Share to:
see all

All Comments (1)

Sign In or Sign Up now to post a comment!
  • Great "basement style" agility work!

Loading...
Alert icon
0 / 00Unsaved Playlist Return to active list
    1. Your queue is empty. Add videos to your queue using this button:
      or sign in to load a different list.
    Loading...Loading...Saving...
    • Clear all videos from this list
    • Learn more