Video of Chloe's match today
I had Chloe out in Utility at a practice match today. It's only her 2nd or 3rd time doing Utility at a match, the first time outdoors, and the first time since she was injured back in November. Her physical therapist had asked me to video it as they wanted to see her running, jumping, etc. I had tried to send the file directly to them, but it was too big so I ended up uploading it to YouTube instead and thought since it was there, I would share the link here as well.
This was her first time in, and I didn't do much correcting as I mostly wanted to see what I had. The second time in we worked on the things like attention on signals, not coming forward on the sit on go-outs, and other stuff like that. Her trouble with the bar jump at the end, was not from a reluctance to jump - I think it was a visual problem where she had learned it indoors under fluorescent lighting and a black floor, and outdoors in the sunlight on grass the jump just didn't look familiar enough for her to be sure that's what she was supposed to be doing. She had no problems with either jump the second time in. And for the record, she held the stand for exam the second time - the first time, I think she thought the judge was just coming over to be friendly, LOL.
Here's the link for anyone who is interested: https://youtu.be/zL_tb2QG7Xg
So, she still has a ways to go before she'll be ready to show, but at least she shows no signs of problems from her injury!