1 other thing
forgot to mention when I was bragging about Saxon the other day about how we've learnt to drop straight.
At first in class it wasn't that important, I was just happy that he was going into position and staying there, and we weren't "losing any points" for him rolling over on his hip.
Then it came up that it "should" be sphinx-like. I spent a week, equating to about 2 dedicated sessions rewarding the "correct" drop, straightening when he rolled in the longer stays and he's now good with it, a drop now means a straight drop :-)
I guess this may be more a comment on me than him, but I hadn't bothered trying to fix this before because a) I didn't think it was that important; and b) I thought it was going to be difficult to accomplish.
I'm glad I tried :-)
1 other thing
forgot to mention when I was bragging about Saxon the other day about how we've learnt to drop straight.
At first in class it wasn't that important, I was just happy that he was going into position and staying there, and we weren't "losing any points" for him rolling over on his hip.
Then it came up that it "should" be sphinx-like. I spent a week, equating to about 2 dedicated sessions rewarding the "correct" drop, straightening when he rolled in the longer stays and he's now good with it, a drop now means a straight drop :-)
I guess this may be more a comment on me than him, but I hadn't bothered trying to fix this before because a) I didn't think it was that important; and b) I thought it was going to be difficult to accomplish.
I'm glad I tried :-)