Springpole

[EWO]

I use both til late in the keep. I make sure all four feet are on the ground and the pull is on a level plane. From the base of the tree vs. from up the trunk or from a limb/branch. I like to see the dog pull straight back and basically crunch his 'abs/abdomen' with each tug. The shaking back and forth is OK and of the dog lean toward that I ease up/lessen the time. If he is a pull and snatch backwards hide worker then I add it a little more.

The flirt pole is a main stay. My best efforts with it was once when I had an open chain link pen, maybe 40X50. I could let the dog run loose. I had a long fiber glass rod like the ones with a little flag on the back of a kids bike. It was like 12' or so. I put the hide on the end and I could stretch the dog out in 30' plus sprints, change of direction and sprint the other way.

I used it all the way thru.

EWO

[skip11]

I use both til late in the keep. I make sure all four feet are on the ground and the pull is on a level plane. From the base of the tree vs. from up the trunk or from a limb/branch. I like to see the dog pull straight back and basically crunch his 'abs/abdomen' with each tug. The shaking back and forth is OK and of the dog lean toward that I ease up/lessen the time. If he is a pull and snatch backwards hide worker then I add it a little more.

The flirt pole is a main stay. My best efforts with it was once when I had an open chain link pen, maybe 40X50. I could let the dog run loose. I had a long fiber glass rod like the ones with a little flag on the back of a kids bike. It was like 12' or so. I put the hide on the end and I could stretch the dog out in 30' plus sprints, change of direction and sprint the other way.

I used it all the way thru.

EWO

Wouldn't it better to have the front feet just barely off the ground to mimic if he's getting pushed back in the actual show and having to maintain a hold? He'll still crunch because it's low enough that he's not necessarily hanging off the ground.

I've read an interview with Ozzie Stevens in SDJ August 2010 that flirtpole was his secret for conditioning. He started with 25 jumps and ended up with 900 jumps in a day (450 in the morning, 450 at night). Not sure if he's telling the truth but that's an awful lots of jump.