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Comment by Megan on December 16, 2009 at 8:25pm

Merry Christmas to all agility Corgis!! Have you requested anything agility-related for Christmas?
Also, what about any New Year's Resolutions having to do with agility?

Comment by Cheri on October 13, 2009 at 4:25pm

Thanks but I'll stick with what my agility instructor is recommending. I wasn't really asking for advice. But thanks!

Comment by amanda on October 13, 2009 at 4:15pm

i didn't say that your dog was slow and unsure, I just meant that by playing teeter games you will increase his confidence, and speed him up! You can look on youtube (search teetergames) to see what I am talking about.

I went back and retrained my pyr sheps teeter to make him faster and in just a few months he is much more confident on the teeter.

Comment by Cheri on October 13, 2009 at 2:22pm

Actually, I forgot! We're not in Novice anymore! We're in Open Standard. Even more important to shave off those seconds...

Comment by Cheri on October 13, 2009 at 2:21pm

Didn't say he was slow or unsure, just looking for faster performance. Just shaving seconds. Better to do that now while we're in Novice. :D

Comment by amanda on October 13, 2009 at 2:18pm

if you are having teeter issues (slow or unsure) you could go back and play some teeter games- they work great for building confidence, and speed on the teeter!

Comment by Cheri on October 13, 2009 at 1:37pm

Dudley does the teeter but I'm looking for a faster performance. If I have my own teeter then it'll be easier to work on getting the performance I want from him.

Comment by Cheri on October 13, 2009 at 1:36pm

I bought my galvanized pipe and am going to go get the wood for my base this week so I can make a teeter this weekend. Woo hoo! Then I'll have 5 jumps, a set of 12 weave poles, a pause table and a teeter. I just need to get a good deal on a tunnel and then I'm set!

Comment by CorgiLove on October 13, 2009 at 1:17pm

Ah yes, the teeter. My instructor uses squeeze cheese on the other end of it and most dogs fly right up for the cheese =] If you are handy with building things out of wood, you can make one with just a few pieces for the leg frame, and the board attached via a metal rod. Just google how to make your own teeter totter, there are several instructions that pop up. You can find dimensions on AKC or whatever other club website, and remember that you want the balance just a bit to one side so that it stays down when no dog is on it.

Comment by Cheri on October 13, 2009 at 12:55pm

here's a tip, my instructor made a buja board/agility table combo. When it's on legs, it's a pause table. when you take it off and put it on the ground, it's a buja board. It works swell!

I made a frame out of PVC pipe for the legs, I used eight T's, eight 90 degree elbows and two 10 foot lengths of pipe. I can e-mail you a drawing and measurements for how to cut the PVC if you want. Anyway, I made the legs and then I bought a 4'x4' sheet of exterior grade plywood that I had Home Depot cut down to 3'x3'. I painted the edges and one side that bright blue they use for agility equipment. I painted the top bright yellow with that sand that you mix into porch floor paint. Then you lay the board on the floor yellow side down, put the leg frame upside down on it and place 1"x1" cleats by the frame pieces. I drilled holes through the cleat and the board. Then I turned the entire thing over and used galvanized screws to drill through the top of the board and through the cleat. Then to make it a wobble board you buy a 4" soil stack cap. They're rounded. Make a box out of 1"x2" around the cap and then screw the thing to the bottom of the board right in the center. Then when you put it on the ground it'll wobble on the stack cap but when you put it on the legs the cleats will hold it steady in the leg frame. This is probably confusing, but it's a great double duty piece of equipment.

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