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Comment by Jane Christensen on October 13, 2009 at 12:43pm

I couldn't remember the name but it's a wobble thing. She went on the 1st time fine and then was afraid...the instructor said "don't push her" it could have been with a bigger dog behind her. Once we get going we're in our own little focused world which I think is good. I am going to make a board like this so we can practice! My living room looks like a small agility room right now till I get this all moved downstairs! Makes perfect sense what you say about the bigger dogs too...she got used to them in obedience and did very well...she just starts slow and then when comfortable she tends to really grasp it!!!!

Comment by Cheri on October 13, 2009 at 12:05pm

That's fabulous! It's actually a good thing to have the big dogs in class. Since border collies sometimes predominate agility trials, there tend to be a lot of 16", 20", and 24" dogs at agility trials. Sometimes when I volunteer they have either the 16" or the 20" Excellent dogs as a separate walk through because there are so many. So it's good to get her used to being around them.

Was the board she had trouble with the buja board? Sort of a wobble board kind of thing? Dudley didn't like it at first but he does now. He gets treats when he's on it so it's a grand thing for him now.

Comment by Jane Christensen on October 12, 2009 at 11:17pm

Livvy did very well considering she doesn't like big dogs and there's 6 in our class! After forgetting about them she went through all the things we did very well she had some problems with this board but came back to it and slowly got used to it...we had fun !!!!! The instructors are great too!!!

Comment by Kim on October 12, 2009 at 11:14pm

Thank you!

Comment by Cheri on October 12, 2009 at 5:40pm

woo hoo!!! you're going to have such fun! Now we expect a report back on how it goes.

Comment by Jane Christensen on October 12, 2009 at 5:36pm

Livvy and I are off to our intro to agility !!!!

Comment by Cheri on October 12, 2009 at 5:34pm

I started with basic obedience. Before you go to an agility class, in my opinion, the dog has to have a sit, a wait, a down and a great recall at a minimum. But even while you're working on basic obedience you can work on ground work for agility. There are a lot of books and DVDs on ground work activities that you can do with puppies. Agility clubs usually have foundation classes that don't involve equipment, but give you exercises that teach the dog to read your body language while teaching you how to handle your dog. That's where you want to start with a puppy.

Comment by Kim on October 12, 2009 at 5:16pm

At what age do you begin training for agility? Do I just want to enroll in a basic traning class first or find a basic training class with an agility club?

Comment by Cheri on October 9, 2009 at 9:49am

I've only been doing agility for a few years. I consider myself a novice handler. I have so much to learn as far as handling goes. I do some things well, but I'm a mess at others. And I feel like I have a lot to learn. But I know with practice and patience I'll get there. And we'll have a great time doing it!

I forgot to cue Dudley on an obstacle and he went ahead and took it and then turned around like "are you comin' mom???" Maybe we should just train the dogs to read the numbers and then they could do the course themselves!

Comment by Charlie and Bode's Mom on October 8, 2009 at 7:12pm

Wow!! Thanks for the info on the software. What a great idea!!!
I was reading some of your earlier comments. I am still very green at agility training and it seems that I am the one that has the majority of mistakes. I will miss a cue and Charlie will go around me to tackle the obstacle!!! Then he waits for me, looking over his shoulder, as if saying "this is the way"! You are right in that patience, especially in yourself, is very important.

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