Let us pause (paws?) for a moment

Here's Gromit's first piece of backyard agility equipment, a new pause table. I built it out of some lumber salvaged from another project. A bit of sawing, some sanding, a couple of dozen deck screws, a bit of blue "parking lot zone paint" with some sand in it to make it non-skid and we're good to go. The REAL carpenters and woodworkers reading this are requested to please muffle their laughter.

The Table height is a regulation 8" high or thereabouts depending on what your idea of regulation is. By the time it settles into the grass (dead winter grass currently) the table is probably closer to 7" off the ground so there is minimal jumping involved for Gromit at this point.

The yellow rope is so the fair and lovely Debbie can move the table around without having to lift it. Deb has arthritis in her hands and wrists and lifting is not one of her strong points, in fact Gromit is close to being too big now for her to pick up.

Gromit hopped right up on the table after a quick sniff so now the tricky part will be getting him to do it on command, do a proper down-stay for 5 seconds or whatever, and then leave smartly in the intended direction. Piece 'o cake, I'm sure. Time for Debbie to get to work!

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Comment by Chris and Andrew on March 7, 2010 at 10:55am: Nice work !!!

Comment by Nicola Porter on March 6, 2010 at 12:00pm: Gromit is a lucky dog to have you.

Comment by Judi, Dawn, Soffie & Griffyn on March 6, 2010 at 9:59am: He looks like he's done this many times before! Great picture!

Comment by Bev Levy on March 6, 2010 at 9:36am: Very nice work!

Comment by Ashley and Copper on March 6, 2010 at 9:04am: He is absolutely gorgeous! They normally aren't too hard to train! I love that he is a poser. Mine always moves when I snap the picture!

Comment by Jane Christensen on March 6, 2010 at 7:56am: Nice! It's great to have these things at home! I have a tire made into a ring to jump through.One like this would have been great for Livvy as it took her awhile to like the table! I don't think any of our dogs care if it's perfect ...my thought is that it's so nice of you to do this for her as she will be so comfortable with this(ok she already is) in the future! Gromit is a lucky dog!

Comment by Miri, Bailey and Cali on March 6, 2010 at 3:44am: nicely done. we might contact you with questions when it is time for us to build one for our backyard :-)